AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
FOR THE 
Farm, Garden, and Household, 
"ACKIOULTUKE IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL, MOST USEFUL, AN1> MOST NOBLE EMPLOYMENT OF MAX.»-ff»im»i,i».'i. 
orange judd * co., ) ESTABLISHED IN 1842, < $1.50 per annum, in advance. 
PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. \ \ SINGLE NUMBER. 1 5 CENTS. 
Office, 245 BROADWAY. ) Published also in German at $1.50 a Year. (4Copiesfor $5 ; lOfor $12 ;20orm»ie, $leach. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in March, 1872, by Orange Jtjdd & Co., at the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
VOLUME XXXI.— No. 4. 
NEW YORK, APRIL, 1S72. 
NEW SERIES— No. 303. 
[COPYBIGHT SUCCEED. 1 
THE BREAKING UP OF THE IC E.— Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriealturt»t.—{8ee page 107.) 
