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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Dec* 
mer months, like the soil of the farmer, from a 
drouth of what is most essential to life and spirit 
in their productions, owing to the kindness and 
care of these correspondents, our streams have 
seldom waned in strength or numbers. We trust 
we shall continue to awaken that interest in the 
agricultural community, of which a general con¬ 
tribution of communications and inquiries is both 
the index and the result. A man is not willing 
to give his thoughts to the world through a me¬ 
dium which may excite doubts of their reliability 
or with whose prosperity and interest he feels no 
sympathy. 
And in asking of our Friends and Agents, 
and of Postmasters generally, to put forth re¬ 
newed exertions for our paper, we can not fail to 
acknowledge our especial obligations for their 
past kindness in this way,—for repeated efforts, 
frequently made without other reward than the 
consciousness of the benefit they have thus con¬ 
ferred upon their neighbors, and of the part they 
have taken in combatting prejudices against a 
truly 
Progressive System of Farming. 
All this has not been without its good effects, 
but there is much more that remains to be accom¬ 
plished. We are not obliged, like the ancient 
monarch, to sigh for other worlds to conquer. 
There is yet before us a world of error and pre¬ 
judice, strong enough and large enough to employ 
our best and most hearty efforts. Shall we leave 
the battle unfought, or relinquish ground alrea¬ 
dy gained? 
In view of these considerations it is, that we 
express the hope of sending The Cultivator for 
1855, to a very largely 
Increased Subscription Fist; 
We can but think that very few farmers , to 
whom the Annual Register is shown, who are 
told that they will receive with the 144 pages and 
120 engravings which it contains, The Cultiva¬ 
tor for the year, containing much larger, and 
nearly three times as many pages, and illustra¬ 
tions of no less value and beauty, and then asked 
to subscribe, can find it in their hearts to refuse 
so small a sum as Fifty Cents. It certainly 
makes them the cheapest works published. All 
we request or wish, is, that our friends will be 
good enough to do the asking ! 
Premiums Offered. 
1. To the one who shall send us the largest 
amount of cash subscriptions to the Cultivator 
and the Country Gentleman for 1855, with the 
pay in advance, at the rate of Fifty Cents for 
each copy of the former, and One Dollar and Fif¬ 
ty Cents—(the lowest club price, where ten or 
more copies are taken)—for each subscriber to 
the Country Gentleman, previous to the 10th 
of April next, FIFTY DOLLARS in cash. 
2. To the one sending us the next largest 
amount, Forty-Five Dollars. 
3. For the next largest,.... FORTY DOLLARS. 
4. For the next largest,.... THIRTY-FIVE DOLL’S. 
5. For the next largest,.... THIRTY DOLLARS. 
6. For the next largest,. ... TWENTY-FIVE DOLL’S. 
7. For the next largest,. ... TWENTY DOLLARS. 
8 For the next largest,_ FIFTEEN DOLLARS. 
9. For the next largest,,... TEN DOLLARS. 
10. For the next largest,.... FIVE DOLLARS. 
The Country Gentleman. 
The terms of the Country Gentleman are— 
Single copy, strictly in advance,....$2.00 
“ “ not paid in advance,. 2.50 
Three copies, with the money accompanying the order, 5.00 
Ten copies,.do.do.15.00 
In addition we will give for $4, two copies of 
the Country Gentleman one year, and the An¬ 
nual Register to each. 
The Cultivator. 
For a single copy... .Fifty Cents. 
For Twenty copies, and our new book, the Register, 
to each, .$10.00 
The money in all cases to accompany the order, 
and subscriptions invariably to commence with 
the January number. Clubs need not necessari¬ 
ly take tbeir papers from the same Post-office, 
but it is preferred, where not inconvenient, that 
they should go to one office, and if possible to 
one address. 
After one club has been ordered, agents may 
continue to send subscribers on the same terms— 
i. e., Fifty Cents each, for both the Cultivator 
and Register. To prevent mistakes, it may be 
well to number the subscribers, as they are sent 
in, 1, 2, 3, &c. 
Great care should be taken to write the names 
and address of each subscriber distinctly, thus: 
John Smith, Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass ” 
Specimen lumbers and Prospectuses will 
be sent to all who desire them. 
To Subscribers in the British Provinces. 
—We inadvertently omitted in our last number 
to call the attention of our subscribers in the 
British Provinces to the fact that we have to pre¬ 
pay the American postage on their papers. Hence 
we are obliged to require them to remit invaria¬ 
bly 26 cents additional on each subscription to the 
Country Gentleman, and 8 cents additional on 
each to The Cultivator. Hence our club terms 
to them for the latter will be— 
20 copies, and the Register to each,. 11.00 
And for the Country Gentleman 
3 copies,.$5.75 
10 copies,. 17.50 
Chinese Pigs. —A correspondent wishes to know 
where he can procure a pair of pure Chinese pigs. 
Who can tell him ? 
