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AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL, MOST USEFUL, AND MOST NOBLE EMPLOYMENT OF M A N ■”— Washington. 
Volume XLII.—No. 5. 
NEW YORK, MAY, 1883’ 
New Series— No. 436. 
THE DANDELION, “FIRST PLEDGE OF BLITHESOME MAY.” 
Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
Copyright, 1883, bt Orange Jcdd Company. 
Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., a9 Second Class Matter. 
