, 1840-03-07
PROSPECTUS OF THE
Missouri Farmer,
To be pubiishet in BoonuiM Cooper County
NILSSON

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MISSOURI.
THE subscriber proposes to publish al
Boonvllle. Mo. a monthly paper to be
devoted exclusively to Agricultural and Hor.
ticural pursuits, and Stock-raising.
lie has been induced to issue proposals for
the publication of such a work bv repeated
solicitations from Agricultural gentlemen in
this section OF the State which together with
the growing importance of agricultural pur-
suits in Missouri, and the fine stock, seem.
ing to demand its publication, he looks with
confidence to the farming community for
patronage sufficient to ensure its success
The rapid population of the whole region OF
the upper Missouri and the fact that it must
be almost exclusively an agricultural country,
probably more so than any part of the State,
must make the City Of Boonville by far the
most desirable location for the publication
of a work, intended exclusively for the bene-
fit Of the whole Agricultural community.
There is no paper or periodical in this
State, nor, we believe in the States of ILL
nois or Indiana, devoted to agriculture
hence all our Western farmers become tribu-
tary to Eastern publications for such lights
as they have upon the various Improvements
in the modes of agriculture. The doctrine
of book farming, ono considered as abso-
lutely ridiculous, is becoming every day more
in Use, and the interchange Of opinions by
intelligent cultivators of the soil are more
sought after az their beneficent results are
more frequently seen and acknowledged. We
deem it not inappropriate to incorporate the
following sentences, believing they are sterl-
ing truths:
Science must combine with pract ice TO
make a good farmer.
The opposition to shook farming" rests
on the shoulders of two monsters-ignorance
and pre- judice.
If you separate Science from Agriculture.
you rob a 1 nation Of its principal jewel.
sAgricul. ure aided by ~scierce, makesa little
nation 4 great one.
We will endeavor TO procure from Agri-
cultural Societies and other sources, the ped
igrees Of the most valuable stock in the coun-
try; and as one of the objects Of the Ear.
mer' will be TO stimulate the desire of fine
s!ock-we hope those interested, or those hav-
ing fl lie stock of any kind will send descrip-
tons of it 10 the publisher.
The all of competent practicable and the
-oretical agriculturalisrs has been promised.
and no pains will be spared to make the pub
~lica;iona useful one.
The FARMER, will be printed on a double
medium sheet Of siperfne paper, in octave
form, with new type; and will make a vol
ume of 1872 pages annually. At the enl o!
each volume there will be sent to snbs:ri-
bers gratis, 4 handsome title page and COM
prchensive index: The mechanical execu-
rion nf the work will not be inferior TO any
thing OF the kind in the Union.
TERMs-SI Sd per year. Persons clubbing
together for the work can have it sent upon
the following terms; TO four persons for s.
to nine persons for $40; and to twenty per-
sons for $40; payable upon the reception
of the first number-and after the
ment Of The publication, invariably in ad-
vance. w. 7. YEOMiNS.