THE 



PROGRESSIVE FARMER: 



^ Scientific Snatise 



ON 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 



GEOLOGY OF AGRICULTURE; 



PLANTS, ANIMALS, MANURES, AND SOILS. 



APPLIED TO 



PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. 



BY J. A. NASH, 



rSINCIPAL or MOUNT PLEASANT INSTITUTE, INSTRUCTOR OF AGRICULTURB HI 



▲XHERIT OOLLEOK, AND MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSBTTS BOARD 



OF AOKICULTURB. 



NEWYOEK: 



C. M. SAXTON, BARKER & CO., 



No. 26 PARK ROW. 



1861. 



