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forts in such manner as to benefit the needy, 

 and to carry comfort and succour to the afflict- 

 ed and distressed. Every good man will cry, 

 God speed to all effort made for such an object 

 and so good a cause. But the man who toils 

 for money to hoard, or to spend upon himself 

 alone, must be pitied, or despised. We know 

 not which he most deserves, to be despised 

 for his narrowness of mind, and absence of 

 soul — or to be pitied for his ignorance of the 

 existence of so many sources of true happiness, 

 which he has neglected or thrown away in 

 failing to attach himself by bonds of compas- 

 sion and benefaction to the suffering and needy 

 of his race. lie is an outsider of the human 

 family ; but is no connexion, and can never 

 come within the circle of affection which sur- 

 rounds the worthy members, and secures fur 

 each the respect and sympathetic cooperation 

 of his fellows. 



We must not be discouraged by the perplex- 

 ities and doubts which often surround us, while 

 pursuing the only path which we think duty 

 allows us to follow; but perseverance in our 

 legitimate calling, cheered on by the approv, 

 ing smiles of conscience, we will know no such 

 word as fear. 



" Tho' clouds hang o'er us, there's a blessing 

 Waiting for us, we'll not fear : 



In the right path we're progressing, — 

 We'll trust in God and persevere." 



Brother farmers, do we not greatly need 

 perseverance in our own profession, at the 

 present time of disaster to crops and herds ? 

 To our lot it most especially falls to feel the 

 full force of the fiat, " Cursed is the ground 

 for thy sake. 7 '*- Shall we despair? Nay, 

 rather let us redouble our energies, and strive 

 to make good our losses and want of success 

 in most of the branches of agricultural indus- 

 try. Let us improve our lands as much as 

 possible. So we shall add to our prospective 

 riches, and be laying up a hoard on which we 

 may draw at some future day. 



Our Next Volume. 

 With the present Number, our 18th Volume 

 is closed, and it is proper that we should at the 

 end of the year speak of what we expect to do 

 in return for the patronage of our friends, in 

 our next volume. 

 We trust that the Southern Planter fills the 

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ineasure of expectation of all its friends; nor 

 do we intend that any effort on our part shall 

 be wanting, to improve its pages constantly, 

 and to make it more and more worthy of the 

 support of all farmers. 



If we can have their co-operation, we know 

 it must improve steadily and rapidly. In this 

 connection, let us say to all our brother farmers, 

 that they have it in their power to benefit 

 themselves as well as us, b}' sending us as con- 

 tributions to our store of facts and theories, 

 everything worthy of observation in the circle 

 of their own agricultural duties. What inter- 

 ests one must be of interest to many others, in 

 so large a family; while the constant inter- 

 change of opinions through the medium of ag- 

 ricultural papers, helps the paper, helps the 

 farmer, and the cause in which both editor and 

 farmer should be deeply interested. We can 

 only pledge ourselves then for an earnest and 

 faithful performance of our part, in the cause 

 of agricultural progress. May we not expect- 

 to have support of those who are co-workers 

 with us in " tilling the soil?" 



We believe it, as it has been said with truth, 

 that when a man has done all in his power to 

 discharge faithfully his own duty, he acquires 

 "a right to expect the blessings, of Providence 

 on his honest industry?" 



We have made arrangements to improve the 

 type and paper, and our next volume will pre- 

 sent a neater appearance to its friends. This 

 much for the outside — may it prove a tempta- 

 tion to many farmers to find themselves in print, 

 within. 



We shall make every honest effort to increase 

 our circulation, and while we regret being too 

 modest to ash a man to subscribe to our paper 

 when we meet him, still, in the quiet solitude of 

 our office, we do not hesitate to make this silent 

 appeal to every man who has two dollars unap- 

 propriated, to subscribe to the So. Planter. 



We would call the attention of our subscri- 

 bers to the fact that our advertising sheet does 

 not encroach upon the sixty-four pages of read- 

 ing matter legitimately belonging to. every num- 

 ber of the Southern Planter, and that every 

 page of advertisement is printed upon an extra 

 sheet, which while it costs subscribers nothing, 

 is a very material aid to us. 



We make this explanation, in consequence 

 of having heard that the enlargement of the 



