The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-07-03
PROPOSALS
BYTHQu.AS w. SHEPARD,
FOR PUBLISHING, IN BOSTON,
AN AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPER.
To- be entitled the
.Neuv- England Farmer.
A GRIcULTuRE, within a few

"A ORICULTURE, within a few
Ia years, has been improved WITH rapid
~ without precedent in the annals Of art; and
new discoveries and processes, in its various
branches, are still in a train of successful de-
velopement. These improvements are of PAR
amount Importance, not only to the practical
farmer, but to the whole community. Every
human being has an interest in that art which
Is the foundation of all other arts, and the ba-
sis Of all civilization.
Skill as well as industry is mt least as
requisite in agriculture as in any of the finer
hut less useful arts. The head must direct
the hand of husbandry and in culivatng
the earth, the most inccssant toll. without the
guidance OF knowledge, and the superintcnd-
ence of intellect, is OF little avail. The sci
ence OF agriculture is in a great degree founded
on experience. 1t is therefore of consequence
~lat every farmer should know what 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 de-
scnpton can in no way be so cheaply, bene-
hciaf.y and generally diffused as by newsra-
pers chiefly devoted to those topicks which are
particularly and appropriately interesting TO-
the cultivators of the SOIL
Publications of this kind have been
found to be of great utility in Europe and in
the United States. The .4Rerica,l Farmer, at
baltimore, aud the Plough Boy, at.Albany, a.
bly, conducted and literally patronized agri-
cultural papers. have rendered services to the
country which ere generally and highly APP
Preciated. Those papers, howevep, cannot
be so conveniently circulated in New-Ensland,
rs similar publication might if printed in its
Metropolis. Besides, the matter cont aimed i'm
those papers is not always adapted to the soil
and climate of the Eastern States; and com
munications proper for an agricultural paper
cannot be transmitted several hundreds of
miles without more. delay, risquc and expense
than most are willing to encounter, with no
other remuneration than prospect Of benefit
to the pubiick.
The NEw-ENeLAND FARMER will be ed
tied by a gentleman of science, conversant
with the practice as well as the theory of hus-
bandry. The proprietor has likewise been
promised the assistance of several gentlemen
who have been distinguished for success sful ex-
periments and able essays calculated to i'm
prove the agriculture of New-England.
Although this paper will be principal
ly devoted TO agriculture, it will likewise con-
tain concise summary of news, ard sketches
OF topicks common to newspapers in general.
Indeed, as mere vehicle Of intelligence,
without reference to its agricultural contents,
it is presumed it will prove more useful to
country subscribers than those papers which
are nearly filed with ship-news, mercantile
advertisements, sc. of little or no value to
those who live at distance from our sea- ports.
And the proprietor engages that no more than
one fourth part of his paper shall, in any case,
be filed with advertisements and in general
still smaller portion Of it will be occupied
by advertising customers. Party politicks,
aud roleInical divinity shall be likewise abso-
lutely excluded from the columns Of the
Ncw-Ensland Farmer.