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€bifors’ ©able. 
To Our Readers. —It will be seen by reference to 
the first page of this number of our paper, that the Ag¬ 
riculturist is to cease at the end of the present volume. 
A similar publication, to be called The Plow, will 
talie its place, edited by our assistant and veteran cor¬ 
respondent, Mr. Solon Robinson. The sole reason of 
our retiring from the arduous duties of editors is, that 
the business of our agricultural warehouse and manu¬ 
factory demands our exclusive attention. But in ceas¬ 
ing to be editors, it is not our intention to relinquish 
intercourse with the agricultural public; on the con¬ 
trary, we shall expect to be regular contributors to 
the Plow, and thus through its columns, keep up that 
communication with our friends and the public, which 
has been so agreeable to us for the past ten years. 
If circumstances favor, it is our intention to resusci¬ 
tate the American Agriculturist at some future day, in 
an enlarged and highly improved form, to be conducted 
on the plan of the ablest European periodicals. 
We recommend the Plow to all the friends and sub¬ 
scribers of the Agriculturist; and as Mr. Robinson will 
give his whole time and talents to it, we have no doubt, 
with the assistance of a good corps of correspondents, 
he will make it one of the best and most useful agri¬ 
cultural papers in the United States. Although pub¬ 
lished at half the price of the Agriculturist, it will be 
of the same size, and contain the same number of pages, 
thus making it the cheapest publication in America. 
Mr. Robinson’s great desire is, to benefit and instruct 
the millions; it is for this reason he has put the price 
of his periodical so low, that no one can object to it 
on that score. We hope his success in this publica¬ 
tion will equal his deserts. If so, his subscription list 
will be reckoned by tens of thousands. We can assure 
the farmers of this country the more they read his 
paper, and practise its precepts, the richer, wiser, and 
happier they will become. 
Price of The Plow. —Fifty cents a year for single 
subscribers. A discount of 25 per cent, to clubs of 
eight or more, which will bring it to the extreme low 
price of 87+ cents for a year. Correspondents for The 
Plow will be furnished the paper gratis. 
To Advertisers. —Mr. Saxton will issue you 30,000 
copies of the January number of the Plow; it will 
therefore be a great consideration to advertise in it. 
An equally large number for the next months will 
probably follow. 
Importation of Devon Cattle. —Mr. W. R. Sand- 
ford, of Orwell, Yt., has recently imported two Devon 
cows and a young bull calf, from the celebrated herd 
of Mr. George Turner, of England. They are fine ani¬ 
mals, and will do credit to the improved stock of Ver¬ 
mont. 
A New and Splendid Edition of Our Cata¬ 
logue of Agricultural Implements has been recently 
issued, which the construction of the Post-Master Gen¬ 
eral on the. recent postage law, prohibits our sending 
through the mail without prepayment of postage. 
Those of our friends or correspondents who wish our 
catalogue sent through the mail hereafter, will please 
to enclose the postage for it, (six cents,) in letter stamps, 
as we fully sustain our share of the expense in its 
publication. We shall be happy to send it gratis, on 
request, through any private hands. 
Times of Holding Annual Shows and Fairs. —The 
following indicate the times and places the annual 
shows and fairs of several State and County Agricul¬ 
tural Societies are to be held in various parts of the 
United States:— 
Fair of the American Institute of Neio York .— 
October 1st, the fair at Castle Garden will be open 
to visitors at 8 A. M, 
October 6th. Special exhibition of dahlias and roses 
at Castle Garden. 
October 7th. Testing of plows at White Plains. 
Committee will be on the ground at 10, A. M. 
October 8th. Plowing and Spading Match at White 
Plains, in connection with the Westchester-County Ag¬ 
ricultural Society. Committee -will be on the ground 
at 10, A. M. 
October 15th, 1.6th, and 17th. Cattle Show at Mad 
ison Cottage, corner of Fifth avenue and Thenty-third 
street. Entries may be made on the 13th, 14th, and 
15th, on the ground, or at any time previous, by ad¬ 
dressing A. Chandler, Corresponding Secretary, 351 
Broadway. 
October 16th. Anniversary address, in the evening, 
by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, of Boston, Massachusetts. 
Tickets gratis. To be had at the garden, or from any 
of the managers. Due notice of the hour and place 
will be published. 
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, at Haris- 
burgh, October 29th, 30th, and 31st. 
Georgia State Agricultural Society , at Macon, Octo¬ 
ber 29th, 30th, and 31st. 
Chenango-County (A 7 ". Y.) Agricultural Society , at 
Norwich, October 1st and 2d. 
Westchester-County {N. Y.) Agricultural Society, at 
White Plains, October 7th, in connection with the 
Plowing Match of the American Institute. 
Burlington-County (JY. J.) Agricultural Society, at 
Monut Holly, October 8tli. 
Philadelphia-County {Pa) Agricultural Society, at 
Philadelphia, October 8th and 9th. 
Clermont-County {Ohio) Agricultural Society, Oc¬ 
tober 2d, 3d, and 4th. 
Fairfield-County {Conn) Agricidtural Society, at 
Bridgeport, October 8th, 9th, and 10th. 
In addition to the usual premiums for Plowing, P 
T. Barnum, Esq., President of the society, with great 
liberality, offers additional premiums, amounting to 
|200, the highest of which is $50, open to plows and 
teams from every state in the Union. This will be a 
capital opportunity for the plow makers of the United 
States to show their hands. 
