THE 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER; 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, 



AND THEIR KINDRED 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. 



" What may not enlightened citizens accomplish, who have discarded the false, bustling pleasures of 

 towns, and, carrying into the country the knowledge they may have acquired, apply to Agriculture the rich 

 and varied assistance of the physical sciences 1" — Fodkceot. 



SIMON BROWN, EDITOR. 



FREDERICK HOLBROOK AND HENRY F. FRENCH, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. 



VOLUME XI. 



BOSTON: 

 PUBLISHED BY NOURSE, EATON & TOLMAN, 

 34 MERCHANTS' ROW. 



1859. 



