The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-07
PROSPECTUS
FOX PUBLISHING \ NJ INTHLY PAPER
IN BALTIMoRE, TO DE- ALLIED
THE CULTURISp


an Erigrauts' Department, containing s,,ch m
iorIni ON as may nc us, tu 10 persons making =
settlement in the West, or seck king new fields of
ag i"utnral c,tcrpri-c.
THE SU DISORDER proposes to issue a
Il inonihly sheet, III CuIrto FORM of sixtccn pa
grS: on hushnnirt, pastnraI alttirs, an kindred
subjects "a portion of the paper TO he uccup.d
With notices g"ograp hic, 'aiistical and hisnria
oil such rLon5 oi the West ill be, OF IN st in.
tcr'st T." Western settlers, and also of portions Of
the South. "
A@"i,nlturc is the most ancient occupation of
man. 1t Is also the most useful, the most imdcpcn-
dent, the happiest the healthy the most Dr,,.
htabIs and the most unurabic
hu' this Is not all. Agriculture comprehcnls in
liScii more sciCncr, than other "ccup ,iom in
the whole c rcle IT human pursuits and industry
Geology, chemistry, vegetable physiology all MAKE
part OF the ih rough knpWle ge of this most *.
!ch.Nc and us hui art. They are ulccd b It the
Slnnln"' oil the VAT field OF know ~. c ,utau.
cd within II. 80 TN t if "a man can b. a Ih,r,,, ia
a@rHuit"riNt' he VIII be the large sense oi the
word Il learned mau.
Farmers however have been to a great extent
opposed TO hat they called science or book farm
ing from a mistaken id that wh,tcvcr was in
r'nt was mercy spccu!atlv', and matter Of rcrry.
u II were 50 indeed, they would he tiyht in g. n
! dcnning 1t. ii is however mi taken idea Sci.
cncr Is tn" result oi ,ricucf and practice II is
ne ripe harvest OF fac u.s. rcapcd not 10y r,n il,
one field but gathered by a the hhur,r. tLron.,b
our all harvct fields of the earth i'm var aft,
year from the b. ginning
very Intelligent ar"er likes to talk to his nci rl.
"''' nav advantage from his
MS exp rIcnCc Is no l. s. va liable f,r Icing dc.
nv cred to him in print, by types, than if it sh ud
be given to hi" by hi, neghbor by word of mouth.
Ii l. The thing
skill IN The manual of hpcirg md rloughinr can
never make f'rm'r. II rnrk's only an app emtirc
III ne art Since the multiplication of rricu lt,i
raj papers and societies il this country there Ina.
bccn great Improvement in the state of arricul.
turc.
IL Is designed t. civ" in this pa pr all useful gen.
Graz inchgrErc relating to rural aiFurs and econ
oIny, whether of impl nrnts, st"cks seeds node
OF cuIturc,ar lcICs e" cultivation. soil, rtiliZ r.:
ana such discoveries Of &c IS may assist liz 4.
n aud AXE more Profitable the hardy aud ION.
orabc toll of the firnIrr
secondary nij ct will he to Civ" Information Ia
persons making ,tICrucut in the West from Der.
S"nhl knowlcdgc mOsily-so that they will he attic
1" make judiciruS scl'ctiuu+ aud proceed i'm IN -
tahIl-hlng OF their new h mes to best advantaqc
ana SOM description IF the lruds of MARYLAND and
VIRGINIA, With tlur modes of rcnov, ing them
he price will be collar, invariably in adj.
vance
Agricultural and Emigration Societies. and ohr
ers who subscribe l"r one hundred copies or more
Will be snppiieh az SIS per hundred.
Postinaster1 and country cOec urs are rcouostcd
I" act rs agent. All such will hc alluwc, 20 pcr
c mt; aud any person sending five dollars will have
siA copies.
Oct 30 WM J. a. BRADFORD.