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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... earth . It explains the nature and origin of soils and subsoils ; that is , the manner in which they have most probably been formed , and the rocks from which they have originated : It discovers the relative position , structure , and ...
... earth rising and the straw moulding . Mouldy straw at the bottom of a heap , superinduces through- out the upper mass a disagreeable odour , and imparts a taste repugnant to every animal . That portion of the floor upon which the straw ...
... earth , in the first instance , is dug out of the barn to the depth of the foundations of the walls , which should be two feet below the door soles , and in the case of a new steading this can be done when the foundations of the walls ...
... earth , made softer by being covered with litter . The urine gutters may be seen in the plan at Q and Y in fig . 4 , Plate IV . ( 47. ) Fig . 10. represents a section of a travis and manger of a byre , where a is the wall , 6 the ...
... earth . The injurious effects of damp in the floors of stables , byres , and hammels , on the condition of the animals inhabiting them in winter , or of barns on the state of the straw , corn , or hay in them , are too much overlooked ...
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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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