The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-01-20

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write, and knowed the multiplication table, was
considered fully prepared to make farmer
Can 1t be thought strange then, that 1t was no
easy matter to make inroads into habits and
cuStoms-the growth Of centuries-sanctioned,
aye hallowed by paternal example Farming
twenty or thirty years ago was by no means so
profitable as it is now. The little that was grown
would not bring near the prices Of our dag, and
but little besides grain would command the cash.
Hence when it was received, it was valued, and
hardly parted with for an equivalent, much less
for an Agricultural paper, put out by printer,
to get their money, pretending to know more
about farming than those who had been brought
up on farm, and followed farming alltheir days.
I heard an individual state that we (farmers)
thought sxpence as large as a cartwheel Ito
this would reply that we know exactly how we
get our sixpences) and if we esteem this Its
dimensions, the comparative size thirty years
since was considerably greater.
Well may the Observer" remark that such
men, are men of courage and Of industry-it
should have added aso,-men OF faith and of
perseverance, What else, but indomnitable ener
gv. and strong hope could have sustained Mr..
Tucker in his early efforts to ameliorate our
condition. and advance our interest; and well may
the Observer add we oce him adebt Of gratitude.
How pleasing must be his reveries in glancing
over his Thirty Years in the Agricultural
Press, Z" in contrasting the present fertility and
fruitfuness, with the sterility and barrenness of
the past-the knowledge, with comparative ig-
norance, and feel within himself that twas for
this labored We join the cry Honor this
Country Gentleman"
And now word concerning the publications
of this gentleman in connection with his SON
First, the Country Gentleman" a weekly
journal for the Farm, the Garden and the Fire.
side Each No. contains Is large quarto pages,
making 832 pages in year, handsomely printed
on good paper, and for a small expense at the
close of the volume Gust commenced) can be
always ready for reference and instruction. j. ].
Thomas, author of the American Fruit Cultur-
list, is an associate Editor, and the contributors
are among the first practical men of our country.
Single copy per year, 5000, 8 copies, SIS, S cop
les, So, 10 copies SIS. In clubs of ten, Is
pages of reading matter per week, of sterling
worth, and suited to the times for q little less
than three cents. If this is not cheap, would
like to know what is. Second, The Cultvator
is most valuable monthly Of 80 pages for so
cents; at the end of the year you have valuable
book of 384 pages for half dollar, and the ex-
pense Of binding.
Third, The Illustrated Annual Register of
Rural Affairs-A perfect gem-containing la
pages, and nearly $50 engravings. The single
article on under draining is worth more than the
price, and then we have Farmer Thrifty and
Squire Slipshods farm management in beautiful
contrast; an article with embellishments on country
dwellings, treatise on the culture of the pear
with IL plates; one on plums, plates one on
Strawberries, 3 plates &C., &C. Every farmer
should have one-price IS cents.
So much for the man whom the people should
delight to honor.
Yours Truly,
TEp CIV