Prefatory Note 



instance, within our knowledge, the superior 

 condition of the Woods and Plantations on 

 an estate, is owing to the owner finding a 

 source of gratification in making it his special 

 business to attend to their management. 

 Then, doth not the pages of " Coates' Herd- 

 Book," and the records of Royal shows and 

 Smithfield clubs, bear witness to the energy 

 Avith which Country Gentlemen, of all ranks, 

 have striven to maintain the national reputa- 

 tion in the article of British beef and mutton 

 — a patriotic feeling inherent in the British 

 mind, which was vastly stimulated by the 

 sayings and doings of honest " Farmer 

 George." We have sometimes heard gentle- 

 men connected with the country, in the 

 course of after-dinner speeches and farmers' 

 gatherings, express their regret that they 

 knew so little of country aftairs \ but as those 

 who made the avowal, while allowing that 

 their education on those matters had been 

 neglected, announced their intention of re- 

 pairing the deficiency with all possible speed, 

 we may reasonably conclude that such cases 

 are exceptional, and likely, we trust, to become 

 more so. 



With the special view, therefore, of assisting 



gentlemen labouring under such a serious 

 defect, as well as of contributing to the infor- 

 mation of those who already take an interest 

 in such matters. The Country Gentleman's 

 Magazine has been projected, and it is 

 hoped that the bill of fare, as described in 

 the prospectus which has been issued of this 

 undertaking, will ensure a friendly reception 

 for it every\\'here. The Country Gentle- 

 man's Magazine, besides containing articles 

 on subjects of general interest, will deal with 

 all matters relating to the various depart- 

 ments of Land and Estate Management; 

 Rural Architecture, including Plans for the 

 erection of Mansion Houses, Villas, Orna- 

 mental and Ordinary Cottages, Lodges, Farm 

 Buildings and Offices, &c. ; the Cultivation of 

 Land, and the Breeding and Feeding of Live 

 Stock ; Arboriculture ; Laying-out and For- 

 mation of Plantations, Roads, Drives, &:c. ; 

 the Garden and Shrubberies; Field Sports, 

 more especially the " Rod and Gun ;" the 

 Domestic Economy of the Country House ; 

 the Duties of the Country Gentleman as a 

 Magistrate, &c., and, generally, ever)- topic 

 of interest to the Country Gentleman and his 

 Household. 



POSTSCRIPT. 



The Proprietors of the well-known and long-established Journal of Agriculture \\'Oi\\\\g ob- 

 served that the field proposed to be occupied by The Country Gentleman's Magazine 

 was merely an extension of that which was already filled by it, have arranged with the pro- 

 jectors, that it shall be published in conjunction with \\\q Journal of Agriculture, so that 

 certain departments which have not hitherto occupied a prominent place in it, will hence- 

 forth receive more attention. In future, therefore, the Journal of Agriculture will be issued 

 under the title of The Country Gentleman's Magazine and Journal of Agriculture.. 



