Agriculture is the most healthy , the most useful , and the most noble employment of man. —Washington. 
VOL. VIII. NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1849. NO. U 
Messrs. Allen, Editors. C. M. Saxton, Publisher, 121 Fulton Streets' 
THE 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
AND 
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Agricultural publications are among the most use¬ 
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nated. They add vastly to the productive wealth, 
comfort, and happiness of the country, and tend 
greatly to enlighten the minds of those engaged in 
cultivating the soil. It is the duty, therefore, for 
all to exert themselves in their dissemination. No 
man can well do a greater good to his country. 
WORK FOR JANUARY, NORTH AND WEST. 
Felling Timber, Fencing Stuff, Sfc .—Early win ¬ 
ter, let it be remembered, is the proper season for 
cutting all kinds of hard-wood timber while the sap 
is low, but that of pine should be cut late in spring, 
when the pores of the wood is filled with resin, or 
pitch. Get out your stuff for posts and rails, and 
fashion them into shape, in order that they may be 
