THE 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER; 



A SEMI-MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, 



AND THEIK KINDRED 



ARTS AND SCIENCES; 



EMBELLISHED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. 



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



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



S. W. COLE AND SIMON BROWN, 



EDITORS. 



VOLUME IIL 



BOSTON: 



PUBLISHED BY RAYNOLDS & NOURSE, 



QUINCT HALL. 

 1851. 



