Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-11-30

EDROSPECTys Of the FARM Hou,,
m xfv erNTupvs or -Enc.rlon.I.

4 OF XIX CENTURY, or Encycloped;a
Iof practical "A gricnlture, containing tbs
best mode. of culture adopted in France
/ England, Germany and Flanders; fu,
practical Instructions to guide the small
lcuitivator, the farmer. The director, and
The large proprietor in the improve.
ment OF an estate The general principles
fof agriculture. and the culture of all the
/ useful plants; the training of domeslr
animals, and the veterinary art; the de.
scriplion Of the various arts relating to 40.
riculture rofal implements and bud.
ings; the management and improvement
of vines, fruit trees, timber, ard inres.s,
tanks, &c.; the economy, organization
| land direction ola rural establishment and
| 6aaliy. legislation as applied to agricuh.
ure: closing with table, of contents al.
phabetically, arranged; list of figures
abbreviatlons, and authorities cited.
An Elementary, Complete. and Meth.
odical Course Of Rural Economy, with
more; than. Two Thousand Engrsvings
representing tie various implements, Ma.
chimes, SETS OF Apparatus. Breeds Of Aui
mails, Trees, Shrubs aud Plants. Rural
Buildings. stc. Digested aid revised By
COMMITTEES Of Scientific and PracllcaI
Agriculturists. belonging to the Agricultu.
faI Society Of France, under the direction
of NJ. r. Bailey. Member Of the Societies
of Agriculture and Horticulture. Trans
lated from the French. with Notes adapt.
ing it 10 the use of farmers insthe United
States Of America, by Eiizur Wright, Jk,
formerly Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy in The Western Re-
serve College, Translator OF La. Fontalne's
Fables, &c. -.
Agriculture is the foundation Of all hu.
man arls-.-the art for which man was
made. and the perfection of which is his
chief happiness and glory as the lord TEN.
p0ra OF this planet Of this sublime art
all other arts and sciencss are but Satellites
their business being TO wall on, and adornd
with their moonshine. Consequently. no
man more than the agricuIturist needs Tie
full use OF his brains, and a perfect con
maud Of all the treasures OF human expe.
| rience. Sethe farmers ofthe United States
view the mattel, and in presenting hem
with translation oftAe celebrated Mai>on
Rustique of the French, we have no douh
OF their hearty support. Il is the work 0;
alIworks upon practieata gric ulture-the
| most scienti6c, cfeaf, and comprehensive,
France has long excelled, in profitable
| farming This is the source Of her wealth.
England is rich by Goals and commerce.
Her agriculture is s,letdid, but sometimes
costs more than II comes to. Those who
have fortunes to spend, may buy the vast
works of Marshall,, Dickson, Arthur
Young. Loudon, &c /, but these who wish
/ to get "A fortune out Of the soil. will find
1.-The French writers better able to showthem
1.-The wsy.s The excellence of French tc
mentary works is well known TO liitaeh.
erss For centuries the Maison RistiqOe
has been insFranee, the standard element.
ary workable spelling book aud gram
mar offaruliRg. The present edition for
f''the nineteenth century," bias been re-.
written and brought up with the "parch
/ Of mind.' by sixty OF the ablest "agroa0'
mes" France. 1t has all the light Of The
latest Improvements, not only in Frapeet
but in all Europe
I William Goblet, one Of the most sue
cesstul farmers both in Eng lard aud Amer,
ica. who wrote. Tie BIS, English style and
the best French grammar that evel was,
valued the Maison Rustque. not only as
an encyclopedia of farming, bu, as means
OF educating his children. He was his
Town schoolnaster.. In winter evenings
/ his family resolved itself into a school, and
he thus speaks Of the uselhen made OF this
work -" Our book Of never falling re-
source was the French Msison Rus,ique,
or Farm House. " hlch. il is said. was sbe
book ihal hrstteml ted DugnesnnIs q think
] that was his name the famous physician
ia he reign Of Louis Kill, 10 learn 70
reads Here are all the four.leeged ami
mails, from The horse down 10 the mpusP,
portraits and all all the birds. reptiles,
insects; all the modes Of rearing. "anag'
ing, and using the tame ones and OF de-
4 stroying those that are mischitv, rs; oil
the various traps, springs, ,eis; alLlhr la
bors OF the field and garden exh, bited, as
+ well as the rest, ia plates; AID there WAS l.,
n. any leisure moments, 10 JOIN this it qn's,
, tive group, TO read the French. aud pti
them what it meaHed in Eng llsb, " hen
the picture didsnot sufficiently explain It.
: self. | never have been without copy
, OF this book Tor forty years, EXCEPT dur
The time that | was fleeing from the dan
J eeons of Castlereagh aud Sfdmouth. 10
e 1917, and when got 10 Long Is ard, tht
! first book bought was another MalSor
: Rusliqne. "--Adrice TO Yang Men, Art
i'f2o1.
It OF the qualifications Of The trans'a ior, i
d may be said that he is practical farmef
: : and in regard TO his translation of La For
!. tame. which has been reprinted IN Eng.
!, land, an English reviewer confesses ttai
he :" does not know the English wrnef
who could have done il better"
: TERMs-The work wilt be publishet
: as n semi-monthly periodicaI. ia nun. Der;