THE 



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NEW ENGLAND FARMER: 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED TO 



AGEICULTUEE, HORTICULTURE, 



AKD THEIR KIXDRED 



ARTS AND SCIENCES, 



AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUilEROUS BEAUTIFUL EXGRATIXGS. 



THB PBiaCE FKiyCIPIXS OF AGBICCLTUmE. 



1. The soil ought to be kept dry; or, in other words, fixe from all superfluons moistnre. 



2. The soil ought to be kept clean ; or, in other words, free from noxious weeds. 



8. The soil ought to be kept rich ; or, in other words, every particle of enriching material which can bo 

 collected ought to be applied, so that the soil may be pieserved in a state capable of yielding good •rops. 



Fessejtdes. 



SIMON BROWN, EDITOR 



VOLUME XV. 



BOSTON: 

 PUBLISHED BY NOURSE, EATON AND TOLMAN, 



103 TTASIII^rGrXON' STREET. 



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