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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... FARMING , 12. CHOOSING THE KIND OF FARMING , 13. SELECTING A TUTOR FARMER FOR TEACHING FARMING , 14. THE PUPILAGE , 15. DEALING WITH THE DETAILS OF FARMING , 16. THE STEADING OR FARMSTEAD , 17. THE FARM - HOUSE , 18. THE PERSONS WHO LABOUR ...
... FARMING , 14. THE PUPILAGE , 15. DEALING with the DETAILS OF FARMING , WINTER , 16. THE STEADING OR FARMSTEAD , 17. THE FARM - HOUSE , 57 699 225 75 79 87 92 94 95 97 100 106 211 • 18. THE PERSONS WHO LABOUR THE FARM , 19. THE WEATHER ...
... farm . It is in the exercise of this fa- culty of anticipation or foresight that the experienced and careful farmer is contradistinguished from the ignorant and careless . Indeed , let the experience of farming be ever so extensive , or ...
Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairymaid Henry Stephens. tion of a farm , renders farming more difficult of acquirement , and a longer time of being acquired ...
... farming is an art more difficult of attainment than it really is . So far is this from being the case , I may safely appeal to the experience of every person who had attained manhood before beginning to learn farm- ing , whether I have ...
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