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To our Fat'/'ois. 



Vol. III. 



Cabinet, which we are happy to say hns al- 

 ready received the sanction of many hundreds 

 of our patrons. We wish to bring it to the 

 attention of all our readers, and we therefore 

 most respectfully re(]uest those who are about 

 to renew their subscriptions, to state whether 

 the Cabinet shall be sent to them until other- 

 wise ordered or not. By this means all par- 

 ties may be satisfied. INIany jjave been ex- 

 ceedingly disappoFnted,and in some instances 

 we think that we have been censured unne- 

 cessarily because we had discontinued the Cab- 

 inet to those to whom it would have atl'orded 

 us the greatest pleasere to liave forwarded it 

 regularly, if we had been apprized of their 

 wishes. 



We have many communications from gen- 

 tlemen residing in various sections of the 

 country requesting us to forward the Cabinet, 

 and that by the first private opportunity they 

 would remit the amount, which they cannot do 

 by mail. Whenever a letter of this charac- 

 ter has reHched us, postage paid, we have 

 complied with the request of the writer.'*' In 

 order to obviate the difficulty we recommend 

 to all, especially those residing at a distance, 

 and whose communication is not direct with 

 Philadelphia, the example of some of our ear- 

 liest patrons, viz ; a remittance of Jive dollars, 

 which will entitle the subscriber to the first 

 seven volumes of the Cabinet, or seven years 

 in advance from the date of the remittance, 

 as may be desired. New subscribers who 

 wish the work sent them from the commence- 

 ment can have the first three volumes for- 

 warded by mail in paper covers, subject to 

 newspaper postage. 



ily^AU post masters are hereby duly au- 

 thorized, and also most respectfully requested 

 to act as agents for the Farmers' Cabinet. — 

 They will be allowed the usual commission. 



Any gentleman may constitute himself a 

 special agent by forwarding us five dollars, 

 for which seven copies of the Cabinet will be 

 supplied for one year; or, fifteen copies for 

 ten dollars. 



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Those of our subscribers whose names are 



*A large proportion of those who thus ordered the 

 Cabinet, have paid the amount of their subscriptions. 

 Many of them not findini; it convenient to remit as 

 they had anticipated, have been al considerable pains 

 to procure a one dollar bill, and when they had suc- 

 ceeded have remitted it to us by mail, paying tlie post 

 ai»e, which, in many instances amounted to from thir- 

 ty-iseven and a half to tifty cents, which, with tlie post- 

 BEe previously paid, is three-fourths the yearly price of 

 the Cabinet. A large majority of the subscribers thus 

 aitunted, have nevertheless ordered the Cabinet con. 

 liiiUBcl. In order to obviate this difficulty, the Propri- 

 etors hereby announce that any person remitting fivk 

 I)oi.[,\Rs, shall be entitled to the Farmers' Cabinet for 

 SEVEN YEARB, commencing with the first or any subse- 

 quent volume. The money, if sent by mail, may be 

 forwarded at the risk of the publishers. 



not on our permanent list, whose term of 

 subscription expires with the present number, 

 and who desire to have the Cabinet continued, 

 are respectfully requested to give us imme- 

 diate information, either personally, by let* 

 ter, or by some friend visiting the city. 



It is not to be expected that in a business 

 so extensive and complex as that of the Cabi- 

 net, that no mistakes will occur. It is our 

 interest, as well as our desire, that all our pa- 

 trons should be regularly suppl ied. But wlifn 

 subscribers do not receive the Cabinet, it does 



not follow that the publishers are in fault 



They are not, one time in ten. We have 

 satisfied ourselves that one great source of 

 complaint is to be traced to the remissness of 

 some of the post masters ; and not unfrequently 

 to the misapprehension of subscribers as to 

 the conditions on which the work is publi.?hed. 

 Now we wish it distinctly understood that, in 

 all cases, twelve numbers of the Farmer.s' 

 Cabinet are equivalent to a \ ear's sib- 

 scRiPTioN. We wish to say a word on ano- 

 ther point connected with this subject. Ac- 

 cording to our terms, new subscribers must 

 commence with the beginning or middle of 

 the volume. In all cases, when persons sub- 

 scribe when the volume is far advanced, they 

 are furnished with the preceding numbers, as 

 above stated; when the year expires, unless 

 we have orders to the contrary, the Cabinet 

 is discontinued ; and in a number of instances, 

 in due time a formal complaint is entered that 

 A. B. subscribed for the Cabinet, and has not 

 received a number foi such a period of time. 

 We turn to our books and the matter is at once 

 explained. The difficulty lies here. The 

 person in question, notwithstanding he was 

 furnished with the back numbers, expected 

 the work for one year /rom the time he sub- 

 scribed. All that is necessary to prevent dif- 

 ficulty, is a little care and attention on the 

 part of subscribers. We wish them all to 

 make themselves well acquainted with our 

 terms. W^e refer to these complaints, not that 

 they are numerous, but because they exist to 

 some extent, and that we wish to "have the 

 proper remedy applied to every thing of the 

 kind. 



Each number as received should be stitched, 

 if convenient, in a paper cover, being first 

 careful to see if the sheet is properly folded, 

 then cut open, so as to be conveniently read, 

 and then laid carefully aside. By this means 

 they will be in a fit state for binding at the 

 completion of each volume. As it is our de- 

 sire that all who take the work should have it 

 perfect, we wish those who do not receive 

 their numbers in due season to give us timely 

 notice thereof, and duplicate copies will be 

 sent. 



