The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-12-01
TIE PROSPECTUS OF TIE
FARM HOUSE OF THE 1911 CENTURY

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Ur Encyclopedia of Practical Agriculture.
6NONT AIMING the best mode of culture adopted in
~ France, England, Germany, aud Flanders; fall
practical instructions to guide ths small cuItvaor the
hrmsr the director aud the large proprietor in the m
provenent of eslaIe the general principle Of agr-
ture and the culture Of all hs useful pahts the train
lug Oi domestic animals and the veterinary art; the
description OF the various arts relating to agriculture;
rural implement and buildings; the management AID
Improvement Of vines, fruit trees timber aud forests,
tanks etc.; the economy, organizlttOn and direction
Of rural establishments and hhally, legislation ap-
pied to agriculture; closing with table Of contents
alphabetically arranged list Of fSuses abbIsviatiuR
and authorities cited.
An elementary Y, complete, and mathematical course
OF rural economy with than Two thousand engra.
wings respecting the various implements machines sets
Ofapparaus breeds of animals trees shrubs and plants
rural buildings, etc, Digested and revised by com.
1nittee Of scientific and practical agrculurss, belong
Jog to the agricultural society of France, ander the d
recOn Of NJ. T. Bailey, member ofthe societies Of ag
culture and horticulture Translated from the Freni h.
with notes adapted the use of farmers in the United
States Of America by Elizur Wright, Jr, formerly
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the
Western RsserveCofSge, translator OF La Fontains's
Fables, &c.
Agriculture is the foundation of all human arts--he
urt for which made, and the perfection (which
is his chief happiness and glory the lord, temporal
oc this plan ct. Or this sublime art, all other arts and
sciences are but satellites their business being wait
on enlighten, and adorn it with their moonshlne Com
aequently, no man more than the agrIcuturaIls:
needs the full of his brains, and perfect command
of all the of human experience. So The far
mers of the United States view the matter, and in pre.
Senting them with translation of the celebrated MalSOn
Rustique, of the French, we have no doubt Of their
hearty support. II is the work OF all works on prac-
cal agriculture he most scientific clear and compre-
hensive France has long exceed in profitable farm.
ing, This is the source of her wealth. Eng land is
rich BY Goals and Her agriculture is spen
did, but sometimes costs more than il to- Those
who have fortunes to spend may buy the vast works
of Marshall, Dickson, Arthur, Young, Loudon, &c
hut those who wish to get fortune out of The soil will
find the French writers better able to show hem the
way. The excellence of French elementary works is
well known to all teachers For centuries the Maison
Rus,isne has been in France, the standard elementary
work the spelling book and grammar Of farming. The
2resen. edition for ihe min ,eenth century, has been
lo,wriuen and brought up with the ''march Of mind,
by sixty Of the ahlest "Agrocronome" of France. 1t
has all the light ofthe latest improvements, not only in
France, 5u in all Europe.
William Cobbett one of the most successful farmers
both in England and America who wrote the best
English Style aud the best French grammar that ever
yvqs vaued The Malson Rustique not only ency-
cppeda Of farming. but IA, the means of educating his
children. He was his own schoolmaster, In winter
evenings HI family resolved itself in school, and he
thus speaks of the Ien made of this work.
'Olr oek Of never falling resources was the French
Hai7nG HustTqne farm house which it is said was
Ike hoc ,a first tempted bugnesnois q think that was
as usre the famous physician in lhe reign Of LOUIS
XIV , 20 learn to read, Here all the ur-legged
aulRsls from the horse down the mouse portraits and
all; all The birds reptiles insects, ali the modes OF
ing. managing, and uSrg the tame ones, and OF destroy"
ing til se that mSchlevous all tho various trays,
springs nes all The abors of the field and garden ex-
hihited well as tho rest, in pates-anG there was
IN my leisure moments, to join this inquisilive group;
to read the Fench and tell th'm what meant in En-
gsh. when the picture did not sufficiently explain it,
self never have been without copy of TIL book
for fry years. except dnrng the time that was fleeing
from the dungeons OF Caseragh and Sidmoulh, in
1917 aud when got to Long Island, the first book I
bought, was another MasOn RuSqne. Advice 10
young men, Art. 29l.
D the ualfcalions of the translator may be said
that he is practical farmer, and in regard to his
a,iOn of La Fontane, which has been re prinlel IN
England, an English reviewer conlesSes that he does
not know the English writer who could have done it
better.
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