THE 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER; 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTJJRE, HORTICULTURE, 



AND THEIR KINDRED 



ARTS AND SCIENCES; 



AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. 



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

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

 and varied assistance of the physical sciences ? " — Fodeckot. 



SIMON BROWN, EDITOR. 



FREDERICK HOLBROOK AND HENRY F. FRENCH, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. 



VOLUME X. 



BOSTON: 



PUBLISHED BY JOEL NOURSE, 



NO. 13, COMMERCIAL ST. 



i'85 8. 



