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organization, say it now or never. But above all things, 

 let my friends Gaylord & Tucker, bear the fact in mind, 

 that the whole responsibility now rests upon them to 

 make a beginning of the organization. Let them not 

 shrink from the honorable responsibility with which I 

 have autocratically invested them; but proceed at once 

 to name and publish the names of the committee, includ- 

 ing themselves. 1 



When the officers are nominated, should they fail to 

 perform their duty, they must expect to hear loud blasts 

 from the trumpet of friend Garnett, and your most hum- 

 ble, though devoted friend of American agriculture. 



Solon Robinson. 



Lake C. H. la., Dec. 27, 1840. 



Note. — Information — Many persons having read my 

 communications, have written to me private letters, and 

 often taxed themselves with postage. To persons so dis- 

 posed, I would say, that I do at present, and have for 

 many years past, held the office of Post Master. 



To Western Emigrants — No. 4. 



[Albany Cultivator, 8:53; Mar., 1841] 



[January 28, 1841] 

 Messrs. Editors — By sundry assurances from un- 

 known friends, that my articles have answered some of 

 the purposes for which they were written, I am encour- 

 aged to continue. Even if they did no other good than to 

 be the moving cause of bringing "two Durham cows" 

 from my native state of Connecticut, to feed upon our 

 boundless pastures, I should be satisfied. I hope Mr. 

 Allen will give the required information, as to cost of 

 freight, &c. And here I will take the liberty of saying 

 to all persons desiring information connected with the 



1 Gaylord and Tucker declined to assume the responsibility as- 

 signed here, on the ground that there was not yet sufficient in- 

 terest to make such a movement successful. Cultivator, 8:27 

 (February, 1841). See also their editorials in the April issue 

 (8:57), and June issue (8:89). 



