The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-11-18
PROSPECTUS
Pennsylvania Farmer,
Id Common NCHOOI InfeIHpp1lcer .

Pennsylvania Farmer,
find Common School LnteHigencer
A semi-monthly publication devoted to Agriculture
Gardening, and the General improvement of the
Mind, published at Harrisburg, Pa. by BENJAMIN
PARKE.
Nothing need be said as to the importance of the
science cf agriculture, which being the great busi-
ness OF our country, the sure road TO competency
and the main source ofwealth, lies at the foundation
OF our national prosperity. The experience of every
year, and especially of the last 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
new 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 ofprofcssonal life, and commercial
enterprise the still more hazardous fields of
| speculation and adventure, in which fetU have
succeeded even beyond their own expectations
The result Of this unnatural state of things has been
what might very we'll have been predicted; great
scarcity of all the products ofthe SOIL with such
enormous increase in the price, as to cause their
importatons from foreign countries, 70 the great
impoverishmg and discredt of ouI own. ..i 80.
! This folly and these ills have now become ap!
parent, and many of those, who, having been lured
by the examples and ofohers the prospect
held out to their view, from the producing to the
consuming class, and being disappointed in their ex-
pectations, now disposed and making arrange
ments to return to the hone t, the heahfu and the
independent employment of tilling the soil--where
they are sure of being amply recompensed for their
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Pennsylvania is emphaticay an agricultural
sae, and has thus suffered less from the late uctua
tons 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. 1t 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 expe7
ience of intelligent farmers from all quarters, and
| send II abroad not only over our commonwealth,
but to every part of the United States For the
purpose of doing this, and supplying what has been
considered desiderdtum 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 Pennsylvania
Farmer. He has received assurances which lead
him confidently to expect that its columns will be
| enriched with contributions from some of the most
distinguished scientific and practical farmers and
gardeners in our own, well some OF our sister
states, which with extracts and repubcations of
standard and new works upon the science of agricul
ture will render it both interesting and useful to
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Pennsylvania has established and is now maturing
system of general education by common schools,
which isintcnded TO carry the blessings of knowledge
to every mans home and place within the reach of
every child in the commonwealth, the means OF in
struction and improvement. This object is all inn
pOrant, and ourmeans being ample, it is confidently
hoped that the plan will continue to be improved
Sl carried out till the minds of our citizens shall be
.b,sr GoIJ tbah
ofintellect be as rich and abundant that gathered
from the soil. Then shall Pennsylvania be indeed
the Keystone of our Union, bearing a polish not
equaed by any state or kingdom in the world.
The events of the last few months have shown
that increasing interest is felt in this department
and therefore it cannot be doubted but that the
! Common School lntelligencer will be welcomed as
co-labOrer in so important work, and being made
the vehicle of communication between the friends OF
education, aid in the proper arranging and develop
ing of the system, and be the means of doing much
good
To the advancement of these Objects and to the
dissemination of useful scientific information calcu-
lated to expand the mind and improve the heart,
| shall the colum~ ofthe Pennsylvania Farmer and
Common School lntelligencer, be exclusively devot-
cd, and it is confidently expected that a generous
public will award to it a liberal support.
The Farmer and Inelligencer will be printed up:
on fine white paper and with new type in royal
quarto FROM each number containing eight pages of
matter. 1t will be commenced in the month of
! November or soon a sufficient number of sub
scrbers obtained to justify the expense, and re-
gularly issued during the first and third weeks of
| every month, at ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM
payable before the issuing of the sixth number.
Any person who will procure and forward ten res
ponsibe subscribers shall receive copy, or eleven
papers will be sent to any one office for $40.
Post masters and others friendly TO the objects
are requested to act agents in obtaining subscri-
bers, and forward the names to the publisher on OF
before the first of November next
Harrisburg October 2l, 1887,