The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-12
PROSPECTUS
FOX PUBLISHING \ MONTHLY PAPER
IN BALTIMORE, TO BE ALLIED
The CULTURIST

II II W RtST.
On subjects connected with Agriculture to include
an Enlgranis' Department, containing such in
formGton as may De useful TO persons making
sctu"incnt IN the West, or seeking new fields of
THE SUBSCRIBER proposes to issue
n monthly sncet IN quartO form, of sixteen pa.
gcs, on husbandry, pastoral affairs, and Kindred
subjects "a portion of the paper TO he occupied
with notices &c geographical sta stcal and bstorica
OF such portions of the West as will be- of most in
TIE South.
Agriculture is the most ancient occupation of
man 1t Is also the most useful the most iudcpcn.
dcnt the apprsst, the IN Ist healthy, the most pro
htahie and the most honorable.
But this Is not all. Agriculture comprehenis in
uset more scicaer, than any other "ccup ition in
tue whole role of human pursuits and industry
Geology, chemistry vegetable physnloey y, all max
part OF the tn rough knnwle ige of this most cx.
!enslvc and useful art. They are indeed but the
'glnnings OF the vast field Of knowicdp,. c ntaiu-
ed within it. SO thu if a man can he thornt, IN
agrlcuturIst, be will be IN the large sense of the
word armed man.
Farmers however have been to nrcat cxtept
opposed to what they called science or book. farm
ing. from mistaken idea that whatever was i'm
PRINT was merely speculative and matter of theory
II II were so indeed, they would bc rirht in con
demning il. 1t is however a mistaken idea Sci.
ence Is the result of Jcriencc and practice II is
me ripe harvest OF la't Is, rcaped by nan in
one neld but gathered by all the lahorers through.
out ali the harvest fields of the earth in wear aGtr
year from the beginning
very inteiii gent aruer likes to talk to his neigh
I
Tins experience is no less valuable far being de-
l'ered to hiin in print, by types than if it should
be given to him by his neighbor. by word of mouth
Ii Is the thing.
skill in the manual of hoeing and ploug Ching can
never make farmer. il rnak's only ah app snticc
IN the art. Since the multiplication of agrcultu
raj papers and societies in this country, there has
been great improvement in the state of ayricul-
lure,
IL is designed tn give in this paper III useful gen.
era intelligence relating to rural afFrs aud ccun
omy, whether of implements, stocks seeds, modes
OF culture articles of cultivation. soil fertilizers;
and such discoveries Of science may assist light
ch and make more profitable the hardy aud hon
Orabe tod of the farmer
A secondary object will he to give information to
persons making settlement in the West from per-
soual knowledge mostly-so lhlt they will be able
To make judicDus selections, and proceed i'm the es
tahIlshIng of their new homes to best advantage
and some description of the lands of MARYLAND and
Flrginla, with the modes Of rcnOvl;iuo them.
he price will be collar, invariably in ad.
vance.
Agricultural and Emigration Societies and otI
ers who subscribe for hundred copies or more
will be supplied $75 per hundred.
PostinaseTS and country collectors y re requested
I" act as agents. All such will be How cd 20 per
G. mt and any person sending five dollars will have
si1 copies.
Oct 30 WIN. J. A. BRADFORD