The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-11
PROSPECTUS
. PUBLISHING \ NJ INTHLY PAPER
~ BALTIMORE, TO BE ALLIED
TIL t. CULpURIST.
PROSPECTU.

4 ~ Il htS L.
On SUI jccis con "cCtcI wIth A~gr,uiturc, to inclu e
an E'aigrants' Department. containing s:r h n
ioriu; ON "a may h" tbs ful TO persons making q
settlement in the West, or seeking new fl, lis OF
ag i"u tTral rutcrpri e.
INHE SUBSCRIBER proposes to issue =
Il Inouihl sheet, in Gu .rtn firm, # sixteen pa
S"S, on hus!'an 4 pastoral atfiiiS. AN kind, Il
snijc ts:-a portion oi thn paper to lie occupied
with n'tCcs geographic, u, ! aistical aud historical
oi such p .r!i"ns oi tn" West AZ 80 i'll hr of III ~ iu-
tcr's: T." Wc'tcin 81 ttlcrs, and also of portions Of
tnr South.
As'i ulturc is the most ancient occupation of
man. 1t Is also the most useful, the IN rt inicpcn-
dent, the Ia Ipiest. the IN 50 healthy, the m pst or,
ttahi" aud the uiost I Ouurab c.
But this is not all. Agriculture conprehcnIs in
i,,Seii 'nnre 'cicnc', tI,ai. any other "ccuo tinn in
tIc WtoIc c rcle 'l hu nan pursuits aud industry.
Geology, chemistry vegetable phvsi ,lns y, all make
i part of HE th rou III KIN ,Nle gc of this most TX.
,rhri'" ana IS iui art. They ar" in Heed b ,t tn"
b ginnin%s OF the va,t field OF know ed .. C .utalu.
ch within It. 80 tn t il "a man can he a ihnrnuIh
agricuIturiat, he will be n the large sense OF the
word Il learned mau.
Farmers however have been, to a rrcat cxtcnt
opposed To ~hat they called science, ar book. farm
ing. from II ,uistakrn id, a that whatever was in
Uiiht was mere y speculative, and matter nf theory.
II II were 80 indie ii, they would hc ,ight i'm e u
dcirn'ng II. II is h Iwcvrr a mi taken idea Sci
chCr Is tn" result oi cx "ctiencr and practice. II il
me LiP, harvest OF lac Is. rcapcd not 10y one Nv ;n
one hcid hut gathered by all the iairrrr- through.
Out all c harvc-t fc:ds of the earth in year after
year rom the b. ginning.
{. very int"Iiigenttarn.cr likes to talk to his nci I'll.
dhh H'aV advantage from his tXJcricuCc.
his exp ricucc ia no 81 va uahle for leing dc.
~ cred &" lin in print, by types, rhan if it sh uLd
be given to him by hi ncibhbor by word ii IN ,uth.
Ii l. III" sam" thinv.
skill III The martial of hueing and laughing can
never make a f"m-r. IL mrk"s only an app rntic,.
III the art. Since tnr multiplication IF a rricu ia
raj papers and suCie is i this country, there Ina.
been It great Improvement III the state of agricuI-
ture.
IL Is designed t. Civ" in this paper nIl useful gen.
crhI lnic lg"Er" relating to rural aft hrs aud ecu.
"Iny. whether of impl m"nts, stnrks, seeds. muhe
OF culture, ar Iclrs ii "a tiNatiuu soil, or { rIiliz ~;
aud ~uCh discoveries of lea e IS may assist. liz IT.
II and y AXE more Profitable the hardy and hon
urab c toll of the firnlrr.
A secondary Obj ct will be to s. "" information Ia
pcrsriis miking settlement in the Wrst from prr
S"uiI know l"dg' nUstlv-so th Il they will br able
{" make Juiici 'nE Sc" ctirns, aud proceed IN IN CO.
tdhii'hIn@ of their new h mes to b ST Advantage.
and som description Of the lrnds Of MARYLAND and
VIZ inid, with ~ = modes of rcnuv ing them.
The price will be one collar, iuvari ,biy in adj.
vance.
Agricultural and Emigration Societies. and o,lI.
crs who su )scrihr i"r one hundred copies or more.
viii be- Ippliel at S75 per hrndr ed.
Postmaster and country rOlIcc urs arc requested
t. act rs agcitS. All such will lie allow cI 20 o.,
c NJ; md any person sending five dollars viii havc.
-i> cupirs.
Oct 30 WI. ] 4. BRADFORD.