Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-02-26
FARMERS LIBRARY


Journal of Agriculture. john s. SKINNER. IA
tor None can we'll have studied the true sonrca,
of National welfare, without perceivinp the na,
raj and friendly connexion existing between NJ
nufactufes Commerce and Agrlculture The -
Icy which strikes at the prosperity Of the Mann
featuring consumer, must damage the Agrculur.l
producer. and neither can be injuriousy affected
without detrment to the Merchant, at once CON
sumer and carrier for both. AS, however. The eIo
ments of manufacturing and commercial ndu,rr
must be derived chiefly from the soil, is it not fa
obvious interest of all other classes that the or
which gives to all their employment and subsist.
ence should oe encouraged and benefited v,tl
every advantage that science can confer and the
most enlightened industry make available Yet
it has mol been until comparatively late period
in Europe, and still later in America, that the pub
lie mind has been made properly sensible of t,,
necessity of science to Agriculture, and so TO re-
spect Farming as essentially an intellectual and
dignifed pursuit-one which should imply for lis
followers high mental cultivation and varo,s
attainments. Happily, however, educated younc
men are now betaking themselves to Farming. ss
business, which, like the learned professions
has its own principles and will have its literature
and truly it may be asked what subject has lately
given rise to memoirs and works more profound
and instructive, or been fruitful of more interest,
ing results Of scientific investigation than Apri
T
more enviabe distinction than Lie5ig and John.
StOR, and BouSsingduH and CGndoLe 2 The taste
! for Agricultural Literature in country thanks
to the able journals that encourage it, keeps pace
with its progress in Europe. The more fully To-
meet the demand thus created, we have decided
| to publish the first day of July, and monthly
thereafter, the Farmers Library and Moaihly
Journal of Agriculture, to be edited by JOHN :
SKINNER late Assistant Postmaster General and
I IF fba fret al
/ lished in this country.
/ Far from being designed or in any way calcu-
lated to affect injuriousy the circulation of exist.
/ ing journals of less price and wider circulation.
they may supply the Farmers table with lighter
and more agreeable refreshment, while IN the L.
/ brary he may may fad more solid as il will be
more costly food
! Each number viii consist Of two distinct parts,
viz. =
l. The FaImers' Library, in which will be pub
lshed continuously the best Standard WORDS on
Agriculture, embracing those which, by their cost
or the language in which they written would
otherwise seem beyond the reach of nearly all
American Farmers. In this way we shall give
for two or three dollars the choicest European
treatises and researches in Agriculture, costing
ten times much in the original editions, not
easily obtained at any price, and virtually out of
the reach of men who live by following the plough
by notes from the Editor, explaining what may be
obscure to American readers, or calculated to mis-
lead the beginning in Farming. owing to differen-
ces OF Soil, Climate, &c. The works published
in the Library will form complete series. expor-
ing and exhibiting the whole field of Natural
Science, and developing the rich treasures which
Chemistry, Geology. and Mechanics, have yielded
} and may yield to tighten the labors and swell the
! haryests of the intelligent husbandman. The
ry may be bound up by itself, forming a
moth volume of 600 pages at the end of each year
or each work contained therein may be bound Sc
5 parately.
| IL The Monthly Journal of Agriculture will
! likewise contain about so pages per month, ami
, viii comprise, l. Foreign: Selections from the
, higher class of British, French and German Pc
riodicals devoted to Agriculture, with extracts
from new books which may not be published in
, the Library, &c. DC. 2. American: Editorials.
5 communicated and selected accounts of expert
nents, improved processes, discoveries IN AgrI-
culture, new implements, &c. In this department
S alone will ours resemble any American work ever
yet published. 1t can hardly be necessary TO add
that no Political, Economic, or other controyerted
doctrine, will be inculcaed through this magazine.
It's price will be Five Dollars year in advance.
for two royal octave volumes of 600 pages each
| Each number of the Library will be illustrated
oy huuerouS engrdVlnSS, printed on type OOtalneu
expressly for this work, and on good paper-the
whole got up as such work should be- lfitdOes
not prove the best well the amplest and mos!
t comprehensive Agricultural work ever published
in this country, the fault shall not rest with the
publishers, and we sure it will not fall short
for want of industry or devotion in the Editor
! The low and definite rate of postage chargeable
on such periodical after the Ist OF July--say
six to eight cents number-will enable many 10
take it who would otherwise have been repeled
by the heavy and capricious exactions ofthe Post
! Office. AS Postmasters are permitted to frank
money letters TO publishers until that period, and
as we wish to print only many copies as may be
wanted, we respectfully solicit orders from all whc
! may incline to aid US, as early as will suit thel
convenience. Address
GREELEY y McELRATH,
! Tribune Office,
Corner of SPruce-street, opposite the City Hall
New York, July 81 IS45