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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... circumstances ; and they are these : - Shortly after the commencement of the publication , the Au- thor was encouraged , by the advice of his Friends , to make the BOOK OF THE FARM as perfect as he could , as it would be thus more ...
... circumstances , to be thrown back in his progress by a trifling neglect . He cannot make up his lee- way until after the revolution of a year . And though ever so attentive he cannot possibly learn to anticipate operations in a shorter ...
... circumstances , might be a valu- able instructor to the young farmer ; it might guard him against the diffi- culties which learners are apt to encounter ; and it would recompense him for loss of time , by imparting sound professional ...
... circumstances combined , it is not easy to determine . The aversion , however , appears to be felt more towards systematic than periodical works on agriculture . The latter class receives favour , because , possibly , EXISTENT WORKS ON ...
... circumstances . Confor- mity of practice with the season , exhibits in the farmer superior ability for conducting farming operations : like the experienced mariner , who renders every change in the gale subservient to the safety of his ...
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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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