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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... roof . For these drains , a supply must flow from other quarters to maintain the equilibrium of agricultural industry . This young race of men , converted into practical farmers , being generally highly born and well educated , assume ...
... roof of a farmer . It is enough for a young man to feel the re- moval of parental restraint , without also having the dangerous incen- tive of an idle life placed at his disposal . They should consider that upon young men arrived at the ...
... roofs for either cattle or cart - sheds . 6. The elevation which the granaries give to the building , should be taken advantage of to shelter the cattle - courts from the north wind in winter ; and for the same reason that shelter is ...
... roof into the courts , into a whirlwind of starvation , which , if accompanied with rain or sleet , is sure to engender the most insidious diseases in the cattle . Beware , then , of suffering loss by simi- lar fatal consequences to ...
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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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