Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-12-26


the character Of this particular move
men, ON the part Of the editor oi the
Albion, the following extract is taken
from the article in which the new ar
rangcmont is announced.
agriculture, Is now fast becoming
science, is study Of great value and
importancetoman. In England, where
the superficial extent is remarkably
limited for the myriads Of inhabitants
supported, Is pursued with uncxom-
pied vigor and skill and the results
arc such ms 70 awaken in other coun-
tries kindred thirst for the same know
ledge But in no country have the
plans and discoveries OF England
been initiated and acted upon TO so
great an extent as in the United States.
The study of agriculture and horticul-
turc is beginning to be taken up by
others besides farmers, and men Of lei
sure as we'll as practical persons Of sci
encc are turning their attention to this
useful and honorable pursuit, As,
then, British publications. are teeming
with matter on this subject, and as a
desire to obtain this matter is very ex-
tcnsively felt in this country, we have
resolved to devote part of our o5l-
umns TO the dissemination Of this in
formation but in order that this may
be done skilfully and perfectly, we
have avaled ourselves ofthe services Of
j. s. SKINNER, Esq. formely of the
Baltimore farmer, to conduct this de
partment. Mr.. SKINNER Is n gentle
man well known to the public, is so en-
thusiastic in the caren cr agriculture,
and came so early into the field as its
protector and advocate, that we feel
sure the task could not be confded in
better hands. We are confirmed in
this opinion from his numerous wri-
tings, and may further state In proof
of his zeal that he established the first
agricultural journal published i'll tho
United States"
In one of his communications, Mr..
Skinner assures his friends that he is
"animated by the same zeal in the
cause of agricultural improvement
which prompted him more than nquar
ter of century ago to establish the
first periodical dictated to American
husbandry.
"Friends of the plough he ex-
claims, "what change has come DER
the spirit of our dream since that
pooh Not only was doubtful expert
ment crowned with success, but many
other and ADLER journals have been an.
nually coming into existence all over
the country, begctting an appetite for
dsquisitions on every branch of rural
industry, which, far from being salts
fed with abundant supplies, seems to
increase by what it. feeds upon, until
happily it has come to pass to those
who are destined to earn their liveli-
hood by tilling the soil, now more and
more regard their pursuit as one which
demands not only close observation
of field practice and of the actual re-
suits, but an active exercise of the
mind to the end that by better
knowledge ofall the principles invol-
we'd, and agen cies by which they are
produced, these results may be control
led aud modified.
With these views, it will be equally
the duty and the pleasure of the I'M
dersigned to encourage and yet more
widely diffuse the sentiment that agri-
culture and horticulture are in truth
connected, as well in theory as in prac.
tice, with various in teresting studies :;
| and that ~. ,,rnporti ~, no ,,,a oJ,..o..
in knowledge ofall the sciences akin
to those pursuits, laws Of nature hither-
to untaught will be revealed, aud new
objects, infinitely variegatcd and inter-
esting, he disclosed, over which the
practcle man passes without percep-
ton or relish, just as the blind man in
the country, so much to be commise-
rated, is insensible to the glories of our
autumnal scenery. and NJ the varied
beauties of creation. Such is the mel.
ancholy contrast between the unen-
lightened and the cultivated agricul.
turist.
"The arrangement for an agricultn-
raj department in the Albion newspa-
per cannot affect injuriously the inter,
ests any OF the many agricultural
publications now circulated in Ameri-
ca. The editor would decline any and
all connexions that might thus en-.
croach on the patronage justly due ia
his co-laborcrs in the wide field of agri.
cultural Improvement.
"The Albion circulatcs not merely
among a large circle Of American
friends, but also among the natives OF
Great Britain in Europe as well as ii
the United States--and, as a country