Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-03
EBRosPECTUs of the FARr -

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n OF XIX CENTURY. or Encn,JouaI!S
Of practical Agriculture. contaiy; ,Op'a ~
1est mode q culture adopted in France
England Germany and Flanders: FIJI
practlcal instructions TO guide The small
cuItivator, the farmer, the director and
the large proprietor in the imnrora
ment OF an estate; the general princ;nlos
OF agriculture, and the culture of all tbo
useful plants the training of domes,;o
ANIMALS, and the veterinary art: the ds
scIlP'lon OF the various arts relating to 40.
tlcuIture; rural implements and build.
ings' Inc management and improvement
OF vines. fruit trees, timber, ard tores.S
tanks, &C; the economy, organization
and direction ola rural establishment a0I
finally, Legislation as applied to aericpIr
ure; closing with table of contents Al.
Phabetlcally arranged; a list of figures
| authorizations, and authorities cited.
An Elementary, Complete, and Meth.
odIcaI Course Of Rural Economy, with
more than Two Thousand Enprayirox
representing the various Implements, Ma.
CHIMES, sets OF Apparatus, Breeds of AM.
mails, Trees, Shrubs aud Plants, RuraI
Buildings, etc. Dgested ard revised Ir
committee of Scientific and Practical
Agrlculturists, belonging to the A cricuip.
raj Society of France, under the direction
of NJ I. Bailey, Member of the Societies
OF Agriculture and Horticulture. Trans.
lated from the French, with Notes adam.
Ing 1t to the use of farmers in the UniIrd
States Of America, by EIizur Wright Jr,.
formerly Professor Of Mathematics aud
Natural Philosophy in HE Western Re-
serve College, Translator Of La Fonrart's
Fables, &c.
Agriculture is the foundation ola hu-
man ars---lhe art for which man was
made, and the perfection Of which is his
chief happiness and glory as the lord tenn
poral OF this planet Olthis sublime arr,
all other arts and sciences are but satellites.
their business being to wait CD, and Admit
with their moonshine. Consequently, TO
man more than the agricuIturist needs tie
full use OF his brains, and a perfec, COM
mand Of all the treasures OF human eX,c-
rIence. S"the farmers oflhe United States
view the matter; and in presenting ,hrn
with translation ofthe celebrated Nsi>,a
RustIque of the French, we have no dout,
OF their hearty support. Ii is the WORK Of
all works upon practical agric uhure-ti.p
most scientific, clear, and comprehensive.
France has long excelied in p7ofta5Is
farming. This is the source her wra iii.
Eng land is rich by Goals ard commerce.
Her agriculture is siierdid, hut <omr.in,s
costs more than 1t comes to. ThoSe vic
have fortunes TO spead, may buy the vas,
works of Marshau, Dickson, Arthur
Young, Loudon, &c, but these W no wish
to get torture out Of the sell, will fjd
ne French writers better ab!e to SLOW them
Inc way. The excellence CT French et-
mentary works is well kuouu altt.arI,
trS Fer centuries the NIaison Rusg:c-e
has Been III France. the starda:d tI,rtrt-
airy work-Ihe spelling beck and eraa.
mar OF farming. The present EDITION fer
The nineteenth century," has been r.
written and brought up with tie march
OF MIND" by Sky Of he aL!yst "ag7vno-
mes' France. 1t has all the tight CT he
latest improvements, not only in FraIcr,
but IN all Europe
William Goblet, one Of the most sue.
cesStuI farmers 10Th in Englard and Amer.
lca' who wrote The be s. English style ard
he best French grammar that ever was,
valued The MaiSon Rnstiqne, no, only IS
an encyclopedia of farming, Lur as a meals
OF educaHmg his children. He was his
own schoolmaster. In winter evenings
his family resolved it<eEfinto school, frd
he thus speaks of The usethen made otthis
work -" Our book of never falling re-.
source was the French Maiscn RusiiCuc,
or Farm House, which, it is said, was The
% BOOK that firsttemPted Dugnesnois q think
tnat was MS name,) the famous PHYSICIAN
IN the reign of Louis xii. 20 learn to
read. Here are all the tour.legqcd ami
mails, from the horse down 10 the mouse.
PoItfalls and all; all the birds, ren,ih 5,
insects; all the modes OF rearing, nanag
ing, and using the tame ones. aud If de-
stroYIng those that are mischieycrs. al
The various traps, springs, refs; all the Ia.
Dors OF the field and garden exhibited. as
Well as the rest, Ia plates; ard there was !,
IN any leisure moments, to Join this il cuis,
tive group, TO read the French, ar tell
hem what 1t meaned in English, when
the picture did not Sufficiently explain it,
self. never have been without a cory
OF THIS book for forty years, except durm
me time that was fleeing from the dun-
geons of CastIereagb and Sdmoulh, IL
1917, and "hen ] gol 10 Long lsIald, the
frst book bought was another N1a;scn
Rus'qoe. - 4dctce TO Yong Men, A,h
pol.
OF the qualifications Of the translator, it
may be said that he is practical farmer,
and in regard to his Translation of La Fon-
tame, which has been reprinted in Eng
land, an English reviewer confesses tia,
he does not know the English writer
who could have done II Eef1e1M