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f Fo our correspondents.—Selection of Seed. 
the pros and cons of our position, and it was 
mt till after the fullest deliberation, and the 
opinion of many of our friends whose judg¬ 
ment we would rather confide in than our own 
in this matter, that we have decided to take our 
stand here. We have in this great Commer¬ 
cial emporium, access to information and means 
for procuring as well as distributing it, that can¬ 
not be found elsewhere. More Farmers and 
Planters resort here than to any other city of 
the Union, and the facility of procuring back 
numbers and volumes, as well as those just 
issued, without the expense of postage, is no 
inconsiderable item. And our own opportunities 
for looking over crops and herds, and visiting 
our subscribers is greater than it would be in 
any other place. And to those who know us, 
we need not assure them, that though we are 
personally in the. city, our hearts are in the 
country as well as our interests. We shall not 
prove recreant to our trust. 
Our Office is in a central position, No. 36 Park 
Row, opposite the City Hall, where we shall 
be happy to see and converse with any friend 
to the great object whose interests we are advo¬ 
cating ; and those who cannot come personally, 
we shall be glad to hear from by letter, de¬ 
tailing their experiments in crops and animals, 
furnishing such other information as may be 
interesting and relevant to our subject, or mak¬ 
ing suggestions and inquiries. We shall be 
happy to receive and acknowlege any specimens 
of rare seeds for the purpose of distributing 
among such as will make the most beneficial 
use of them for the public, 
Our object is to make a work suited to 
every latitude and longitude of America, and 
for this purpose we shall give occasional essays 
on productions wholly or almost exclusively 
confined to the West and South, as Cotton, Su¬ 
gar, Rice, Tobacco, Hemp, Indigo, Cochineal, 
Coffee, (Tea, if it can be raised,) Oranges, and 
Tropical Fruits. These, while occupying but 
a comparatively small space in our Journal, 
may afford our Southern subscribers what is 
difficult for them to obtain, yet essential to their 
prosperity; and at the same time, furnish our 
Northern readers with a useful and pleasant 
variety. 
To enable us to do this in the most acceptable 
manner, we shall feel under great obligations 
to our Southern correspondents, if they will 
furnish us facts and details, the most minute and 
comprehensive, on all subjects connected with 
their peculiar products. 
Our Northern friends will ol course, greet 
us folly with all the information which may 
add to the general stock of knowledge. We 
design making our work a thoroughly practical 
one , and for this purpose we want facts on 
which to base every thing. We do not wish 
to amuse or occupy the valuable time of our 
readers with fine spun, unsubstantial theories, 
to befog and mislead them, when their minds 
require to be kept in the straight forward prac¬ 
tical path of utility. 
And for their own benefit, and without refer¬ 
ence to any consideration beyond their own 
interest, we would here make a most important 
suggestion to them, and without a strict adher¬ 
ence to it under all circumstances, they cannot 
hope to make that progress in their pursuits 
that is perfectly within their reach. It is to ob¬ 
serve accurately, and note carefully for future 
use and comparison, every circumstance con¬ 
nected with their seeds, crops, lands, animals, 
&c., &c. We have not time at the present 
moment to pursue this subject, but shall take 
an early opportunity hereafter to give our 
views in full upon it. 
A word to our Correspondents. For 
the purpose of making every communication 
which may appear in our Journal as useful as 
possible to our readers, we would suggest a 
careful attention to the following particulars. 
1°, In giving the weight of Animals, state 
their age; 2°, breed; 3°, quality of carcass 
if dead, or appearance and shape if alive ; 4°, 
manner of feeding and treatment, mentioning 
especially any deviation from the ordinary 
course pursued in rearing or fattening them. 
If Crops, specify 1°, the exact kind or va¬ 
riety ; 2°, where the seed was obtained, and 
of whom ; 3°, kind of soil; 4°, mode of 
culture, including a statement of the previous 
condition of the ground, kind and quantities 
of manure added, &c. 
Our purpose is not to amuse so much as to in¬ 
terest, and to publish to our readers that such 
a person has raised an Ox, weighing 4000lbs. 
a Hog, 1500, or a Sheep, 200, or had sheared 
lGlbsof clean Wool, is to inform them simply 
of a monstrosity; but if we tell them at the 
same time, where they can procure such breeds, 
and how they may attain such weights, we 
place information in their hands, that will ena¬ 
ble them to derive a practical benefit from the 
communication. 
Selections in Seed, cannot too carefully 
be made by the farmer. There is freqently a 
difference in yield in a crop from one kind of 
seed, of one hundred per cent, over another 
from the same quality of land, and similar 
treatment. Every species of grain, roots, and 
grasses is subject to this difference of yield, 
without apparent cause. 
