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I most Health)- and Honorable, as it is the most Natural and Useful pursuit of Man. 





ROCHESTER, N. Y.— DECEMBER, 1849. 



NO. 12. 



ENDS AND READERS OF THE FARMER' 



Farmer to Dr. 



Ihe connection of the undersigned,* as 



a me, ceases 



nt number and volume. The occasion 



announcement necessary, will 



lit a brief review of personal efforts, without 



liter to the charge of possessing an 



■e of egotism. 



>ur years my time and energies have 

 to this Journal and the in- 

 1 s sought to promote. Aside from personal 

 heart lias been ardently cr 

 in tli ,1 Improvement and Progress— 



for it? advancement I have hopefully and cheer- 

 However -humble the instrument, or 

 i ■ the capacity, the objects in view were most 

 brts put forth have been ea 



to my 



, believed that it 



I be resuscitated and established upon a perma- 



— and nearly all considered the enterprise 



mely unpropitious. But, confident and erfthu- 



i, and determined to merit 



omplish an object so 



ersonal ease and pleasure were disregarded, 



whatever industry and ability I could command 



ht into requisition. The result proves that my 



iced, and that the labor be- 



i the work by its conductors, has met with 



lensurate return in the substantial and unex- 



port received. And it affords me pleasure 



connection, what I trust will prove 



■ tifying to its readers, that the Gem 



' has a greater circulation than 



palmiest clays — and that, <•• 



I to as at least equal, in 



■efulness, to any of its able and 



well conducted contempora 



Tb 3S and popularity of the Fanner, 



or, have i ';piired by the writer and 



• . L''E and Barry,) alone. 



Others are perhaps entitled to equal if not greater 

 r, particularly, I have been con- 

 ly aided by numerous influential persons residing 

 as of the Union. Indeed, they 

 seconded my efforts, and responded to my requests, in 

 appropriate manne- — in the capacity of Con- 

 tributors, Agents and Subscribers — and it is to them, 

 rather than to any talent or exertions of my own, 



1 that the public are mainly indebted for 

 benefit may have accrued to the agricultural 

 munity through the agency of my & I per- 



severing labors. Unsustained by such -men 



of enterprise, possessing i 

 localities, and actuated by high and g 

 — the Farmer would never haw 

 and creditable as it now 



'nee. To each and all, therefoi 

 any manner contributed to the succe?: f this I 

 — either by cor,." ig the result 



vation, study and experience to its pages, or in aug- 

 ibscription list — I tender the sincere 

 and grateful acknowledgments of an appreciating 

 heart, not only for kin tended to myself, but 



for the exercise of that spirit of liberality and true 

 patriotism which has induced them to upport 



to a publication designed to promote the most promi- 

 nent interests of our wide spread Republic. 

 To the Press, at home and abroad, I a; 



;ny friendly notices and favors. Thi ; remark 

 applies particularly to the Press of Western and 

 Central New York, to the conductors of which I am 

 under especial obligations for personal kindness and 

 courtesy on all occasions. To all members of the 

 brotherhood, near and distant, cordial thanks are ten- 

 dered for past favors — \v: :e that the 

 acquaintance which has proved so' pleasant to myself 

 will ere long be renewed. May they all use wisely 

 and successfully the power they have to enlighten 

 and instruct the heart and mind — to direct and con- 

 trol public opinion and character. May usefulness 

 guide them continually, and honor and prosperity 

 attend their future efforts and progress. 



In reviewing my editorial career I find compara- 

 tively little that I should wish to undo how- 

 has been omitted. The printing and publif 

 of the Farmer has necessarily occupied a great 

 share of my attention, and (Dr. ing absent 

 much of the time, engaged in other important duties,) 

 the editorial department has suffered in c 

 Indeed, I do not claim ifc have performed fully and 

 well the duties of an Editor — and have certainly 

 fallen far short of my own standard, and c 

 of what ought to be accomplished. It has been my 

 constant aim to keep the pages of the Farmer free 

 from error and imposition of any and all kinds, and to 

 render every line reliable and use!'" 1 to its readers, 

 well I have succeeded in this honest endeavor 

 each subscriber must judge for himself. But I trust 

 my efforts have not proved worthless to those for 



