Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-02-12
PROSPECTUS
WEEKLY AGRICULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
NEWSPAPER.

IT has been urged upon the subscriber that de
Il mand exists in Virginia for larger agricultur
al paper than is afforded i'm the limits of the
SOUTHERN PLANTER, as at present organized. He
himself has felt the want, as his Subscribers and
Contributors have increased, OF elbow room, but
he has no idea of running the risk of publishing
| paper without tolerabe certainty of receiving
| remuneration for his labor. He therefore lays
the following scheme before the public, 10 ascer-
tain whetha or not he will be supported in it.
He will publish weekly newspaper in the city
Of Richmond, % by 35 inches, which shall be
devoted to Agriculture and Rural Economy, for
Three DollaS year, payable sixty days after
the issue Of tie frst number. 1t shall be printed
on excellentpape with new type. II will be
handsomely illustrated with Cuts, and will alto
gether presert the most respectable appearance.
The largerportion Of the paper will be devoted
to the subjectof Agriculture, whilst the LITERARY,
COMMERCIAL hnd PoLITIcAL News of the day will
not be neglected. The last shall be given with
out fear, favor, affection or comment. il is be-
lieved that by proper selections and due degree
of labor, all that is needed for general purposes
in these Departments may be condensed in page
Of weeklypaper. In short, it will be the object
of the Editos TO make the paper as interesting and
instructive I, the Farmers family as TO the Far
mer himself-For the Farmer, he will endeavor
to procure tie results of well tried experiments (,
he will seek to obtain and report the practices of
the most successful cultvators, considering those
the most harmed who make the best crops; he
will keep lis readers constantly advised of all
the IMPROVEMENTS in agricultural machines and
implements, illustrating the same with cuts,
wherever tie nature of the subjects demands it..
For the Faner'S ,pfe, he relies upon the promis-
ed assistarre Of the best housewife he knows for
collecting good household receipts, and for orgi.
nal directions for the management of house,
kitchen, garden, poultry yard, sc. For the Far
nerS daughter, he will seek better collection of
humor, wit, and literary matter, than can be found
in the Lady's Book or Graham's Magazine.
If this project succeeds, the subscriber will be
enable to devote his whole time to the Agricutu-
tunity TO lay before his readers a great deal of
limits.
But that he conceives the object Of Prospec-
tus TO be rather to explain the scope and design
of the work than 10 trumpet forth the merits of
the Editor, he would say, that he has the vanity
TO believe that if he properly encouraged in this
design, he can furnish an Agricultural and Liter.
airy newspaper that would be welcome to every
hearth in Virginia.
Under no circumstances will the Monthly Plan
ter be discontinued If the weekly paper goes
into operation the monthly periodical. in its pre-
sent form, will be made up Of the most valuable
agricultural matter in It.
| To carry this plan into execution, a thousand
subscribers will be required 10 begin with, at
least TO enablehm to issue such apaper the SUBJ
scriber wishes to present to the public and as he
thinks the Agricultural Interest of Virginia is en-
titled to demand. G.. T.. Bolts,
| February IL, 1916. Richmond, IA.