Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-24
V o l.. XIV. NO. 81
EDROspECTUs Of fber

1uoo 'ECIUS of the FARM HORN.
- nxo,t; NIX CENTURY, or EncycLopediq
% Practical Agriculture n,a;'';a Op'I 10
pest mode OF culture ado p,ed in EE.n an'
England, Germany and Fland. = '"H r.e;
PRACTICAL instructions 10 guide ,ba ~, luii
cultlvator, the farmer, the direr,ors '"a' pan
.ue large proprietor in the improve.
meh' OF an estate; the general princinle.
OF agriculture, and the culture of all The
usc'ol plants +; the training of domestic
""lnla'S' and the veterinary art: The de.
scrlpllon OF the various arts reIatiuo toao
flculture; rural implements and bplI1.
lnes' the management and improvement
fof vines, truI trees, timber, ard ior.s.s
tanks, &C.; the economy, ORGANIZATION
aud direction ola rural establishment, and
hna'iy, Legislation as applied 10 agricuI,.
ure; closing with table of con,enrs al.
phabetcalIy arranged; list Of figures
authorizations, and authorities cited.
An Elementary, Complete, aud Meth.
odlcaf Course Of Rural Economy. with
more Than Two Thousand Enoravipos.
representing The various implements Ma.
chimes, sets OF Apparatus, Breeds of AMI
mails, Trees, Shrubs aud Plants, Rurat
Buildings, etc. DIgcsted aud revised bv
commttee of Scientific and Pracucai
Aglculturlsts, belonging TO the Aoriculu.
raj Society Of France, under the direction
OF NJ 1. Bailey, Member OF the Societies
Of Agriculture and Horticuture. Trans-
lated from the French, with Notes adan,-
ing 1t 10 the use Of farmers in the Unil,d
States OF America, by Eiizur Wright. Jr.,
formerly Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy in The Western Re-
serve College, Translator OF La Fo1aine's
Fabies, &c. .....-...
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 lea-
p0ral OF this planet Ofthis sublime art,
all other arts and sciences are but satellites,
their business being to wait On, and adornt
with their moonshine. Consequently, 10
man more than the agricuiturist needs tie
full use OF his brains, and a perfect ccm-
mand Of all the treasures of human expe-
rience Sothe farmers oflhe United States
view the matter; and in presenting hem
with translation ofthe celebrated Nelson
Rustique ofthe French, we have nc doubt
OF their hearty support. It's he WORK Of
all works upon practical gric uIlure-lhe
most Scientific, clear, and comprehensive
France has long eXcelled in p7oflaLe
farming. This is the source OF her wealth.
England is rich by Goals and commerce.
Her agriculture is splendid, but somtin,cs
costs more than 1t comes to. Those WHO
have fortunes TO spend, may buy the vast
works of Marshall, Dickson, Arthur
Young, Loudon, g., but those who wish
TO |gs:a iortGue out Of the soil, will fnt.
the French writers better abItto show them
the way. The~eXceIence of French v',-
mentary works is we'll known TO all :.ucb-
ers. For centuries the Maison RH5t que
has been Ia France, the standutd et,t,eut
airy work-the spelling book ard Htoo-
mar OF farming. TEe present edition for
1.-The Dlnetetnlh century," b"s been r.
written and brought up Wirb lie "uarrh
of minG,' by sixty of the abIcst "agrono-
mes" France. 1t has all the LIGHT OF lie
latest Improvements, not only In FCuuCr,
but in all Europe.
William Cobbett, one Of the most sue
cessfuI farmers 10th in EngIaLd aud An,er.
lea, who wrote the best English style and
! The best French grammar that ever was,
valued the Mai>on Rastiqne, not only as
an encyclopedia of farming, bur as a means
OF educating lis children. He was ms
own school master. In winter evenings
| his family resolved itSeIfinto school, AID
ne thus speaks oflhe use then made uf,hiS
work :-"Our book Of never fil'nG re-
source was the French Maisnn RnsDiCuc,
or Farm House, " hich, It is SAID WAS The
book that rsttemrtrd Dueuesnois q rhiIi
that was his name.) the famous physician
in the reign of Louis xii, 10 i,aln 10
read. Here are all the four. legged ami
mails, from the horse down 10 The mouse,
portraits aud all all the birds, repr:I,S,
insects all the modes Of rearing, marag4
ing, and using The tame ones, aud Of de-
stroying those that are mlschltv, US /; all
( the various traps, springs, neis; ali }he la
bors OF the field and garden eXh b'trd, as
we'll as the rest, in plates; and there WIS /,
IN any leisure moments, 10 Iulu IhI> Il QH!s-
tive group, 10 read the French, auG 'rN
! them what II meaued In English. Wien
the picture did not Sufficiently eNnialn IT.
self. never have been without ccPY
OF this book for forty years, rXc,it Dung
the time that was fleeing f. m1 the dun
geons of CaslEereagh aud S:dmourh. ia
/ 1917, and ben got to Long lsat d, he
! first book bought was anofber AIaISon
Rns,qae. "--Adcice 10 Young Men, AIT.
291. .
Ofthe qualifications frhe traps'ator;it
may be said that be is practlca farmer
and in regard TO his Translator Of La Fen
laine, which has been reprinted in Egg
! land, an English reviewer confrsses tLat
he does not know The EHg'ISh writer
who could have done it belief"
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