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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST ALMANAC.—TO THE FARMERS. 
To societies and clubs, the American Agricultu¬ 
rist will be put in monthly numbers at Five Dollars 
for eight copies. Yol. I. handsomely stitched in 
paper covers, five copies for $4; elegantly bound 
in cloth, five copies for $5. We trust that this 
liberal discount will ensure us numerous orders; 
for at these prices a large edition is necessary to 
pay the bare cost of printing, paper, embellish¬ 
ments, and binding, without leaving a single cent 
for either publishers or editor. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST ALMANAC. 
An Almanac under this title will be issued in a 
few days by J. Winchester, from the New World 
press, 30 Ann street, edited by A, B. Allen, assist¬ 
ed by an association of well-known practical wri¬ 
ters on Agriculture, which we think we may safe¬ 
ly say, will be found the most elegant and com¬ 
plete work of the kind ever yet published. It will 
contain 64 pages octavo, on fine paper, and be em¬ 
bellished with numerous wood-cuts, and sold at 
the low price of 12 1-2 cents at retail, or $8 per 
hundred. 
* This Almanac will comprise, 
1 . Astronomical observations and tables calcula¬ 
ted for the meridian of Montreal, Boston, New 
York, Philadelphia, Charleston, and New Orleans. 
Also valuable Statistical Tables. 
} 2. A complete Northern Calendar for every 
month in the year, embracing all necessary direc¬ 
tions for the management of the farm, garden, and 
orchard. 
3. A .complete Southern Calendar for the Plan¬ 
tation, &c., &c. 
4. Miscellaneous matter, such as is designed to 
advance the interests and improvement of the 
Planter, Farmer, Stock-breeder, and Horticulturist. 
It will be seen now, that the American Agricul¬ 
turist Almanac will be very comprehensive and 
full in its contents ; calculated alike for the Cana¬ 
das, the northern and middle states, and the south, 
and we bespeak for it the favor of the public. It 
is issued at this low price, hoping thereby, to make 
it more acceptable to the community, and a large 
sale will be necessary to indemnify the publisher. 
Our exchange papers will confer a particular favor 
upon us by [noticing the work, to all of which a 
copy will be sent. Orders to be addressed to J. 
Winchester, 30 Ann street. 
TO THE FARMERS. 
Some of our old established periodicals complain 
of a great falling off in their subscription-list; we 
regret much to hear this, and it ought not to be so. 
They have labored hard and long for the best in¬ 
terests of the farmers, and are at great outlays in 
keeping up their establishments, and the agricultu¬ 
ral community owe it to themselves and the coun¬ 
try to see them well supported. Every subscriber 
should use renewed efforts, therefore, to induce 
others to come forward and support these journals, 
which are adding so much to their individual and 
country’s good. What is a dollar to each of them. 
of which they so much complain ? There is not 
a farmer who does not spend ten times this amount 
annually in some needless indulgence, that can 
never do him a hundredth part as much good as 
reading an agricultural paper. 
The European world is daily making great ad¬ 
vance in the science and practice of agriculture; 
and will the Freemen of America stand still in 
their minds , and let those who possess so few of 
their political privileges, obtain the superiority 
over them ? It is a mockery any longer to answer 
“we can’t subscribe on account of the hard times." 
The times we reply, are good enough. Look at 
our price current on the last page, and see how 
wheat, pork, beef, and other products, have advan¬ 
ced within four months. These articles are high¬ 
er now in proportion than most things, and recol¬ 
lect your products are paid for in specie if you wish 
it, and not in swindling bank-notes. No one who 
farms with skill and prudence can help making 
money. Let the cry of “ hard times” then cease, 
and for it substitute, “ Support the Agricultural 
Papers .” Do this, and practise the good advice 
they are constantly giving you, and any man who 
shall then be bare-faced enough to utter the words 
“ hard times and can’t afford it,” will be hooted at 
by his neighbors, and be very likely to have the 
phrase before fully pronounced, choke him in the 
throat. These may be called strong words, and 
harsh expressions. Perhaps they are, but never¬ 
theless, they are true. The farmers are often flat¬ 
tered by being called the “ bone and sinew of the 
country.” Take care, my friends, if you stop read¬ 
ing, that you do not degenerate to these alone. 
For what are mere bones and sinews, without the 
enlightened and well-informed mind to direct and 
move them ? An American farmer should strive 
to be the light and mind of the country, as well as 
its bone and sinew—it is his exalted privilege— 
his destiny, otherwise he is but a mere moving 
machine—a living automaton. 
Great Sale of Stock. —We would refer our 
readers to Mr. Bement’s advertisement of the sale 
of his fine stock of Durhams, South-Down sheep, 
&c. Mr. Bement is one of our oldest and best es¬ 
tablished breeders, and has undoubtedly some 
choice stock well worthy the attention of those who 
wish to possess a good class of animals, and at his 
sale there will be an excellent opportunity for those 
desiring improvement to possess themselves of it. 
Agents at the South and West. —Dr. A. Camp¬ 
bell, and Mr. R. H. Hendrickson, of Middletown, 
Ohio, are hereby authorized to receive subscriptions 
at the south and west for the American Agricultu¬ 
rist. 
O 3 We have given up this number so entirely 
to correspondents, and an accumulation of little 
matters, that Western Sketches No. 2, Tour in 
England No. 15, and Country Excursions No. 1, in 
which we had noted copious details of farms and 
stocks in this neighborhood, are crowded out, and 
left for our next. We think our correspondence 
very able this month, and it will well repay the 
reader a close and attentive perusal. 
