Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-05
V L. XIV. NO. 81.
EBROSPECTUs Of the FARM yor,,,

~ P'"t's'ue as 'teuItnfe, containing The
best mode OF culture adopted In France
England, Germany. and Flanders: foil
practical instructions 10 guide The small
cullivator, The farmer, the director and
the large proprietor in the imarove.
nent 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.
scnp'lon 81 the various arts relating to ag-
riculture rural implements and buitd.
lngs; the management and improvement
OF vines. fruit trees. timber, ard iares.s.
tanks, &C.; the economy, Organization
and direction ofa rural establishment; ard
finally, Legislation as applied to asricu!r.
ure; closing with table of con,en,s al.
phabetically arranged; list OF figures.
abbreviallons, aud authorities cited.
An Elementary, Complete, and Meth.
odical Course o! Rural Economy, with
more than Two Thousand Eneraviugs,
representing the vaIious Implements, Ma.
chimes, sets OF Apparatus, Breeds of Ani-
mails. Trees, Shrubs aud Plants, Rura!
Buildings. &c. Digtsled az d revised BY
a committee Of Scientific aud Practical
Agriculturists, belonging to the Agriculru-
raj Society of France, under the direction
of NJ. L. Bailey. Member Of The Societies
OF Agriculture and Horticulture. Trans.
lated from the French, with Notes ADAM
ing it 10 the use of farmers in Tie Uuit,d
States Of America, by Eiizur Wig BIT, Jr.,
formerly Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy in The Western Re
serve College, Translator 81 La Fouaine's
Fables, &c.
Agriculture is the foundation OF all hu-
man arts-,-lhe art for which man WAS
made, and the perfection Of which is his
chief happiness and glory as the lord lem
poral OF this planet Ofthis sublime ali.
| all other arts and sciencTs are but STATE Iits $,
) their business being to wait on, aGd ndcfn ii
with their moonshine. Consequently, no
man more than the agriculturlsl needs Tie
full use OF his brains, and perfect com.
mand of all tue treasures of human exre-
Renee. S"the farmers otthe United States
view the matter /; and in presenting ,hem
| with translation ofthe celebrated Msi>on
RustiQue Of the French, We have no doubt
OF their hearty support Ii is The work Of
all works upon practical agric ulluFe-t..e
most scientific, clear, and coInprehri sive
France has long excelled In pa0GtoUg
! farming. This is the source OF her Wealth.
| England is rich by Goals and Commerce.
Her agriculture is splendid, but sometimes
costs more than 1t comes 10. Those who
have fortunes 10 spend, may buy the vast
works of Marshall, Dickson, Arthur
!. Young. Loudon, &c but these no wish
10 get fortune out of the soil, will Gtl
the French writers better able to show them
the way. The excellence of French Gle.
mentarv works is we'll known to a Il t.ach.
| ers. For centuries the Maison Rustguc
| has been IN France, the Standard .Itu.tAt.
airy work-lhe spelling book and nranr-
mar OF farming. The present edition Tor
"the nineteenth century," has been re-
written and brough. up with the 4" malch
OF mind" by sixty of the abIesl acrOno-
mes France 1t has all the light Of the
latest improvements, not only in Frahcp,
but in all Europe. H..
William Goblet, one of The mos, suc-
cessful farmers both in Eng gland AID Amer.
! lea, who wrote the best English STYLE and
the best French grammar tina, evei Was,
valued the MaiSun Rust;qoe, uol only is
an encyclopedia Of ia, ming; but as meals
OF educating has children. He was his
own schoolmaser. LII " inter evenings
his family resolved itself Into schoo, aud
ne thus speaks Of he use hen made otlhiS
work =" Our book Of never EaiIiny re-.
source was the French MaiSon Rrs;ionc,
or Farm House, Which. IL Is said, was he
oook that first temp, Dugnesnbis Il t!link
that was his name.) the famous PHYSICIAN
IN the reign of Louis Ill, 10 harm ia
read. Here are all the four.leoecd ami
mails, from the horse down 10 The mcusc,
portraits asn ali all The birds, lertiics,
insects; all tie modes OF rearing, ual.ar
ing, and using the tame ones, aud CT de-
i stroyIng those that are misctieycus: all
the varlens traps, springs. nets; aII ne Ia.
oors OF the field and garden exhibited, as
Wen as the TEST. Ia plates; aud there Was l.,
lh any leisure moments, 10 Ioin this II GUS
tive group, 10 read the French, and tell
'hem what II meaned in English, when
the picture did not sufficiently explain il
sell. ! never have been without copy
OF IDS book ior lofty years, except durN g
The time that was fleeing from the dun.
eeons OF Casllereagh aud Sldmourb, in
lel7, and ben J get to Long lsIard The
hrst book | bought was another MaiSon
Rus'iqoe. "--Adcice 10 Yang Hen, 4,k
) 29l.
Oh the qualifications Of The trans aror, il
! may be SAID that he is practical farmer,
and in regard 10 his translation Of La Fotf.
taine. which has been reprinted in Eng,
: land, an English reviewer confesses thai
he does not know the English writer
!, who could have done il better"
!. -IERMs.-The work will he published
as monthly periodical. in numbers