The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-17
PROSPECTUS
FOX PUBLISHING \ NJ bNTUI.Y PApEp
IN BALTIMORE, To BE ALLIED
TIL r. CULTuRIST

On SUI Jccts connected with Arrirtiltnrc 10 incl;
tm r,,','Sr"nlS department, confirming snch in.
lorIi'a on as may DC useful to persons making \
settlement in the West, or seeking ncw, fnI,I- or
agricultural cntcrpri-c - S VI
ME So BSCRIBER proposes to issue a
Il IhohthIY sheet, in GuIrtO form, of ii xtccu IA
gcS. on husban irv, pastoral affairs ami kindrr,,
SUBJECTS "a portion of the PAGER To hc ncc,,i.,I
i'n nucc8 geographical, statistical and historical
oi "uch pbrlOnS OF the West will be- of most in
tercst to Western settlers, and also of nortions ot
the South $50 VI POI '''"S Vi
A%dGmlturc is the most ancient occupation of
man. u Is also the most useful. the most indcncn
dent the ha2picst. the III pst healthy ibc most nr
htab" aud the most onorablc -
hut inns Is rot all. Agriculture comprehepds in
seli more 'cicncc, than any other cccnn ito, IL,
tlc whole role of human pursuits aud iu,Ius,rv
Geology, chemistry, vegetable phvsinloyv all mako
part OF INC thorough knowledge of this most cx.
chsiNr and useful art They are iu.Ircd hat the
beginnings OF the vast field of know;cd,r, contain,
ca within It, So TN It if a man can he a tbnr1IIoh
a@riSuit"rSt' he will be in the large sense of the
word a learned man. " Wv
Farmers however have bccp 10 d, ,,roo. 49,,
opposed to What they called science, or b,nk. farm
ing from mistaken idea that whatever was in
PRINT was merely speculative and tnattnr ,f 4, ol,,,
~ II were so indeed, they would he ripht i'm cor,
dcinnlng II. IL is however mistaken idea SCI;
chcc Is me result of experience and practice II l.
one ned but gathered by all the Iaborcrs through
out all the harvest fields of the earth in vcsr sf,,
year from the beginning "'''
very intelligent armer likes to talk to his nei rh.
~, auh ara" advantage from his cxpcriercc
ms experience is no less valuable for bein,r ic
IN cred to him in print, by types, than if n sjd
DC given to bin by his ncighbor, by word Of mouth.
IL tS the same thing.
Sk'Ii IN The unnral Of hocing and ploughinr can
never make farmer. II makes only an app enticc
IN the art. Since the multiplication IF n gricultu-
RAJ papers and societies iu this country there bas
hceu great improvement in the state Of arricul.
turc. ~ w - NO.
" IS designed to Civ" in this paper WI useful ger.
craI intelligence relating to rural affairs and ccnn-
oIny, whether of implements, stocks seeds modes
OF culture, articles of cultivation soils or
aud such discoveries ofsrcnrc as may assist light,
IN ana make more profitable the hardy aud bon.
orabic toll Of the farmer
secondary Object will be to give information IN
persons making settlement in the West: from per
,'"'' kho"lcdgc mOstly-sO that they will be- allc
D,I'hc Judlci"us sclrct"ns aud proceed IN ihr re-
'y'l+n'h% OF their new homes to bet ADVANTAGE
~ spn' description of tho lands If MARYLAND and
~, '"'', WITH The modes Of rcnuv ,.iuo them,
vance. '' '"'"'''O'y ]" a."
HgrlcnNHrnI 9nd Emigration Societies. and 9th,
-, 800 I''o 'nr ono hundred copies or more
VII p, %" snpp.icn az S15 per hundred.
P0Sinasier' and country coiec,,,rs arc rc,,,s,c,
! o act ~ agent. All such uiIl hc ill.,, oS % ~
Mt; md any person sending five dollars will ,sv
| siN copies. " '
J ossSo VIM J. a. BRADFORD.