The Farmer & gardener.
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| OCLC: | 10313712 |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Baltimore :
Sinclair & Moore, and Robert Sinclair, Jr.,
[1835-1839]
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| Series: | American periodical series, 1800-1850 ;
1063. |
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| Related Items: | Continues:
Farmer & gardener, and Live-stock breeder & manager Continued by: American farmer, and spirit of the agricultural journals of the day |
| Format: | Newspaper Microform Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
| Published: | Vol. 2, no. 1 (May 5, 1835)-v. 6, no. 4 (May 22, 1839) |
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| Item Description: | The Farmer & Gardener was one of the most successful of the early farm papers and had the endorsement of such men as Jefferson, Madison, and Pickering. Founded by John S. Skinner, a postmaster at Baltimore, this partly eclectic magazine began as an eight-page quarto devoted to "rural economy, internal improvements, news, prices current," and ran through a dozen series to its end in 1897. It was illustrated throughout its long life, and contained news on agriculture, horitculture, and livestock, market prices, and activities of agricultural societies. Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900. Pagination is irregular. Some pages are stained. Title from caption. |
| Physical Description: | 5 v. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Publication Frequency: | Weekly. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Baltimore. |