Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-27
USEEEOEsB ECD.EOM
TO BE PUBLISHED At
RICH MOND. VA

RICHMOND, VA.
TNHE undersigned propose to publish in this
4 city--commencing in january, lS66--a
monthly Journal to be styled The FARMER"
whose pages shall be devoted to Agriculture, Hor-
ticulture, the Auxiliary Mechanic Arts and to
Household Economy. A journal which shall
faithfully and successfully represent the cardinal
interests by the dissemination Impractical Informal
ton and thorough, sound instruction, will supply
desderatum which is widely 'and deeply felt in
the present eXigency of our affairs, and ought,
therefore, 1--WE should think) readily to commend
itself to popular acceptation, and command in
return, a relnunerating patronage ''FaHhJulIy''
and .succes$t.y' to support these interests, re-
quircs Journal of the highest order Of its kind.
1t is to nothing short of this high standard ofpub
lie usefulness that !"The Farmer aspres, and to
reach and maintain it, will be an object of unre
hitting effort and unsparing lberalty ofexpendi-
turc. 1t seeks recognition as a worthy organ OF
these cardinal branches of national industry, of
which it assumes the special advocacy, and hopes
to meet the requirements OF the position satisac-
torly to those whose interests are more immedi
atey involved.
We are fallen upon times of peculiar and unex-
amped difficulty The sudden and violent over
throw of African slavery, without prcmonition of
its near approach, or preparation for the event,
interviewer, as it was, with the very texture OF
our social constitution, has rendered all past
pcrlence with respect to the economy and regula-
ton of labor nu2atOry, RACED to its foundation
the entire system of Southern agriculture, and ne
cessitated its Reconstruction and reorganization
in accordance with the recent changes in our cir
cumstances and relations. Suddenly launched
upon a.tempestuous sea of danger and perpeNity
without the polar star OF experience TO guide us,
we must, as best can improvise the measures
which appear at the moment the best adapted to
the purposes of present security and rs calmly as
may, await the slow progress oftentative effort
and empirical practice for the Development of facts
and the matured fruits of experience and observa-
ton, from the careful comparison and generallza-
ton of all which, sound principles may be (leduced
for our future guidance and direction. Then will
/ q new creation of order, harmony and beauty
spring out of the chaotic disorder and confusion
which now prevail. Then will the dcsolation and
ruin which mar the face Of the country be repair
ed. And not till then shall wholesome and stable
rules and regulations control the entire system Of
lusbandry, with its adjunctsand subsidiaries, and
give force and efficiency to the administrative
measures necessary for the conduction Of all its
operations to the most satisfactory and profitable
results
To facilitate and promote these important con-
sderatons, good agricultural journal is an OBJ
vious necessity. \ medium of communication,
for the interchange among farmers of views and
opinions entertained by them respectively on sub
jccts appertaning TO their common calling, is in
dispenSah!e, and they especially need a vehicle Of
inelii gcnce foG the transmission Of the earliest
tce Of Improvement i'll any department ofhusban-
dry, that, by wide diffusion of such notice. the
improvements may be adopted in practice and thus
prove general benefit to the farming fraternity.
| Now, to sum up in q word Ii is 10 meet this
obvious and pressing necessity that the proprletors
propose 10 publish tie above described paper and
in behalf Of the Undertaking they respectfully SO
! lcit the patronage Of the public.
The best talent, both practical and theoretical
which the country affords, will be commanded in
sid Of this enterprise and no expense will be spared
in the effort to make the journal complete III all
respects.
1t will be printed on good paper and with clear
type, and will comprise thirtf~two pages of read
ing matter. An advertising sheet of capacity suf
| ticient to accommodate the advertising patronage
| of the Journal will be added.
Papers disposed to exchange with Tile Farn4er
/ will send their papers at once.