Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-08-03
HNROSpECTUS of The FARM HOUSE
orxfx CENTURY. or Encuct0pedi1

best mode of culture adopted in France.
England. Germany and Flanders; full
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-
ricuture; 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 I
finally, legislation as applied 10 agrlcuIt-
ure; closing with table Of contents al
phabetically arranged list OF figures,
authorizations, and authorities cited.
An Elementary, Complete. and Meth !
odicaI Course Of Rural Economy, with |
more than Two Thousand Engrayings,
representing the various Implements, Ma
chimes. sets Of Apparatus. Breeds of Ami.
mails. Trees, Shrubs aud Plants, Rural
Buildings, etc. Digested and revised by
a committee of Scientific and Practical
| Agriculturists, belonging to the Agricultu.
| raj Society of France, under the direction
| of NJ. Il. Bailey. Member OF the Societies
/ of Agriculture and Horticulture. Trans
! lated from the French, with Notes adaps-
ing it TO the use of farmers in the United
States Of America, by Elizur Wrig ht, Jf.
formerly Professor Of Mathematics and
! Natural Philosophy in The Western Re-
serve College, Translator Of La Fontaine's
Fables, &c. :. "A.
Agriculture is the foundation of all hu-
man arts---the art for which man was
made, and the perfection of which is his
/ chief happiness and glory as the lord tenn
poral oithis planet. Ofthis sublime art,
1. all other arts and sciences are but satellites,
their business being to wait on, and adorn it
1 with their moonshine. Consequently, no,
man more than the agriculturist needs the
full use OF his brains. and perfect COM
mand Of all the treasures of human expe-
4 rience. So the farmers ofthe United States
view the matter; and in presenting them
! with translation of1he celebrated Ma lson
Rustique ofthe French, we have no doubt
OF their hearty support. It is the work Of
all works upon practical agrlc ulture-the
most scientific, clear, and comprehensive.
: France has long excelled in profitable
farming. This is the source of her wealth.
!, England is rich by coals and commerce.
q Her agriculture is splendid, but sometimes
: costs more than It comes TO. Those who
!, have fortunes to spend, may buy the vast
! works of Marshall, Dickson, Arthur
II Young. Loudon, sc, but those who wish
i to get fortune out of the soil, will find
the French writer's better able to showthem
a the way. The excellence of French ele.
n mentary works is well known to all teach
ers. For centuries the Maisoa Rustique
n has been in France. the standard element
II ary work--the spelling book and gram
) mar Of farming. The present edition fol
= 1.-THE nineteenth century," has been re
ell written and brought up with The march
Of nsind.' by sixty of the ablest "ogrono
mes" France. 1t has allthe light of ths
& latest Improvements, not only in France
9, buttinsa all Europe. s,sas a.rt .@
y. William Goblet, one of the most sue
D. cessful farmers bothin England and Amer
/. lea. who Wrotelhe best English style AM
s.. the best French grammar that ever was
ID valued the Maison Rustique, not only a
& an encyclopedia Of farming, but as mean
n of educating lis Children. He was hi
T. own schoolmaster. In winter evening
s. his family resolved itselfinto school, an
Vi he thus speaks of the usethen made thi
, !: work $50 Our book of never failing re
n; source was the French Maison Rustiqut
10 or Farm House, which, it is said, was lh
o.; book that frsttempted Dugnesnois Thin
that was his name. the famous physical
,s in the reign of Louis Kill. TO learn /
IS read. Here are all the four.legged an
mails, from The horse down 10 the NOUS
portraits and all ); all the birds, reptile
insects; all the modes Of rearing, manas
- ing, and using The tame ones. and of d.
stroying those that are mischievous a
qk the various traps, springs. nets: alllhe !;
we bors Of the field and garden exhibited, I
of we'll as the rest, Ia plates and there was
ice IN any leisure memen,s 10 join this inqui
tive group, TO read the French, and te
req them what it meaned in English, whe
osss the picture did not Sufficiently explain /
abb self. | never have been without cor
on OF this book for forty years, except duria
TED the time that was fleeing from the dul
:, geons Of Cas,lereagh and Sldnouth.
the - !, -, - A1Vu islau. =
DIS Ilrst oook bought was another Malso
md Rnsiique. - Adcice 10 Young Men, 4,
be- 29I.
Ofthe qualifications of the translator,
AIT may be SAID that he is a practical farme
san and in regard to histransIation of La Fo
ost tame, which has been reprinted in Ea!
lis land an English reviewer confesses til
hg' he "does not know the English writ
: | who could have done il ht.itern