The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-13
THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE
FARMERS GUIDE.

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FARMERS GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND Practical
AGRIcULTURE,"
By HENRY STEPHENS, f. K. s., OF Edinburgh au-
thor of the Shook Of the Farm, &C., &C.. assisted
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