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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Kew Advertisements this Month. 



■■ Prospectus of the Saturday Evening Post.— Deacon & Peterson, 

 Philadelphia. 



Webster's Quarto Dictionary.— G. & C. Merriam, Springfield, 

 Mass. 



A iSew Anim.il for Farmers. — Isaac Lohmann, New York. 



The iiarai ^miuui and Horticultural Directory lor ISoS.— Joseph 

 Harris, Kochester, I>1. Y. 



Close of the Volume. — The present number con- 

 cludes the Eighteenth Volume, Second Series of the 

 Geiiesee Fanner. During the past j-ear we have endeav- 

 ored to conduct it in accordance with its motto, " The 

 Practical and Scientific Farmers' Own Paper." How far 

 we have succeeded must be determined bj our readers. 

 We have heard no complaints, and have received many 

 cheering commendations. We have aimed to make the 

 paper useful, — if we have succeeded, the credit is mainl.y 

 due to our able correspondents. Those of our readers 

 who have been pleased with the paper the present jear, 

 will, we trust, subscribe without delay for our next vol- 

 ume, which we hope to make even still more worthy of 

 tlieir patronage. We do not wish to lose a single reader. 

 Thanks to the disinterested efforts of our friends who act 

 as agents, our circulation the present year has nearly 

 doubled. Encouraged by this greatly increased circula- 

 tion, we have determined to make great improvements In 

 our next volume. We have procured an entire new dress 

 of type, and have made arrangements for a supply of 

 much better paper. We shall continue to offer prizes 

 for short Essays, on any subject which our readers may 

 suggest, and shall spare no expense in procuring appro- 

 priate illustrations. 



By a Hale timely effort our friends will greatly increase 

 th« circulation ar.d usefulness of the Farmer the ensuing- 

 year. The old prejudice against " book farming " has in 

 a great measure died out, and there are few farmers who 

 would not willingly subscribe to a good agricultural paper 

 were they requested to do so. The Genesee Farmer is so 

 cheap that all can afford to take it. even though they al- 

 ready subscribe for several other papers. 



At miny post- offices we have but one or two subscri- 

 bers. If such have been pleased with the paper the pre- 

 sent vear, will they not manifest their a[)probation by 

 forming a clu'i? 



We feel deeply grateful to those friends who have acted 

 as atrents. and who have done so much to promote the 

 usefulness and circulation of the paper. We cannot re- 

 pay them. The consciousness of their own disinterested 

 motives must be their only reconi pence. We trust that 

 their live for agricutural and horticultural improvement 

 will still :irompt them to continue their efforts in procur- 

 in"' subscribers, and that they will be enabled to increase 

 their lists. We think that our premiums are so numerous 

 that no one who tries can fail to procure one. We hope 

 they will lose no time in procuring and forwarding the 

 names of subscribers. Our January number will be is- 

 sued by ths middle of December. Farmers should sub- 

 scribe early, so that they can have the paper during the 

 leisure season of the year. Thousands of oor readers 



neglect to send in their names till the winter is past, for- 

 getting, it may be, that we never, under any circumstances, 

 send the paper till ordered to do so. Our object in offer- 

 ing " January Premiums " is to correct this as much as 

 possible. The fact, however, cannot be disguised, that 

 few compete for these premiums. It cannot be that they 

 consider a good Agricultural Library not worth a little 

 effort in procuring and forwarding the names of subscri- 

 bers early enough to compete for these preniiums? We 

 think it must be owing to an impression that they cannot 

 obtain sufficient subscribers to enable them to take a pre- 

 mium. This is certainly a mistake. Our premiums ape 

 so numerous that a very small club will in all probability 

 be required. We feel satisfied, from past experience, 

 that those who really try, will be successful. Let all 

 commerice tvithoiit delay. 



Again thanking onr agents for their efforts on our be- 

 half, and our numerous correspondents for their able and 

 interesting communications, and our readers generally fbr 

 their encouraging support, we bid them temporarily good 

 bye, hoping that if our company the present year has 

 been agreeable, it may be speedily renewed, and that we 

 shall have the pleasure of wishing each and all, and 

 thousands more, a " Happy New Year " in our January 



number. 



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To OTJB Canadian Friends. — During nine months of 

 the present year we have sent our paper to Canada by 

 express, and we understand that considerable delay has 

 been the result, and that in some cases a few of the papers 

 have been lost. These we will cheerfully supply. Wk 

 shall send the next volume by mail and prepay the Ameri- 

 can postage, and hope there will be no delay or inconve- 

 nience in future. Our circulation is now very large m 

 Canada, and we belive the paper gives very general satis- 

 faction ; if so we hope all our Canadian friends will con- 

 tinue with us another year, and also do what they can to 

 introduce it to new reader. The climate and soil of Up- 

 per Canada are very similar to those of Western New York, 

 and the Farmer is as well adapted to Canada as to any 

 of the States. The extent of our circulation in Canada 

 is good evidence that this is well understood, and we hope 

 for a greatly increased list the coming year. 



Kind Reader ! if you have been pleased with the 

 Genesee Farmer during the past year — if you think it is 

 doing anything to advance the great agricultural and hor- 

 ticultural interests of the country, aid us by sending hi 

 your subscription for another volume as early as possible, 

 and if you can induce any of your neighbors and friends 

 to subscribe we venture to say they vi ill not regret it. — 

 Speak to them at once. We will gladly send show bills 

 and specimen numbers to any who are disposed to raise 'a 

 club for our next year's volume. 



Cheap Reading fob Farmebs. — One volume of the 

 Genesee Farmer contains 384 pages, the Rural Annual 120 

 pages. In clubs of eight, we send the two for fifty cents. 

 Five hundred and four pages for half a dollar t Can any 

 one desire cheaper reading ? 



Missing Numbers. — We will gladly supply any miB*-- 

 ing or damaged numbers of the Gmetee Farmer, to aoj ' 

 who wish to preserre the Tolume, 



