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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... pupil . Farmers , however , can scarcely bestow so much attention as would be desired by pupils at all times ; because the lapses of time occasioned by necessary engagements , in the fulfilment of which farmers are sometimes obliged to ...
... pupils committed to his charge in a competent manner . This is certainly his duty , which , if rightly per- formed , no guide - book would be required by pupils ; but very few far- mers who receive pupils , undertake the onerous task of ...
... pupils as boarders , and undertake to teach them practical husbandry . The chief inducement , as I conceive , which at first prompts young men , who have been nurtured in towns , to adopt farming as a profes- sion , is an undefined ...
... pupils ; and , as I believe , most are willing to do so ; but as effi- cient tuition implies constant attendance on work , the farmer himself cannot constantly attend to every operation , or even explain any , un- less his attention is ...
... pupils , would only serve to render the subject more per- plexing . In these circumstances the best plan for the pupil to follow , is to attend constantly , and personally observe every change that takes place in every piece of work ...
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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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