The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-06
PROSPECTUS
FOR PUBLISHING \ MONTHLY PAPER
IN BALTIMoRE, TO BE ALLIED
THU, CJLTITRIGV


On subjects connected with Agwcuturc, to include
an Emigrauts' Department, containing. such IN
iorniGt on as may bc usD ful to persons making n
settlement IN the West, or seeking fields OF
ag' icultnral enterprise.
THE SUBSCRIBER proposes to issue =
u monthly sheet in ounrto form of sixt.cn os
gcs, on hushandrv, pastoral affairs, and kindred
subjects "a portion oI the paper l.c occupied
With notices geographical. statistical aud lisrorcal
of such p ,rlUns of The West as Nil bc OF most in
tie South.
Agriculture is the most ancient occupation of
IL is also the most useful the most indcnen.
dent, the happiest, the healthy, the most pro-
htabla aud the most ouurablc.
But this Is not all Agriculture comprchenIs in
Itself more science, than any other occupation in
tue whole circle of human pursuits and industry.
Geology, chemistry, vegetable physiology all make
a part OF the thorough knowle ige of this most cx
enslvc and useful art They are indeed bit the
beginnings of the field of knowiedr. contain
ed within 1t. So thtt if man can he a thorough
agricuturist, he will be the large sense OF tie
word learned man.
Farmers however have been To n great extent
opposed to what they Called science or book-larm
ing, from mistaken ida that whatever was i'm
PRINT was mercy speculative nd matter of theory
demning It, IL is however mistaken idea Sci.
ence Is the result of pcrience and practice II is
the ripe harvest of facts rcaped not by one man i'm
one held but gathere ed by all the lahorcrs through
out all the harvest fields of the earth in year after
year from the beginning.
very intelligent arner likes to talk to his neigh.
or, and draw advantage from his CxpcrcnCc..-
THIS experience is no less va liable fur being de-
llrered to bin in print, by types, Than if it should
be given to hiin by his neghbor, by word Of mouth.
IL Is the thing.
Skill in the manual of hocing and ploughing can
never make a farmer 1t makes only an app emticc
IN the art. Since the multiplication of agricu ltu
raj papers and societies in this country there has
been great Improvement in the state of agricul-
ture.
IL Is designed to give in this paper al useful gen.
cral intelligence relating to rural affrs and econ
omy, whether of implements, stocks, seeds. mode.
OF culture, articles G" cultivation Soils f.r,z rs;
and such discoveries Of science may assist light
IN and rake more profitable the hardy and hon.
Orabc toll of the farmer.
secondary object will he to give information to
persons making settlement in the West from per.
7onh knowlcdgc mostly-so that they will be able
to make Judcinus selections, and proceed in the CO.
tabshing of their new homes to brst advantage
and some description Of the lands of MARYLAND and
VIRGINIA, with the modes of rCnuv1;ing them
The price will be collar, iuvaritbIy in adj
vance.
Agricultural and Emigration Societies, and 9th
ers who subscribe for one hundred copies or more,
will be supplied al SIS per hundred
Postmastcr@ and country collectors are requested
to act "a agents All such will he allow d 20 per
c. nt and any person sending five dollars will have
SIS copies.
oct.3O WIN. J. A. BRADFORD.