THE

AMERICAN TEXT BOOK

OF PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC

AGRICULTURE,

INTENDED FOR THE USE OF

COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, AND PRIVATE STUDENTS;

AS WELL AS FOR

THE PRACTICAL FARMER.

INCLUDING

ANALYSES BY THE MOST EMINENT CHEMISTS.

BY CHARLES FOX,

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SENIOR Editor of THE FARMER'S COMPANION, AND HORTICULTURAL GAZETTE LECTURER ON AGRICULTURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

COR, MEM. OF THE N. Y. LYCEUM OF NAT. HIST.;

AND OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND CLEVELAND ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES;
MEMBER OF U. S. AGRICUL. SOCY., &c.

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TO

DR. SILAS H. DOUGLASS;

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, &C., IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

TO WHOSE EXERTIONS AND ENERGY, THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LECTURES

IN THAT INSTITUTION,

IS,

TO A GREAT EXTENT, due.

AND WHO, FROM AN EARLY DAY, HAS EARNESTLY

AND PERSEVERINGLY LABORED IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE IN

THIS STATE:

THIS VOLUME

IS DEDICATED BY HIS MOST SINCERE AND

OBLIGED FRIEND

THE AUTHOR.