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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Dec 



whose benefit I have labored, and that the back vol- 

 umes of the Farmer are worth y of preservation and 

 valuable for present and future reference. I leave 

 the publisher's desk and editorial chair with the con- 

 sciousness of having endeavored to perform aright 

 the duties that have devolved upon me — the convic- 

 tion that I have dealt uprightly, and that the pages 

 of the Farmer have been kept comparatively free 

 from matter offensive to good morals, correct taste, 

 common sense, and practical and judicious husbandry. 



Although no longer connected with it my good 

 wishes for the success and usefulness of the Gene- 

 see Farmer, will not, I trust, diminish. My connec- 

 tion with the paper has been pleasant and not un- 

 profitable — and in leaving it I fervently desire the 

 prosperity of my successor. Dr. Lee has recently 

 returned from the South, and will hereafter devote 

 his principal time and attention to this Journal. To 

 those who have perused his able articles and essays, 

 or listened to his eloquent lectures, it is unnecessary 

 for me to speak of his superior abilities. But in order 

 that the agricultural community may receive the 

 full benefit of his services, every reader of the Far- 

 mer should lend a portion of influence in its behalf. 

 And I will here ask all the friends of the paper to 

 continue and increase their generous exertions to 

 augment its subscription list, and likewise to be 

 liberal in their contributions to its pages. While I 

 desire that its circulation and consequent power for 

 good may be greatly increased, I hope the paper will 

 continue to be an organ through which sound prac- 

 tical farmers and men of science will impart their 

 experience and wisdom to all reading and thinking 

 cultivators. 



In retiring from the Farmer I shall not dissolve 

 my connection with the Agricultural Press, nor abate 

 my efforts for the promotion of Rural Improvement. 

 My labors will be equally earnest, and more frequent 

 — devoted to a weekly, instead of a monthly peri- 

 odical. If any desire to continue the acquaintance, 

 I shall be most happy to receive and respond to orders 

 for Moore's Rural New-Yorker, for Prospectus 

 of which see advertising department of this number. 



It ie with emotions of no ordinary character that 

 I take leave of the readers of thG Farmer, and add 

 Jinis to my humble but well intentioned labors as 

 connected therewith. To all subscribers and friends 

 I wish success commensurate with their skill and 

 perseverance in enriching both the soil and the 

 mind. That they may reap from the former most 

 abundant harvests, and that the latter may ever 

 abound with the imperishable fruits of knowledge 

 and wisdom, are my fervent aspirations. 



D. D. T. MOORE. 



The undersigned has purchased the type, good 

 will, patronage and subscription list of the Genesee 

 Farmer, and will hereafter publish as well as edit 

 the paper. Although one half of the subscription 

 right has belonged to me since the close of the year 

 1844, yet it is due to Mr.T). D. T. Moore that I 

 should say, in parting with him, what is strictly true, 

 that the unparallelled success of the Farmer under 

 his administration is mainly to be ascribed to the 

 ability, fidelity and indomitable perseverance of that 

 gentleman. In whatever enterprise he may embark, 

 I trust he will command, as he will unquestionably 

 deserve, equal, if not greater success. 



It is much pleasanter to speak of others than of 

 one's self. But duty calls, and I shall speak plainly 



what I feel. Born and reared among the farmers of 

 New York, and having ever labored to promote their 

 educational, their agricultural, and other common in- 

 terests, why should I be compelled, when over forty- 

 five years of age, to go a thousand miles South to 

 earn bread for my family? Before regarding this step 

 as absolutely necessary, I prefer to make one appeal, 

 and only one, to the readers of the Genesee Farmer, 

 and wait the result. 



There are now some twenty-two millions of peo;>le 

 in the United States, more than two-thirds of whom 

 are farmers, or belong to the families of farmers. T 

 deem it as a matter of inestimable moment to our 

 republican system of governing ind the goo:l of all 

 classes, that these millions, how* n diffusely scatter- 

 ed and settled soon begin to cultivate a taste for ru- 

 ral literature and science — a love for agricultural 

 reading and books. To promote this object, my 

 feeble pen and feebler tongue have toiled hopefully 

 for years. My son will soon be taught to se upt all 

 the type used in printing this cheap Agricultural 

 Journal; and the little savings of a life time will go 

 to pay for a small steam engine and a goo.l power 

 press, which can work off 2,500 sheets of the Far- 

 mer in an hour. It will, as hitherto, be sold to clubs, 

 at the pittance of thirty-seven an J a half cents a vol- 

 ume, or a year. 



Mr. Barrt will continue to conduct the Horti- 

 cultural Department; and no pains will be spared 

 to render the work a favorite among all who wish 

 well to the cause it advocates. It will be hand- 

 somely illustrated with new and elegant engravings. 

 It is my purpose to condense into a small space much 

 information culled from foreign and American jour- 

 nals. In this way, by the # liberal expenditure of per- 

 sonal toil, a volume of ran.- * xcellence can be produced. 



I disclaim all wish to compete with the proprietors 

 of other similar journals; and I urge my friends to 

 disabuse their minds of the too popular error, that a 

 farmer who reads one book or one periodical, devoted 

 to the several arts and sciences which pertain to 

 rural affairs has no occasion to read another book, or 

 another periodical, to make him wise and accom- 

 plished in his important profession. While the 

 three millions in the thirty States who read nothing, 

 had better subscribe for the Genesee Farmer, arid 

 begin to learn a little, those that are more advanced 

 may profitably extend their studies to other and more 

 expensive works. In a nation of farmers so pros- 

 perous a£ this, what is fifty cents a year to any one, 

 whether male or female, who really desires to im- 

 prove a farm, a garden, or an orchard; or to enlarge 

 the minds of the several members of a family who 

 possess these things ? This journal ought to have a 

 circulation of fifty thousand copies, and if it fails to 

 reach that figure, it shall not be my fault. 



Kind friends, I rely on you to aid in a work in 

 which I must unavoidably give much labor for little 

 pay. It can only prosper by the gratuitous assist- 

 ance of all that wish well to the Cause, in which 

 this paper has served as a pioneer for twenty years. 

 I have faith believe that it is destined to do vastly 

 more good within the next twenty, than it has during 

 the last. My arrangements for correspondent 

 and foreign periodicals are such, together with my 

 personal attention, as must greatly improve the future 

 volumes of the Farmer. Send forward then your 

 long lists of subscribers, and I will see how good a 

 volume I can send you in exchange for your money. 



DANIEL LEE. 



