TlfK 



NEW ENGLAxND FARMER; 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, 



AND THEIR KINDRED 



AUTS AND SCIENCES; 



EMBELISHED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. 



" Agricolture, like the leader of Israel, strikes the rock; the waters flow, anb 

 the famished people are satisfied." 



SIMON BROWN, EDITOR. 



FREDERICK HOLBROOK AND HKNRY E. FRENCH, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. 



VOLUME VIII. 



BOSTON: 



PUBLISHED BY JOEL NOURSE, 



No. 13 COMMERCIAL. ST. 



I80G. 



