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THE m ET,S GpTEnE rn

SCIENTIFIC n PRACTICAL AGRICULTrpy
ALIAS, THE ONLY CORRECT EDITION OF STEPHENS I0n.
or The FARM BY HENRY STEPHENS, =. E.H"a,
EDIHruRGI, WITH AN AMERICAN APPENDIX, ny !
TON, PROFESSOR oE SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE, IN W.,
COLLEGE, NEW HAVEN. 'AI
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nestle animals, the farmstcading, &c. V
LETTER FROM MIR. STEPHENS.
'REDBRAE COTTAGE, EDISBURGu.
..v-u ~ "Sept. 30, 1851.
'Gentlemen-! beg to say that your Farmers Uutd,u,
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WORK, written ten years ago, which in my second edition,
! entlre re modelled, and In great part rewrote, adoptiE,,
all the more recent improvements in the practice of Ag5a,
culture suggested by scientific experiment, and raaSine II
clam, sirs, your obedient Servant
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