THE .GENESEE FARMER FOR 1SG3. 



The present number concludes the volume of the 

 Genesee Farmer for the year 1862. 



The close of each volume is an important epoch in the 

 life of an editor and publisher. During the year he has 

 become more or. less familiar with the names of thous- 

 ands of his readers, and he cannot but feel some degree 

 of solicitude as to how many will feel sufficient interest 

 in the paper to promptly renew their subscriptions. 



In our own case we feel confident that there will be 

 found few intelligent readers who will be willing to give 

 up the Farmer. We have during the past season labored 

 hard to make it a useful, instructive and interesting ag- 

 ricultural and horticultural journal, and know that such 

 labor always meets with its reward. 



The Genesee Farmer is so cheap that we are obliged 

 to adopt the system of stopping the paper as soon as the 

 subscription expires. We cannot afford to let the paper 

 run on longer than it is paid for. Neither do our sub- 

 scribers wish us to do so. We trust, therefore, that all our 

 readers will renew their subscriptions at once. We do 

 not want to miss a sinyle name from our old list. We 

 hope all our friends will renew their subscriptions 

 promptly. 



It is our determination to make the Farmer still more 

 worthy the patronage it has so long enjoyed ; and we 

 have no hesitation in asking all our old readers not only 

 to renew their own subscriptions, but also to ask their 

 neighbors to give the paper a trial for a year. 



To our Canadian Friends. — The Genesee Farmer has 

 always had a large circulation>mong the intelligent ag- 

 riculturists of Canada West, and never larger than at 

 present. At this time last year there were fears that the 

 friendly relations which have so long existed between the 

 two countries might be broken; but happily they have 

 all past away. The soil and climate of Western New 

 York and Western Canada are very similar, and the Gen- 

 esee Farmer is as well suited to Canadian farmers and 

 gardeners as to those of the State of New York and 

 Pennsylvania. 



We have been compelled to advance the price of the Far- 

 mer ten cents a year. This course has been rendered neces- 

 sary by the great increase in the price of paper, caused by 

 a scarcity of cotton rags. We feel sure that our liberal 

 and intelligent Canadian friends will not object to the 

 small advance. In clubs of six and upwards, the price 

 of the Farmer is still only Fifty Cents a year. 



We shall prepay the American postage on all papers and 

 Rural Annuals sent to Canada without extra charge. — 

 Some of our American readers may think that it is not 

 right to send a paper to Canada for less than it costs them. 

 But they must recollect that the present premium on Can- 

 ada money will fully make up the difference, 



We will take Canadian postage stamps for all sums less 

 than a dollar. 



Look at the Special Premiums. — We have never before 

 offered such valuable Specific Premiums to those getting 

 subscribers. _ To every one sendiug us six subscribers al 

 our lowest club rates of Fifty Cents, we seud prepaid by 

 return mail a copy of the Rural Annual for 1863. For 

 ten subscribers we send a copy of the Farmer and Rural 

 Annual; for sixteen subscribers we send a dollar's worth 

 of choice garden seeds, or a bound volume of the Farmer 

 for 1860, (the best of the series,) and also a free copy of 

 the Farmer and Rural Annual for 1863. For larger clubs, 

 still more liberal premiums are offered. See last page of 

 this number. 



Form Clubs— -Form Clubs !— The price of the Geneset 

 Farmer in clubs of six and upward is only Fifty Cental 

 and in addition to this the members of the club can each 

 have a Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory for 

 1863. for fifteen cents! Let a club be formed at every 

 Postolfice. Any one of our readers can act as Agent, and 

 will receive our best thanks for so doing. And this is 

 not all : he will take a valuable Specific Premium or Cash 

 Prize. See last page of this number. 



" Who Can Compete for the Cash Prizes '?" — Anybody 

 and everybody. We have no restrictions. All is honor- 

 able and above board. There is no favoritism. You can 

 compete and have just as good a chance to take tile highest 

 Prize as anybody else. There are eight Cash Prizes, and 

 if you should not take the $50, you may take ti- 

 the $20 Prize. No one who really undertakes to get sub- 

 scribers can fail to take one of the highest Cash Prizes. 



$137.— Our Cash Prizes amount to One Hundred and 

 Thirty-seven Dollars. There are only a very few of our 

 Agents who ever compete for them, and the indications 

 are that there will be fewer this year than ever before. 

 Will not our friends do us the favor to take one of these 

 Cash Prizes ? We offer the prizes, and the money will be 

 paid to those getting the largest clubs, however small 

 they may be. 



Cash Prizes — Cash Prizes — Cash Prizes! — So few 

 compete for our Cash Prizes that they will undoubtedly 

 be taken for very small clubs. There is not a man or ac- 

 tive boy anywhere who can not secure one of the highest. 



Monet may be sent by Mail at Our Risk — An'd if the 

 papers do not come in due time write us at once. Letters 

 are sometimes lost in the mail, but not often, and when 

 they are it is our loss. Be sure, however, to address them 

 properly, and drop them in the Postoflice without saying 

 a word to anyone on the subject. 



Speak to your Neighbors.-— Will not our readers 

 oblige us by calling the attention of their neighbors and 

 friends to the Genesee Farmer, and asking them to sub- 

 scribe? We will cheerfully send specimen copies, sub- 

 scription lists, Ac, to all who desire them. 



Only Fifty Cents a Year. — In clubs of six and up- 

 ward the price of the Genesee larmer is only Fifty Cents 

 a year. Is there one of our subscribers who can not in- 

 duce five of his neighbors to join him at this low rate? 



