The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-05
PROSPECTUS
FOR PUBLISHING A MONTHLY PAPER
iN BALTIMORE, To ne ALLIED
THE CULTURIST,


iN BALTIMORE, TO ne ALLIED
TIL - CULTURIST.
oh SUBJECTS connected with Agriculture. to incl abe
IN E"ilSraht5 Department, containing such an
formation a. may be useful to persons Inakinr a
settlement IN the West, or seeking new fields of
agricultural enterprise.
THE SUBSCRIBER proposes to issue a
4 monthly sheet, in quarto form, Of sixteen "a
gcs, on husbandrv, pastoral affairs. and kind ed
SUBJECTS "a portion OF the paper Ia hc "ccrrIrd
WIN notices geographical, statistical and histor al
OF such portions OF the West as viii he of most In
tcrcst TO Western settlers, and also OF portions OF
the South.
Agriculture is the most ancient occun,tio, ot
man. Ii Is also the most useful, the most indepen-
dcht the haPpIest. the mos, healthy, the most pro
htabie and the most honorable.
But tins Is not all. Agriculture comprchcnds I'm
itself more science, than any other occupation in
the whole circle OF human pursuits and industry
geology, chemistry, vegetable physiology, all make
part OF the thorough Knowledge of this most cx-
tenslVc and useful art They are indeed but the
beginnings OF the vast field of knowledge contain
cd within 1T. So that if can be a thorough
agricuiuris he will be in the large sense of the
word a learned man
Farmers however have been, to a great extent,
opposed 20 what they called science, book farm
ing, from mistaken idea that whatever was in
PRINT was merely speculative, and matter of theory.
II 1t were so indeed, they would be right in con
dcmnIng it. 1t is however mistaken idea Sci
ence is the result of oerience and practice II ia
the ripe harvest of fac ts rcaped not by one man in
one field but gathered by all the ahorers through.
out all tie harvest fields of the earth in year after
! year from the beginning.
very intelligent armer likes to talk to his nc ri-
| or, and draw advantage from his experience
ms experience is less valuable for being de-
liyered to him in print, by types than if it should
DC given to him by his neighbour by word of mouth
| 1t Is the same thing.
Skill in the manual of hocing and ploughiug can
never make farmer. 1t makes only a n apprentice
IN the art. Since the multiplication OF agricu ltu
raj papers and societies in this country there has
been great improvement in the state of agricul-
turc.
II Is designed to give in this paper all useful gen.
eral intelligence relating to rural affairs and econ
omy, whether of implements, stocks, seeds modes
OF culture, articles of cuvaion soils or fertilizers:
and such discoveries of science rs ma assist light
On and make more profitable the hardy and hon
orable toll of the farmer.
secondary object will be to give information to
persons making settlement in the West: from per.
sonal knowledge mostly--so that they will be bic
to make Judiclpus selections and proceed in the e-
| tablishing of their homes to best ADVANTAGE
and some description of the lands of MARYLAND and
VIRGINIA, with the modes of rcnovA;iu them
The price will be one dollar, invariably i'm adj.
vance.
Agricultural and Emigration Societies. and otf-
ers who subscribe for one hundred copies or more
will be supplied at s. per hundred.
Postmasters and country collectors are requested
to act as agents al such will be allowed 20 per
cent and any person sending five dollars will have
six copies.
Oct 30 WIN. J. a. BRADFORD.