1839] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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bers, and of too great loss to ourselves — but have 

 supplied all duplicalee asked for, no matter when 

 and how lost, and have never charged ibr any, ex- 

 cept in a very few cases, when the losses amount- 

 ed to nearly a volume, or more; and when, more- 

 over, they were admitted by the subscriber to have 

 been caused by his own fault. There has been no 

 refusal to supply to any subscriber duplicates of 

 one, two, or even three lost numbers, and without 

 any charge, and even when he had no claim un- 

 der the rules, if they could be furnished without 

 destroying an entire volume; and in many cases 

 even that loss, of $5, has been suffered, by giving 

 away a single duplicate number. 



But this excessive and most onerous indulgence 

 cannot be longer permitted to grow, or to exist ; 

 and the conditions forsupplying duplicates of num- 

 bers hereafter lost, will be required to be complied 

 with by all subscribers who may claim its benefit. 

 The article stating these conditions was omitted in 

 the last change of form, by accident, and not by 

 design. It is now replaced, (Art. XI of Condi- 

 lions.) and is as follows. We beg our subscribers 

 to observe that three things are there required to 

 make their claim valid — and that all these will 

 be required, in regard to losses which may occur 

 after this notice. 



"For all copies not received by mail at the pro- 

 per post offices, duplicates will be furnished to 

 those subscribers who have complied with their own 

 obligations ; provided that the failure shall be no- 

 tified through the postmaster, and within two 

 months after the date of the miscarried copy."^ 



The requisition of the evidence of the post-mas- 

 ter (or his assistant) is not made because it is deem- 

 ed better than that of the subscriber, but because 

 none other can know the fact of the missing num- 

 ber not having been brought by mail. It is de- 

 cidedly for the benefit of the subscriber that the 

 statement of the post-master should be required, if 

 the officer is (as is too often the case,) very ne- 

 glectful of his official duties. For, if knowing that 

 he will be expected to testify as to the non-arrival 

 of lost numbers, he will be more careful to prevent 

 their being borrowed, or taken away from his 

 office. 



We earnestly hope, that our subscribers and 

 friends will see the propriety of these remarks, 

 and will take no offence at our now requiring, what 

 in fact, our conditions and justice and propriety 

 required always. 



To enforce the long established rule is all that 

 we can do to restrain the depredations and heavy 

 losses caused by the practice of borrowing. But 

 we earnestly beg of all our subscribers who desire 

 the prosperity of this publication, that, for the sake 

 of promoting that end, as well aa to check a most 

 shameful abuse and injury of our right of proper- 



ty, they will hereafter refuse to lend the Farm- 

 ers' Register, habitually, to any one who is able 

 to pay for it. And to the borrowers, the poor 

 as well as the rich, if we should still have ac- 

 cess to them as heretofore, we will say, that at 

 the very low price at which the Register can now 

 be obtained, they can more cheaply pay for it and 

 own it, than to pay the cost of the mere labor of 

 borrowing and returning the numbers. 



We also ask another favor of our subscribers, 

 in aid of the object proposed; which is to forbid 

 their numbers being taken out of the post-offi- 

 ces by any person without their special authori- 

 ty and order. If we can be guarded against the 

 actual and direct losses caused by both classes of 

 borrowers, (those without, as well as those with 

 leave,) our guaranty of safe mail-transmission 

 will add but a mere trifle to the general cost of pub- 

 lication. 



The loss of copies, first to subscribers, and next 

 to the publisher, by having to supply duplicates, is 

 not the only manner in which the latter suffers. 

 Sundry subscribers who are subjected to many of 

 these losses by borrowers, or by a very negligent 

 or a very accommodating post-master, cease to 

 ask that their losses may be repaired ; but to get 

 rid of the vexation, discontinue their subscription. 

 Thus, in various ways, we are made to suffer so 

 much from this system, that we could more cheap- 

 ly issue, for the benefit and use of the borrowers, 

 and as a supply for the negligence of unfaithful 

 post-masters, an extra impression of 300 volumes 

 annually, provided, that by paying so much, all 

 other losses and injuries, from these sources, could 

 be avoided. 



But, though requiring, henceforward, the condi- 

 tions of re-supply to be complied with, we can, 

 without adding to the great losses alreadysustain- 

 ed, and will with pleasure, and gratuitously, fur- 

 nish duplicates of all except the deficient Nos. of 

 Vols. 2 to 6 inclusive. Therefore, all old subscri- 

 bers, who have lost any of the numbers which 

 are surplus, may be supplied with any reasonable 

 number, by writing for ihem, (post paid) within a 

 few weeks after this notice. 



The surplus numbers which can be thus given, 

 are, at present, the following : 



Vol. 2— All the Nos. except No. 3, and Index, 

 which are deficient. 



Vol. 3— All except Nos. 5 and 12, and Index. 



Vol. 4 — All except Nos. 1 and 2. 



Vol. 5— All except No. 8. 



Vol. 6— All except Nos. 4 and 8. 



Any persons who may have to spare any of the 

 numbers slated above to be deficient, will confer a 

 favor by giving every such one. Our previous of- 

 fers to buy such, at high prices, have been almost 

 fruitless. 



