Office removed to the Agricultural IVarc-IIoHsc an*! Seed Sforc, 

 No, S7 I^orlh ^<m-<»ib<1 si reel. 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



DEVOTED TO AGllICULTUllE, HORTICULTURE, AND RURAL ECONOMY. 



Vol. m.-No. la.] 



July 15, 1839. 



lAVhoIe No. 54. 



PUBLisHKn nv 

 PROUTY, 1.IBBY & PROUTY, 



AT TtIK 



Agrlcnltural'WareoHoiinc and Seed Store, 



NO. 87 NOUTH SHCON'l) STUEET, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Price one dollar per >'ear.— For conditions see last piijie. 



THE FARMERS' CABII«ET. 



JUliY 15, 1839. 



To Stibscribers. 



Those of our friends whose term of sub- 

 scription expires with the present number 

 and who desire to continue the Cabinet, will 

 greatly oblige us by calling at the office, No. 

 87 North Second Street, as early as may suit 

 their convenience, and renew their subscrip- 

 tions, or notify us through some other chan- 

 nel. It will assist us in determining the num- 

 ber of copies with which to commence our 

 fourth volume. 



n3"Any gentleman reniittin;; Fi7}c Dollars wiU be en- 

 titled to tlie Farmers' Cabinet for seven years, com- 

 mencing with tlie first or any subsequent volume.— 

 The volumes now published can be sent by mail, in pa- 

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 to any part of the United States over 100 miles from 

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Close of the Volume.^B^To our Patrons. 



With this number we complete the publi- 

 cation of the third volume of the Farmers' Cab- 

 inet. The regular circulation of the Cabinet, 

 in point of number, is not only very re.«!pecta- 

 ble, but constantly increasing. We are sensi- 

 ble that our success in establishing it on a per- 

 manent basis, and what of good it has exerted 

 among the thousands of farmers who patronize 

 it, is owing, in a great measure, to the valua- 

 ble and timely aid we have received from our 

 numerous contributors, by whose means its 

 pages have been enriched, and rendered use- 

 ful and acceptable to its patrons. 



It affords us pleasure to say, that among 

 Cab.— Vol. III.— No. 12. 3fjl 



our correspondents arc some of the best farm- 

 ers in the country — gentlemen who combine 

 intelligence and science, with much practical 

 experience and knowledge of agriculture — 

 an art, from which they not only derive great 

 satisfaction and delight, but the means also 

 of supporting themselves and families in 

 that state of independence, comfort, and neat- 

 ness, which distinguishes the abode of the 

 intelligent, practical, and industrious tiller of 

 the soil. 



The plan on which the Cabinet is published 

 is so essentially different from that adopted 

 by the publishers of newspapers generally, 

 that we are again induced briefly to refer to 

 it, as some of our patrons, it seems, do not 

 understand it fully. 



I. The Cabinet is published monthly at one 

 dollar a year, payable in advance. 



II. At the expiration of the term subscribed 

 for, the Cabinet is discontinued, unless other- 

 wise ordered. 



This course was considered, in the com- 

 mencement of the work, the best that could 

 be adopted. The great majority of the sub- 

 scribers ordered the paper for one year, at the 

 close of which, the publishers found between 

 seven and eight thousand names on their list. 

 They therefore struck them all off, save a few 

 who had ordered it sent to them as long as it 

 was published; as it was not the object of the 

 proprietors to force the Cabinet on any one. 

 The same rule was adopted at the termina- 

 tion of the second volume; and, af>.er giving 

 the subject due consideration, we think it best 

 f^)r all concerned, to adhere to it still. But 

 we have a plan which will obviate the diffi- 

 culty in regard to those who think well 

 enough of our sheet to continue their patron- 

 age from year to year. It is simply a list of 

 permanent subscribers to the Farmers' 



