The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-23
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AMERICAN FARMER.
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The AMERICAN FARMER is devoted ex
tlas,yely TO .1g, allure, Internal fmproue-
-.st., and Domestic EcOnOmy; and TO the Sci
ences Immediately connected with the Illus
| uapn, aud advancement, OF tEese great OBJ
jees.
In caeh number the practical Farmer will
sll the reul prices OF the staple commodities
ofbls Iabours, stated on particular personal
,lairy, and actual sales Of crops--wlth
names, places, and dates, and every thing
witch has even the appearance OF personal
cr political alteration, is rtg'd!g erctuded.
Tie AMERICAN FARMER WAS undertaken by
is present Editor in lal9, without patronage,
and without correspondents; with aview to
OCCUPY agrceably his leisure hours, and in
,he hope of elevaliug to its proper rank aud
dignity in the public esteem, the employment
Of the HusbanIman, which had been hitherto
regarded as having little or no conneXion
with intellectual improvement. Eve vol.
Gnes have been completed, under the IN.
creasing appreciation and patronage Of the
conmunity v for whose benefit il WAS projected,
Md lie now leaves il TO spedk for HSeJ; deem
pg il unnecessary, if not nnbecomlng, 10 oil
fr particular testimonials of the va.ue OF
1T, flp+
HEX This value is now derived almost eX
ensively from the number, experience, ur-
h,nity, and variuus intelligence OF CORES
pDndents residing III all parts OF the union;
Ehe generally appear under their proper
names, use the Farmer as central and com
mon medium for tie interchange OF their
srnions and experience; and are known TO
tie country for their success rs Practical
Nusbandmen, as well as for their science aud
general atalnmeuts.
To give 70 those who have never seen the
AxERIcAN FARMER, a better conception OF ITS
general contents, the Editor takes at random,
from the ludex 70 one volume, the re erences
under one, out OF tWo hl1ldfed heads
SHEEP--on feeding With roots about ten
pounds per day-their average consumption
Of food, page Sit is thought, cannot be
prohtably reared by grass farmers, 42-man-
50 ""''%e 'N'ei'Cht Io'" '' o. -
increase of weight fed on 5I-have been the
victims of extraordinary caprjcc-mer'nos
salrfced for want of know ledge how 10 man
age, 7o-the culture of the turnip indispensa-
be IN the profitable rearing OF, 69-how TO
Cleanse and shear, ga composition tor an
onllng, 96-breedng 10 feed safely oil OF
clover, llo-ewrs should be kept low alter
taking the ram, till iast before lanbng' 10
query respecting disease in, described val,
gully called icns cock spring incurable but
may be prevented, llo-exhiblied at the Ma
'aod cattle show; General Mason's letter 10
Ne editor announcing his intention to send