NEW “ TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND.” SERIES 
Vol. I. ALBANY, DECEMBER, 1844. No. 12. 
THE CULTIVATOR 
Is published on the first of each month , at Albany , N. Y. 3 by 
LUTHER TUCKER, PROPRIETOR. 
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. 
Seven copies for $5,00— Fifteen copies for $10,00—all pay¬ 
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tCT Complete sets of the First Series of “The Cultivator,” 
consisting of ten vols., quarto, are for sale at the office, and 
may be ordered through the Agents of the paper throughout the 
country. Price, stitched,—vols. 1, % 3 and 4, 50 cents each— 
vols. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, $1,00 each—for the whole set, $8,00. 
OFFICE IN NEW-YORK CITY, AT 
M. H. NEWMAN'S BOOKSTORE, No. 199 BROADWAY, 
where single numbers, or complete sets of the back volumes, 
can always be obtained. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
With this number terminates the first volume of the 
new series of “ The Cultivator,” and with it, in ac¬ 
cordance with the custom pursued from its commence¬ 
ment, all subscriptions cease, except those paid for ano¬ 
ther year. The low price of our paper renders it neces¬ 
sary for us to adhere to the “ cash system,” as it would 
be impossible to collect the trifling- amount of the annual 
subscription from subscribers scattered over the whole 
extent of our country. We hope, however, that most 
of those who have read “The Cultivator,” the pre¬ 
sent year, have been sufficiently interested in its monthly 
visits to .induce them to renew their subscriptions for the 
vol. for 1845, by immediately remitting their dollar 
through the hands of their postmaster. 
The Cultivator was the first to introduce, to any ex¬ 
tent, the system of illustrating Agricultural subjects by 
engravings; and in this branch of our paper we can 
promise our friends some very decided improvements in 
the course of our next volume. We have already in the 
hands of the Engravers, four splendid drawings, rep¬ 
resenting some of the beautiful residences on the banks 
of the Hudson, and portraits of the prize animals at the 
late State Fair at Poughkeepsie—two of these are being 
engraved on steel, in the best style of the art—the 
others on wood, in a style far superior to any we have 
heretofore given. These plates, with the other nume¬ 
rous cuts interspersed through each number, will give a 
beauty and character to the next volume far exceeding 
any that have preceded it. Our printer also promises us 
some improvement in the quality of the paper on which 
the Cultivator is printed, as well as in the manner in 
which the printing is executed. 
The Proprietor has also made such arrangements for 
assistance in the editorial department, as will, he trusts, 
enable him fully to sustain the high character his paper 
has heretofore enjoyed. To improve its character inthi3 
respect, he has little hopes; but his readers may rest as¬ 
sured that the whole energies of his mind will be devoted 
to his favorite pursuit, and that no effort on his part will 
be wanting to render the succeeding volume of the Cul¬ 
tivator a worthy and welcome visitor at the domestic 
hearth of every farmer and every lover of rural pur 
suits. 
To our numerous friends, in every section of our ex 
tended country, who have favored us with their valuable 
contributions to our pages, and thus given to them a value 
and interest they would not otherwise have attained—to 
those who have so liberally exerted themselves from 
year to year to extend the circulation of the Cultivator 
among their neighbors and friends, without other reward 
than the hope of benefiting those into whose hands they 
placed it—and to Postmasters and Editors, to whose cour¬ 
tesy we are so much indebted, we tender our grateful 
thanks, and beg to assure them that we shall deem our¬ 
selves most fortunate if we can continue to make our pa¬ 
per worthy of the kind reception it has hitherto received 
at their hands. 
The Central New-York Farmer, which has for the 
last three years been published at Rome, will, on the first 
of January, be united with “ The Cultivator,” and one 
of its Editors, Mr. Comstock, will become a regular 
contributor to this paper. This, with occasional commu¬ 
nications from his associates, Messrs. Johnson and Be- 
ment, will, it is believed, commend the Cultivator to the 
attention and favor of the friends of the Farmer. 
Messrs. Comstock and Johnson, the proprietors of the 
Central N. Y. Farmer, will publish the Cultivator at 
Rome, where subscriptions will be received and business 
transacted the same as at the proprietor’s office in Albany. 
This arrangement will, we doubt not, meet the approba¬ 
tion of the friends of both papers. 
Agents. —We publish on our last page, a list of Agents 
in the principal cities, that our subscribers in those pla¬ 
ces may know where they can renew their subscriptions. 
To give a list of all our Agents would occupy more room 
than we can spare; we would therefore state that all Post¬ 
masters are authorized to act as Agents, and so also are 
all subscribers, many of whom will, we hope, second 
our efforts in behalf of agriculture, by making such exer¬ 
tions as they can conveniently, during the present month, 
to increase the circulation of our paper for the next year. 
The Farmer's Museum. —The paper issued from this 
office during the present year, under this title, will bedis 
'continued this month. 
