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The Ageicultural Press.— We know of nothing fair to be 

 more encouraging in the signs of the times than papers, 

 the great demand for all kinds of literature that 

 in any way appertains to rural affairs, or pro- 

 fesses to instruct in agriculture and kindred pur- 

 suits. Demand always creates a supply— so, at 

 least, is the ease in this instance. We have now 

 on our exchange list something like sixty agricul- 

 tural papers, probably more than are publishd in 

 all tlie other countries of the world piit together. 

 We feel grateful that our lot is cast amid such 

 a reading, thinking nation of working farmers. 

 To notice separately, as they deserve, such a 

 host of contemporaries, would fill completely our 

 humble sheet. 



Boston, "the Athens of America," pours forth 

 weekly four clear, vivifying streams of agricultu- 

 ral knowledge, running east, west, north and 

 south, enliglitening the mind and fertilizing the 

 soil of thousands of happy readers. The Boston 

 Cultivator, we believe has much the largest circu- 

 lation of any weekly agricultural paper in the 

 world. It-* leading articles are sound, seasonable, 

 scientific and practical. The New England Far- 

 mer, Massachusetts Plowjliman, and Nexo England 

 Oultivator, are also good papers. 



From New York, we get, weekly. The Agricul- 

 tor, American Artisan, and Scientijic American ; 

 monthly, The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, 

 and Working Farmer. 



Baltimore furnishes us one of our best monthly 

 exchanges, Tlie American Farmer. 



Pennsylvania sends us two montldies. The 

 Agriculturist has just hailed us, from Mercer. It 

 is an unpretending sheet, and will doubtless im- 

 prove if well sustained. , The Pennsylvania Farm 

 Journal has recently changed its location from 

 Lancaster to West Chester. We consider it " A, 

 No. 1." 



Cleveland, Ohio, has the honor of issuing a first 

 rate weekly agricultural paper, The Ohio Farmer. 

 The semi-monthly visits of the Ohio Cultivator, 

 from Columbus, generally afford us both profit 

 and pleasure. 



Michigan has now two montlily papers to look 

 after her agricxiltural interests, both hailing from 

 Detroit. "Competition ia the spirit of trade." 

 Tlie new pajjcr, The Farmer's Cwnpanion, appears 

 to have waked up the old, slovenly Michigan 

 Farmer, till it is now really quite a decent^ respec- 

 table looking Jo\irnal. Its youthful rival bids 



of otir first dass agricultural 



The Prairie Farmer, Chica&o, comes out in a 

 new dress and is much improved in appearance. 

 J. A. Wright has again taken its editorial charge, 

 assisted by Dr. J. A KENXiCQrr in the Horticultu- 

 ral department. Tlie Farmier now ranks among 

 the best. 



Tlie Wisconsin and Iowa Farmer is a valuable 

 western journal. Publislied monthly at Janes- 

 ville, Wisconsin. 



TJiC Western Plow Boy, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 

 is a semi-monthly just commenced. Its appear- 

 ance is much in its favoi*. We wish it a long 

 career of usefulness. It showed good sense in 

 copying our article on "the improvement of our 

 common sheep;" it forgot, however, to give credit. 

 We do not blame the ''Boy" ; this kind of steal- 

 ing is so common among the "old folks," that he 

 doubtless thought it no harm to follow their ex- 

 ample. 



We have not space to go farther west or south 

 or our list might be greatly enlarged. 



Comiug home again, we have the Wool Grow- 

 er and Stock Register, formerly published at Buf- 

 falo, now removed to Rochester, N. Y., and pub- 

 lished by D. D. T. Moore, the indefatigable 

 publisher of the Rural New Yorker, one of the 

 best weekly agricviltnral and family papers ex- 

 tant. 



The weekly New York Farmer, Rome, N. Y., is 

 a iiseful paper. 



The Northern Fanner, Uticsi, N. Y., monthly, is 

 great on bees and chickens, and is down on agri- 

 cultural science aud other kindred "humbugs." 



The Country Gentleman, Albany, N. Y., is & 

 new weekly, conducted with much spirit and 

 talent. 



We have not alluded to lialf the agricultural 

 journals on our list, but we tiiink the above will 

 be sufiicicnt to show our Trans-Atlantic friends 

 and subscribers that we are some in agricultural 

 literature in this new Avorld. 



The Michigan Farmer. — The editor of the 

 Michigan Farmer has a bad habit of telling fibs 

 about his neighbors. We had hoped that a voy- 

 age to Europe and a good fit of sca-siekness 

 would have cured him of this evil jiropensity; 

 but it seems we are disappointed, as he returns 

 "like a doff to his vomit." We were rather 



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