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FARMERS' REGISTER— CHEAP EDITION OF. 



publication in the stylo in which the Farmers' llegis- 

 ter appears, requires far more care and expense; and it 

 is presumed that not many of its subscribers would be 

 willing that it should lose its rank in this respect, 

 even though accompanied by a reduction of price. 



There is another reason, and a very important one, 

 why most papers, and even most agricultural papers, 

 may be furnished at lower prices, in proportion to 

 the amount of matter printed, than the Farmers' Re- 

 gister. The latter derives no profit from advertise- 

 ments entering the body of the work — and these fur- 

 nish a considerable part, and generally much the great- 

 est part of the profit of the paper that admits them. 

 It is for our readers to compare this publication 

 with others as to the quality and value of tlie matter 

 furnished. Considering merely size and beauty, and 

 correctness of execution, taken together, this is the 

 cheapest periodical that has yet appeared in the south- 

 ern states. 



But though justice requires that we should thus meet 

 the objection to the alleged high price of the Farmers' 

 Register, we know that the most conclusive arguments 

 on this head wilj not avail much in extending its circu- 

 lation. To eifect this object, it is necessary to furnish 

 a publication which shall be cheap in every sense — and 

 therefore it is intended to offer one which maybe com- 

 pared with most others, as to price, by measure and 

 bulk, without losing any thing in correctness, or in 

 any other respect than external appearance. This ex- 

 periment will be made forthwith — and it will be for 

 the farming community to decide whether it shall be 

 supported or not. 



1)1 addition to the present monthly publication, the 

 Farmers' Register will be issued in a single sheet of 16 

 pages, four times a month. By using paper of inferior 

 quality, and saving the expense now incurred for press- 

 ing, folding, and stitching and covering the sheets, and 

 of the guarantee of the safe passage of the copies by 

 mail, the price may be reduced to the following rates 

 — at which the Cheap Edition will be furnished, com- 

 mencing with this sheet. 



For one copy, or 48 sheets in 12 months, $3 00 



For 4 copies, subscribed and paid for in ad- 

 vance atone time, $10, or for each, - - 2 50 

 To any person who is already a subscriber to 

 the monthly Farmers' Register, the price of a 

 single copy of the cheap edition wiU be, - 2 50 

 And 5 subscribers to the monthly Farmers' Re- 

 gister, may, by subscribing at once, for the 

 cheap edition, receive their copies for $10, or 



for each, per annum, 2 00 



The price of the cheap edition, in every case, must 

 be paid in advance. 



The cheap edition will be commenced regularly as 

 soon as the names of 500 subscribers are returned. As 

 but few copies will be struck olF more than for actual 

 subscribers, the year of subscription will generally be 

 commenced with the last published number: but if de- 

 sired by the subscriber, he will be supplied with back 

 numbers, as long as they can be furnished. The mat- 

 ter contained in every sheet will be precisely the same 

 with that of tho monthly Farmers' Register. 



It is presumed that the low price at which it is of- 

 fered to existing subscribers, will induce many to take 

 the cheap edition, if for no other reason than the better 

 preservation of the higher priced copy. To all such, 

 who take the cheap edition, and who may choose to let 

 tlieir higher priced monthly numbers remain with the 

 publisher until the close of the volume, they shall be 

 delivered in neat and strong half binding, (with leather 

 backs and corners,) for an additional sum of 50 cents 

 for each volume — or without any cliarge for binding, 

 if the cheap edition was obtained at not less than $2 50. 

 These several advantages offered to the subscribers to 

 the monthly publication, it is presumed will be to them 

 a sufficient pecuniary compensation for the facility 

 which their subscriptions afford to the issuing the cheap 

 edition. 



It is frankly admitted that it is the liberal aid already 

 afforded by existing subscriptions to the Farmers' 

 Register that enables the proprietor to offer this edition 

 in so cheap a form — and that the future diminution of 

 that aid, sliould it occur, will put an end to this plan, as 

 soon as all existing engagements have been complied 

 with: unless, indeed, the listof subscribers to the cheap 

 edition should by that time become so extended, as to 

 furnish of itself a source of profit. In that event, the 

 monthly edition may also be reduced in price, though 

 it will necessarily be always higher, for those who de- 

 sire such paper and press work as will make a hand- 

 some volume. 



Further — for the purpose of facilitating payments 

 through the mail to those who wish to subscribe for 

 more than one publication, and also as more suitable 

 to the now general state of pecuniary embarrassment, 

 the price of the Farmer^s Library will be reduced to 

 $2 50, by its first proposed size being diminished in 

 proportion. This change will be stated more particu- 

 larly in an amended prospectus, which will be on tlie 

 cover of this number of the Farmers' Register. 



The 2^1'oprietor cannot lose by tlie publication of 

 the cheap edition for a year, even should it be then 

 discontinued — and by its being made, the public will 

 gain whatever may be the value of the extended diffu- 

 sion of tlie information contained in this work. 



TO CORREPONDENTS AND SITESCRIBEES. 



The following communications have been received, 

 and w'ill appear in No. 2: "On the diseases of Cattle 

 and Sheep" — "On the cultivation of low grounds" — 

 "On apprenticeships to farming," [continuation of 

 Pattern Farms.} 



Supplementary sheets containing a list of subscri- 

 bers, and a general index to Vol. I. will be sent with 

 this number-*-which though not separately directed, 

 postmasters will please to deliver to the subscribers for 

 Vol. I. who still receive the Farmers' Register at their 

 respective post offices. 



Priiiled by Robert Ricketts^ 



AT THE SHELLBANKS PRESS, 



Where the printing of books, pamphlPts, and other jobs, can be 

 executed promptly, .and in the best style. 



