Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-11-24
PROSPECTUS
OF TIE
FARMER AND IIfNTR.
j. j. GILMAN, Editors.

III VIII be our aim to conduct this NH
,,c"'soh ln manner acceptable both TO
Tie farmer and planter, and to render It
Valuahl" to the tillers of the soil THROUGH.
out the South. The paper owes its
origin to the suggestion of the Pen lie.
ton Farmers Society, the Oldest insttu.
ton OF its kind in the State, embracing
gentlemen well known as successful nl,E'
ters' and distinguished for Inventions and
lmprovem, hts thev have made in imnlc-
ments of husbandry. We shall ba q
important aid from this source. and
promise to make our paper vehicle to
disseminate the results of the experien, g
of members Of this Association.
We have secured, as contributors
from every quarter of this and the
neighboring States, planters of skill in
the "art and mystery" of farming; and
congratulate ourselves that thus we NAV
become an exchange medium of the dif.
tercnt modes of husbandry practiscd in
different parts of the country, and shall
be enabled to place before the aelicultu-
raj community the opinions and theories
OF the most scientific men of the South
We shall acquaint our readers with the
results OF an extensive train of experi.
ments conducted under onr own super;n.
tendence, and shall give agricultural
chemlstrya prominent place in our col
''mns' so as to enable those who wish it
to determine qualities of soil, and their
fitness for any particular crop.
We shall endeavor to bring within the
scope of our attention every subject of
interest to the Observation-Disclosures small
as well as great-and to make our paper
profitable alike to the large planter and
the small farmer.
we shall make our pages interesting
to the mechanic, from the attention
given to the construction of farming
utensils. 3
We aspire to place the Farmer and
Plamter among the most desirable aeri
cultural publications of the day; and to
this end we pledge all our energies.
If the South would keep pace with
the advancement in agricultural science
and enjoy her full share of prosperity,
lnfonnationupon the subject of husband
ry must be more widely diffused.-
Strange as it would seem, while there
are scores of political papers in this
State, there is not a single journal devo,
ted to that industrial pursuit by which
man and beast must live, if live at all.
From these considerations, and at the
earnest solicitation of the Pendieton
Farmers Society, under whose auspices
we may be regarded, we are induced To
take upon ourselves the conduct of :he
Farmer and Planter; and, from the en-
couragement already received, we are
sangulnc ofrcndering it a popular paper.
We ask for an active co-operation of
all who are favorable to the enterprise in
procuring subscribers, and forwarding 10
us their names as cariv as possible.
The Farmer and Planter consisting of
sixteen royal quurto pages, will be pub
lishcd monthly, at Pendleton, S. c., at
81 per annum; six copies for SIS; twenty
five copies 500; one hundred copies
s75--payablc on tn receipt of the first
number.
The volum will commence with the
year 1850.
Communications should be addressed
SEABORN & GILMAN,
Eds. Farmer and Planter
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