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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... practice of ex- perienced farmers might be communicated and recommended to beginners . By consulting those which had been purposely written for their guidance , while they themselves were carefully observing the daily operations of the ...
... practice is , that the land destined for any parti- cular crop , is prepared to a certain degree , at stated times ... practice , as if the science of the art had been ascertained by studying abundance of facts derived from practice ; or ...
... practice , derived from principles applicable alike to science and good husbandry , is a healthful exercise of the mind , and tend to render it capable of accommodating practice to existing circumstances . Confor- mity of practice with ...
... practice . On the kindred art of gardening , in particular , every pos- sible variety of publication exists , from the ponderous folio to the tiny duodecimo , containing all the minutiae of practice , and the elucidation of principles ...
... practice . It is remarkable , that very few scientific men have as yet been induced to subject agricultural practice to scientific research ; and those of them who have devoted a portion of their time to the investigation of its ...
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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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