^^ERICAN HERD-BOOli 



DEVOTED TO 

 AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND RURAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. 



Perfect Agriculture is the true foundation of all trade and industry. — Liebiq. 



Vol. XI.— No. 2.] 



9th mo. (September) 15th, 184G. 



[Whole No. 140. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY, 



BY JOSIAH TATUM, 



EDITOR AND PROPKIETOR, 



No. 50 North Fourth Street, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Price one dollar per year.— For conditions see lastpage 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Prospects in Eastern Virginia for neiv^ 

 Settlers. 



To THE Editor, — It is extremely gratify- 

 ing to the writer, to find the subject of these 

 essays exciting attention in many parts of 

 this and the neighbouring States; because 

 he is well satisfied, that if settlements are 

 properly made in judicious locations, great 

 good must result both to the emigrants and 

 to the neighbourhoods where they settle. 



The extent of country is so great, and the 

 natural advantages of different parts so va- 

 ried, that it is very desirable ail those who 

 are disposed to emigrate, should take time 

 enough to make a careful and thorough ex- 

 amination, before they fix upon a spot to set- 

 tle. I would caution all against too much 

 haste in coming to a decision, and especially 

 in making purchases. One of my corres- 

 pondents in a recent letter tells me of some 

 Pennsylvanians, who recently purchased a 

 tract of land in the Southern country, " which 



Cab.— Vol. XL— No. 2. 



only a year ago sold for -SI G2 per acre. The 

 persons I speak of paid $2 62 for it, and 

 were so anxious to secure it beyond contin- 

 gency, that they insisted on paying the mo- 

 ney before possession could be given. It 

 has some water power, which has been long 

 neglected, and it is their intention to erect 

 a woollen manufactory, and to raise their 

 own wool on the farm as far as they can." 

 I am strongly opposed to a disposition to 

 chaffer and huckster for a lower price, for 

 any article which is offered at a reasonable 

 rate — but think there is no need of too much 

 haste where the supply is so abundant. 



Although I have no doubt that individuals 

 would receive the utmost kindness every 

 where, from the natives of the State, yet I 

 deem it a' matter of the first importance to 

 the future well being of the new settlers, 

 that they go in sufficient numbers together 

 to form communities of their own — so as to 

 have their own schools, places of worship, 

 l&c, &c. It will be impossible, in my view, 

 jto accomplish much good in any other way; 

 ifor even if those of the present generation 

 'are strong enough to maintain their North- 

 !ern habits while they live, their children 

 ! would almost inevitably, — if they have none 

 to associate with but those whose habits 

 'have been formed there — learn to think la- 

 jbour too vulgar and onerous for the white 

 |skinned race: they would forget the maxim 

 of an intelligent labourer in this cause, him- 

 self a Southern man, that " No idle white 

 j'Ojndation can Jiourish.'^ This maxim I 



