The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-20
THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE
FARMERS GUIDE.

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"FAmmER's GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND PnAcTicAL
AoRicuLruRE, !"
By HENRY STEPHENS, f. X. S., of Edinburgh, au-
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Ivy JoHN p. NoRroN, M "A , New Haven Professor
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