The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-11-17
PROSPECTUS OF TUE
FARM HOUSE OF The 1914 CENTURY

q. Or Encyclopaedia of Practical Agriculture.
GNONTAlNlNG the best mode of culture adopted in
~ France, England, Germany, aud Flanders; full
practical instructions to guide the small cuItvator the
armer the director and tho large proprietor ia the i'm.
provsment of an estate; The general prncpn of agri-
culture, and the culture Of all the useful pahts the train
ing 0f domestic aLinals aud the Veterinary art tho
description OF the various relating 10 ag culure;
rural implements aud buildings; the management and
Improvement Of vines fruit trees timber and forests
tanks, etc., the economy, organization, and direction
of rural establishment and fhay, legislation APP
Piled To agricultue closing with table Of contents
alphabetically arranged, list Of figures abbrsvalios,
and authorities cited
An elementary, complete, and mathematical course
Of rural economy, with than two thousand engra,
wings respecting the various implements, machines sets
ofapparatus breeds (anmas. trees shrubs aud Iants
rural buildings etc. iigesled aud revised by com.
mittee Of scientific and practical agiculluIiss belong
ing to the agricultural society Of France ander the d>
rectlon Of NJ l. Bailey member ofhe societies of agri
culture and hortrutuTe. Translated from tho Fren,h.
with notes adapted TO the of farmers in the Unied
States ct America, by Elzur Wright. Jr, formerly
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the
Western Reserve College, translator Of La Fontainss
Fables &c.
Agriculture is the foundation Of all human arts-he
art for which man made and the perfection Of which
is his chief happiness and glory the lord, temporal
O! this planet. DC this sublime art all other arts and
sciences are but as oltes their business being to wait
on enlighten, and adorn il with their moonshine Con.
seQuenty, no man more than the agtcuturxis.
needs the fall use of his brains aud perfect command
OF all the treasures Of human experience. So the far
mers of the United States view the matter and in Dre.
sentng them with translation of the celebrated Maison
Rustque, of the French, we have no doubt of their
hearty support. 1t is the work of all works on prac-
cal agrlcult1rehe most scientific, clear and Compre-
hensye France has long exceIled in profitable farm
ing. This is the source Of her wealth. England is
rich by Goals aud commerce Her agriculture is spen
did bnl sometimes costs more than it comes TO- These
whe have fortunes to spend may hey the vast works
OF Marshsll, Dickson, Arthur. Young London, &
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
we'll known 10 all teachers For centuries the Maison
Rusique has been in France, the standard elementary
work the spelling book aud grammar of farming The
presen! edition for the min 'teenth century," has beeD
rewritten and brought up with the 'march of mind;
by sixty of the ablest "Agrocronome" of France. Ii
has all the light Of the latest improvements, not only in
France, 5u: in all Europe
William Cobbeit one ofthe most successful farmers
both in England and America who wrote the best
English STYLE and the best French grammar that ever
was vaned the MaisoR Rustique not only as an ency.
cnpeda Of farming. but Us the of educating his
children. lie was his own schooImaster In winter
evenings his family resolved itself in school, and he
thus speaks Of the use then made of this work:
'0ar book of never falling was the French
Mai'On Rastique, ord farm house, which it ia said was
the book that first tempted Dusnasnos Il think that was
his name, the famous physician in the reign Of LOUIS
XIV to learn to read Here are all the four 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 mischievous ali tho various traos
springs nets; all the abors of the field and garden ex.
hbiled as well as tho rest, in pates-ant there was
IN my leisure moments, to join this inquSve group;
TO read the French and tell them what meant in En-
gsh when the picture did not sufficiently explain il.
SELF never have been without copy Of this book
for forty ears, except during the time that was fleeing
from the dungeons Of Casteragh and Sidmouth, in
lsl7, and when got 10 Long Island, the first book
bought was another Maison Rustiqle. 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 his trans
laon of La Fonaine, which has been re printe IN
England, English reviewer confesses that he does
not know the English writer who could have done il
better.
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