NEW ENGLAND FARMER:

A MONTHLY JOURNAL, J = IX

DEVOTED TO

AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE,

AND THEIR KINDRED

ARTS AND SCIENCES;

EMBELLISHED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS.

"AGRICULTURE, LIKE THE LEADER OF ISRAEL, STRIKES THE ROCK; THE WATERS FLOW, AND

THE FAMISHED PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED."

SIMON BROWN, EDITOR.

FREDERICK HOLBROOK AND HENRY F. FRENCH, ASSOCIATE EDITORS.

VOLUME VII.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY JOEL NOURSE,

QUINCY HALL.

1855.