The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-11-10
PROSPECTUS OF TUE
FARM HOUSE OF THE 10 CENTURY

o. Eacvcispeiia of Practical Agriculture,
CONTAINING the best mode Of culture adopted IN
" France, England, Germany and Flanders; full
practical instructions to guide the small cnluvator tho
inne the director, and the large proprietor in the ms
proyernenl of eslale the general priacpe Of ag-
culture and the culture Of all the useful pan The trap-
ing of dom sslic aEinas and the veterinary art The
description OF the various arts relating TO agriculture;
rural implement and buildings; the management aud
improvement of yires iru trees, timber and orests
tanks ETC.; the economy, OrganlZatton and direction
of rural establishments and hHaily, eglslaton as ap-
pllsd to agrculturei closing with table Of contents
alphabetically arranged list of figures, Authorizations,
and authorities cited,
An elementary, complete and mnthematicaf course
Of rural economy, with than two thousand engra
wings respecting the various Implements machines, sets
ofapparalus breeds of animals trees, shrubs and Inrts,
rural buildings, etc. Digested and revised by com.
mtee OF scientific and practical agriculturss, belong
ing to the agricultural society of France, ander the di>
rectiun of NJ T. Bailey, member oflhe societies Of agr
culture and horticulture, Translated from thU French,
with notes adapted to the Of farmers in the United
States cf America, by EI2ur Wright. Jr, formerly
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the
Western Reserve College, translator Of La FontainO's
Fables, &c.
Agriculture IS the foundation of all human arts-the
art for which man made and the perfection Of which
is his chief happiness and glory as the lord, temporal
o. this planet OF this sublime art all other arts and
sciences but stetes their business being TO wait
sequenly, more than the agrcuturals.
needs The full use of his brains, aud perfect command
OF all the treasures o human experience so The lar
mers of the United States view the matter and in pre-
sentng them with translation of the celebrated Malson
Rustique, of the French, have no dontt OF their
hearty support II is the work Of all works on prac-
cal agriculture >-lhe most scientific clear and compre"
hensive. France has long excelled in profitable farm
ing, This is the sourc6 Of her wealth.. England is
rich by Goals and commerce. Her agriculture is spen
did, bIt sometimes costs more than it comes TO- Those
who have fortunes tO spend may buy tho vast works
of Marshall, Dickson, Arthur Young, London, &c
but those who wish TO get fortune out Of the soil will
fnd the French writers better able to show Them the
way The excellence of French elementary works is
well known to all teachers For centuries, the Maison
Ruslique has been in France the standard elementary
work the spelling book and grammar Of farming The
presen. edition for 'the nineteenth century,, has been
rewritten and brought up with the 'march Of mind, !
by sixty of the ablest Agrocronome" of France. 1t
has all the light Of the latest improvements, not only in
France, 5u. in all Europe.
William Cubbe one of the most successful farmers
both n England and America, who wrote the best
English STYLE and the best French grammar that ever
was valued the Maison Rustque. not only as an ency
copeda Of farming. but as the means of educating his
children. He was his own schoolmaster In winter
evenings his family resolved itself in school, and he
thus speaks of the then made of this work:
Our book of never falling resources was the French
Maisun Rustique or farm house, which il is said,
the book that first tempted Dugnesnos Il think that was
his name, y the famous physician in the reign Of LOUIS
XIV TO learn to read. Here all the fou-legged
animals from the horse down the mouse, portraits and
ALI all the BIRDS reptiles insects all the modes OF rear
ing managing, and using the tame ones and of destroys
ing those that are mischievOus all tho various trapa
springs nets; all the abors of the field and garden
hibiled' well the rest, ip pates-ant there was
IN my leisure moments, to join this inquisitve group;
10 read the French and tell hrm what it meant in En-
glsh when the picture did not sufficiently explain il.
SELF | never have been without copy Of His book
for forty years except during the time that Seeing
from the Dungeons of Casteragh and Sidmouth, in
1917, and when got to Long Island, the first book
bought, was another Mason Rusique. Advice 10
young men, Art. 29l.
D the qualifications of the translator il may be said
that he is practical farmer, and in regard to hls rans
ia,ion Of La Fontaine, which has been prnlel in
England, an English reviewer confesSes that he does
not know the English writer who could have done it
better. ..'
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i54s
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