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JB6 }■ ' i M 'MsS*#;*' IT] - J.:.- -w; ' -==*||p#i ; ; . ?* •‘Agriculture is tlie General Pursuit of Man : It is tlie IS as is ol' a!) olliors, and tlierelorc, tlie most Use!til and Honorable.” €\}t loiitijrrn Cnltiontor. ATHENS, G-A. Vol. SXV. APRIL 1, ISG7. No. 4. 15. RER3I.OND, Augusta, Oa, Will. N. WHITE, Athens, (in. RATES OF ADVERTISING, One full page, first insertion..., *25 00 each subsequent insertion 20 00 half year 100 00 one year, 200 00 One column—first insertion, 15 00 eacli subsequent insertion 12 00 half year r,O 00 one year 100 00 Ten lines (or equivalent in space,) each insertion, 2 00 “ “. “ “ “ “ one-halfyear, 10 00 &W°' Bills of Regular Advertisers payable Quarterly. Transient advertisers in advance, if required. Advertisers to the amount of ss.o(>, are furnished with a copy of the paper three months, §IO.OO six months, and .$15.00 one year, without additional charge, and pa pers containing the first issue of each advertisement, al ways mailed to the advertiser free. advertisements should be received here by the 20th of the month previous to that in which they are ex pected to appear, in order to insure their insertion. I arties who send us letters or circulars, enclosing advertisements, if they wish them inserted, will do well to look at our published rates. These are fixed and open for inspection, and we have not time for correspondence with those seeking a relaxation of our terms, which, con sidering our present circulation and its daily increase, are liberal enough. TO POST* MASTERS! Post Masters who receive this number of the Southern Cultivator, are particularly re quested to aid us in procuring subscribers, and extending our circulation among the Planters and Farmers of their neighborhood. We allow 25 per cent, commission on all money sent for subscriptions, &c v by Post Masters. Those receiving a prospectus, will oblige us by posting it up conspicuously. Don’t send us torn currency. Don’t send us State or City Bills. We have no use for anything that we can not pay out freely for work or paper. SOUTHERN CCLTIVATOR. Rkmittinu for the SornrKßx Cultivator.— We pro for, of course, drafts or Post Office money orders on Art o York, for any considerable amounts, but remittances of money can be made by mail at our risk, if the parties send ing will mail tlie letters themselves, and keep a memoran dum of the exact date when sent. Don’t send state or city bills, but legal currency in good condition. Money by Express should be addressed to “Southern Cultivator Athens, On. ’ Patties wishing extra copies of the Southern Cul tiwitor, to canvass with for subscriptions, supplied gratis. ' -0- <«- . •>— Di l. (oi \RH.nr. It will be observed that the matter of the Cultivator is now protected bv copyright. This is not intend* and to bar our exchanges from extracting what | they please from its columns, when due credit is given. Oi k Cm,mow. .\ uhxr. \\ e have been so fortunate as ■to secure the co-operation of A. W. Reese, Esq., of late | or,c of thc e<J >tors of the Southern Watchman, of this j ' vho ' vi!! as Con oral Agent of thc Southern Cul ti\in canvassing for subscribers, in various parts of “ District Xo. 3.” . Reese is entitled, by his character and intelligence, oi the respect and confidence of any community, and we j ' vn ‘ ml - v solicit in his Behalf, the good offices and eo opc ration, of all the patrons and friends of this journal. Any I aUention ellown I,in » personally, or aid rendered him in his work, will be gratefully appreciated. ! Mi. Reese is also the duly authorized agent of ourgood friends, the publishers of the Augusta Constitutionalist. Lost in thk Mails.—Our friends of the Gardener’s Monthly complain of the mails, having lost 500 copies, sent to subscribers in January and February. We our selves have suffered severely in the same way, having of | ten t 0 ful 'ward papers twice over, and tlie money losses also are considerable—as many as three letters being re pm ted in one day as sent, containing remittances that have never come to hand. In some cases, the writers found they were in fault—the letters coining back to them because of unpaid postage ; but t-her.e are a few Post Offi ces which we have complaints frorp regularly every month, from certain subscribers >vhom,blir mail clerk knows aro supplied. Ihere is no fault to'be found with thc Athens office, we know; but there are certain officials elsewhere, that have no scruples at taking the Test Oath, or anything else more valuable. White foh the Cultivator.— Some of our planting friends would like to receive the Cultivator in return for communications, but, though of large experience and ex cellent sense, hesitate, because not accustomed to write for the press. We trust they will have no hesitation on on that score, because if they will supply valuable facts and experience, we will very cheerfully put them iu prop u stupe. Some of the most sensible articles we print, have to undergo quite a thorough revision as to orthogra phy and style, before publication. In these revisions, the idea of the writer is preserved, but frequently, to make it clear, the sentence or expression needs more or lew change. Send on then your artides. Good practical ar ticles are currency of the right sort, and a “ legal tender’ for your subscription Cos the CokfvnCor. 125