The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-10-30
PROSPECTUS
FOR PUBLISHING A MONTHLY PAPER
IN BALTIMORE, TO BE CALLED
THE CULTIJRIST

On subjects connected with Agriculture, to include
Emigrants' Department, containing such in
formation as may be useful to persons making 4
settlement in the West, seeking new fields of
agricultural enterprise.
THE SUBSCRIBER proposes to issue
4 monthly sheet, i'm ouarto form of sixteen no
ges, on husbandry, pastoral affairs, and kindred
subjects "a portion of the paper TO be occupied
with notices geographical sta tistcal and historical
of 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. II is also the most useful, the most indenen-
dent, the happiest the most healthy the most pro-
htable and the most honorable.
But this is not all. Agriculture comprehends in
itself more science, than any other occupation i'm
the whole circle of human pursuits and industry
Geology chemistry, vegetable physiology all make
part of the thorough knowledge of this most ex-
tensivc and useful art. They are indeed but the
beginnings Of the vast field of knowledge contain
ed within it. So that if man can be a thorough
agrculturst, he will be in the large sense of the
word learned man.
Farmers however have been, to great extent
opposed to what they called science or book farm
ing, from mistaken idea that whatever was in
print was merely speculative, and matter of theory
III it were so indeed they would be right in CON
demnlng 1T. II is however a mistaken idea Sci
ence Is the result of experience and practice 1t is
the ripe harvest of facts reapcd not by one ui,n i;
one field, but gathered by all the laborer, thronob
out all the harvest fields of the earth in wear after
year from the beginning. ''''
Every intelligent farmer likes to talk In bs ,o;t
Dor, and draw advantage from his exocricncce
This experience is less valuable for Rein. do
ivered to him in print, by types, than if IL should
be given to him by his neighbor, by word Of mouth
IL is the same thing. ''''''i'
Skill in the manual of hoeing and plougbiro, co,,
never make farmer. 1t makes only an annr,t;
in the art. Since the multiplication of aggp;i,
raj papers and societies in this country tboo -
been great improvement in the state of agricni'
ture. ~o''N'''-
II is designed to give in this paper all useful ,or
eral intelligence relating to rural affairs and g.,
omy whether of implements, stocks seeds NIL
ofculture, articles of cultivation soils or Eer,
and such discoveries Of science as may assist T,9
en- and make more profitable the hardy and E ~
orable toll of the farmer anu non
secondary object will be to give informat;o,, J.,
persons making settlement in the West fror V ~ W
sonal knowledge mosty--so that they will be pbic
TO make judcious selections, aud proceed in The ~"
tabiishing of their new homes to best advan,a e
and some description of the lands of MARYLAND g'j
virginia, with the modes of rcnovatinp them '-iu
Inc price will be one dollar, nvarabIv i, oil
10y III ad-
Agricultural and Emigration Societies and ou.
ers VINO subscribe for one hundred copies or ~
will be supplied at SIS per hundred '''ore'
Postmasters and country collectors are reo,,o.. +,
TO act as agents. All such will be aIloWeJ So @
cent; and any person sending five dollars vii; pur
siz copies W" nave
Oct 30 VIM. j. a. BRADFORD