THE 
AMERICAN 
DESIGNED 
TO IMPROVE THE PLANTER, THE FARMER, THE STOCK-BREEDER, 
AND THE HORTICULTURIST. 
AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHY, THE MOST USEFUL, AND THS 
most noble employment of man.— Washington. 
A. B. ALLEN, Editor. 
VOLUME V. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
■MMMSVON 2S. D.C 
NEW YORK: 
PUBLISHED BY SAXTON & MILES, 
205 BROADWAY. 
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