American Agriculturist 
THE FARM PAPER THAT PRINTS THE FARM NEWS 
“Agriculture is the Most Healthful, Most Useful and Most Noble Employment of Man ”—Washington 
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Established 1842 
Volume 112 
For the Week Ending August 4, 1923 
Number 5 
Home of the American Agriculturist, 41 Park Row, in 1860 
H ERE is another picture, reprinted from 
an old American Agriculturist published 
in September, 1860. It shows a part of Park 
‘Row, the busiest section of downtown New 
York in 1860. 
In order to bring out the contrast between 
then and now, we have printed on the op¬ 
posite page a picture of Park Row of 1923. 
You will, we think, be much interested in 
studying the details of this old picture. Note 
the horse-drawn street cars, the one-horse 
two-wheel carts, the silk hats of the gentle¬ 
men and in particular the very voluminous 
skirts of the ladies. 
Of all those adults in the picture, who 
were just as busy then as we are to-day with 
their little comings and goings, probably not 
a one remains. In thinking of this as we 
study the old picture, we were impressed 
with the general uselessness of most of the 
things we now think are so important. Of 
all the work of those you see in the picture, 
not a thing counts to-day, sixty-three years 
later, except the comparatively few acts they 
rendered for the permanent benefit of their 
fellows. So it will be with us and our works. 
—The Editors. 
