The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-12-09
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
FGRnsylv9IAia Farmer,
OF THE

FeRn3ylvania Farmer,
find Common School InteLHgencer:
A semi-monthly publication devoted to Agriculture
Gardening and the General Improvement of the
Mind, published at Harrisburg, Pa. by BENJAMIN |
PABKE.
Nothing need be said as to theimportance of the
science ot agriculture, which being the great busi-
ness Of our country, the sure read to competency
end the main ofweath lies at the foundation
of national prosperity. The experience ofevery
year, and especially of the nst few years, has
shown that agriculture has been entirely too much
neglected for the best good of our country. The
great desire Of the present age for the accumulation
ofweah and the prevailing spirit to seek for it in
and shorter course, than that pursued by our
ancestors, had led many from the slow but certain
means of agricultural labor, to the more alluring
employments ofproiessiona life and commercial
enterprise, or the still more hazardous fields of
speculation and adventure, in which feU have
succeeded even beyond their own expectations
The result of this unnatural state fittings has been
what might very well have been prcdicted a great
scarcity Of all the products ofthe soil with such an
enormous increase in the price, to cause their
impOr,atlons irom foreign countries to the great
impoyerishing and discrcdit ofour own.
This folly and these lis have now become ap-
parent, and many Of those, who having been lured
by the examples and others the prospect
held out 10 their view from the producing to the
consuming class and being disappointed in therex
pecations are now disposed and making arrange
ments to return to the hone t, the heahful and the
independent employment Of tilling the soil-whe,e
they sure of being amply recompensed for their
labor.
Pennsylvania is cmphaticay all agricultural
state and has thus suffered less from the late ucua
tions and changes, which have embarrassed our
country than any her sister states. Her soil is
not surpassed by any in the world and her German
and other citizens are justly celebrated as being
among the first farmers in the Union. It has there
fore been considered peculiarly proper, that in the
heart of this garden of our country, agricultural
paper should be established, to gather up the expei
ience of intelligent farmers from all quarters, and
| send it abroad, not only yer our commonwealth,
but to every part of the United States. For the
purpose of doing this, and supplying what has been
considered deSideTOfum among the periodicals OF
our states, the publisher has been induced and en-
couraged by numerous friends Of agriculture and
general improvement, to establish the Pennsy lyana
| Farmer. He has received assurances which lead
him confidently to expect that its columns will be
enriched with contributions from some of the mos
distinguished scientific and practical farmers and
gardeners in own, as well as of our sister
states, which with extracts and repubGcations OF
standard and new works upon the science of agrcul-
ture will render it both interesting and useful 70
every farmerwho desires 20 excel in his most lauda
| bic en- ploymeut
Pennsy yvania has established and is now maturing
system of general education by common schools
which is sntcndedto carry the blessings ofknowlcdg'
to every mans home, and place within the reach o
every child in the commonwealth, the means of in
! structiOn and Improvement. This object is all i'm
porant and ourmcans being ample, it is confidently
hoped that the plan will continue 10 be improved
81 carried out, till thcmpds ofour citizens shall b.
as highly cultivated as their fields, and the harves
ofinteect be rich and abundant as that gathered
from the soil. Then shall Pennsylvania be indcc,
the Keystone of our Union, bearing a polish no
equalled by any state or kingdom in he world.
The events of thc last few months have showI
that an increasing interest is felt in this department
and therefore it cannot be doubted but that th
Common School Iutelligoncer, will be welcomed a
co-labOrcr in so important a work and being mad
he vehicle ofcommunicaGon between the friends O
Education, aid in the proper arranging and develop
eg Of the system, and be the means Of doing much
good.
To the advancement Of these Objects and TO th
dissemination of useful scientific information calcu
lated to expand the mind and improve the heart
shall the colum- ofthn Pennsylvania Farmer an,
Common School Itelligoncor be exclusively devot
cd, and it is confidently expected that a gencrou
public win award to it a liberal support.
The Farmer and Intelligencer will be printed up
on fine white paper and with new type, in royu
quarto from, each number containing eight pages O
matter, Il will be commenced in the month O
November, or as soon as a sufficient number Of sub
scribcmare obtained to justify the expense, and re
guiarly issued during the first and third weeks q
every month, at ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUA
payable before the issuing of the sixth number
Any person who will procure and forward ten res
ponsble subscribers shall receive a copy clever
paperswil be sent to any one Office for $40.
p ost masters and others friendly to the object
are requested to act agents in obtaining subscri
bers and forward the names to the publisher ON o
before the first of November next.
/ Harrisburg, October 81, 1887