Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-07
soIon RobInson,s Grent work
: g Facts for Farmers"


FACTS FOR FARMERS; also. For the Family Cir.
q Gle. A Compost Of Rich Materials for ALI Land
Owners, about Domestic Animals and Domestic
ViDeyatds: and ali Farm Crops. Tools, FenceS,
Fe.tiisation, Draining and Irrigation; Illustrated
with Steel Engraving:. Edited y SCION KOBE SeiS
Sn SUn; aba Author II several Popular W orks. Nav
York:7A j, Johnson. Cleveland; +. u. a a. v.
Rowe. 2 vols, Imperial sVo' 1850 pp' Sold Dy
subscription only. s.e bed. .,yl.frte..l NJ
The full and comprehensive title-page Of
this work gives the reader very correct
idea as to what it contains. 2 .'..H'' p"
SoLoN RoBNsoN, the Author, Is prac-
tical man, and has been hard worker all
his life. He was born In New England,
and brought up on farm but in early
life he removed to Jennings county, Indi-
ana, and commenced farming there on his
own hook, right in the woods-thirty-four
miles from Madison, on the road to Indian.
I apolis, In 1884 he removed to the north
west corner of Indiana, and settled forty
miles southeast Of Chicago, and fifteen
miles from any neighbor, on "Robinson's
Prairie,n and gave the name of Lake to the
county, when 1t was established. The
county town-Crown Point-was on his
farm. He left that place in 1850, and Is
now farming in Winchester county, New
York. From the time he left Indiana un-
ill quite recently, he was the Agricultu'
raj Editor Of the New York Tribune, which
gave him a very extensive acquaintance
among our Agricultural people all over the
country, and superior advantages for col
lecting facts relating to Agriculture.
We have given this Work of Mr.. ROBIN
soN's thorough and careful examination /;
and we do not hesitate to pronounce 1t the
richest and completest compendium Of ag-
ricultural knowledge ever before prepared
and published in this country. 1t Is not
book of theories and mere guess-work; but
it is made up of short, crisp facts, which
are sifted and carefully arranged into short
paragraphs, to suit the convenience es-
pecially of the farmer. 1t treats OF over
twelve hundred different subjects, in a
most thorough and practical manner. /
Not among the least interesting things in
the Work, are the magnificent "steel en-
cravings which embellish its pages and
render it very attractive. The engravings
are well executed, and far excel anything
of the kind we have ever seen in any SINH
lar book. We noticed especially the opening
plate-the engraving of horses and horses
/. teeth at different ages; of bees and insects
also the chapters on stock cattle, sheep,
hogs, &C., are we'll worth the perusal of
any farmer, and he will feel as he reads
that he is getting something new and well
worth knowing from every page, The
size of the book is best known as imperial
octave. 1t is printed in good clear, hand
some type, and Is easily read by all persons
without glasses. 1t has very substantial
binding, being bound in full leather with
spring back, and contains nearly 1,lOO
pages" I-9t 81 ,syHg r,i.5 ~ r"..o.
AS cotemporaryq justly observes, that
"Hon. Thomas II. Benton, after an expert
ence Of over quarter Of a century in poll
tics and among the political men OF
America, complied his celebrated review,
Thirty Years in Congress- So Mr.. Rob
inson, having been practical farmer,
agricultural editor and lecturer for over
forty years, has prepared this volume Of
Facts for farmers, at the age Of sixty, a'
his last legacy Of good viii 70 the brother
hOod.n - osig Gstg 9T .-3'g..g -Il.!.
The Publishers are aaOht to send Agents
into every county OF the State, for whom we
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