The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-12-06
PROSPECTUS
FOR PUBLISHING 4 MONTHLY PAPER
IN BALTIMORE, To- BE ALLIED
THE CULTEJRIST

On biects connected with ApricuItnre tn inc1uGc
an Emlgrants' Department. containing such in
formation as may be use ful to persons ma king
settlement in the West, or seeking new fields oC
agricultural enterprise.
THE SUBSCRIBE z r proposes to issue a
n monthly sheet, in qUarto form, of sixteen pa.
ges. on husbandry. pastoral affairs, and kindred
subjects "a portion of the paper TO be occupied
with notices aPhica statistical and historical
Oh suCh portions OF the West will be of most in
terest to Western settlers, and also of portions Of
the South -
Agriculture is the most ancient occupation of
man IL Is also the most useful, the most indepep-
dent the haPpest, the Toost healthy the most bro.
htabc and the most hon orable
But tins Is not all griculture comprchends in
itself more science, tina any other OCCUPATION in
the whole circle of human pursuits and industry
Geology, chemistry, e;yetablc physiology all make
part OF the thorough knowledge of this most ex-
tenslvc and useful art. They are indeed but the
beginnings OF the vast field of knowledge contain
cd within IT. So that it, can he a thorough
agrIculturis', nc will be in the large sense of the
word learned man.
Farmers however h ave been to a great extent
opposed to what they allied science or book farm
ing, from a mistaken idea that whatever was in
print was merely sDeCUlatyc md matter of tbcor,,
If it so indeed, they would be rigbt in con,
demning 1T. It's how ever mistaken idea Sci.
cnce is the result of periencc and practice II is
the ripe harvest Of fact s., rcapcd not bv one man in
one field but gathered by all the laborers through
out all the harvest fields of the Garth in wear aftc,
year from the begiuni ng
. very intelligent likes 10 talk to his nci Oh
or, and draw advan tagc from his experience -
This experience IS no less valuable for bcinor do
ivercd to him in print, by types than if it should
be given to him by his neighbor, by word of mouth
II is the same thing.
skill in the manual Of hocing and pIoughinr can
never make a farmer. II makes only an app-cntice
IN the art. Since the multiplication of arrcuItu.
raj papers aud soceti cs in this country, there has
been great improve mcnt in the state of agricul-
ture.
ts designed to give in this paper M usefu rcn.
croi intelligence rela ting to rural affairs and econ.
omy, whether OF implements, stocks seeds modes
OF culture, ARTICLES OF cultivation soils or fertilizers.
and such discoveries Of science as NAV assist Hoht
en- and make more profitable the hardy and hon.
orablc toll of the farmer.
secondary object will be to give information io
persons making settlement in the West. from ncr.
sonal knowledge mostly-so that they will be bic
70 make judciOus selections, and proceed If, the cs
t?blishing Of their new homes to best ADVANTAGE
and some description Of the lands of MARYLAND md
Virginia, with the modes OF rcnoyatipg them
The price will be one dollar invariably in nd.
vance. " "
Agricultural ar'd Emigration Societies. and 9th.
who subscribe for ono hundred conics ~ ,,o.c
will be supplied S75 per hundred.
POsimasers and country collectors are eo,,c-tcl
10 act agents All such will be ,llorcJ' % nc
cent; and any person scnding five dollars will hay,
sig copies.
ostsS VIM. J. A. BRADFORD.