The journal was started by J. W. Jones and W. S. Jones in
Augusta, Georgia in 1843. Its publication started prior to ''
De Bow's Review'', which was established three years later, in 1846.
Southern Cultivator was published twice a month. After the
American Civil War of 1861–1865, its offices moved to
Athens, Georgia. It was then moved to
Atlanta. It later absorbed other similar publications, including the
Dixie Farmer. The title shifted over time to reflect these absorptions; it was known as The Southern Cultivator and Dixie Farmer from the 1880s until 1926, and as Southern Cultivator and Farming in 1926 and 1927, and once again as Southern Cultivator from 1928 to 1935. It was renamed Southern Farmer in 1935. ==Content==