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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 6 



pome 17 or 18 years it was discontinued, or rather 

 jpsued under a new name. Al'ier the 'American 

 Farmeif was established firmly, the 'Plough Boy,' 

 was commenced at Albany, by S. Southwick, 

 esq. and was the means of difiufiing much valuable 

 inlbrmalion, and exciting inquiry and emulation 

 among farmers. From some cause the 'Plough 

 JBoy' did not receive the encouragement such a 

 work required, and aCier a publication lor a lew 

 years was finally discontinued. Another journal, 

 well conducted and rendering the cause ol" agri- 

 culture much service, was established in 1828, at 

 New York, by S. Fleet, Escj. which was discon- 

 tinued only some two years since, in consequence 

 of the losses sustained by the publisher m the 

 great fire of New York in 1836. This journal was 

 The 'New York Farmer.' We have mentioned 

 these pioneer journals, not only because ihey 

 were the first, or among the first in time in tliis 

 country, but because they did much towards con- 

 vincing agriculturists that the system of cultiva- 

 ting tlie sod in this country was miserably defi- 

 cient, that great improvements might be made in 

 the preparation of implements, in the manage- 

 ment of manures, and in the general order of a 

 form ; and none were so perlect in the business as 

 not to be capable of being instructed. They con- 

 vinced many that agriculture was of itself one of 

 ihe noblest of sciences, that knowledge was essen- 

 tial to its successful pursuits, and that no man was 

 born a farmer any more than a lawyer, physician 

 or divine. 



In giving a catalogue of existing agricultural 

 periodicals in this country, we shall, so i;ir as we 

 are able, notice them according to the lime they 

 have been published, merely stating that the 

 number we have before us, admonishes us that 

 we must be brief in nur estimate of their character 

 and merit, where time has admitted of develop- 

 ment in these respects. 



The 'New England Farmer,' is the oldest ot 

 our existing agricultural publications. It has 

 reached its seventeentii volume ; and bids liiir we 

 think to run a long career of usefulness. Mr. 

 Fessenden was its Ibrmer able conductor. On his 

 death, it came under the supervision of Ihe talent- 

 ed commissioner of agriculture for Massachu- 

 setts, the Rev. Henry Colman, and the great ad- 

 vantage he enjoys in virtue of !ns office, are made 

 subservient to the general diffusion of sound agri- 

 cultural knowledge through the Farmer, as well 

 as his annual reports. The N. E. Farmer is pub- 

 fished in the quarto Ibrm, weekly, at ^2 50 per 

 annum. 



The 'Southern Agriculturist,' is the next on 

 our list, the first number of the twelfth volume be 

 in<T now belbre us. It is published at Charleston, 

 S. C, editor, B. R. Carroll, in monthly numbers 

 of about 50 pages, at §5 00 per annum. It is 

 well conducted, but principally devoted to the cul- 

 ture (»f southern productions, as cotton, rice, sugar, 

 &c. and afibrds many interesting examples o!' the 

 amount and profits of slave labor, compared with 

 that of the iree cultivator o{ the soil. 



Our own paper, the 'Genesee Farmer,' is next. 

 The Weekly Farmer has reached the ninth vo- 

 lume, and tlie Illonthly Farmer the fourth. Both 

 are in the quarto Ibrm, the first containing 8 and 

 the last 16 pages each number. Weekly, ,92 00, 

 Monthly, 50 cents per annum. Of its characterand 

 merite we shall be excused from speaking, any 



further than to say, that it is intended for circula- 

 tion through onr whoh country ; that we design it 

 shall at least equal, in practical utility, any simi- 

 lar publication in the United States ; and that a 

 most rapidly increasing circulation, convinces us 

 that our exertions are not unappreciated by our 

 farming brethren. 



The 'Farmers' Register,' published at Peters- 

 burg, Va. is a monthly periodical of 64 pages, at 

 S5 00 per annum ; editor, Edmund Ruffin. The 

 Register stands deservedly in the Iront rank of 

 American agricultural papers. The industry of 

 the editior, his sound practical views, his acquain- 

 tance with the principles that govern vegetation, 

 as developed in his valuable 'Essay on Lime' as a 

 manure, and his lieedom of all cant and humbug, 

 have united to give the Register a deservedly high 

 character, which we trust it will long sustain. 

 Such periodicals, while they contribute to the 

 knowledge, elevate the proftjssion of the farmer, 

 and do much towards pktcing him in thecommand- 

 ing position to which the paramount utility ot" his 

 avocation entitles him. Tlie Register has reached 

 its seventh volume. 



The 'Maine Farmer,' is a valuable journal, 

 published at Winthropin Maine, by Mr. Holmes, 

 weekly, quarto, at .§2 00 per annum. It has en- 

 tered upon lis seventh volume. In one respect the 

 'Maine Farmer,' differs from any agricultural pa- 

 per with which we are acquainted. It has a legal 

 department, devoted to the discussion ofsuch ques- 

 tions as are apt to arise among liirmers, and 

 which may be exceedingly useful in preventing 

 expensive lawsuits among neighbors. 



The 'Farmer and Gardener,' of Baltimore, edi- 

 ted by E. P. Roberts, is the worthy successor of 

 the 'American Farmer,' which we have mention- 

 ed as the earliest agricultural periodical in the 

 United States. It is weekly quarto, and furnish- 

 ed at $!2 50 per annum. No paper in the country 

 has done more for the silk cause than the Farmer, 

 and tew understand the matter in all its bearings 

 than the able editor of thai journal. The Farmer 

 has also taken a lively interest in the production 

 of improved cattle and sheep ; and in this way has 

 rendered essential aid to the cause of agriculture. 



The 'Yankee Farmer,' Portland, Maine, week- 

 ly, quarto, S. W. Cole, editor, now in its the fifth 

 volume, .92 a year. 



The 'Ohio Farmer,' S. Medary, editor, is the 

 name of a quarto semi-monthly journal, published 

 at Columbus, Ohio, i^l 00 per annum. It has, 

 like the preceding, reached the fifih volume. This 

 journal has given many valuable original papers 

 on subjects connected with farming and horticul- 

 ture, and has evidently exerted a most favorable 

 influence on the agriculture of the vicinity. 



The 'Magazine of Horticulture and Botany,' is 

 a Boston monthly publication, edited by C. M. 

 Hovey, of which the object is sufficiently indicated 

 by the title. It is eminently useful to the florist and 

 gardener, and contains engravings occasionally of 

 rare and curious plants. The terms are S3 00 per 

 annum ; 40 pages in a number. 



The 'Albany Cultivator,' conducted by Jesse 

 Buel, has just entered upon its fifth year, under 

 flattering auspices. It is published monthly, 16 

 pages quarto, at ,S1 00 ber annum. The well 

 known talent and industry of the editor, and his 

 rare combination of scientific and practical knowl- 

 edge in matters relating to agriculture, have §;iven 



