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Stephen Conrad Stuntz List

Stuntz, Stephen C. List of the Agricultural periodicals of the United States and Canada Published During the Century July 1810-July 1910. Washington: U. S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication 398, 1941.

Commonly referred to in the historical literature as the "Stuntz List," this comprehensive work "consists of a brief outline of the essential history of each periodical devoted to general agriculture or to any of the branches covered by the activites of the Department of Agriculture." The titles are alphabetically arranged; the entry for each paper is under its latest title, with cross references from other titles. Stuntz also notes in the introduction, "many titles are inserted, although the only knowledge of the papers we have is from quotations and references in other periodicals."

From the 3,753 journals included (not counting title changes), those published between 1810 and 1838 are listed below for the convenience of the user.

The (±) character indicates those titles George Calvert would have been likely to read based on location and length of publication. Entries below reproduce Stuntz's citation format.

Agricultural intelligencer and mechanic register. Boston, Mass. w. v.1, no. 1-26. Jan. 10-July 7, 1820.

± The Agricultural Museum. Georgetown, D.C. s-m. (July 4, 1810-June 19, 1811), m. (July 1811-May 1812.) v.1, no.1-24; v.2, no. 1-11. July 4, 1810-May 1812//. Editor and publishers, David Wiley, secretary of the Columbian agricultural society, of which the journal was to a certain extent the organ. First American exclusively agricultural paper.

American. Alton, Ill. m. v.1-2? Nov. 22, 1833-1834.

± American farmer. Baltimore. Established as

American farmer's magazine. Washington, D.c. v. 1, no. 1. Before March 1835. No more published?

American journal of productive industry. Maryville, Tenn. s-m. v. 1-Aug.? 1838-

American ploughboy. New York. w. v. 1- Jan. 1833- Specimen number issued October 1832; weekly edition of New York farmer and American gardener's magazine.

± American turf register and sporting magazine. New York. m. v. 1-15. Sept. 1829-Dec.? 1844//; Continued as annual to 1875? Monthly edition merged in Spirit of the times.

Backwoodsman. Grafton, Ill. m. v. 1-3? 1837-1839; removed to Jerseyville, Ill., and Continued as nonagricultural periodical.

The Buckeye ploughboy. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, m. v. 1. 1837-1838.

± The cabinet of natural history and American rural sports. Philadelphia. v. 1-3. 1830-1834//.

Cheshire farmer. Established as

a) The Cultivator. Albany, N. Y. m. v. 1-6. no. 12. Mar. 1834-Dec. 1839. Combined with the Genesee farmer and Continued as
b) The Cultivator, a consolidation of Buel's cultivator and the Genesee farmer. Albany, N.Y. m. v. 7, no. 1 (Cultivator and farmer, v. 1, no. 1)-v. 10. Jan. 1840-Dec. 1843. Continued as
c) The Cultivator. Albany, N.Y. m. n. ser., v. 1-9, 3d ser., v. 1-13. Jan. 1844- Dec. 1865. Combined with Country gentleman, taking its numbering and Continued as
d) Cultivator and country gentleman. Albany, N.Y. w. v. 27-62. Jan. 1, 1866- Dec. 30, 1897. Continued as
e) The Country gentleman. Albany, N.Y. w. v. 63-75, no. 2997. Jan. 6, 1898- July 7, 1910*. v. 1-4 published by the New York State agricultural society. Absorbed the Central New York farmer, Jan. 1845 and Connecticut farmer, Jan. 1845? Published The Farmers' museum, as monthly edition, made up from columns of weekly, Jan.-Aug. 1844.

The Cumberland farmer. Gallatin, Tenn. m. v. 1- Dec.? 1838-1839.

The Delaware register and farmer's magazine. Dover, Del. m. v. 1-2. Feb. 1838-Jan. 1839//.

The Educator. Easton, Pa. s-m. v. 1-2. Apr. 1838-Aug. 15, 1839//.

Farmers' and mechanics' journal. Alexander, N.Y. w. v. 1-3? Nov. 1837-June 1840. Removed to Batavia, N.Y. and Continued as Batavia times and Farmers' and mechanics' journal, merged in the Batavia Spirit of the times, 1843.

Farmers' and mechanics' journal. Harrisburg, Pa. v. 1. Aug. 12-Dec. 15, 1827; united with the Intelligencer, which Continued as Pennsylvania intelligencer and Farmers' and mechanics' journal.

± Farmers' and planters' friend. Philadelphia. no. 1-7. 1821.

± The Farmers' cabinet and American herd-book. Established as

a) The Farmers' cabinet. Philadelphia (July 1836-Feb. 15, 1837), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (Mar. 1-Nov. 15? 1837), Philadelphia (Dec. 1837-May 15, 1838), Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del. (June 15, 1838-July 1840). s-m. (July 1836-Feb. 15, 1838), m. (Mary. 15, 1838-July 1840). v. 1-4. July 1836-July 1840. Continued as
b) The Farmers' cabinet and American herd-book. Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del. (Aug. 1840-April 1842), Philadelphia (May 1842-July 1848). M. v. 5-12. Aug. 1840-July 1848//. Merged in American agriculturist, July 1848.

Farmer's chronicle. Springfield, Ohio. w. v. 1- March 1833-

Farmers' journal. Petersburg, Va. Prospectua issued April 1821 for this agricultural periodical, but it was never published.

Farmer's journal and horticultural magazine. Rutland, vt. m. v. 1- April-Aug. 1833.

The Farmer's, mechanic's, manufacturer's, and sportsman's magazine. Established as

a) The Farmer's, mechanic's, and manufacturer's magazine. New York. m. v. 1, no. 1-2. Mary.-Apr. 1826. Continued as
b) The Farmer's, mechanic, manufacturer's, and sportsman's magazine. New York. m. v. 1, no. 3-12. May 1826-Feb. 1827//.

± Farmer's Register. Shellbanks (Garysville), Va. (1833-1839), Petersburg, Va. (1839-1842). m. v. 1-10. June 1833-Dec. 1842//; issued also in weekly form, Jan.- 1841; The Countryman's friend, weekly, made up from matter in this paper, 1835- Often referred to as Ruffin's Farmer's register. DA.

The Farmer's reporter. Salem, N.C. v. 1- 1835-

Farmer's reporter and United States agriculturist. Cincinnati, Ohio. m. v. 1-2? Oct. 1831-1835; Oct. 1831 is specimen no., n. ser.; Nov. 1831 is no. 1, n. ser. DA Oct.-Nov. 1831.

± The Farrier's magazine, or the archives of veterinary science. Philadelphia. q. 2 nos. 1818.

Fessenden's silk manual and practical farmer. Established as

a) Fessenden's practical farmer and silk manual. Boston. Mass. m. v.1, no. 1. May 1835. Continued as
b) Fessenden's silk manual and practical farmer. Boston. m. v. 1, no. 2- v. 2. June 1835-Apr. 1836//. Made up chiefly from columns of weekly New England farmer. Published by George C. Barrett. T. G. Fessenden, editor.

The Gardener's magazine and orchard directory. Rochest, N.Y. Prospectus announcing this periodical was published Apr. 1834, but subscription list proved too small, and the matter collected was published in Goodsell's Genesee farmer.

± Genesee farmer and gardener's journal. Rochester, N.Y. w. v. 1-9. Jan. 1, 1831-Dec. 1839; combined with the Cultivator, Jan. 1840; published also in monthly edition, Monthly Genesee farmer, Jan. 1836-Dec. 1839.

Germantown telegraph. Germantown, Pa. w. v. 1-54? Mary. 17, 1830-1883; local newspaper but with strong agricultural department; Continued as nonagricultural paper; established as the Village telegraph, changed to abover form after a few weeks.

Goodsell's Genesee farmer. Rochester, N.Y. w. v. 1, no. 1-50. July 4, 1833-July 31, 1834//; last numbers irregular.

Indiana farmer and stock register. Indianapolis. m. v. 1-5? 1836-June? 1841; merged in Western farmer and gardener, June 1841?

Journal and courier. Little Falls, N.Y. w. v. 1- 1834-

Journal d'agriculture. Montreal. 1836.

The Kentucky farmer. Frankfort, Ky. Established as

a) The Franklin farmer. Frankfort, Ky. (1837-1839), Lexington, Ky. (1840). w. v. 1-3. Aug. 12, 1837-1840. Continued as
b) The Kentucky farmer. Frankfort, Ky. w. v. 4-5. 1840-42//?

The Magazine of gardening and botany. Baltimore. m. v. 1, no. 1 Jan. 1834.

± The Magazine of horticulture, botany and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs. Established as

a) The American gardeners' magazine and register of useful discoveries and improvements in horticulture and rural affairs. Boston. m. v. 1-2. Jan. 1835-Dec. 1836. Continued as
b) The Magazine of horticulture, botany and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs. Boston (1837-1868), Boston and New York (1847). m. v. 3-34. Jan. 1837-Dec. 1868//. [Ser. 1] 1835-1844, ser. 2, 1845-1854, ser. 3, 1855-1859, ser. 4, 1860-1864, ser. 5, 1865-68. United with the American journal of horticulture, Jan. 1869, to form Tilton's journal of horticulture.

Maine farmer. Augusta, Maine. Established as

a) Kennebec farmer and journal of the useful arts. Winthrop, Maine. v. 1, no. 1-8. Jan. 21-Mar. 11, 1833. Continued as
b) Maine farmer and journal of the useful arts. Winthrop, Maine. (1833-1836, 1839-1841), Hallowell, Maine. (1837-1838). w. v. 1, no. 9-v. 9. Mar. 18, 1833-Dec. 1841. No number issued Oct. 3, 1834. Continued as
c) Maine farmer and mechanics' advocate. Winthrop, Maine (1842-1844), Augusta, Maine (1844- ). w. n. ser., v. 1- 1842-Jan. 1843 absorbed The Eastern farmer and journal of news. Continued as
d) Maine farmer. Augusta, Maine. w. v. -78, no. 38. -July 7, 1910*. Also issued in monthly edition, Jan. 1842-

± The Massachusetts agricultural repository and journal. Boston. irreg., approx. s-a. v. 3-10. Nov. 1813-Apr. 1832. Continuation of Papers, consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts society for promoting agriculture, which were not issued as a periodical. v. 3-8 have caption title Massachusetts agricultural journal.

The Medical and agricultural register. Boston. m. v. 1. Jan. 1806-Dec. 1807//.

Monthly Genesee farmer. Established as

a) Monthly Genesee farmer and horticulturist. Rochester, N.Y. m. v. 1-2, Jan. 1836-Dec. 1837. Continued as
b) Monthly Genesee farmer. Rochester, N.Y. m. v. 3-4. Jan. 1838-Dec. 1839//. Monthly edition of Genesee farmer and gardener's journal, made up from pages of that journal; weekly edition combined with the Cultivator in 1840.

± The New England farmer and Horticultural journal. Established as

a) The New England farmer. Boston. w. v. 1-5. Aug. 3, 1822-July 20, 1827. Continued as
b) The New England farmer and Horticultural journal. Boston. w. v. 6-12. July 27, 1827-July 9, 1834. vol. 6, title-page reads as above, current numbers as New England farmer; Continued as
c) The New England farmer and gardener's journal. Boston. w. v. 13-17, no. 29. July 16, 1834-Jan. 23, 1839. Current numbers of 13 have title New England farmer and Horticultural journal; absorbed Horticultural register, Jan. 30, 1839, and Continued as
d) The New England farmer and Horticultural register. Boston. w. v. 17, no. 30- v. 24. Jan. 30, 1839-June 24, 1846.

New England farmer's and mechanic's journal. Gardiner, Maine. m. v. 1, no. 1-12. Jan.-Dec. 1828//.

± New Jersey and Pennsylvania agricultural monthly intelligencer and farmer's magazine. Camden, N. J. m. v. 1. 1825-1826. Printed and published by Samuel Ellis. v. 1 consists of 10 issues, May 2, Oct. 6, Nov. 1825; Jan., Feb., May 1, June 1, July 17, Aug. 28, Oct, 26, 1826. Issues not numbered. May 2, 1825 has 32 p. The nine later numbers have consecutive paging, 1-400. See article in Journal of the Rutgers university library, v. 3, no. 1, p. 45-47 (Dec. 1939).

± The New-York farmer and American gardeners' magazine. Established as

a) The New-York farmer and horticultural repository. new York. m. v. 1-5.
Jan. 1828-Dec. 1832. Continued as
b) The New-York farmer and American gardeners' magazine. New York. m. (1833-July 1837), s-m. (July-Sept. 1837). v. 6-10 (n. ser. v. 1-5). Jan. 1833-Sept. 1837//. Sepcial number Dec. 1832; in 1833 had weekly edition, American ploughboy.

New York farmer and horticultural repository. New York. m. Apr. 1838-May? 1839. Revival of New-York farmer and American gardeners' magazine.

New York gardener. New York. May 1829-.

New York sporting magazine and annals of the American and English turf. New York. m. v.1- July? 1833?

The Ohio farmer and mechanic. 1833.

Ohio farmer and western horticulturist. Batavia, Ohio (1834-1835?) Columbus, Ohio (1835-1839). s-m. v. 1-5? Jan.? 1834-1839?

Planter's banner and Louisiana agriculturist. Established as

a) Planter's banner. Franklin, La. m. v. 1-6? Dec. 1838-Dec. 1843? Continued as
b) Planter's banner and Louisiana agriculturalist. Franklin, La. w. v. 7?-9? Jan. 1844-Jan.? 1846.

The Ploughboy. Albany. Established as

a) The Ploughboy. Albany, N.Y. w. v. 1, no. 1-32. June 5, 1819-Jan. 15, 1820. Continued as
b) The Ploughboy and Journal of the Board of agriculture. Albany, N.Y. w. v. 1, no. 33-v. 3 no. 52. Jan. 22, 1820-May 24, 1822. Continued as
c) The Ploughboy. Albany, N.Y. w. v. 4, no. 1051. June 1, 1822-July 15, 1823//.

Practical farmer. Mechanicsburgh, Pa. m. v. 1-2? Oct.? 1837-1839.

± The Rural magazine and farmer's monthly museum. Hartford, Conn. m. v. 1, no. 1-6. Feb.-July 1819//.

Silk cabinet. 1836.

The Silk culturist and farmers' manual. Hartford, Conn. (1835-Mar. 1838), Wethersfield, Conn. (Apr. 1838-1839). m. v. 1-5, no. 6. 1835-Sept. 1839//?

The Silk grower and farmer's manual. Philadelphia. m. v. 1-2, no. 6. July 1838-Dec. 1839//; merged in Journal of the American silk society, Jan. 1840; running title throughout American silk-grower, and farmer's manual.

The silk growers' guide. Philadelphia. Prospectus of this monthly periodical to be started January 1939 was published in Nov. 1837.

Silk-grower's instructor and farmer's friend. Sadsbury Township, Pa. m. v. 1. Dec.? 1836-1837.

± The Southern agriculturist, horticulturist, and register of rural affairs. Established as

a) The Southern agriculturist and register of rural affairs. Charleston, S.C. m. v. 1-12. Jan. 1828-Dec. 1839. Continued as
b) The Southern cabinet of agriculture, horticulture, rural and domestic economy, the arts and sciences, literature, sporting intelligence, etc. Charleston, S.C. m. v. 1. Jan-Dec. 1840. Continued as
c) The Southern agriculturist, horticulturist, and register of rural affairs. Charleston, S.C. m. n. ser., v. 1-6. Jan. 1841-Dec. 1846.

The Southern planter and family lyceum. Macon, Ga. (1832-Mar.? 1835), Columbus, Ga. (1835). w. v. 1- Sept. 1, 1832-1835.

Southern silk manual and farmer's magazine. Baltimore. m. v. 1. Dec. 1838-1839.

± Spirit of the times. New York. w. v. 1-30? Dec. 10, 1831-June 22, 1861//; absorbed American turf register and sporting magazine after Mar. 1840.

The Tablets of rural economy. Newburgh, N.Y. v. 1. June 14, 1832-

The Tennessee farmer. Jonesborough, Tenn. (1834-1839), Knoxville, Tenn. (1840). m. v. 1-5, Dec. 1834-Dec. 1840//; absorbed Jan. 1841 by The Agriculturist and journal of the state and county societies. v. 1, no. 1-24, Dec. 1834-Nov. 1836.

± United States sporting magazine. Established as

a) New York sporting magazine and annal of the American and English turf. New York. m. v. 1. Mar. 1833-Feb. 1834. Continued as
b) United States sporting magazine. New York. (n. ser.) v. 1-2, no. 10. Nov. 1835-Aug. 1836.

Vermont farmer. 1836-May 1837.

Virginia farmer. Scottsville, va. June 14, 1832-1833.

Western agriculturist. 1833.

Western agriculturist. Ravenna, Ohio. m. v. 1. 1837.

Western agriculturist and general intelligencer. Brookville, Ind. v. 1. 1829.

Western farmer. 1836.

Western farmer. Canandaigua, N.Y. Jan. 4, 1820-1821? Prospectus in Ontario messenger, Nov. 30, 1819.

Western farmer. Franklin, Tenn. m. v. 1. Nov.? 1838-1839.

Western ploughboy. Edwardsville, Ill. s-m. v.1, no. 1-25. Jan. 6, 1831-Jan. 17, 1832; combined with Illinois advocate. The second agricultural paper west of the Alleghanies, the Western tiller, Cincinnati, being first.

Western tiller. Cincinnati. w. v. 1-3. Aug. 23, 1828-Oct. 29, 1831//? v. 1, no. 26 omitted in numbering. The first agricultural paper west of the Alleghanies.

Yankee farmer and New England cultivator. Established as