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THE CULTIVATOR 
Jan. 
First Year of the Country Gentleman. 
f HE Country Gentleman has nearly com¬ 
pleted its first year, and a few words with 
regard to its prosperity are proper at this time. 
From the commencement, no extraordinary 
efforts have been made to obtain a large circulation for 
it, and we have abstained from the excessive parade 
of its merits and its claims upon the support of think- 
ing, progressive farmers. It has been our purpose to 
make it a superior Agricultural and Horticultural 
Journal, and at the same time to combine in it mat¬ 
ters of taste, rural improvement, pleasant and instruc¬ 
tive miscellaneous reading, and an abstract of the cur¬ 
rent news. By using small and clear type, we have 
been able to furnish a greater amount of both Agricul¬ 
tural and Horticultural matter than any other journal 
of a similar character, while we have had ample space 
for miscellany and news. "We have endeavored to 
supply the Farmer and Gardener, and their families, 
with a paper strictly adapted to their wants, and one 
which should merit their respect and good will. That 
we have not failed in securing the confidence and ap¬ 
proval of our patrons and the public generally, the 
many complimentary letters we have received, and 
the extent with which the articles in the Country 
Gentleman have been copied, both by the agricultural 
and secular press, are a satisfying evidence. Our cir¬ 
culation—thanks to our friends, who have generously 
recommended us to patronage—has been steadily in¬ 
creasing, and we shall enter upon a New Year with 
bright prospects and a full confidence in a greatly in¬ 
creased list of subscribers for our second year. But we 
base our expectations upon the continued aid and co¬ 
operation of those who are seeking with us the spread 
of agricultural knowledge, and of a pure and elevated 
fireside literature. It is only through the efforts of 
those who already know the importance and value of 
sound and practical instruction, that we can hope to 
reach the thousands who are insensible to the benefits 
growing out of reading, and who must be reasoned 
with and urged to avail themselves of the experience 
and wisdom of others who have worked their way into 
a more rational and profitable method of farming. 
"While wo shall continue with renewed energy our ex¬ 
ertions to furnish a paper whose contents shall always 
be valuable to the farmer, and all who have any inter¬ 
est in rural pursuits, we earnestly solicit our present 
subscribers to lend us their best efforts to extend the 
circulation of the Country Gentleman. 
We avail ourselves of this opportunity to return our 
sincere thanks to all who have contributed to our col¬ 
umns during the past year. We wish to have this 
journal the medium of inter-communication between 
thorough and accurate farmers, and to this end we 
solicit correspondence from those who have made care¬ 
ful experiments in any branch of farm pursuits, ds well 
as inquiries with reference to the detail of farm prac¬ 
tice. Let no one be deterred from committing his ex¬ 
perience to writing because ho is not practiced with 
the pen. Give us thoughts and suggestions in the 
rough—they are no less valuable or important because 
they may lack the graces of elegant diction. If farm¬ 
ers would have their paper promote their interests, they 
must write for it. and we should be glad to welcom a 
score of new contributors, among the hundreds of new 
subscribers who enroll themselves on our list as friends 
of agricultural improvement. 
Again we present our hearty acknowledgments to all 
who have favored us with their patronage, or in any 
way contributed to the success which has crowned the 
advent of the Country Gentleman. 
THU COUNTRY GENTLEMAN : 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL 
For the Farm, the Garden, and the Fireside. 
This beautiful and excellent weekly paper has now 
been published nearly a year, and the gratification with 
which it has been received by the public, and the lib¬ 
eral circulation already extended to it, show that its 
general plan and object has met with the hearty ap¬ 
probation of those whose interests and improvement it 
was intended to promote. It combines in one large 
sheet, an Agricultural, Horticultural and Fami¬ 
ly Journal, furnishing, beside its large amount of 
practical matter on Rural Affairs, in its Fireside De¬ 
partment, a choice collection of articles peculiarly 
adapted to interest and exalt the views and aims of 
the Family Circle, together with a careful digest of 
the News of the W!eek, and a full report of the Pro¬ 
duce and Cattle Markets. 
It is illustrated with superior engravings, and print¬ 
ed in a neat and attractive style, making two handsome 
quarto volumes of 416 pages yearly. Price, Two 
Dollars per annum, in advance. 
A new volume commences with the year 1854, for 
which subscriptions are solicited. 
Specimens of The Cultivator and The Country 
Gentleman wall be sent to all who desire them, and 
Postmasters and others interested in rural pursuits, 
are invited to act as agents. All letters to be addressed 
to LUTHER TUCKER, 
Publisher of Cult, and Co. Gent. 
The Cultivator for 1854. 
This well known Standard Agricultural Journal 
commences a new volume (the 2d of the Third Series) 
with the January number for 1854, at FIFTY CENTS 
a year, making it the cheapest as well as the best 
work of the kind now published. To Clubs of eight or 
more, it is furnished at 37£ cents per copy. 
Tgp* All new subscribers can be furnished with the 
first Yol.* of the Third Series, for 1853—stitched in 
printed covers at 50 cents. 
Editors with whom we exchange, will confer a 
favor, by copying the above. 
I5F* We want Agents for the Country Gentleman 
and The Cultivator in every town throughout the 
country. Post-masters and others disposed to act as 
local agents, will be supplied with terms, samples, &c. } 
on anplication. 
