The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-12-08
TIE PROSPECTUS OF THE
FARM HOUSE OF TIE 10 h CENTURY

@ IEnegcs) )psfld OF PrIet'c2t AgricnfWe
L1ONTAlNi\G the best mnds Of culture adopted in
: W Falce England, Germany, and Flanders full
practical lnstruruons t. guide the small cultvator the
msr the da ector aud the arge proprietor in the im.
prnyenau 1f s.a tine general prlnulple of agri-
silhus ani the culture Of all lhs useful plaatS the aiu-
Ing ~ dn nG,lo a.Inal+ and the Veterinary art the
dLscrlyu ot the various arts alng 10 agrcsitue;
rlra Implement ald buildings: the management aud
Improvement of vines fruit trees, timber and forests,
InkS etc; the ecJn1mY, organic lOn, and dlreclluD
Of a rural establishment; an 6aay, egsatIon as ap-
piISi aIricu mre Closing with table of contents
aplahetGtlN arranged list Of dsures, abbrevlaons
aHI iIlilI tlUS cited.
4 eeneata Y, complete, and mathematical course
of rural economy, with more than two thousand enSra.
wings respecting The various implements machines sets
ufappdraus, breeds OF animals trees shrubs and plants
rural bnildng-, etc Dgested and revised by a oom-
lee of scientfc and practical ag-icuturiss belong
ing To the agricultural society oi Fraaca ander the di>
rec N of w. L. Bailey, member elhe societies Of agri.
culture and horticulture Translated from the Frenrh
with adapted to the of farmers in the United
States cf America, by EIlzur Wright. Jr., formerly
Professor Of Mathematics aud Natural Philosophy in the
Western Reserve College, translator OF La Fontaines
Fables, &C.
Agriculture IS the foundation of all human ars--tle
art for which made aud the perfection of which
is his chief happiness and glory the lord, temporal
o! this plan e Ot this sublime art, all other arts and
sciences are but as s,toles their business being to wait
on enghten, and adOrn it with their mOunshlne CON.
Sequenlly. no thln the agricuiluralls:
needs the tu use of his brains q pertect command
of Al the treasures Of human experience So The far
tners of the Ug,ieG States the mater, and N pre
seating them with Translation ut TIE rri1n,ned MaIsnn
Ru,tique, of the French. we have ma dnn!t o DneIr
hearty support Ii Is thu work ot al WORKS IN practl-
cal agriculture --he most clenIifr clear aud romp,e>
hensive. France has long exceled In rohabe farm.
ing. This is the source ut her wealth England is
rich hy Goals aud commerce Her agriculture is .pIen-
did bu snmrlmes costs more thnn II oeies to lhuse
who have fortunes to spend may bu! the vast works
of Marshall, Dickson, Arthur, Young, Loudm, Ne
hut those who wish to get fortune out of the soil will
Gnd the French writers better able to show hem the
way. The excellence OF French eIe neottv works is
veil known to all teachers For centuries, the Mason
RuSque has been in France, the standard elementary
work the spelling book and grammar ot farming The
prescn. edition for "the nln aeenth century,, has been
Rewritten aud brought up With the march Of mind;
by sixty If the ahIest Agroconoms' ot France. 1t
has all the light fthe latest improvements not Uuy in
France 5u: in all Europe
William Cohbett, one OF the most successful farmers
both in England and America who wrote the best
English s'ye aud the hest French grammar that ever
was valued The Mason Hnstque hni only as an enry'
copedIa "i farming hut as the means "t educating his
children. lie was hl1 own schnnI!aster In winter
evenings hi family resolved itself IN school and he
thus speaks oi the use then made OF this work
'Our hook ot never iaIug resources was the French
Ma'"n RnShqie or farm house, winch 1t Is SAID, was
the book that first tempted Dugnesnos Il think that was
lls name, the anoas physician in the reign Of L"us
XIV to learn to read. Here are at the iour-legged
animals from, the horse down The mouse portraits aud
ALI all the BIRDS reptiles insects all the modes ot rear
ing managing, and using the tame ones and OF destroys
ing those that are mlschleVous all the various ra"s,
springs nets all he aoors OF me heId and garden ex-