Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-07-05

character and merits we shall be excused
from speaking, any further than to say, that
it is intended for circulation through our
who!e country; that we design it shall at
least equal, in practical utility, any similar
publication in the United States; and that
most rapidly increasing circulation con-
vinces US that our exertions are not unap.
precia,ed bv our farming brethren.
The Farmers Register, published at Pc.
tersburg, Va, is monthly periodical of Ga
pages at SIS 90 per annum; edior, Ed
mund Ruffin. The Register stands de.
servedy in the front rank of American
agricultural papers. The industry of the
edi or. his sound practical views, his &C.
quaintance with the principles that govern
vegetation, as developed in his valuable
Essay on Lime as manure, and his Tree.
dom of all cant and humbug, have uni:ed
10 give the Register deservedly high char.
acter, which we trust it will long sustaln.-
Such periodicals, while they contribute 10
knowledge, elevate the profession OF the
farmer, and do much towards placing him
in the commanding position to which the
paramount utility Of his avocation entities
him. The Register has reached its seventh
volume.
The Maine Farmer is valuable journal,
published at Winthrop in Maine, by Mr..
Holmes. weekly, quarto, at 81 90 per an.
mum. I, has entered upon its seventh vol.
ume. In one respect the Maine Farmer
differs from any agricultural paper with
which we are acquainted. 1t has legal
department, devoted TO the discussion of
such questions as are apt to arise among
farmers, and which may be exceeding use.
full in preventing expensive lawsuits among
neighbors.
The Farmer and Gardener of Baltimore
edited by E. P. Roberts, is the worthy
successor of the American Farmer, which
we have mentioned as the earliest agricul~
tural periodical in the United States. 1t is
weekly, qua,to, and furnished at 50 SO per
| annum. No paper in the country has done
more for the silk cause than the Farmer,
and few understand the matter in all lis
bearings than the able editor of that Jour.
nal. The Farmer has also taken lively
interest in the production Of improved cattle
and sheep, and in this way has rendered
essential aid to the cause Of agriculture.*
The Yankee Farmer, Portland, Maine,
weekly. quaro, S. w. Cole, editor, now in
lis fifth volume, 50 year.
The Ohio Farmer, S. Medary, editor, is
the name of "a quar,o, semi.monthly journal,
published at Columbus, Ohio, ST. 90 per
annum. 1t has, like the proceeding, reach.
ed its fifth volume. This sjournal has given
many valuable original papers on subjects
connected with farming and horticulture,
and has evidently exerted most favorable
influence on the agriculture Of the vicinity.
The Magazine of Horticulture and b.
tany, is Boston monthly publication, cdi.
ted by c. M. Hovey, Of which the object is
sufficiently indicated by The tile. 1t is
eminently useful to the florist and gardener,
and contains engravings occasionally OF rare
and curious plants. The terms are So 90
per annum forty pages in number.
The Albany Cuhiuator, conducted by
Jesse Buel. has just entered upon its fifth
year, under fa,tering auspices. 1t is pub
lished monthly, le pages quarto' at 81 90
per annum. The well known talent and
ind lstry of the editor, and his rare comb.
nation of scientific and practical knowledge
in matters relating 10 agriculture, have given
the Cultivator high character and standing
among agr cultural periodicals. Its circu-
lation is extensive.
The Franklin Farmer, published at
Frankfort, Ky., by F. d. Petit, weekly,
quarto, at 81 90 per annum, is one Of the
most spirited und ably conducted journals
west of the Allegany mountains. In every
thing relating to the Improvement OF cattle
and swine, 1t IS without rival, and on the
general topics of agriculture it has done
much to introduce more sclentIc and ra~
tional system into that State. 1t is now in
its second volume.
The Farmers Cabinet, is published
monthly at Philadelphia, by ---, II
numbers of 80 pages octave, at 81 90 per
annum. 1t is an excellent work, has an
able corps Of contributors, and good Cir
culation. A part of Pennsylvania furnish
es some Of the best specimens Of farming in
the United States; and the diffusion of such
works as the Cabinet among an industrious
population will have tendency to greatly
increase the number of such examples.
The Indiana Farmer, is published week
ly at Indianapolis, at 50 SO per annum,
quarto, by OSBORN & WiIlels and though
not exclusively devoted 10 agriculture, has
exerted favorable influence on the farm
ing community Of that aourishing State.
The Tennessee Farmer, Jonesboro', Is
pages octave. monthly, at 81 90 per an
mum, ]. F. Deaderick, editor. This is the
first agricultural pape: issued in Tennessee,