DESIGNED TO IMPROVE 
ALL CLASSES IUTERESTED IN SOIL CULTURE 
INCLUDING- 
/miner, f mkener, /rnit framer, planter, Ikk %mh% ki 
Agriculture is the most Healthful, the most Useful, the most Noble Employment of Man”.... Washington. 
ORANGE JUDD, A. M .Editor and Proprietor. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTWHON 
WASHINGTON 25. D.C. 
VOLUME SEVENTEEN -FOR THE YEAR 1858. 
PUBLISHED BY ORANGE JUDD, 
189 Water-st., New-York. 
