John Randolph of Roanoke
Skinner wrote a series called "Notices for a Young Farmer" that spoke about efficient land management and farming with only a few efficient slaves instead of many uncoordinated ones. He showed the importance of the farm to the development and advancement of the new nation. Noted farmers and merchants contributed articles to his periodical like Jefferson, Jackson, Edmund Ruffin, Timothy Pickering, Thomas M. Randolph, John H. Cooke and John Randolph of Roanoke. After 10 years, Skinner sold the "American Farmer" for $20,000 to the I. Irvine Hitchcock Company of Baltimore.