the 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, 



AND THEIR KINDRED 



AETS AND SCIENCES; 



EMBELLISHED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. 



There are but two possible mode9 in which the produce of the earth can be increased; one by rendering fresh land serviceable, the other IS 

 improving the fertility of that which is already cultivated." — Hallam. 



SIMON BROWN, EDITOR. 



FREDERICK HOLBROOK AND HENRY F. FRENCH, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. 



VOLUME IV. 



BOSTON: 



PUBLISHED BY RAYNOLDS & NOURSE, 



QUINCY HALL. 



1852. 



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