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CONTENTS

THE DESULTORY REMARKER.
THE VILLAGE TEACHER.
SEEDS.
"IS IT PEACE, JEHU?"
LETTERS OF A CITIZEN TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE COUNTRY.
TREATISE ON AGRICULTURE.
MR. NICHOLSON'S PRIZE ESSAY.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
ON THE GRAPE VINE, WITH ITS WINES, BRANDIES, SALT, AND DRIED FRUITS.
OFFICERS OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE, ELECTED JANUARY 18, 1820.
LAW CASE.
MISCELLANY.
DIED.
POEMS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES.

FOR THE RURAL MAGAZINE.
THE DESULTORY REMARKER.
No. II.

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