The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-16
THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE
iq 4a FARMERS GUIDE

r EONARD SCOTT & Co, No. 81 Gold street,
IL .Ns,c York, continue to publish the four lead
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" commenced the publication of a valuable Agri-
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" FARMER 3 GUIDE no SCIENTIFIC AND Practical
.sa-9eats AGaICULTuRE,"
ny Henry STEPHENS, +. r. s., Of Edinburgh, au-
thor Of the s8ooh If the Farm, &c, &c.; assisted
by JOHN p. NoRroN, M a., New Haven Professor
OF Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, &C., sc
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implement of hnshandry now in use by the best
farmers, the best methods Of ploughng, planting,
haying, harvesting, &C., &C., the various domes-
lc ANIMALS in their highest perfection; in short,
the pictorial feature of the book in unique, and
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