The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-11-24
PROSPECTUS OF TUE
louise OF NAE l9M CENTURY,

Or Earvclsped,a Of Praei,cai Agriculture
CONTAINING the best mode Of culture adopted IN
- Fraace, England 'Gerrnlny, aud I aad1fS; full
practical INSTRUCTIONS To guide ths small cuuYalur The
farmer the director, and tho large proprietor in the ms
proSslnsnl of an q: the general pinrjpe Of agr
sure aud the culture Of all the useful padIs, the tram
iuS of dpnssic aIInals and the veterinary arE The
aJScrptnn OF the various arts relating To agriculture
rural lmplonlsut aud buildings; the management and
Improvement Of vines. fruit treGa timber aud forests
tanks, etc., the ec3naHTY, urganZtlton, aud dcecon
of rural estab ishm7nt AMI i0a,y egslatlon as APP
pied TO agrcuiturei closing with tane Of conents
alphabetically arranged, list Of Esures aboeWaUOn5
aud aUhu ios cited,
IN elementary. complete, and mathematical course
OF rural economy, with more than two thousand engra
wings respectug The various Implements, machines sets
Ofapparats, breeds of animals. trees shrubs and ants
rural buildings, ETC. ngested and revised by com.
m'Iee of scientific and practical agrcuItuss, belong
ing to the agricultural society Of Frauce, ander the dl,
recti"n of NJ T. Bailey member ofrhe societies of ugri.
culture and horticulture. Translated from the Fren, h.
with notes adapted 10 the Of farmers in the United
States cf America, by Ezur Wright. Jr, formerly
Professor of Mathematics aud Natural Philosophy in the
We'tern Reserve College, translator of La Fontainss
Fables &c.
Agriculture is the foundation of all human arts-tle
art for which was made and the perfection ofwirh
Is his chief happiness atid glory the l"Id temporal
o.! this plau et Di this sublime art ali llher arts aud
sciences are but stt1Gs, iheit tuGe.s tring to wait
on, enlIheu ana ddUrD II win tIelf nuOnsilne Con-
seqdfntly, no man more thln the agrrututss:
nsettlhe full use of his b,ns. AID perfect command
OF all the treasures OF human UXpe lence So the Far
of the United States viewthe matter and IN pre
sening them with atrasa,ion of the celUraed Maison
Rnslque, Of the French have no doubt oi their
heart support 1t is hn work Of all works on pracii
cat ~ culture -lhe most scientific, clear and rompte-
hensive. France has hong excelled in profitable fa ~.
ing. This is The source u her wealth. Engs J is
rich by coas aud coaImerce tler agriculture is spen
did, but sometimes costs more than it IT.. Those
who have fntunes to spend may buy the vast works
of Marshall, Dickson, Arthur Young, London &c
hut Hose who wash 10 get fortune out Of the soil will
fnd the French writer's better able 10 show them the
way. The excellence of French elementary works is
well known 10 all teachers For centuries, the Maison
Ruslque has been in France. the standard elementary
worIS The spsl!ing book and grammar Of farming The
pesen edition for che nu 3leenth century, has been
Ie.wran and brought mp with the ''march If mind, ;;
by sixty "r I've ah'est Agrocronoue" Of France. 1t
has all 'ht Of the latest improvements, not only n
F!arce. 5u, III all Europe
Hliam Cp-hcit ore Oft tie most successful farmers
biih IN Egg nd and Amerlra who wrote the best
English style, ad The hest French grammar that ever
was yalued the NIa.on Rust que not only as an ency-
conpdao iarnng. hnI "A, the means Of educating his
rhia III. he was h. own schonlraSlpr In winter
eyauings hl tamlu resolved itself in school, and he
ihus ipoapa Of the uss then made of this work.
"llur book Of OCyer laug was the French
5iqisnu RiSllqia 0r FIRM IGuse hch il is said was
the book tint first tempted Dugnssnos Il Ihmk that was
his hame the famous physician in the reign Of Lnus
XIV tp learn to read. Here all the four-lesged
animals from The horse down the mouse p0rtraiis and
all; all the birds reptile, insects all the modes nf
ing manlgng aud using the tane Ones and of destroys
ing III ISe that mIsrtlevouS all the various rars,
Springs nets; all the labns Of tie field and garden
hibtef well as the rest, in pses-anG here was
my leisure moments, To join this irquIsitye group;
f., read the French and tell tn what meant in En-
gish. when the picture did not sufficiently explain il
sell. | never have been without copy Of this book
for forty wears, except durug the time that fleeing
gfnm tiIe Dungeons of Caslieragh and Sidmouth, in
tSl7, aud when got to Long Island, the fist book
holght, was another Mason Rustique. Advice 10
young men, Art. 29l
q ,he qualifications of the translator it may be soid
,ha, he is practical farmer and in regard to his trans
Iatinn of La Fontaine, which has heen printel
England English reviewer coniesse> that he does
not know The English writer who could have done it
better.
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1915
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New York. June l. 1872
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