Charles-helium nucleus of Barbançois-Villegongis

The marquis' Charles-Helium nucleus of Barbançois-Villegongis' , born the August 17th 1760 with Villegongis (Indre) and dead the March 17th 1822, is a French agronomist having introduced the ram Mérinos in France and having designed a new model of Charrue.

After a career in the infantry, monopolized by the management and the enlarging of its field, it was led to imply itself deeply in the world of agriculture. In 1801, President-founder of the Free society of Agriculture, Trades and Arts of Indre, become very quickly Société of agriculture of Indre, it appeared an agronomist qualified, anxious to make progress the agricultural techniques and to raise the level of knowledge of the landowners of its time, but also of those which cultivated the ground directly. He was also member of the royal Company of agriculture of Paris.

Publications

Memory on the means of improving wools and of increasing the products of the animals with wool in the department of Indre , Chateauroux, 1804;
the singular Dream, or the Nation as it does not have there, by Mr. of B. Tome Ier , Paris, 1808,25 p.;
Observations on the merinos, presented to the Company of agriculture of the department of Indre, in its meeting of 1st Sunday of September 1810, by Mr. de Barbançois, Chateauroux, impr. from Brandely, 1811,21 p.
Small Treaty on the greatest parts of agriculture in France , Paris, 1812,256 p.;
general Principles on the instruction, written by requests and answers to be used for the instruction of young people, by Put Mr. B *** , Paris, impr. from Mrs. Huzard, 1816,64 p.;

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