The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
The Farmers Library.

great Agricultural Work, worthy of the vast
and important farming interest of our country is
about to make its appearance, and wo trust the
encouragement it will receive, will Justify the
entcrprizing publishers in their expensive under
taking. tits to be issued Monthly each number
TO contain about 100 pagcs-thc half of each
under the title of "THE FARMER's LrBRAnY,n is
TO be devoted TO the publication of STANDARD
WoRKs on Agriculture, which otherwise could
never reach our farming COMMUNICATIVE other
half to be "MoNTHLY JOURNAL" conducted
similarly TO present Agricultural periodicals, hut
to take a more comprehensive range. 1t is to
be embellishcd and illustrated by numerous en-
gravings-to be printed with new type, on good
paper, and will form two splendid royal octave
volumes u year of 600 pages each. The PRICE
- per year, and no one who farms to any extent
could expcnd that sum TO a better purpose, than
by taking it.
The publishers thus speak ofitin last week $
New York Tribune.
THE FARMERS LIBRARY.
More than half the first number of TIE Fan
MER's LIBRARY AND MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AG-
RIcrLrURE is already stereotypcd, ana the le-
naming pages will rapidly follow. We barely
nope, however, to issue the work promptly on
the LIST OF July, as some Of the Illustrations re-
qulrc more time than we had estimated, and
cannot be hurried. A fine Portrait on Steel OF
the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer, will face the
lltlo page, while an original Memoir Of that it,
luSlrcus man, with especial reference to his la
boTs IN and services TO the American Agricul-
ture and that of Popular Education, will open
the journal Of Agriculture. We design this as
the commencement Of series of portraits and
biographical sketches of earthly ands eminent
champions ofAgricultural Improvement. parti-
culary but not exclusively those of our own
country. 1t is high time that the fame and hon
ors Hitherto monopoIlzed by Warriors, Polti-
clans and Statesmen be bestowed in at least
equal measure on those no Useless benefactors OF
our race whose fearless triumphs are won in the
DOMAIN of rugged Nature, and Of which the
spolis are enjoyed by the whole Human Family
The Farmers Library will open with PETE
holdts Agricultural Chemistry, originally pub
llshed i'll London last year, and now first printed
III TINS county This work is less profound
and dazzling than the justly celebrated treatise
OF Prot. Llebg on the same subject but it is far
simpler, less abstruse, and more readily under
stood by those who have little or no prior acquain.
Juice WIFI lne science OF chemistry. 1t Will be
completed in two numbers of the Library July
and August and may be bound up by itself il
any desire it, 1t will be found complete, CON
else, lucid, and signal help to every practical
farmer. We have, on mature consde ration, dc.
clded to open with this rather than Isl ephenss
Book ofthe Farm'-an excellent work, but very
voumlnous, and requiring extensive and contn
ual alterations to adapt it to tho wants of Far
mers in this country. Pctzholdts Chemistry
will cover less than 100 pages of the USbrary
Among the contents Of the Monthly Journal
will be found full and clear account of the ap.
plicaion of Electricity to Agriculture in Eng.
land, its cost and its wonderful results. Also
Of the application Of Guano-the most approved
methods and the effects, &c Sc. This will be
by far the largest and we hope the best Agricu
tural work ever published in this country. The
Editor, Mr., J. S. Skinner, devotes himself un.
remttingy and joyously to his duties, and i.
determined to show that the protector and con
ductor of the first Farmers periodical ever print
ed in this country has not fallen behind the
times.
We do not expect many to pay for such 4
! work as the Farmers Library Till they have
| seen and approved it, we do not expect to re
| ceive Immediately any adequate return for oul
| heavy outlay in this enterprise; but we ar,
grateful for every mtimaton of sympathy will
and good will TO this publication. Subscription
and suggestions will be gratefully received by
GREELEY s. M'ELRATH,
l5S Nassau street, New York
! June 2sth, 1916.