THE

Year-Book of Agriculture;

OR, THE

ANNUAL OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS AND
DISCOVERY,

For 1855 and 1856.

EXHIBITING THE

MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS

IN

AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS, AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, AGRICULTURAL
AND HORTICULTURAL BOTANY, AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC
GEOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL ZOOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, &c.

TOGETHER WITH

STATISTICS OF AMERICAN GROWTH AND PRODUCTION-A LIST OF RECENT AGRICULTURAL
PUBLICATIONS-CLASSIFIED TABLES OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL PATENTS FOR
1854-55-A CATALOGUE OF FRUITS ADAPTED TO THE DIFFERENT

SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, &c.

WITH A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, BY THE EDITOR, OF THE PROGRESS OF AMERICAN AND
FOREIGN AGRICULTURE: FOR THE YEAR 1855.

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

BY

DAVID A. WELLS, A.M.

MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, FORMERLY CHEMIST TO THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE;
MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,

EDITOR OF THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, FAMILIAR SCIENCE,
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, ETC. ETC.

PHILADELPHIA:

CHILDS & PETERSON, 124 ARCH ST.