THE AMERICAN FARM BOOK: 



Compend of American Agriculture, 



Containing a concise and jilaiiily written Kxpositinn of Duties pertaining to th« 

 Cultivation of the Eartli. the Management of the Farm, &.C., Stc, on prac- 

 tical scientific princiules. 



SY R. L. ALLKiV. 



The cheapest and most valuable book for a farmer ever printed : being a com 



plete Guide, both practical and scientific, for the 



MANAGEMENT OF THE FARM. 



Besides the varied practical knowledge which this book imparts, and which is 

 indispensable to the proper management of every dejiartment of agriculture, it 

 gives the elements of other information highly necessary to a successful farmer, 

 as History, Geology, Chemistry, Botmy, Anatomy, Physiology, and iMechanics' 

 These branches ot knowledge are given as applicable to agricultural pursuits, 

 and when properly understood will essentially aid and assist the firmer. In fact, 

 a knf wledge of these sciences is a sure key to wealth for any agriculturist. It 

 gives the mode of preparation, and tht! ed'ects of all kinds of manures ; the 

 origin, texture, divisions, and description of every variety of soils ; the economy 

 of sowing, reaping, and mowing, irrigation and draining ; cultivation of the 

 grasses, clovers, grains, and roots ; Southern and miscellaneous products, as cot- 

 ton, hemp, flax, the sugar cane, ricc. tnbacco, hops, madder, woad. Stc. ; the 

 rearing of fruit— apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, SiC. ; farm buildings 

 hedges, ice. ; with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparaiiou 

 for market. Illustrated by lOl) engravings. 



The reader can form some idea of the above work, from the fact that it treats 

 of 800 different subjects important to a farmer. It contains 3-54 pages, and is 

 beautifully tiouiid in cloth, gilt, suitable for a library. Price only One Dollar. 

 Notices of the Press. 

 The autluu has been one of the most able contributors to the agricultural presj 

 for the last ten years ; aside from this he is a practical farmer and stock-breeder, 

 iiiia consequently knows from his own e.xperience what he is writing about. 

 Commercial Advertiser. 



This book is by a gentleman of known experience ; the work is e.xceeUinglv 

 :!ii>ap, and the farmer will find it a valuable book of reference. — y. Y. Express. 



1 1 IS in fact a brief encyclopedia on the subjects treated, and the farmer will 

 An I appropriate information on almost any subject coming withm his reach. — 

 ■\rir York Observer. 



.'lere is a book for the million, precisely what its title indicates. Coinpasse'l 

 within its pages, the reader will find the subject of soils, manures, crops, and 

 Animals, treated in a style easily comprehended. — Spirit of the Times. 



This work is what might be expected from one so well qualified for the undei- 

 lakmg. — Boston Cultivator. 



\Vc are gbid to meet a publication which can interest, as well as improve the 

 condition of the human race. We commend the work to every American farmer. 

 — 'Jhristian Intelligencer. 

 Why shall not every gootl farmer economize his muscles by storing his mind 7 

 ^'e h' 

 York 



il ought to be found in every fanner's library. — Jerseyman. 



It is really a great satisfaction to get hold of an American treatise on Agricul- 

 lu.'-e, that has a plain, practical, common sense character of its own. The author 

 of this work is already known to the agricultural public as a thorough practical 

 (armer and stock-breeder. That he well knows what he is about on a farm, these 

 li:igcs abundanly show. iS'o mere book-maker could have written such a book ; 

 and we rray add, also, that no mere practical farmer could have written it. A 

 •'good practical work" can only be written L/y a man who has both thought and 

 acted well. What distinguishes this volume, is its conciseness, its clearness, and 

 Us jierspu'uous treatment of the subject in hand. We think, therefore, that Jlr. 

 .-^lien's volume, the basis of which is good practical farming, as practised by tlf 

 best cultivators in tiie fiiileU Stales, willi an intelligent reference to lliose princi- 

 ples of science which lie at the root of all successful practice, is likely to be of as 

 much or more real seriiite to us, than any work on agriculture vet issued from 

 the press, and we gladly cdiuiucirl :l tc ihe peiusal of evei-y ('ni. oJ our temlera 

 engaged in Ihe cultivation of land —.4. J Powninfc's Horluullurisi 



