Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-18
THROsPECTUs of the FARM HOUSE

Of TfGCttGGt ASf1CUttaTe, containing the
best mode of culture adopted in France
England, Germany and Flanders; fu,
practical instructions TO guide the small
cultivator, the farmer, the director, and
the large proprietor in the improve.
ment 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.
scription Of the various arts relating to az,
| riculture rural implements and build.
ings; the management and Improvement
| Of vines, fruit trees, timber, ard forests,
tanks, &C., the economy, organization
and direction of rural establishment; and
finally, Legislation as applied TO agricu1t.
ure; closing with table of contents al
phabeticalIy arranged; list Of figures,
authorizations, and authorities cited.
An Elementary, Complete, and Meth. |
odicaI Course Of Rural Economy, with
more than Two Thousand Engrarngs,
representing the various Implements, Ma.
chimes, sets of Apparatus, Breeds of AM,
mails, Trees, Shrubs aud Plants, Rural
Buildings, etc. Digested ard revised bv
committee of Scientific and Praclical
| Agriculturists, belonging TO the AgricD!tu-
raj Society of France, under the direction
of M. II. Bailey, Member OF the Societies
of Agriculture and Horticulture. Trans.
lated from the French, with Notes adapt.
| ing it TO the use of farmers in the United
States Of America, by Eizur Wright, Jf,
formerly Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy 10 The Western Re,
serve College, Translator OF La Fontaue's
Fables, &c.
Agriculture IS the foundation Of all hu.
man arts-,-the art for which man was
made, and the perfection Of which is his
kchief happiness and glory as the lord ten
! eoral of this planet OF this sublime ar
all other arts and sciencfs are but satellites
their business being to wait on, and adorn i
with their moonshine. Consequently, to
man more thar the agricultnrist peeds tie
full use OF his brains, and a perfect conr
mand Of all the treasures Of human cXpu
rience So the farmers ofthe United S:a:2s
view the matter; and in presenting them
with a translation Of the celebrated MTEfl
Rus;ique of The French, we have ne dOuG
Of their hearty support. 1t is The work Of
all works upon practical agric ulture-tDe
most scientific, clear, and comprehtt sjve
France has long excelled in p70Etajt
farming. This is the source other wsaal
England is rich by Goals and commerce
| Her agriculture is splendid, but sCmetl0H
costs more than 1t comes to-. Those Ebg
have fortunes to spend, may buy the vast
works of Marshall, Dickson, Arthur.
| Young. Loudon, &c but those who wish
to get fortune out of the soil, will tilI
The French writers better able to show them
! the way. The excellence of French ce,
l mentary works is we'll known TO aitttacr
ers. For Centuries the Maison RustG%
has been in France, the standard elcurtI
airy work-lhe spelling book ard arsn''
mar of farming. The present editioo *
''the nineteenth century," he's been ri
c written and brought up with The marrli
!, of mind" by sixty Of the aLlcst "agrcT>I
mes" France. 1t has all the light Of rIeH
latest Improvements, not only in France
but in all Europe
William Goblet, one of the most suc.I
ceSsiul farmers both in England and AmerI
lea, who wrote the best English style and
the best French grammar that ever Was
valued the MaisOn Rustiqae, not only a
! an encyclopedia of farming, bu, as a means
r OF educating his children. He was IN
own schoofmaser. In. winter evenings
: his family resolved itselfinto a school, and
;, he thus speaks Of the use then made this
e work -" Our book Of never falling re:
a source was the French Mason RustiqG2,
, or Farm House, which, it is said, was thes
!. book that frsttempted Dpgnesnois q lhirkI
/, that was his name.) the famous ph ysician
y IN the reign of Louis XII. TO learn to.
. read Here are all the four.Iegged an}
# mails, from the horse down TO the nous
, portraits and all; all the birds, reptiles
s. insects; all the modes OF rearing, maGag
= ing, and using the tame ones, and Of de-.
: stroying those that are. misehievous; a
e the various traps, springs, nets; all the Ia
9 bors of the field and garden exhibited, q;
: we'll as the rest, 10 plates; and there was
e .lna any leisure moments, to join this i&qu%
is tive group, 10 read the French, and tel
y them what it meaned in EnglISh,~ whes
,r the picture did not sufficiently explain +
IS self. | never have been without a cCFl
of this book for forty years, except dun
:, The time that was fleeing from the our
% geons of Castlereagh and Sidmcuth'
r 1917, and when I got to Long Island, I"
he first book | bought was another M~is@
- Rus'ique. "--Advies to Young Nea, Al
as 291. .=.
m Ofthe qualifications Of the trans ato'
may be said that he is practical tar1
A. and in regard to his translation Of La tOT !
al tame, which has been reprinted in u:
land, an English reviewer confesses Luz
n ne does not know the English WIG
on who could have done ;lbetter." -
~ TERMs.-The work will be pubI's,1%< s
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