The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-26
PROSPECTUS
FOR PUBLISHING \ MONTHLY PAPER
IN BALTImoRE, TO BE ALLIED
THE CULTURIST

On subjects connected with Agriculture TO incluic
an Enigrants' Department, containing snch in
torint Lon as may oe useful to persons making
settlement in the West, or seeking new fields of
agricultural enterprise
TNHE SUBSCRIBER proposes to issue a
Il monthly sheet, IN quarto form, of sixteen pa
ges, on husbandrv, pastoral affairs and kindred
subjects "a portion of the paper TO be occupicd
with notices geographical, statistical and historical
oil SUCH portions of the West will be of must in
tercst Il" Western settlers, also of portions of
the South.
Agriculture. is the most ancient occupation Of
man. IL Is also the most useful the most indcpen-
dent, the ha7piest. the healthy the most bro.
htabe and the most honorable.
But this Is not all. Agriculture comprehen,Is in
itself more science, than any other occupation i'm
the whole c rclc Of human pursuits and industry
Geology chemistry, vegetable physiology, all make
part of the thorough knowledge of this most cx.
tensivc and useful art. They arc indeed but the
beginnings Of the vast field of knowledge contain
ed With it. So that if man can be a thorough
agricult uri5, bc will be in the large sense of the
word learned man.
Farmers however have been, to a great extent
opposed to what they called science, or book farm
ing, from a mistaken idea that whatever was in
print as merely speculative and matter of theory
u 1t were so indeed, they would nc right in con.
DENIM q 1t. IL is however mistaken idea. Sci.
cnce is the result of )cricnce and practice IL ia
the ripe harvest Of fact rcapcd not by ono uan in
ono field but gathered by al the ahorers through.
out all the harvest fields of the earth in year after
year from the beginning.
very intel gent artncr likes to talk to his nci
or, and draw advantage from his experience
TINS experience Is no less valuable for being dc.
livered to him in print, by types, than if it should
be give n to him by bis negbbor, by word Of mouth
IL is the same thing.
Skill in the manual Of boeing and ploughino can
never make farmer. 1t makes only an apprentice
IN the srt Since the multiplication Of agricultn
raj papers and societies in this country there hrs
been great improvement in the state of agricul.
ture.
is designed tn give in this paper all useful gen.
cral Intelligence relating to rural affairs and econ
omy, whether Of implements stock ks. seeds. modes
OF cu turc, articles of cultivation soils or fcrtizcrs
and UGH discoveries OF science AS may assist light.
IN and make more profitable the hardy and hon.
orabic toll Of the farmer
secondary object will be to give information to
persons making settlement in the West: from per
sonaI knowledge mostly-.so that they will be bic
to make judicious selections, and proceed in the c.
tahlishng Of their homes TO best advantage.
and some description of the lands of MARYLAND and
VIRGINIA, with tho modes Of renov,tiug them.
vance.
Agricultural and Emigration Societies and 9th
ers VINO subscribe for ono hundred copies or more.
VIII DC supplied at SIS per hundred.
fostmasters and country collectors are requested
IN act as agents All such will he allow cd 20 Der
G. Mt ana any person sending five dollars will nave
sir copies
Ostao WA. J. A. BRADFORD.