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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... TILE - DRAINING . Fig . 160. The double - tiled main drain . ... 161. The inverted double - tiled main drain . ... 178. The drain - tiles properly set upon tile - soles . 179. The junction of a common tile with a main - drain one . 184 ...
... tile for drains . 189. The Calderwood peat - tile spade . 191. The bitting - iron in plug - draining . 192. The eaters or plugs in plug - drain- ing . 194. The narrowest spade for sod- drains . 195. The mole - plough . 196. The larch ...
... tile - lath , and having a small wooden wicket to afford access to the calf . The floor of the cribs may be of earth , but the pas- sage between them should be flagged , or of asphaltum . Abundance of light should be admitted , either ...
... tiles , as the case may be , and beam - filling the tops of the side . walls , between the legs of the couples , with stone and mortar ; taking care to keep the mortar from contact with the timber . These places form the favourite ...
... tiles until the alteration is effected . One precaution only is necessary to be attended to in making beam ... tile and OF THE STEADING OR FARMSTEAD . 157.
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