Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-14
of the FARM HOUSE

ROOfECl Us OF the FARM House
- OF XIX CENTURY, or Encyclopedia
of practical Agriculture, containing the .
best mode of culture adopted in France
England, Germany and Flanders; flu,
practical Instructions TO guide the small
cultivator, the farmer, the director, and
the large proprietor in the improve.
ment of an estate; the general principles
of agriculture, and the culture of all the
useful plants the training of domestic
animals. and the veterinary art; the de.
scription of the various arts relating to ag-
riculture rural implements and build
ings; the management and improvement
Of vines, fruit trees, timber, ard forests,
tanks, &c.; the economy, organization
and direction Of a rural establishment and
finally, Legislation as applied TO agricut.
ure; closing with a table of contents al
phabetically arranged; a list OF figures,
authorizations, and authorities cited. r.
An Elementary, Complete, and Meth.
odical Course Of Rural Economy, with
more than Two Thousand Engravings,
representing the various Implements, Ma
chimes, sets of Apparatus, Breeds of Ami
mails, Trees, Shrubs aud Plants, Rural
Buildings, etc. Digested and revised by
committee of Scientific and Practical
Agriculturists, belonging TO the Agricultu.
raj Society of France, under the direction
of M. Il. Bailey, Member OF the Societies
of Agriculture and Horticulture. Trans
| lated from the French, with Notes adapt
ing it 10 the use Of farmers in the United
States OF America, by Elizur Wright, Jr.,
formerly Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy in the Western Re-
serve College, Translator OF La Fonlaine's
Fables, &c.
Agriculture is the foundation of all hu-
man aFts-.-,he ART for which man was
made, and the perfection Of which is his
chief happiness and glory as the lord tenn
poral OF This planet Of this sublime art.
all other arts and sciencfs are but satellites,
their business being to wait on, and adorn ii
with their moonshine. Consequently no
man more thar the agricuturist needs the
full use OF his brains, and perfect COM
mand of all the treasures OF human. expe-
renee Sothe farmers ofthe United States
view the matter and in presenting Them
with translation ofthe celebrated Nelson
Rustique of the French, we have nc doubt
of their hearty support. 1t is the work of
all works upon practical agric ulture-the
most scientific, clear, and comprehensive.
; France has long exceled in profitable
farming. This is the source Of her wealth
England is rich by Goals and commerce.
Her agriculture is sIlendid, but sometimes
costs more than 1t comes TO. Those who
have fortunes to spend, may buy the vast
| unrEs IF Morchall IloIS rthnr
Young, Loudon, &c but those who wish
to get fortune out of the soil, will find
the French writers better ableio show them
; the way. The excellence OF French eIe-
+ mentary works is well known to all teach.
E ers. For centuries the Maison Rustique
has been in France, the standard element-
. airy work-the spelling book and gram
e mar of farming. The present edition for
: 1.-THE nineteenth century," has been re,
!, written and brought up with The "march
Of mind by sixty Of The ablcst "agrono-
b mes" France. 1t has all the light OF the
e latest improvements, not only in France,
; but in all Europe -.
. William Goblet, one of the most sue.
cessful farmers both in England and Amer.
t lea. who wrote the bes, English style and
= the best French grammar that ever was,
1 valued the Maison Rustique. not only as
+ an encyclopedia of farming. bu, as meaLs
!, OF educating his children. He was his
own schoomaster. ln winter evenings
his family resolved itselfinlo school, and
ne thus speaks oflhe use then made This
, work -" Our book Of never failing re.
Q source was the French Maison Rustique,
or Farm House, which, it is said, was the
BOOK that flrsttempted Dugnesnois q think
that was his nancy the famous physician
IN the reign of Louis XII, 10 learn TO
read. Here are all the four.leoged ami.
mails, from the horse down to The mouse,
portraits and all all the birds, reptiles,
, insects; all the modes OF rearing, manac.
ing, and using the tame ones, and of de-.
stroyIng those that are mischievous all
the various traps. springs, nets; all 1.-The Ia.
t oors OF the field and garden exhibited, as
!, well as the rest, in plates; aud there was !,
10 any leisure moments, TO join this irouis.
: tive group, TO read the French, and tell
mem what 1t meaned in English, when
the picture did not sufficiently explain it.
. sell. ! never have been without copy
t OF this book for forty years, except during
e the time that | was fleeing from the dun.
: geons of Castlereagh and Sidmouth, in
1917, and when got to Long Island, the
' first book bought was another Maison
It Rus,ique. "-Adrice to Young Men, Art.
i gel.
. ! Of the qualifications Of The translator, il
' may be said that he is practical farmer
e and in regard TO his translation Of La Fon,
y tame. which has been reprinted in Eng.
land, an English reviewer confesses thai
he does not know the English writer
who could have done il betler.''
n TERMs.-The work will be published