SOLON ROBINSON, 1837 79 



A NEW PROPOSITION, 



to extend the circulation of the Cultivator, or some other 

 agricultural paper. It is this : — 



Make it an invariable rule, that every agricultural 

 premium, should include a copy of such paper, which 

 should be given by the person receiving the premium to 

 some one who had never taken it — always taking it for 

 granted that no one would ever get a premium unless 

 he was a patron of some such paper And further, let 

 those who are able and willing, raise a fund, say $500, 

 for gratuitous distribution of the Cultivator, among those 

 who are either unable or unwilling to pay, but who 

 would be willing to read. Let every friend to the propo- 

 sition subscribe such amount as he will give, as soon as 

 it is ascertained that $500 can be raised. To begin, 

 although I am poorly able to do it, I will subscribe $5. 

 I hope it will not stand long alone. 1 



I am respectfully yours, &c. 



Solon Robinson. 



Beans and Buckwheat. 



[Albany Cultivator, 4:147; Nov., 1837] 



Lake County, la. 9th Oct 1837. 

 J. Buel, Esq. — Dear Sir — The following simple and 

 easy method of saving a crop of beans, is worth the 

 price of ten years' subscription to the Cultivator, to every 

 person that never practised it, who wishes to cultivate 

 that valuable crop. By this method, beans may be 

 planted in a field by themselves, may be pulled while 

 the vines are entirely green ; and will be perfectly cured, 

 no matter how wet the weather ; and what is more, need 

 not be housed or thrashed until such time as may be con- 

 venient. — This is the plan 



*The Conductor added a short note: "Mr Robinson's subscrip- 

 tion is registered, and we shall be glad to see his proposition sus- 

 tained. Should it be so, the names of the contributors to the $500 

 fund will be published in the Cultivator." 



