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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... considerable portions of time , and necessarily separated from each other , would be acquired in a much shorter time than if left to be disco- vered by the sagacity of beginners . It is requisite to explain , that by the phrase " young ...
... considerable latitude of time , may be well finished , and if not so finished , the crop runs the risk of failure . Should any season happen to be shortened by the weather , by the preceding season encroaching upon it , the work should ...
... considerable power , the implements executing them should also be strong ; but operations that are complicated , though sta- tionary , require to be performed with comparatively complicated machi- nery , which , being stationary , may ...
... considerable knowledge of the minu- tiæ of labour ; and it is only in this way that the groundwork for a fami- liar acquaintance with them can be laid . A truly familiar acquaintance with them requires years of experience . Indeed ...
... considerable expense , in fitting up a house in an adequate manner , and securing the services of a man of science , would deserve to be well remu- nerated . I before mentioned that one hundred pounds a - year as board were cheerfully ...
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