Agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man .— Washington. 
VOL, V._NEW YORK, DECEMBER, 1840._NO. K\L 
A. B. Allen, Editor. Saxton & Miles, Publishers, 205 Broadway. 
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
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promptly issued on the 1st of January next, and we 
hope it will be agreeable to all to renew their sub- ! 
scriptions. At the low price at which the Agricul¬ 
turist is published, a large subscription list, promptly 
paid in , can alone support it We earnestly entreat 
our friends, therefore, to exert themselves in favor 
of this journal. If they will do their part, we pro¬ 
mise most faithfully to perform ours, by making the 
next volume, equal at least, to any of its predecessors. 
We intend to give a handsome new vignette for 
one thing, and have other improvements in store, of 
which the public will be advised when they see 
them. 
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liberally sustaining agricultural publications. Their 
cheapness and utility strongly commend them to 
the community. We care not what a man’s occu¬ 
pation may be, all are interested either directly or 
indirectly in the improvement of agriculture. Then 
let the periodicals on this subject meet with the 
generous support of every good citizen. 
To Prepare Corn for Shipping to Europe.— 
See that it be perfectly sound and dry. If it could 
be kiln-dried it would be still better. Transport it 
to the ship in a clear dry day, and place it in 
moderate-sized bins in the hold of the vessel. 
These should be well sealed, and made water¬ 
proof ; and great care should be taken to have them 
dry at the time the corn is put in. Thus prepared 
and loaded, it will arrive sound in Europe, and 
bring a good price. If carelessly shipped, the grain 
will surely mould on the voyage, and arrive unfit 
for use ; for musty corn cannot be sweetened again 
by any method with which we are acquainted. 
The varieties of corn which will best bear trans¬ 
portation by sea, are those containing a large portion 
of oil, such as the Golden Sioux, the King Philip 
or Northern Eight-rowed Yellow, the Dutton, the 
Browne, the Rhode Island White-Flint, &c.; but 
the flour made from those varieties is not so pala¬ 
table to those unaccustomed to its use, as that made 
from the soft farinaceous varieties of the South 
and West, which are improved by kiln-drying. 
