DESIGNED TO IMPROVE 
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“AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHY, THE MOST USEFUL, THE MOST NOBLE EMPLOYMENT OF MAN, ’’-Washington 
ORANGE JUDD, A. M . .Conducting Editor. 
UNDER THE JOINT EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF 
A. B. ALLEN AND ORANGE JUDD, 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON 25. D.C. 
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YOL. XIII.—SEPTEMBER 1854, TO MARCH 1855. 
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PUBLISHED BY 
ALLEN & GO., 189 WATER-STREET, 
NEWYORK. 
