The Farmer's and Planter's Encyclopedia of Rural Affairs: Embracing All the Most Recent Discoveries in Agricultural Chemistry. Adapted to the Comprehension of Unscientific Readers. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings of Animals, Implements, and Other Subjects Interesting to the Agriculturist. By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq. F. R. S. ... Adapted to the United States, by Gouverneur EmersonC.M. Saxton, Agricultural Book Publisher, 1855 - 1179 pages |
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