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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1843. 
TO SOUTHERN PLANTERS. 
In obedience to a promise made some time 
since, we have entered upon a new enterprise, 
and to-day send forth for your inspection, and, 
we fondly hope, jmur approval, the first number 
of the “Southern Cultivator.” In commenc- 
ing a work of such importance to the cultivators 
©f the soil, w'e have been influenced by no other 
motives than to contribute our humble but zeal- 
ous efforts to the restoration of the exhausted 
lands of the country, to introduce an enlight- 
ened system of agriculture, and to afford an ac- 
ceptable medium for the interchange of views 
between planters, upon a subject in which all 
classes of society are so deeply interested. We 
have seen and felt the blighting effects upon the 
intere.sts and independence of Southern planters, 
vv'hich have been produced by the too common 
and fatal system of Agriculture almost univer- 
sally adopted, and it has long been to us a 
source of deep anxiety. To correct the evils of 
a system so long established and practised upon, 
an d to introduce one better adapted to the wants 
and comforts of the whole population, we are 
fully aware, is a work of no ordinary labor, 
both physical and mental; but when w^e reflect 
upon the important advantages which a proper 
direction of our energies promises to develope 
to the great agidcultural interests of the South, 
we enter upon the duties wuth the highest confi- 
dence of success, relying for aid upon those 
who have embarked in this valuable and inter- 
esting pursuit. To the Planters, therefore, of 
.Georgia and the surrounding Southern States, 
do we appeal for aid in this enterprise — we a.sk 
not only their influence in circulating the v/ork 
among all the tillers of the soil, but, as we hope 
and believe that it will derive its chief interest 
from an interchange of their views upon all 
subjects pertaining to agriculture and the gene- 
ral business of the farm, we invite theii’ cordial 
and sincere co-operation in forwarding to us 
their views, and the result of experiments in 
every departnaent of this deeply interesting 
branch of industry. It is our purpose to make the 
“Southern Cultivator” a work worthy of the 
great cause in which it is engaged, and to which 
it shall be specially and exclusively devoted, 
and we sincerely hope that no man who feels an 
interest in the introduction and promotion of an 
enlightened system of culture for our great sta- 
ple products, wall withhold his zealous support. 
With this brief introduction, we commit the 
work to the hands of those for whose especial 
benefit it has been undertaken, not doubting 
their readiness to unite with us cordially in a 
Zealous .^d snergetic effort to accomplish what- 
ever the most sanguine friend of. the cause may 
anticipate. 
GIVE US YOUR AH). 
This number ofthe “Southern Cultivator’’ 
■will be sent to Postmaster.s, and other citizens, 
in eveiy section ofthe >State, and to manj^ in the 
adjoining States, who" are not subscribers, and 
wemo.st respectfally a.sk them to exhibit it to 
their neighbors and friends, and solicit subscrip- 
tions. To all such as may receive it, therefore, 
we desire to say. 
We send)^!! the "Southern Cultivator, ’’be- 
lieving you feel a sufficient interest in the can.'^e 
of Agriculture, to lend your aid in giving it a 
general circulation among the planters in your 
immediate neighborhood. The woik. as its ti- 
tle imports, will be exclusively devoted to South- 
ern Agriculture, and whatever pertains to the 
business of the Agriculturist, in all its varied 
departments; and, in order to place it within the 
reach of the most humble tiller of the soil, the 
subscription price is only ONE DOLLAR 
per year, aiavays in advance. If it please imu, 
sir, to contribute your aid, we shall feel grateful 
for the conrte.sy, and hope you will be abund- 
antly compensated by the great good it will ac- 
complish. 
In presenting to the planters of the South, the 
first number of the “Southern Cultivator,” 
■v’bich circnnistances beyond our control have 
delayed to a much later period than we anticipa- 
ted -u’hen our pro.spectus -was first issued, we de- 
sire to remark, in all sincerity, that the very lim- 
ited patronage as jmt bestowed, is not sufficient 
to justify our making the wmrk wAat we hoped 
to do -when we determined to embark in the en- 
terprise, and what every Southern man -would 
he pleased to see it. To render it a Avork-vmrthy 
of the noble cause in wliich it is engaged, and 
everv way acceptable to the agi’iculturi.sts of the 
country, much money must be expended in the 
procurement of drawings, and cuts of the vari 
ous implements of husbandry and animals, ne. 
cessary to be thus illustrated for the satisfaction 
of the readers of the work, and for the attain- 
ment of the greatest possible good to society. — 
Relying, therefore, exclusively upon the sub- 
scription list to be reimbursed in this expendi- 
ture, it is equally a matter of interest to us, as 
well as the patrons of the work, that it should 
have an extensive circulation, which can alone 
defray the expense. While, then, Ave assure 
those Auho haA^e already promptly entered their 
na-mes upon onr list, that we .shall proceed with 
the publication of the present A'olume to its com- 
pletion, and shall devote our best energies to 
make it valuable and useful to eA-eiy man Avho 
may read it, if he cultiAmte but a single half 
acre of land, though we add not another name 
to our list; nevertheless we submit to them, 
Avhether, as a matter of self interest, they should 
not use some exertion to obtain for it a large cir- 
culation. 
CHANGE or NAME. 
Since our prospectus was issued, Ave have dis- 
covered that in adopting the name of “South- 
ern Planter” for our paper, we have encroach- 
ed upon tbe rjgjbts of our brethren of Richmond, 
Virginia, aa-Iio publish an agricultural Avork 
under that name. AVehave, therefore, to avoid - 
aity such collission, adopted the name of 
“Southern C'cltia’-ator,” which is equally 
comprehensiA'e and adapted to the cliaracter ol 
our work, in Avhich name it Avill be published, 
TO CORRESRONHENTS. 
In another article we liaAm invited our trends 
generally to furnish us with whatever they may 
deem of sufficient interest to the great brother- 
hood of planters to be published, and Ave trust 
that none will require a special or more parti- 
cular solicitation; for -while the “CultiA-ator” will 
be a medium of coinnmnicationbetween agi’icul- 
turists themselves, aa^c desire to make it likcAvise 
so betAAnen our correspondents and ourselA’cs, 
Ave shall thereby saA'e much labor and avoid the 
expense of po.stage. 
REPORTS OF THE MARKETS. 
Since our prospectus was issued, the inquii-y . 
has been sevmral times made of ns, “whether the 
Cultivator would contain reports of the mar- 
kets,” &C.7 to Avhich we reply, that during the 
cotton season, which coA'ers nearly the entire 
year, aa'c shall regularly report the Amine of our 
great staple, together AAfith .such other informa- 
tion as we shall deem of interest to the planters 
— all of Avhich AAfill be collected from the most 
authentic sources. We shall also, in obedience 
to the suggestion of numerous triends, report 
regularly the A'alae of money, particularly 
Avhile we harm a depreciated circulating medi- 
um in the State; but as Ave hope the day is not 
far distant when such a currency Avifl be dr'iven 
entirely from circulation, Ave think that such a 
report may, in a short time, he dispensed AA-ith; 
howeA'-er, until it can be, we shall continue to 
giA-e it, believing that no information is more 
valuable to {he planter than to know the value 
of the money for which he exchanges the pro- 
ducts of his labor. 
HANCOCK planters’ CLUB. 
In another part of this paper AAfill be found 
the report of the proceedings ot this Club at its 
late Annual Fair, for which Ave are indebted to 
the Georgia Journal. In presenting this paper 
to the consideration ofthe planters of the South, 
Ave Avould most respectfully urge the importance 
of fonning similar societies in CA'ery county, as 
one of the first steps in the great work of im- 
proA'-ing Southern Agriculture. Had we space, 
Ave Avouid extend our remarks in support of the 
necessity for the formation of such societies, 
and the benefits Avhich must certainly result 
from them, but for the present Ave are compelled 
to defer them, and in the mean time would ^g- 
gest to the Executive Committee of the Han- 
cock Club, the propriety of allowing us to pub- 
lish their Constitution and Bye Luavs, which we 
AA'ill do most cheerfully if a copy be furnished. 
Errata . — In this article three errors appear, 
which AA'ere discovered too late to make the cor- 
rection. Under the head “Swine,” in the firs^ 
line of the second paragraph, and in the eighth 
and eleventh lines of the last paragraph, the 
name “A. E. W. Bonner” and “Mr. Bonner” 
should be “Broavn.” 
