The Economy of Farming (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Economy of Farming While engaged, for the last two winters, at Washington, in preparing the Agricultural Statistics for the Report of the Commissioner of Patents, I became acquainted with Charles L. Fleischmann, Esq., one of the Draughtsmen in the Patent Office, distinguished for his versatility of talents, and an accomplished scholar in the polite arts as well as in science. This gentleman is a native of Bavaria, and was educated at the Royal Agricultural Institution of Schleisheim, then under the charge of Professors Thierl, Schonleutner, and Veit, scientific men and practical agriculturists. Mr. F. took so high a rank in his studies, that he not only gained the first premiums of his class, but was also selected, at the early age of nineteen, to be the Adminstrator or Director of the Estate of Count Joseph Erkinger Von Leinsheim, situated on the Danube, and which comprised not less than twenty-four villages, containing numerous farms, mills, brewery, &c., In this office of high trust and responsibility, Mr. F. remained for eight years, during which time the Estate, which had previously run down, became greatly improved by his management. Shortly after the death of the old Count, he left for the purpose of travel, with letters of high recommendation to Count Lasteyie, President of the Board of Agriculture, and other distinguished men of Science in Paris, and afterwards, led by the love of liberty, came to this country, where he was for some years engaged in business at the West. He has, therefore, had an opportunity to compare the modes of agriculture practised in different countries. After my acquaintance with him, he frequently expressed a wish that I would translate, for publication, some German Agricultural works, which his own comparatively limited knowledge of the English language prevented him from doing. His letter to myself, which I have taken the liberty to subjoin, will explain his views on this subject, and his appreciation of the work now presented to the agriculturists of our country: "Washington, March, 1843. "Dear Sir, - "The interest which I feel for the promotion of Agricultural knowledge, induces me to make you a proposition by which you could render the agricultural community a very important service - I mean by translating that part of Burger's Manual on Land-wirthschaft, which relates to the doctrine of the Household or the Economy of Farming. "I have not seen any French, Italian or English works on Agriculture, which contain the important information to which I allude. In perusing this work you will find it not only highly interesting for the matter, but you will also be pleased with its systematic arrangement, and to see how it leads, step by step, to the ultimate result - to obtain the highest and lasting profit from agriculture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.