János Nagyváthy

In 1782 he joined military service and served in the Duka cavalry regiment which took him around Belgium, Italy, and Austria for the next four years.

In 1786 his eye trouble forced him to visit Vienna where he met and became an apprentice on the estate of Peter Jordan (1751–1827), governor of Laxenburg, known for his work in agronomy.

In 1788 he moved to Pest where he met the nobles Széchenyi Ferenc and György Festetics de Tolna (1755–1819) who were also freemasons.

The second part included information on vineyards, winemaking, forestry, poultry, sheep and goat farming and horse keeping.

He made use of the volumes Elementa rei rusticae by Mitterpacher,[1] Johan Beckmann's "Grundsätze der deutschen Landwirtschaft" and several other German works.