snoA TIE rurtApEIrnIA NATIONAL dAztrTs'
A VALUABLE NATIONAL WORK.
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rnoa THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL dAzIrTB'


Az VALUABLE NATIONAL WORK.
Tho weetv journal. called the american Farmer, pub
shed at Baltmo,e, is, doubtless, one OF 'e most


works of the kind with which any country has been ec
cd 1t has done ncalculable service to the onheo states
by promoting the first branch OF d,mes'c
ture the advancement OF when, III an ha'ea e h
!, is espeoiay dedicated There is no department Oh nus
bandrv on which il has not furnished abundant hoIhauo
scientific and PRACTICAL that the seven quai'o volumes "
which 1t is now composed, are the best repository
the American cuvator. The most intelligent ana usui


sbed f This class throughout the Union, nave cohtouu
10 its pages instructive ndyey interesting facts ana speo
atons, which render permanent WORK OF au
source of entertainment, even to merely genera
lis nrogress within few years, is not little renarkane'
for as We have been told was undertaken anu sue ~
The editor Mr. j. = Skinner, postmaster oil bamoe, VIM
out a single subscriber correspondent. Inc obvious
NJ y of lis design the number and value OF the correspo
dents it soon acquired, and the interchangeable 2ea anu !ho
clos management, oil the editor brought ~ so short time
into its present high andwde repute aa au'ori.y. oe
lis establishments many associations have been formed IN
the Southern States the improvement OF the implements
processes and general condition Of agriculture he sub
iect has become fashionable topc OF iAsesugaoh anu
discussion in the cities well as ~ rural circles ad
gentlemen Of fortune have been simulated to abandon me
IDLE pleasures o: and village life, III order to WIN the
Responsibility, say dsncon now attendant on sue
cessui and enlightened culture OF tue soil


We as well as many others whose pI suits are most re-
mote from thuse Of the plough ad dairy have been pleased
and edited when have our ccuhtyncn oi he ue-
crpton lust mentioned coniendng eagerly for the prize
for The best butter the finest cattle and old farmers send
ng TO market from thee four Thousand pounds OF outer
annually who, before the appearance of the agretura
Journals, would have been almost ashamed 10 nave sMa
that the article was of any consideration IN the scheme
of their cpcralions


Owing TO the variety and excellence OF the contents q
Mr. Skinners publication, it has attracted much hoiee ana
esteem in cher pats of hemisphere and ~ Europe
Ii has been demanded from Great Britain, SPAN france
Cuba Jamaica, sc. and celebrated periodical work
of SIMILAR character, have been sent - exchange iof
fron England and France. It IS printed IN very han
some and commodous manner as vt can testl l''5 ~
fore us all the numbers Of the present. the seventh iount
for which paper and type OF saperer quahy are lsea
We have ubser, c statement in the newspapers that Tue
editor has YET for sale hundred complete sets OF
volumes, which lkll! 30 be disposed OF IN the course
| of a twelvemunth, but not to be reprinted


We may presume that such journal has multitude OF
patrous not only in class OF practical farmers, but o.
land osnets whose interests II IS alike adapted 10 promote
Whatever may its staaton shall add the expression
OF sincere wishes for the greater prosperity Of what ha
increased and continue enhance the dnity anr
proitaheness occupations which honor and 10 whci
the na,ion canno, attach too much consequence.


II The price OF subscription to the American Farmer y
IS per annum m adavnce Each volume has title page
and an index and 50 weekly numbers make the volume
The TOPICS are first and chiefly .4yrce L'cr7G! iHpro1e
7eni. and Domestic Economy i treats moreover OF MAIN


raj His ory of Internal Resources, and Rural Sorts
and about one page of tAch number is ded Gated to h'
| LADIES' under the head Of "IllE LADIES' DEPART
MENr" in which are inserted articles on the culture Q
Flowers and Fruits and Vegetables on Cookery an viii


great number ci useful Recipes ad the exact piices
the principal articles which Farmers and Planters harc 4
buy and to sell, Gycn every number Any petseI
wishing 20 subscribe. has only 10 eDclcsc 50 ~ mall
Mr. J. $ skinner Dalt.. his risk. In few mouth
there will not be single OF tho prcvio volumes
be had, the expense viii deter he editor from ever re
printing them. lbs'. 1'-'i'''.