The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-24
PROSPECTUS
FOX PUBLISHING \ NJ JNTHLY PAPER
IN BALTtMoRE, TO BE ALLIED
THE CULTURIST

On sulJccis conncCtci with Agriculture, to incu Il.
an EnIigrants' Department. confirming s,irh IN.
iOrmi ON may bc lst ful TO persons ,uaEyin.r =
settlement IN the West, or seeking fields OF
ag iru,tural cntCr9r-C.
TNHE BSCRIBER proposes tn isuc q,
l. monthly sheet, in ou,rio form, Of sixteen pa
grs, on h"sban irr, pastoral affairs ami Kindred
Subjects "a portion OF tn: paper to lie occupied
With notices gr"gra phcrl, salstica aud historical
{" -"ch rtiun5 OF the West i'll br of M Isl in
ter"s: I" Western settlers, and also of portions of
the South.
Ascic,rlturc is the most ancient occu,,,;oc ~,
man It is ais" the most usciu' the most iudcpcn-
dent IN ia2piest tie IN '5 healthy, the most pro.
habi" - nd the most honorable.
But this is not all. A griculturc comprchcnIs in
lscii 'nnfc scicncc, than any other "CCuo iinn i'm
the whole c rclc "f human pursuits aud industrv
"c"o9 =, chemistry, vegetable physiology all max
part of The th ou:h knowlc &c Of this most *.
tcnsiVc and useful art. They are indeed Il the
b ginniug7 OF the vast field of knowicdr VI. ,ntoi,
ed within II. So th t if man can br u thpr,t III
agricu lturi-t, lac will be N the large sense of tho
word . learned rnau.
Farmers however have been, to a great extent
onpos 'd To bat they called science. book farm
ing from mistaken idea that wb,icvcr was in
print was merely speculative. and matter of theory
~ II were indeed. tICv would bc ti.cbt i'm c,.i,
dcnring it. 1t Is however mistaken idea. Sci
cnce is the result of OK jcricncc and practice II i
the - PC harvest of IA, ts rcapcd not by ono nan In
one Field but gathered by all the iaborrrs throu n
out III TIC harvest fields Of the Garth in year after
year from the beginning.
very intelligent arncr likes to talk to his ncir
or. 'nd draw ADVANTAGE from his cxpr,icucc
MS exp rltnCc Is no IrsS va liable iOr hciur dc
in rod to lin in print by types than IL it sh uid
be q ycn to bin By hi ucishbor by word Of mouth
II Is the same thing.
SIKH in the rnnn' al Of hocing and ploughne can
never make firm"r. II make only an npp rntr,.
IN the art. Since the multiplication Of a.rrirnItr
raj papers and societies in this country ficrc inn.
been great improvement in the state of agricuI.
turc.
II IS designed tn Civ" in this paper al useful gen
crai intelligence relating to rural aCTdrs and econ.
omv whether of implements, stocks. seeds. mode
of uturc, articles q" cultivation soils or frtliz,rs:
and such discoveries Of science rs mn y assist Ert
IN and rake more profitable the hardy aud hon
Or',bic toll Of the fnrincr.
secondary object will be 10 give information Ia
pc rsons mixing settlement in The West. from n.r
s"unl knowlcdgc mostlv-so thit thcy viii be- bic
to mako !udciuus selections, and proceed in Tho CO.
tahlishiug Of their new h ,mcs to b.sf ADVANTAGE
nd Some description of the 7uds of MARYLAND and
VIRGINIA, with TIC modes Of rcnpv inc tIru
The price will be one collar, invariably in nd
vance.
Agricultural md EMIGRATION Societies and otI,.
crs who subscribe inr ono hundred comics or moro
will he Supplied AZ SIS pcr hundred
POstInaScrs and country colcr.nrs arc rco,os,,.,
to act agcrts. All such viii hc liz, % o
Mt; and any person sending five dollars will ha "
1 sis copies.
oes@o WIN. J. a. BRADFORD.