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1 S. Planter: Devoted Agric. Hort. & House. Arts 1 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/southplnter0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE SOUTHERN PLANTER Beboteb to agr(culture, Rartfculture, anb the otuseholb Sets. Agriculture is the nursing mother of the Arts. Tillage and Pasturage are the two breasts of the State. Xenophon. I-SuUy. 1C. T. BOTTS, EAtor. No. 3, Governor Street. VOL. . RICHMOND, JANUARY, 1841. No. 1. PROSPECTUS THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. The Subscriber proposes to publish, in this City, a. monthly periodical, to be called THE SOUTHEtN PLANTER. It will be de- voted, exclusively, to the promotion of Agricul- tre, Horticulture, and the Household Arts. Rejecting long, and even perhaps able essays, .he designs to make his paper the medium for the promulgation, in a condensed form, of the ob- servations and deductions of practical men. In this way it is hoped, that the Planter of the South may be enabled to obtain the benefit of his neigh- bor's experience with little labor and less cost. A very able paper, upon the plan proposed, 'published in our sister State of New York, has een eminently successful, and productive of grear. good to the cause of Agriculture. Why hould not our own State, more peculiarly Agri- .ultural, be inspirited by so excellent an exam- ple ? Proposing to extract from that and other works, both foreign and domestic, all valuable information of a general character, the subscriber hopes to add to it valuable communications, lore peculiarly applicable to our Southern soil, limate and institutions; enriching the whole .*ith neat cuts, where the opportunity offers, or the subject demands it. of his ability to conduct such a work, it yould neither avail nor become him to speak. i this, as in other cases of a similar kind, his patrons. must be content to risk one year's sub- icription to enable them to judge. He will only *ure them, that he has secured the promised assistance and zealous co-operation of some of gie most able and practical Farmers in our State. C. T. BoTTs. TO THE REAI)ER. With this number commences our 'editorial tareer; and in this number, it is proper, perhaps, that we should lay before the reader a more ex- tended view of our design, than the limits of a prospectus could afford. Perhaps it will be Aisked, what need of another agricultural paper? Alave we not already enough to supply the wants- of the community? Does the editor propose to VOL. 1-1 amend, or improve upon plans.already adopted or to furnish us with inf o on unattainable heretofore ? The editor makes very few pretensions of any sort. He only proposes to introduce into his native state a plan, much used and highly ap- proved to the north; that of publishing an-agri- cultural paper at so small a price, as to bring it within the reach of all. The advantages of such a work over a more elaborate, atnd coisel quently more expensive rival, are manifold. Its very cheapness secures it an- extensive circu- lation, of itself extremely conducive to the -in terest and well-being of a paper, since in a work of this kind, which relies chieflym.pon ex- traneous assistance, the greater the circulaion the greater will be the amount of information elicited. Thus too, by throwing the paper into the hands of plain,-economical men, who are frequently deterred from subscribing to. niMore expensive work, valuable facts may be obtained which would otherwise be lost to ie world. Its brevity and rareness render it probable that miich pains will be taken to condense and elucidate information, points most desirable to the general reader. The truth is, that facts and experi- ments in agriculture are so slowly evolved, that in our opinion, such a paper as we propose, af- 4 fords ample field in which to introduce thmin.to the reader. Let us not be misunderstood' Iwe certainly do not advise any individual to dis- continue his subscription to a more expensive work, in order to take our little sheet. The aim and object of the two are probably entirely diffe- rent; for whilst the philosophical and theoretical essays, which constitute their chief adornment, are frequently extremely valuable, they are en- tirely without the sphere of our more humble production. Whilst nature has made the piople of the south peculiarly agricultural, and whilst we are the great producers of America, the fact is un- deniable, that, in economy and management, we are in many respects inferior to our northern brethren. Nor is it to be wondered at, for ne- cessity is the mother of invention; and if the frigid climate, and unyielding soil of the north, compel them to arts, in themselves highly ad- vantageous, why should not -we, the ehien of a more indulgent parent, avail oursTs& of the fruits of their laborl Thetrat -lat an ex- treme indulgence of. nature .14our per. Digitized from Best Copy Available

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