The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1854-12-30
} VOLUME XV-NO. S26.
For the CnrDyiuiGU.


For the Caroliaian.
hs list appeal to the Farmers OF North earo:a
.IthaS been nearly three years since began
o d6sotc my time and what ability I.have to
he "a vancement of the farming interest OF North
sara1na 1t apparent me, al that time,
hata he most efficient means which had con-
ribntcd most IN the advancement of agriculture
II other States, were agricultural papers and
County and State Agricultural Societies. Upon
;hst Conclusion determined at ouce to publish
ishn paper devoted especially to the adyane-
nerf of agriculture i'll North Carolina, ami
to ira vel over the State and eEhort the farmers
to f6rm County Agricultural Societies, aud
awa&en an interest sufficient to establish State
Arfisc cultura society, uhcs. onlt, begst State
EaiE In April. 1852, commenced the anbIica-
tfursof '.rhe Farmers j Journal" with patronage
not half equal to the necessary expenses of the
publication. i have beer. now nearly three wears
as stated above, dcvotng my time TO this
work, without particle Of recommendations.
and, at this time. have only sixteen hundred
Subscribers to The Farmers Journaln the
only paper in the State devoted exclusively 10
agriculture What has been the cause of this
small number OF readers to agricultural paper
! among the farmers of state? Surely. it is
not a fact that there are rot others. who read
agricultural papers besides the sixteen Hundred
who take "The Farmers Journal" \ less
nun, ,i Der than from five to 81, thousand sub
scribers to a paper Ike this. at the small sum
/ of one dollar, will not pay; and how easily this
| nunlber might be secured if oniy ten uen in
each county in the State would furnish ten name,
each Here is the fact before MS, that We have
the only agricultural paper in Tie State with
only sixteen hundred subscribers, at oue dollar
a Gear. and State Agricultural Society with
about seven hundred members, tie intiatiQn
fee being three dollars. How much longer
shall this be the case? Will not every farmer,
whose eye this may chance to meet, feel that it
is his duty to eNpcrd small sum into the gen
eral fund for the advancement OF the a9rcrl-
tufs of his State.
MIIcre are three years of ny life devoted 70
advancement OF my native State without
, = remuneration, with tit exception OF tic
. Sid encouragement OF the careless public l.
lCnnnot continue to pursue this course any ou-
| err for by it, | have already involved mvsc!E
Tmust struggle on until this volume Of .,nt
a. per is concluded, and then must vi hout
: iSorc encouragement than | have heretofore
+ hSd give up in despair, and seek as others afG
H,ne) MY fortune in some other State. II
: Ivonld be source of much regret to ne TO nave
!, no eav native State, for if there IS a man
e 3ho Tonlu cxult xuoIe than any other at the
-| 4c s<1-lsf the farming interest ol the clate,
!, am that man.
r N Farmers Of North Carolina, hear What Air
. Rayncr said in his address before thOrS"hta ~
! lJhe last State Fair
d|H II have said that the means Of intelligence
d Mere within our reach--intelliGcnte 10 o!fi,lc
: tts to avoid the errors OF tie past, ana io;!F&I
, Yourselves Of the improvements OF the present
Z fHnd the future. An agricultural Journal, 'Ic-
= tSoted to tile elucdation OF general IrHftiiies,
= Ind their application to peculiar pos oi'.
Is indispensable to every practical farmer Souc!'
- paper have in State-"lhc Farmer !,
:; iJ ournafa journal gotten up and sustained ~.
q lthe outset, as | well know, with great TABOR
s and expense: and even now net Snrporte" is II
). Should BE- This paper IS -<or'h ."loa',
= fpaper; it originated in North Carolina cutter
< Iprse; is devoted to North Carolina interest,",
= land must rely on North Carolina rIde tor SUI
. lport. 1t would be rcproach to OF: sl"'e tn,i
:, our association to allow it to th! IL is WIZ
). 1tlue Difference, then, that would btS ca't -
y ulappeal to the pride and pnblic splrif Q. o"i
= - association and of people here assch.''i'C
. DO sustain and support it. Even now III rs ~
rn Nancy, it compares favorahly with the hcsa
10 1Southcrn agricultural Journals; but, W IL
:" Ifreased patronage, We shall Stfch3tHen l "'''
10 Istmulatc its conductors 10 MAKE IL ii St'!l 'Ioi
" nseful vehicle Of infornationa Journal o " hlc!!
q .Ievery North Carolina farmer shoid ieei i'Io"o-
III This is the last appeal that shall make I"
d Ithe farmers Of the State to sustain Il paper ~
- Iyoted to their interest feel that lave cone
Icvcn more than my ,luty iii this matter ! h"''
Ia Iwasted three years CT life upon IT, "l'"o"1 :
hei particle Of profit to myself! bh' H'y '"po no
I'll | am sure. redoundcd to the aHEaNcemthi -
Io3 arr;c,Itrra y, tI,, Statc-I;ut this work cat
"a vet 90 Oh. If every farmer i'll NoFth taroIi""
,as whose eye this address may chanGc 10 h'ce'
81 will at once send in his dollar ana hs haine =.
I'd the publishers Of .rhe Farmers Journal y
"a D. Cooke {. Co.. at Raleigh, y :.
,osl know that my paper has no' .p cpie ~ 49,,
81 guiariy in many instances 70 80, -
e has been (whcn my fault at all lor ''e a..
+ of patronage sufficient to SupPor' IT, - -
"a the interest Of every publisher OF paper fA;.
,se every subscriber gets bis paper instead OF VIII
,av holding it.
,ay If PROMPT acton is taken by such as o"el
re- to feel an Interest in this matter i'll nonl
~: -; from this time ny list, instead OF nein9 Ssct
cit Iell hundred. NAV be five or SIX thousand
ing j. F. TOMPKINS.
al q, the eve of OF the late battles
,,8 Euronc the bishop who accompanied the ri
ny sian army addressed the soldiers in the folio
- iag style:
ic4 8. IF YOU are conquerors' cried the bishc
,r& s.ureat Joy is i'll prepara ton for you. We kn'
pA fTon unimpeachabe sources that these EnGIi
til i. retics have in their camps an enormous SUI
DIR which od will give into your hands. Tins $.
mic amounts to thirty million roupies. ne II
asa peror makes you present Of the thifd Pi'I
TO, this tremendous sum. The secont! th'ra %
Diet served for the purpose OF the re'"''af9 g
and Sebastople which yon are on tA;5 I.,1' IJ ano,
Il leving The remainder will he oi'ius< 'rI+,
The Princes and officers who viii ,o-lo'i y" |,',
am vonr commanders in the hattie- NJ :,
,,ar sol,nrs receives $50 rouhies I u
~ a'',,doG tne Emperor promises =" i''o",h 7.
of