The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-10-27
PROSPECTUS CT TEE
FARM HOUSE OF THE 18th CENTURY

4 OBTAINING the best mode of culture adopted in
~ France, England, Germany, aud FlandsrF full
practical instructions to guide the small cuuVator the
farmer the director and tho large proprietor IN The inns
prOvemeni Of estate; the general pTnciple OF agIls
culture and the culture of all the useful plans, the tran'
ing Of domestic aLinas, and the veterinary art the
description Ut the various arts relating ~ az rcu,Gre
rural implement and buildings; the management ard
Improvement Of Vnes fruit trees, timber and OresIS,
tanks elc; the economy, organization, and direction
of rural establishments and haay legislation as ap-
Piled To agcuturei closing with table Of contents
alphabetically arranged list Of figures abbTSviatiOnS
aud authorities cited,
An elementary, complete, and mathematical course
Of rural economy, with more than two thousand sngra-
wings respecting the various implements, machines sets
oapparaus breeds of animals trees shrubs and plants
rural buildings, etc. Dgested and revised by a coms
milee of scientific and practical agriculturiss belong
ing to the agricultural society OF France, ander the d>
recnn of NJ. T. Bailey member Of the societies Of agri
culture and horticulture. Translated from the French,
with notes adapted to the of farmers in the United
States cf America, by Elizur Wright, Jr, formerly
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in tie
Western Reserve College, translator Of La Fonainss
Fables, &c.
Agriculture Is the foundation of all human arts-ihe
art for which made and the perfection Ofwhch
is his chief happiness and g"ry Tho lord, temporal
o. this planet. Or this sublime art all other arts and
sciences but sstetes their business being TO wait
on enghten, and adorn it with their moonshne Con-
sequently, no man thln the agriculturalls:
needs the full Of his brains, aud perfect command
of all the of human experience So The far
mers of the United States view tho matter, and in pre-
senng them with translation of the celebrated MaiSon
Rusque of the French, we have no doubt Of their
hearty support II is tho work Of all works on practi-
cal agrlcuure-t most scientific clear and Compre-
hensive France has long excelsd in profitable farm
ing. This is the source Of her wealth. England 10
rich by Goals and commerce. Her agriculture is spen
did, but sometimes coks more than it comes TO. Those
who havs fortunes to spend may buy tho vast works
Of Marshall, Dickson Arthur, Young, London, nc;
but those who wish to got fortune out of the soil will
ind the French writers better able to show them the
way. The excellence of French elementary works 10
well known to all teachers For centuries, the Maison
Rustque has been in France, the standard elementary
ork-the spelling book and grammar Of farming. The
present edition for 'the min stsenth century," has bseD
rewritten and brought up with the 'march Of mind,;
by sixty of the abeSt "Agrocronome" Of France. 1t
has all the light Of the latest improvements not only in
France, 5u. in all Europe.
William Cubbett one Of the most successful farmers
both in England and America, who wrote the best
English STYLE ard the best French grammar that
was, valued the Maison Rustqus. not only ency-
clOpeda Of farming, but the means of educating his
children. He was his own scboomaSter. 10 winter
evenings his family resolved itself in school, and he
thus speaks Of the use then made Of this work:
"Our book of never falling resources the French
Maison Rustique or farm house, which it is said was
his name the famous physician in tho reign Of Louis
XIV, to learn to read. Here are all the four.egged
animals from the horse down the mouse portraits and
all all the BIRDS reptiles insects all the modes of rears
ing managing and using the tame ones and Of destroy"
ing those that are mischevous, all tho various traps
springs nsts all the labors Of the field and garden
hibted as we'll as tho rest, p plates-ane there was
in my leisure moments to Join this inquisitivo group;
10 read the French and tell them what it meant in En-
glish, when the picture did not sufficiently explain it.
self never have been without copy Of iEis book
for forty years. except during the Tins that was fleeing
from the dungeons Of Castleragh and Sidmouth, in
1917, and whom got to Long Island, the frst book
bought, another Maaon Rustqus. Advice 10
young men, Art: 29l.
D. the qualifications Of the translator, il may be said
that he is practical farmer, and in regard his trans
ation OF La Fontans which has been re.p priDtel IN
| England, an English reviewer confesses that he does
not know the English writer who could have done il
! better.
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