The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-12-03
PROSPECTUS
Foh fObLlShlN u MONTHLY PAPER
IN BALTIMORE, TO BE CALLED
THE CULTIJRIST

n
On subjects connecte with Agriculture to include
an Emlgrants' Department, containing such in
IoIniaslon as may be useful to persons making
settlement IN the West, seeking new fields of
agricultural enter prise
THE SUBSCRIBER proposes to issue
Il monthly sheet, in quarto form, Of sixteen pa.
Ses, on husDandry" pastoral affairs, and kindred
subjects "a portion of the paper TO be occnpied
win notices geogra phical, statistical and historical
OF sucn portions OF the West will be of most i'm
the South - p0'''oH' Vi
Agriculture is the most ancient occupation If
man. 1t ia also the most useful the r,ost Ia ioo
dent the happest, the most healthy the most prn
htabe and the most honorable.
But this IS not all. Agriculture comprehends in
itself more science, than any other cccupation q,
the whole circle of human pursuits and ;ndnst.,,
Geology, chemistry, vegetable physiology all maize
part OF the thorough knowledge of this most ex
tensivc ana useiul art They indeed but the
ed within it. So that if man can be a thorougb
agriculturst he will be in the large sense Of nc
word a learned man.
Farmers however have been To a great ovt.,4
opposed to what they called science or book farm
ing, from mist AIKEN idea that whatever was /,
print was merely speculative and matter az thco-,
IL IL were so indeed, they would be riqht in con.
demning it. IL is however mistaken idea g.;
ence is the result of experience and practice If IA
one field, but gathered by all the laborers tbrouob
out all the harvest fields of the earth in vear sft
year from the beginning. ~
very Intelligent armcr likes to talk tn HE neiob
or, and draw advantage from his experience :
This experience is less valuable for heinz Jc.
iVered to him in print by types, than if IL s6ouid
be given to him by his neighbor, by word of mouth
II is the same thing. " "
Skill IN the manual of hoeing and ploupbinp can
never make farmer. 1t makes only an spprcntice
IN the art Since the multiplication of agricnitn,
raj papers ana societies in this country, there has
been great improvement in the state of apric,,l
ture. ~ ~ % 'N''
ii IS designed to give in this paper n useful e,
oral Intelligence relating TO rural affairs and econ
YTny, whether OF implements, stocks seeds modes
Of culture, articles of cultivation soils ar fcrlr
and such discoveries Of science as NAV assist ligbt
en- and make more profitable the hardy and hon
orable toll of the farmer. anu 'O"
secondary object will be to give information To
persons making settlement in the West. from ner.
sonal knowledge mostly-so that tbeq will he sble
70 make Judicous selections, and proceed in the es
tabishing Of their new homes to best advsniae,c
and some description Of the lands Of MARYLAND and
virginia, with the modes Of renovating them.
The price will be one dollar, invaTiabfv in ad.
vance. 'O'J >" @'-
Agricultural and Emigration Societies. and 9th.
ers VINO subscribe for ono hundred comics or more
will be supplied AZ S75 per hondred " '"O'e
Postmasters and country collectors arc reo,,o.,o
70 act as agents. All such will be alIowcd % nor
cent; and any person sending five dollars win have
\ six copies. "''' "''e
os''o WIN. J. a. BRADFORD,