"The Country Gentleman's Magazine, besides containing articles on subjects of general interest, will deal with all matters relating to the various departments of Land and Estate Management; Rural Architecture, including Plans for the erection of Mansion Houses, Villas, Ornamental 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 Formation 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, every topic of interest to the Country Gentleman and his Household" (Prefatory Note 1:1, 1868, pp.1-2).