TO OUR BROTHER FARMERS. 



Gentlemen, you have often heard of us through the 

 medium of other agricultural journals, but now you will 

 see us in a more conspicuous station than prudence 

 might advise us to take. 



The only apology we have is the zeal we bear 

 to the more perfect cultivation of our native soil, — 

 our beloved New England. In taking upon our- 

 selves the trust of conducting a journal which will 

 be the medium of communicating information from 

 you and to you, we pray you to understand we as- 

 sume no dictatorial powers. We do not profess to 

 teach you how to manage your farms. We rather 

 choose to be the medium through which you shall 

 make communications to one another on our favorite 

 topics, and thus elicit facts and arguments in favor of 

 a more improved system of cultivation. 



We wish this day to commence and to continue a 

 system of mutual i7istruction in which you shall all bear 

 a part ; and to afford you a medium, on the very lowest 

 terms in our power, through which facts may be read- 

 ily communicated, from which conclusions may be 

 drawn, for our advancement in our profession and call- 

 ing, and for the edification of all concerned. Living 

 remote from towns and from each other, we are prone 

 to become careless and inattentive to our best interests ; 

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