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THE GE.XESEE FARMER. 



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I3cms' Department. 



SUGGESTIONS TO FARMER'S SONS. 

 BY " ctilitarian." 



Mb. Moore : — Feeling a deep interest in the ad- 

 vancement of the present tillers of the soil of onr 

 beloved country, and especially for those who are soon 

 to compose the bone and sinew of the American na- 

 tion, I am constrained to give a passing hint to the 

 thousands of boys who may do themselves the honor 

 to read your valuable paper — which hint was called 

 out by a failure to obtain, as subscribers to the Far- 

 mer, men who will spend dollars annually for that 

 kind of reading herein contemplated, and who still 

 have the effrontery to call themselves farmers. 



Our country is, at present, flooded with a newspa- 

 per and periodical circulation unequaled by any other 

 country on the earth — and if the whole of the mat- 

 ter thus poured out upon our population were of a 

 character calculated to give such information and 

 instruction as should be of a truly beneficial nature, 

 what amount of good might we not rationally expect 

 would be realized from it ? But, when we examine 

 a large proportion of the reading thus circulated, do 

 we find such as is calculated to be of any real benefit 

 to our rural population, from which by far the grea- 

 test pan of the patronage of the press is received ? 

 The farthest from it possible. Instead of such mat- 

 ter as shall inspire a love for the useful and praise- 

 worthy, or furnish such information as will fit them 

 for a noble discharge of the public and private duties 

 of life, they are furnished with the sickly productions 

 of imagination, which are often not only useless, 

 but polluting to the minds of youth, while they create 

 a distaste for the more substantial productions of 

 more worthy authors — and the only reason for their 

 extensive circulation is, that they cost but little. 



But do we look upon a thief, who steals from us a 

 penny, with any more respect than if he had taken a 

 hundred dollars ? This kind of trash, however, not 

 only takes from us the trifling change we give to 

 come into possession of it, but it steals our time, and 

 that true force of character which constitutes the in- 

 trinsic wreath of a community, or a nation. 



Will not the farmer's boys, who are soon to become 

 the sovereigns of our extended country, strive to be- 

 come men prepared to rule an enlightened nation with 

 that wisdom which can never be drawn from works 

 of fiction? February 13, 1849. 



How to Live Long. — A venerable minister who 

 had preached some sixty -five years, being asked what 

 was the secret of long life, replied, "Rise early, 

 live temperately, work hard, and keep cheerful." 

 Another who had lived to the great age of one hun- 

 dred years, in reply to the inquiry how he had lived 

 so long said, " I have always been kind and obliging, 

 have never quarreled with any one, have eaten and 

 drank only to satisfy hunger and thirst, and have 

 never been idle." Above all things avoid law suits ; 

 they impair your health and dissipate your property. 



He that has never known adversity, is but half ac- 

 quainted with others, or with himself. Constant 

 success shows us but one siue of the world ; for, as 

 it surrounds us with friends, who will tell us only 

 our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom 

 alone we can learn our defects. 



PREMIUMS FOR THE BOYS. 



During the past month we have received remit- 

 tances from quite a numberof young friends. While 

 we tender them our thanks for their efforts in behalf 

 of the Farmer, we may be permitted to remark that 

 the fact that their influence is exerted in favor of a 

 work like ours, in preference to the tempting and too 

 often senseless literary trash which is flooding the 

 country, gives us greater pleasure than the receipt 

 of the subscription money they have forwarded. It 

 proves that their minds contain the germ, and a trifle 

 of the fruit, of good sense and wise forethought— 

 and certainly indicates enterprise and progress in 

 coming manhood. 



As an incentive to such of our youthfnl readers as 

 are or may become agents for the Farmer, we make 

 the following proposition : — To every boy or young 

 man under 20 years of age, who will obtain 5 sub- 

 scribers to the present volume of the Farmer, remit- 

 ting payment according to our club terms, we will 

 send a copy of Johnston's " Catechism of Agricul- 

 tural Chemistry and Geology" — or any other work 

 of the same price (25 cents,) which we offer in our 

 advertisement of books. The Catechism is a valu- 

 able work of 75 pages, illustrated with engravings, 

 &c. And to each one who obtains 8 or 10 subscri- 

 bers, and forwards pay according to our club terms, 

 (37£ cents per copy if sent to one address, or 40 cts. 

 if the papers are directed to each subscriber,) we 

 will give a volume of the Farmer for 1848, bound in 

 marble paper covers and cloth back. The books can 

 be sent by mail to any part of the country. 



BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, &c. 



For Sale at the Office of the Farmei: 

 The Publisher of the Farmer keeps constantly on hand a large 

 assortment of the most popular and valuable •works pertaining to 

 Agriculture. Horticulture, and Rural and Domestic Economy 

 which will be sold at the lowest cash prices. The names and price<= 

 of a portion of the books are annexed :— 



American Farmer's Encyclopedia. $3 50 in leather— cloth S3 

 American Shepherd, by .Worrell. $1. 

 American Agriculture, by Allen. SI. 

 American Poulterer's Companion, by Bement. $1 

 American Veterinarian, by Cole. 50 cents. 

 Buist's Kitchen Gardener. 75 cents. 

 Buel's Farmer's Companion. 75 cents 

 Chaptal's Agricultural Chemistry. 50 cents. 

 Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. $1 50. 

 Domestic Animals, by R. L. Allen. Cloth, 75 cts. ; paper. 50 cts. 

 Farmer's and Emigrant's Hand-Book. $1. 

 Fruit Culturist, by J. J. Thomas. 50 centc. 

 Gardener's Farmer's Dictionary. $1 50— leather, $1 75. 

 Horse's Foot— and how to keep it sound. 25 cents. 

 Johnson's Agricultural Chemistry. $1 25. 

 Loudon's Ladies' Flower Garden. SI 25. 



Liebgig's Agricultural Chemistry, (new edition.) SI— paper. 75 eta. 

 Liebgig's Agricultural and Animal Chemistry, (pamphlet edi- 

 tions.) 25 cents each 

 Parson's on the Rose. $1 50. Prince on the Rose. 75 ceut.- 

 Rural Economy, by Boussingault. $1 50. 

 Stable Economy, by Stewart. $1. 

 Scientific Agriculture, by Rodgers. 75 cents. 

 Smith's Productive Farming. 50 cents. 



Treatise on Milch Cows. 38 cts. Treatise on Guano. 25 cents. 

 Youatt on the Horse, (new edition.) $1 75. 

 Youatt on the Pig. 75 cents. 



Catechism of Ag. Chemistry and Geology. 25 cents 

 The Gardener and Complete Florist. 25 cents. 

 Knowlson's Comple Fairier, or Horse Doctor. 25 cents 



*** These books can be safely forwarded by mail, to any part of 

 the country. 



(KJ=- Orders from a distance will receive prompt attention, and 

 the books forwarded by mail or Express as desired. 



Address to D. D. T. MOORE, Rochester. N. Y. 



THE NINTH VOLUME OF THE FARMER, for 184S, just 

 completed, and for sale bound or in numbers, as preferred. It 

 contains a larger amount of matter pertaining to Agriculture and 

 Horticulture than any similar work of the same price ever pub- 

 lished—and is illustrated with over eightv engravings Price. 

 62}£ cents bound in boards and leather — or 50 cents in marble 

 paper, with cloth backs. It can be sent by mail. 



