THE 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, 



AND THEIR KINDRED 



ARTS AND SCIENCES; 



EMBELLISHED AND ILLUSTEATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. 



"Agriculture, like the leader of Israel, strikes the rock; the waters 



FLOW, AND the famished PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED." 



SIMON BROWN, EDITOR. 



FREDERICK HOLBROOK AND HENRY F. FRENCH, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. 



VOLUME IX. 



BOSTON: 



PUBLISHED BY JOEL NOURSE, 



NO. 13 COMMERCIAL ST. 



1857. 



