The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairymaid, Volum 1Blackwood, 1844 - 326 sider Replete with instruction and knowledge honed with experience, The Book of the Farm remains one of the finest agricultural guidebooks ever produced. The 19th century saw the maturation of farming in Western Europe, with intensive methods and efficiencies achieved as never before. Published in the 1840s and successively revised over subsequent decades, this book is a summation of the ingenuity of large-scale agriculture. The production of ever-greater harvests required skill; no longer could any farm be maintained by rudimentary methods taught by example - farming had become a sophisticated, professional discipline reliant upon science and machinery. Aimed at informing prospective students of farming, this work makes no secret of the difficulty and wits required of the modern farmer. Over 100 illustrations depict the tools required, from hoes and ploughs to the traction steam engines that served as forerunners to the modern tractor. Over 80 charts detail all manner of records: animal and crop weights, their prices on the market, mineral levels present in soil and fertilizer, costs of machinery and day-to-day operations. In all, The Book of the Farm is both a superb agricultural history and guide, filled with insight and techniques useful even in the modern day. |
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... Animals selected for illustration were painted , from the life , by Mr JOHN SHERIFF , A.R.S.A. , Edinburgh ; and the Drawings illustrative of field operations were supplied by Mr GOURLAY STEELL , Edinburgh . To Dr HENRY R. MADDEN ...
... Animals were engraved by Mr THOMAS LANDSEER , London . PLATE The Machinery was engraved by Mr W. H. LIZARS , Edinburgh . I. Isometrical View of an existing Steading . II . Ground - Plan of an existing Steading . III . Isometrical View ...
... animals , and judicious crossing betwixt two fixed races , are indeed occupations which tax the judgment severely ; but the ordinary treatment of live - stock is as easily managed as most of the operations of the field . The complete ...
... animal and mechanical , usually employed . It is the duty of the young farmer to acquire this knowledge with all diligence and dispatch ; for a correct distribution of the instruments of labour enables the work to be performed in the ...
... animals . Thus botanical physiology might confer great benefit on agriculture , if its views were directed to increas- ing the prolificacy of valuable plants already in cultivation , and intro- ducing others that would withstand the ...
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The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm ..., Volum 1 Henry Stephens Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1844 |
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