THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY. 



"Whole No. 37. 



Vol. lI.-lVo. 13.] 



Pliiladelphia, PeT!>ruary 15, 1838. 



PUBLISHED BY JOHN LIBBY. 



i]Vo. 45 NortSi Sixtli St., Ptailada., 



Above Arch Street. 



AT ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. 



To our Pa.trous. 



In our last number we announced our in- 

 tention of changing the Cabinet from a semi- 

 iiiunthl)', to a monthly paper, — the change 

 lias accordingly been made, and the present 

 is the first number issued under the new ar 

 langement. Our patrons receive the same 

 amount of matter, and in the same form — the 

 .".'vantages arising from the change, and 

 Liiolly referred to in our last publication, are 

 jciiiual between the publisher and his subscri- 

 be -tf. As yet we have had but one complaint ; 

 faiil as every person with whom we have 

 euu versed has cordially approved of the alte- 

 ration, we presume we shall have no more. 

 We avail ourselves of this opportunity of ex- 

 pressing our thanks for the liberal patronage 

 afforded to the enterprize in which we are 

 embarked; and we would also tender our 

 acknowledgments to those correspondents 

 whose communications have from time to time 

 enriched the pages of the Cabinet. Their aid 

 is still needed, and we cherish the hope that 

 they will continue their favors. Communi- 

 cations from gentlemen in all parts of the 

 country, who feel an interest in the promotion 

 of Agricultural knowledge are requested. — 

 Detailed accounts of experiments, and com- 

 munications on all subjects of general interest 

 to farmers, improvements, &c., are respect- 

 fully and anxiously solicited. In this import- 

 ant work we look to intelligent and enter- 

 prising individuals for aid ; as well as to the 

 officers of Agricultural Societies. 



In regard to our subscription list we have 

 no causte to complain, although it is not as 

 large as could be desired, or, as might rea- 

 eonably have been calculated on from the im- 



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portance of the work to which the Cabinet is en- 

 tirely devoted, and the very low price at which 

 it is published. But we have been encouraged 

 of late, by tbe many tokens of approbation 

 that we have received from all quarters, and 

 from the fact that we have had more volunta- 

 ry subscriptions within the last three months, 

 than during the fifteen months preceding. — 

 The demand for the first volume has also in- 

 creased, so that the surplus copies of that vol- 

 ume remaining on hand are nearly all taken 

 up. Still we need the active co-operation of 

 all the friends of our enterprise. If the Cabi- 

 net is calculated to promote the cause of 

 Agriculture, and consequently individual 

 prosperity, the benefits arising from it will be 

 increased in proportion to its circulation. — 

 Again, a work, from which advertisements, 

 the life of newspapers, are wholly excluded, 

 necessarily requires a very heavy list of pay- 

 ing subscribers. Such a list we need — such 

 a list, we think, the Cabinet ought to have. 

 If its friends will but exert themselves in its fa- 

 vor, the work, so far as regards the necessary 

 circulation, is accomplished. We wish its 

 friends in every section to make an efl^ort to 

 increase its circulation. Any gentleman 

 may constitute himself a special agent by for- 

 warding five dollars free of postage, for which 

 we will furnish the work to seven subscribers 

 for one year. Let every one exert his influ- 

 ence among his friends and neighbors, and 

 the effort will tell upon our subscription list, 

 and enable us to expend a greater amount in 

 prosecuting the primary objects of the work, 

 than our present means will justify. In pro- 

 portion to the increased circulation of the 

 Cabinet, the means of rendering it more ex- 

 tensively useful, are placed in our possession. 

 We therefore ask with confidence the aid 

 and assistance of all, by contributing to our 

 pages, and enlarging our circulation. 



John Libbt 



Philadelphia, Feb., 1838. 



