Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-12-30
From the Charlottesville Jetsrsouian.l

RCFtlN ) SUI ihEhN ELAN En-
This valuable Periodical has just completed its l6tn
volume. By circular from that Office, we learn net
its contents are TO be doubled in the January s,ue,
with corresponding increase Of price
We can not predict, with Certainty, the rece!''o2
which this step will meet with among his patrons, o":
We hope friend Ruthn will hnd his snbseEiptiou -S'
doubled too. We think seriously that, consiitt.iJ
the marvellous Increase Of zeal which our State e1ho
s in relation agriculture, paper TO represent ich,
interest ought rather TO be quadrupled. The p'ir,
81 year, for twice as much reading matter "a hls
to nay for the valuable Statistical, Scientific and
practical knowledge which more and more aboIacs
in the pages Of the Planter
The vast eIterpri-e of O "S.ate Society, with Il;
"a A4s.lnbv" and Fair" the cub. ard sab
ordinate Fairs which arc exist, sufficiently ~!
test demand for proportionate enlargement 81 The
only newspaper devoted to this interest IN he Sa'r
We want not only the matter o-fact details OF =.
baudry, but the Literature aud Science associated
With the art. Nay. want il TO help on th"s= ki-
dred matters, popular education and pubic IMP e'e
m-nrs Of al! sorts
The popularity which worry small and very chefp
pspers often iseued. have acquired as ,trctv- mo
tive agents. has suggested the idea that such pGhi-
cation would bust promote the interests in Question
4, !, tru, tha. for the rapid dissemination ut news
and for giving transient ilnpuslvs motion to puShc
sentiment such as are wanted IN politics and CON
n-rce. papers of that picayune, ganipper sorI ale
very potent.
Bui for the more upif .rm and unhurried conc"rrs
Of agriculture, We want more Than The parsgraph.--
We ant records ot Facts and Statscs and -uqgni's
intn truth, sober ds"u.siuls OF practice and ihr"y,
II m r. fix d ard l. brary SORT o. paper. Not h.h"y
affair." solid for any but learned class; We womb
have mol only tho lighter materials OF in,ei.I!enr"
but the well.tred experiment clearly Detailed aid
the deeper things Of Scientific Husbsndry.
We may reasonably suppose that he next few
year. will witness material change Of popular se.
unent taste and capacity, under the operation "i
school of Agriculture. II one shall be set IL Irk.-
Many more readers and many more writer's Wi. be
found. There will be- probably, resh and II de-
mant for higher order of a,inent than "-n be pre-.
vided in ary but quite SOU: jiufDs-!or not "ny
the practical everyday reading but rh- pre-! gr'"'t
eaooratious Of mechanical chemical sac pi ;-'',-.'
cal ecivnce conE-cteo With this .L:,jec;. sa'h :.
Journal nay furnish tu future gelera !. bu"h OF
vauable reference fr HE datd opinion. snd .ear"n-
iug OF this period Nor is II 10 be doubted tiai ID
cultivate the literature aud tcenco OF dgrfu'uFe
by regular Academic aud Collegiate ln-tfuctoh' -
the distinguished ex.Presid-nt If the Aer.ru' 1r'i
Soc;sry OF Virginia IN his parting address, rocotn.
msuds the farmers of Virginia viii have oPh!1i-,
experiments tbeorie. and systens, we'll worth hand
ing down to their poserlsy.
penny weekly paper, II Il were praciichh!e' m'shl
ba vrv s.rvc.able after awhile, 10 addition 10 h-
NOR. elevated aud eruGlt- monthly which We ""G'
f,mplsts ;he Planter becoming. But !s lnHn'."n
now would DO unnecessary because the former psp-e
may readily preserve tie double character ~ -
brary uf Original and Selected matter. wtsthtr
monograph or sehefai ano o' ooo'Hai or in'e'''Se1
cer."
When however, the full tide Of feeling and thiuk'
ing shall rise. we truet old Virginia will not 10
long IN having It 10 do, two such publications p
the state may not bs mure than enough to give
vent to what her cod.bopper sons will have 10
ur,.e. The collision of mind With mind, produced
by State Fairs, District Fairs, County Fairs, Agri.
cultural Clubs aud Agricultural Schools and Pa.
psrs. tall which things are plain in orr mental
vision OF the future,) must generate crrreut
of intellectual ac;iOn 10 reference to farm work aHi
farm scieuce tina: will be productive. We hops Jet
10 see the day when part Of that snthusiss whIca
she hes heretofore generously lav.hed on politics,
will be diverted to farming and when the f.'ep, o:
The country now seeking channels to distinction
and emolumeEs through politics and the law, will be
applied to make good oyerseers, and skl!ful husband
men and mechanics.
To the development Of such results we are sue the
Southern Planter has powerfully contributed. We
commend to the attention and support OF the people
of Virginia and augur for it, in its circumstances,
distingu he'd career of usefulness 10 which the iu-
dustry, zeal and ability Of It's editor 20 we'll ents IL.
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