HENRY COLMAN, ESQ.—TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
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ly and privately, for building railroads and digging 
canals in various sections of the Union. These 
enterprises, together with a fuller prosecution of 
manufactures, will divert some of the labor which 
for the last five years has been engaged in raising 
produce, to be the consumers of it; and to con¬ 
clude, everything presents a much more cheering 
aspect to our mind. We may be over sanguine in 
our hopes and expectations, but we confidently 
think that the day of darkness is at length passed, 
and that we may now look forward to a bright se¬ 
ries of years of steady, active, profitable business. 
HENRY COLMAN, Esq. 
This distinguished American farmer sailed from 
this port on the 7th of last month, in the packet 
ship Independence, on his long-cherished agricul¬ 
tural tour to Europe, and has by this time, in all 
probability, arrived in England. We wish him 
a pleasant sojourn among our brethren of the 
father land. 
Mr. Colman has long been our warm and honored 
friend; and in this responsible undertaking of an 
agricultural survey of the most interesting parts of 
Europe, he has our best wishes of success. That 
his tour will add invaluable stores to the agricul¬ 
tural knowledge of our country, we can have no 
question; and of his ability to prosecute ail neces¬ 
sary inquiries, and obtain all useful knowledge 
for the benefit of American agriculture, we have 
scarce a doubt. To the brief notice which Mr. 
Colman has given the public of his intended tour, 
he has received a most substantial response, in a 
subscription of over two thousand copies of his 
proposed publication; and in this, from his ability 
as a scholar and his long experience and observa¬ 
tion as a practical farmer, we anticipate a rich 
and rare treat in his volumes. 
W e expect to be regularly advised of Mr. Col- 
man’s movements during his absence, both in Great 
Britain and on the continent, and shall occasion¬ 
ally place his communications before our readers. 
His prospectus was given in our March No., page 
366, and subscriptions to it will be received at our 
publishing office, Messrs. Saxton and Miles having 
been appointed the agents for this city. The first 
number of the Tour and Survey, comprising about 
100 pages, will appear early in January next; and 
during Mr. Colman’s absence in Europe, in order 
to ensure as much accuracy as possible, the proof 
sheets will be read by J. E. Teschemacher, Esq. 
of Boston, and ourselves. 
Merino Sheep.— Several of our friends are going 
into the sheep business at the west, and wish us 
to make the inquiry at what prices one hundred 
pure-bred, choice Merino ewes can be had, deliv¬ 
ered either at some port on the lakes, or on the 
Ohio river. We understand that there are fine 
flocks of pure, well-bred sheep in Washington 
county, Pennsylvania, and near Steubenville, Ohio, 
and we should be pleased to hear from their own¬ 
ers regarding them. Bucks will be taken from 
this part of the country, as it is thought that they 
are larger, stronger, and better bred, than at the 
west. We shall expect to be addressed post paid 
in all instances when making inquiries for others. 
Samples of Wool.— We are repeatedly called 
upon, especially from the south, for samples of 
different kinds of wool, and we shall be obliged if 
our friends will furnish us a few, especially of 
Merino, both washed and unwashed, neatly ar¬ 
ranged in separate locks on white paper. 
Poland Hens.— We wish to know where we 
can obtain in this vicinity, the genuine Poland hen, 
of different colors and free from the muffled chop- 
cross of the French Poland. Any other curiosities 
in the poultry way, we should be glad to learn 
about. State prices at which they can be obtained 
in pairs. 
Cincinnati Horticultural Society. —We are 
happy to see this society organized under such fa¬ 
vorable circumstances, and return our thanks to 
the president and members, for being elected an 
honorary member thereof. It will give us great 
pleasure at all times to assist in promoting its lau¬ 
dable objects. 
Credit Quotations.— The Southern Planter 
will find upon re-perusing this article, that the 
N. E. F., and not itself was the party in question. 
We have ever found the S. P. particularly scrupu¬ 
lous in giving credit for extracts. And while upon 
this subject, we notice some papers are in the 
habit of copying our Foreign Agricultural News, 
without giving us credit. We are always happy 
to see these things quoted, but as we make up the 
summary at considerable labor and expense, if the 
source from which it is derived can not be acknowl¬ 
edged, we shall hereafter mark the offending par¬ 
ties, and make their names public. 
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
We can not but feel grateful for the prompt 
manner in which nearly all who supported us last 
year, have come forward and renewed their sub¬ 
scriptions for the present volume of the Agricultu¬ 
rist. New subscribers are continually flocking 
in, and every one seems pleased with the elegant 
mechanical appearance of our new volume, and its 
varied and racy matter. According to present ap¬ 
pearances, we shall soon have a circulation, to say 
the least, as large as any other agricultural paper 
in the United States. We feel extremely flattered 
by this preference on the part of the public, and 
our subscribers may be assured that each succeed¬ 
ing number of this paper will appear with embel¬ 
lishments and matter fully equal, and in some in¬ 
stances superior to the first, and we trust that all 
will continue to exert themselves in extending our 
subscription list. 
Errata.-— Page 10 of April No., read 22 for 
“2;” p. 11, Thomas Addis Emmet for “Robert 
Emmet;” p. 15, cash for “ each,” permits for “ pre¬ 
vents;” p. 16, burn for “ trim.” 
