The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-06-19
PROPOSALS
By THOMAS w. SHEPARD,
FOR PUBLISHING, IN BOSTON,
AN AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPER,
To be entitled the
.Ne1v- ENGLAND Farmer.
] GR1cULruRE, within a few

"A dRIcULTURE, within few
L "A years, has been improved with rapidi-
" without precedent in the annals of art; and
new discoveries and processes, in its various
branches, arc still in train of successful dc
veloPenienf. These improvements are of per
amount Importance, not only TO the practical
farmer, but TO the whole community. Every
human being has an interest in thatsart which
Is the foundation Of all other arts, and the ba-
Sis s,l civilization.
Skill as well as industry is at least as
requisite IN agriculture as in any Of Eae iiDer
but less useful arts. The head must direct
Tue hand OF husbandry and in cultiva;bg
the earth, the most incessant toll, without thss
guidance OF knowledge, and the superintend-
ence OF intellect, is OF little avail. The sci-
ence OF agriculture is in great degree fopaGed
on experience. 1t is therefore of consequence
that every farmer should know " hat has been
done, and what is doing by others engaged in
the same occupation, and that he should i'm
part to others the fruits of his own experiments
and observations. knowledge of this des-
criPticn can in no way be so cheaply, Aene-
hcialiy and generally difTused as BY newspa-
pers chiefly devoted TO those topicks which are
: particularly and appropriately interesting to
the cultira.3rs of the soil.
Publications Of this kind have been
found to be of great utility in Europe and in
the United States. The .4aseficasi FaYDser. ait
Baltimore, and the Plough Bog, at Albany. a.
oiY Conducted and literally patronized agri-
cultural papers. have rendered services to the.
country Which are generally and highly ap-
pfeclated. Those papers, however, cannot
De SO conveniently circulated in New England.
as a similar publication might if printed in its
metropolis. BESIDES, the matter contained y.
these papers IS moi always adapted to the soil
and climate of tire Eastern States: and COM
ilunications proper for an agricultural raper
cannot be transmitted several hundreds of
miles without more delay, risque and expense
than most are willing 10 encounter. it'll no
other remuneration than prospect OF beneft
to the publick.
The NEW-ESGLAND FARMeR will be ea.
tied by gentleman of science. conyersant
WIN the practlce as well as the theory, OF hus-
bandry. The proprietor has likewise aesn
promised the assistance of several gentlemen
who have been distinguished for successful ex-
periments and able essays calculated to I'M
prove the agriculture of New-England.
Although this paper will be principal
iy devoted 10 agriculture, Il will likewise con.
tam concise summary OF news, ard slrpttbts
OF topicks common TO newspapers in general
indeed, as mere vehicle Of intelligence.
without reference TO its agricultural contents,
1t is presumed it viii prove more useful 10
country subscribers than those papers which
are nearly filled with ship-news, mercantile
advertisements, &c. of little or no value to
those who live at distance from our sea-ports,.
And the proprietor engages that Lc more than
one fourth part Of his paper shall, in any case.
be filled with advertisements and in general
still smaller portion of it will be occupied
by advertising customers. Party politicks.
and poemical divinity shall be likewise abso.
lutely excluded from the columns of Tia
New-England Farmer.