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Agriculture (Opportunities for Research in the Watkinson Library) Trinity College Trinity College Digital Repository Watkinson Library (Rare books & Special Watkinson Publications Collections) 7-1-2018 American Periodicals: Agriculture (Opportunities for Research in the Watkinson Library) Leonard Banco Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/exhibitions Recommended Citation Banco, Leonard, "American Periodicals: Agriculture (Opportunities for Research in the Watkinson Library)" (2018). Watkinson Publications. 30. https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/exhibitions/30 YRsH R l iculture, 4.rboricultu re, EDITED BY THOMAS rie:, Vol. XY. HINTS FOR MAE RDEN AND PLEASURE take in the C-rROU.1:·D. effect ~eems r h is one of he worst times tor a maga- very much t ours ) · r hints for th«· month. While ma.ny unique southern end of our '' p ri h " the dutch many years r almost out of blo om, and the rose There have , l1 ni:.:h come ; on our northern coast features introd still lingers in the lap of spring," and dens the past ye a snowdrep has bane ?d it clear white hardy shrubs a~ 111 from mother ·,irth to our admiration. beds. The little 1 · hints nre alw · to be taken as gen 1, mus, E. radicane r 1 · u as spec·. 1 directions and if in some a harming bord, the time should be gone by for any usefu and such other thh Series Introduction A traditional focus of collecting in the Watkinson since we opened on August 28, 1866, has been American periodicals, and we have quite a good representation of them from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. However, in terms of "discoverability" (to use the current term), it is not enough to represent each of the 600-plus titles in the online catalog. We hope that our students, faculty, and other researchers will appreciate this series of annotated guides to our periodicals, AGRICULTURE broken down into basic themes (politics, music, science and medicine, children, education, women, etc.), and listed in Introduction chronological order by date of the title's first issue. All of At the time of its founding, America was an agrarian nation, these guides have been compiled by Watkinson Trustee and and the majority of Americans were engaged primarily in volunteer Dr. Leonard Banco. We extend our deep thanks to farming well into the 19th century. At the same time, the Len for the hundreds of hours he has devoted to this project growth ofindustrialization led families who were not engaged since the spring of 2014. His breadth of knowledge about the in other commercial activities to seek out opportunities for period and inquisitive nature has made it possible for us to gardening and horticulture. The great urban American parks promote a unique resource through this work, which has were planned and built in the mid-late 19th century in an already been of great use to visiting scholars and Trinity attempt to protect space for solitude and to artificially classes. Students and faculty keen for projects will take note re-create a more verdant landscape within the urban of the possibilities! environment. Agriculture had certain commonalities across the country, but many unique differences, due to conditions Richard J. Ring in soil, topography, and climate. The proliferation of local Head Curator and Librarian agricultural magazines reflect local needs and interests. The central role of slavery in Southern agriculture lent magazines published there a political bent, especially as the abolition movement progressed and the perceived threat to the Southern agricultural economy increased. Leonard Banco, M.D. Trustee of the Watkinson Library 1 110 AMEilICAN .AGRICULTURIST. Lue·s lmprowed NEW VEGETABLES DCPOBTA..NT TO POTA TO GltOJVERfJ. T'\-VO NE"V POT-;A.'I'OES ! EITRA.. EARi.. '£ VEKMo:,•r.-Earlle d Potato Known. Se-rew to Tea Day11 E1U'Uer than the Mleb,_tecl EarlJ llole. Eno -•l:,- P • cUTe. and or e&• ~ Ait.vor. r:r1'rlct. tl per J)OUIIJ; Jovr•JJOtni.d pacl:a,e, $3-bv mall Poll·Jl ~OllP'r01''S SIJRPRl8E.- ~~6 Bu,.11cl"' to the A,.,re l ,\n En.orou>ull :~pver. of Pille &aCIIIU·. rl~nlng "few da3· lato:-r t1-n Ute Early no.c. YloWed ll.le pui .uaon wtfh ordtnal'J' tleld cultnrii, a\ Iha rate-or S.- Daah ~b to tkc Aeriol ir Prlcc. ts,_. .POlffld-b# ·"" ~ Ordert ror either nr th•• ahoTI' vnrtetltt, aceomponwl &u I.Id <YUi,. will be booked soon u NCelTed,, and oxecatecl t11 r~taUon while the et <M" k l••h• aa aoon u the weauier will pennlt. Bel •f ed or the 11u~rlorJty_ or thO two new vartettea of Potatoeti offered l)v U11 thl~ !'iprln(1._ THE • ~XTRA. AR. BJIONT and COM.PTO • VRPRJ E. we bereb,:ol'l'r the rol\ow~ prtw &.o moae who ah:111 pow U.latPI&-~ from o.ac poaad. ot tllo Seed. puirebaaed t'rom u •• with ordlaarJ' llat-m e • ltarc, A NEW T{>l\.IATO ! THE " ARLINCTON." TIie Col1c>wtq eertllcatf!ll w1ll thow wbat II tboa,rh_t or Ulla variety In Ill! naUvo locality: The Potomao Fratt.-Growe"'' Soclcly ha<I on eulbJUon IJH"Clmeu or tbe A rlln,ton Tnmato, one of the l'elulta ot CaJII, H. D. sm1u.-. es:llerlmenta In bybr1dlzlns tlall te,e&abto-ad I& wu J1ronoW1ced or 1aperlo~e~..Pence~ ~ corm. P->'°'• FLOWERS and PLANTS IOUdlty. H IAACII of rtpeulq. and. flavor. (Signed) ~ B. l"OIIIOM. ... ,. For tbe Dot18C a11d Garden. ,.,.._ t. .f. ~ Ald#atll 7'-M410't1' l'nlW &4,u. ~I• DEIHRA B1,1•~ VARIETIES, ~?~ the • Arllnp>11' Ila• 1n a tomarkablo dogreo 1111 the nqalll~s;t~ Tomato, I }!'O[ _pc!l4~~& NEW A~D OLD, .Jh,m tAi, Praldfl,u•,, "r , . OroQ at. our Hoae• ln U10 be&\ mun•r• ray ..,...._J,.'}~t'6iaet~~~"Ic~•~~~°.:~eot~~l,~ SENT EVER 1.'WHERE n1.· lllAJJ., Amonio&bor nonltlel, all bould hATe tbe new becWlac plant,-a WIUTID IU,.LVIA. ForoaRlopes.addrcat u. E. currr1·. Supt. DelleYno " Paten- _., I. to ..l1'1t."~~:n"' d~al ~~o~r ,~i~,Jri::1 f~~ffl~n~~~~,~ ·::::;•.. f:!~~c;. ':r 1~ ~ 0 /::fi nppllcant11 npon receipt:,; cc11t11; an l'<{J&lon elecantly boamd In cloth, f:.oo. Thia ll wtMlout ucepUon tlM' larire.t l\nd bt"'lt Catalollfltl ever pnbllshf'd In lhll nr any otllcr country. It contalnt :lOI> ;::v,e&; lncludl~ ae,·erat bo11dtt·d 1 0 IIDe1),-p~c:,l::.:~3!}vi'1~ ~ o.:tpo .1:::~I10:::r: .«.:'~~~Tt1::.'ln~. •r.:,•f~cs#fou::t::r oC e -C:~Jr.:t.ai ~es or llowcr aud ve,etablo 1t:eal U1clad1D1 au tbe uoveltles or the put 1ea,on, wttf. run ctlrectlou ror culture. .i\.<1<lrMI B. K. BLISS & SONS, r,N.r. ~:J Park Pl&&r«' nnrl 20 Murray Re •• New '\"ork CH:r_:_ New and llare Plants Genuine \V ethersfield Onion Seed. FOR SPRINC OF 1873. Flower Seeds. Flower Seeds. Johu Saul'a 11, oC . · •w and Dt'antlf'ul Plant11 Will b• ready ln Fe br .f' • contr. I I I "' I lfnl COIONid pla&a ot tho •:..Queen or Prtdlro.c " , Pt-i,mlla Juponfoa, Malled tree to all mt c~owr1· ; to other•, p, JO, , . A pkola r,,. , to all appflc11nt1 rr JOH~ fliiA..IJI.,, "·111,hiugtoa9 D. C. Choice Plants and Trees. OL:ff RROTll•~Rfil9 Growers of Oma• nuntnl Treea, Planu. an,I Flowrn, nd. tor CalaloJne. Newark Nanery, Newark. N • .J. T:.IOR I.3UR 'S La&e or Sprlqftotd, Mu,. tATE ROSE POTATOES. 2 Transactions ofthe Society/or the The American Farmer Promotion ofAgriculture, Arts and Baltimore (vol. 1, 1819-vol. 4, 1823; Manufactures issues lacking) This periodical, issued biweekly and edited by John Stuart Albany, New York (1801) Skinner, contained "essays and selections on rural economy This series of papers of the society was an early attempt to and internal improvements with illustrative engravings and place agriculture on a more scientific footing. Many of the prices current of country produce." It is considered the first articles were based upon observations and experiments made American agricultural magazine to gain prominence. Among in the late 18th century. Among the prominent leaders of the its fans were Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Timothy group were Robert Livingston, Stephen van Rensselaer, and Pickering. Most of the material was taken from other recent Gouverneur Morris, and the journal included contributions publications. Examples are "Ruta Baga," taken from "Cobbett's by them and other members. Notable was "Reflecting a plan Year's Residence"; Rafinesque's letter on oil of pumpkin seed of a Meteorological chart for exhibiting a comparative view as used by the Harmony colony in Indiana; "Cultivation of of the climate of North America and the propagation of Indian Corn"; "The Leaf of Tobacco"; and "On the Murrain." vegetation" with a fold-out chart by Simeon De Witt; "Notices for a Young Farmer" was taken from the Memoirs "Experiments on Manures" and "On the Folding of Sheep" of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society. There are other by Ezra L'Hommedieu; "On Perennial Grasses" by Peter de la insertions of material, such as poetry ("Ode to the Poppy" by Bigarre; a letter "On the Raising of Potatoes" by Noah Webster; Mrs. O'Neil). An interesting sidelight is that Skinner witnessed and "Calculation of Profits to be derived from the gross matter, the bombardment of Fort McHenry along with Frances Scott or sediment of Whale Oil" by Benjamin Folger of Hudson, Key and was the first to read Key's famous poem. New York, which was then a whaling port. Papers on Agriculture ... Made to the Massachusetts Agricultural Society Boston (1801-1805) [and] DEVO?ED TO Massachusetts Society for Promoting HorlicuUur6, ..4.-rlJoriculture, Bota,11,'II.
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