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THE CULTIVATOR. 
ALBANY, DECEMBER, 1845. 
CLOSE OF THE VOLUME. 
With this number of “The Cultivator,” we arrive at 
the termination of another year’s labors. With the 
manner in which the duty on our part has been executed, 
we must leave our readers to,judge; but if untiring ex¬ 
ertions and ceaseless labor are attended with success, 
then we have certainly not labored in vain. It is with 
great satisfaction that tve refer to the able assistance we 
have received in the shape of correspondence. More 
than three hundred persons have lent us their aid, near¬ 
ly all of them highly intelligent practical farmers, and 
many of them well known for their agricultural and sci¬ 
entific experience. That the combination of ability 
which has been brought to bear in carrying on our pa¬ 
per, has been appreciated, we have the most gratifying 
testimony in the hearty expressions of approbation we 
are constantly receiving from every section of the coun¬ 
try, and in the liberal and unprecedented circulation of 
our paper. To those correspondents, who have thus 
contributed so much to its substantial value; and to 
Agents, Editors, and others, who have essentially assist¬ 
ed us in placing it before the farming community, we 
are under strong obligations, and tender them our cordial 
thanks; and we invite earnestly their co-operation for the 
future. 
By unremitting exertion, and the prospect of exten¬ 
sive and continued assistance for the future, we hope to 
render the paper at least equal in every respect to the 
past, and confidently expect the high character it has 
hitherto enjoyed will be fully sustained. In these labors 
the editor will be assisted as during the last year, by San¬ 
ford Howard and J. J. Thomas; and it is believed 
that with our extensive means for agricultural intelli¬ 
gence, we shall be able to embody in our next volume, 
an amount of information which will be every way ac¬ 
ceptable to our readers. 
The subscribers to “ The Cultivator,” should re¬ 
member that all subscriptions are discontinued at the 
end of each year; and consequently that this will be the 
last paper they will receive until their subscriptions are 
renewed. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Communications have been received since our last, 
from Truth, Dairyman Farmer, Wm. R. Prince, A Sub¬ 
scriber, T. & J. Hardy, J. S. Pettibone, C. Smith, C. N. 
Bement, Daniel Gaylord, An Apprenticed Packer, Ratolo- 
gy, J. B. C., Grazier, Highlander, N. N. D., A Subscri¬ 
ber, A Farmer of Tompkins, A Young Planter, J. D. F., 
W. Bacon, A Wool-Grower, J. Townsend, Wm. Mackin- 
ster, Farmer C., L. Durand, R. H. Ostrander, Samuel 
Bradhurst, Geo. Geddes, S. S. G., E. V. W. Dox, Noyes 
Darling, Farmer, J. W. S., Philip Short, J. R. Fuller, 
D. G. Mitchell. 
We are indebted to A. J. Downing & Co., Newburgh, 
—J. L. L. F. Warren, Boston—Elwanger & Barry, 
Rochester—W. R. Prince & Co., Flushing, and Thomas 
Hancock, Burlington, N. J., for new Catalogues of their 
Nurseries—ToJ*L. Roche, Wilmington, for Transac¬ 
tions of the New-Castle Ag. Society—to A. D. Phelps, 
Boston, for Mr. Teschemacker’s Essay on Guano—to Dr. 
Thompson, for David Thomas’ Address to the Aurora 
Hort. Society—to the American Institute, for copies oi 
several Addresses and reports, made during their iaie 
exhibition. 
^We tender our thanks to numerous friends who 
have forwarded us papers containing accounts of Agricul¬ 
tural Exhibitions, Addresses, &c. Though we may not 
be able to make immediate use of the’ , we are always 
glad to receive them, as we frequently heve occasion to 
refer to them. 
We are indebted to Wm. Makinster, Esq., for 
a copy of the doings of the Middlesex county (Conn.) 
Ag. Society, and the reports in reference to the last ex¬ 
hibition of that society. They show that spirited efforts 
are making in that county for the improvement of the 
various departments of agriculture and horticulture. We 
are obliged, for want of room to restrict our notice to 
this small space. 
South Down Mutton. —We acknowledge the receipt 
of a fine carcass of South Down Mutton from James 
Lenox, Esq., ofNew-York. It was bred and fattened 
at Mr. Lenox's farm, Netherwood, Dutchess count) . 
We have, together with some of our friends, tested the 
quality of this mutton, which is unhesitatingly pronounc¬ 
ed of very superior flavor—fully sustaining in this re¬ 
spect the high reputation which the South Down bears 
among epicures. 
Wool-Growing. —We invite the attention of those 
engaged in this business, to the communication of “ A 
Wool-Grower,” published in this paper. The subject 
discussed, is one of great importance, and should receive 
the careful attention of those especially w r ho are engaged 
in the production of the better grades of wool, whether 
for fineness or superior combing qualities. 
AGENTS FOR THE CULTIVATOR. 
We publish this month, a list of Agents for the Cul¬ 
tivator, on a sheet with the Index and Title-page. It is 
hardly possible to avoid more or less errors in such a 
list. Some names may be omitted, and others may be 
inserted which ought to be omitted. We hope, how¬ 
ever, that no one disposed to aid in the circulation of our 
paper, will fail to act as Agent because he does not 
find his name in the list. 
An edition of the Cultivator is published in colored 
covers and stitched, for those who do not receive their 
papers through the post-office. This edition is not sent 
by mail on account of the extra postage the stitching 
and covering would occasion. It is sent by Express to 
the following Agents, and we would recommend to all 
our subscribers living in the vicinity of the places named 
below, to renew their subscriptions with these Agents. 
Auburn—J. C. Derby & Co., Booksellers. 
Boston, Mass.—A. D. Phelps, 124 Wash.-st. 
Dr. E. Wight, Druggist, 7 Custom H. st. 
Buffalo, N. Y.—T. S. Hawks, News-office. 
Geneva, N. Y—G. H. Derby & Co., Booksellers. 
Lynn, Mass.—Samuel Farrington. 
New-York City—M. H. Newman, 199 Broadway. 
New-Haven, Ct.—G. N. Seagrave, Seedsman. 
Northampton, Mass.—Harvey Kirkland. 
Owego, N. Y— G. J. Pumpelly. 
Philadelphia, Pa.—G. B. Zieber & Co., Booksellers. 
Providence, R. I. —A. H. Stilwell, Bookseller. 
Portsmouth, N. H.—N. March, Bookseller. 
Rome, N. Y.—A. L. Johnson. 
Rochester, N. Y.—-D M. Dewey, News office. 
Springfield, Mass.—D. C. Brewer. 
W. D. Brown. 
Schenectady, N. Y.—W. E. Russell. 
Syracuse, N. Y.-—Stoddard & Babcock, Booksellers. 
L. W. Hall, Bookseller. 
Salem, N. Y.—W. B. Harkness. 
Troy, N. Y.—S. Willard, News office. 
B. H. Boynton. 
Wilmington, Del.—Jas. L. Roche, Post-office. 
Worcester Mass.—Ruggles, Nourse & Mason. 
