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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... whole year must revolve ere the entire labours of a farm can be exhibited in the field , and the young farmer satisfactorily understand what he is about ; and a whole year is too much time for most young men to sacri- fice . Could the ...
... whole , and place them beyond the reach of chemical research . The investigation of the soil after the removal of the crop might then be curious , but nothing more . In this investigation , the farmer , the vegetable physiologist , and ...
... whole arrangement . This is accomplished by describing every operation in the season it should be performed , and this condition neces- sarily implies the subdivision of the arrangement into four seasons . Au- thors of Farmers ...
... whole nine years they apply them- selves to mathematics , drawing , music , and gymnastic exercises . The pupils of the canton of Berne only pay M. de Fellenberg 45 louis each , and do not cost their parents above 100 louis or 120 louis ...
... whole , where one hundred and twenty or one hundred and thirty pupils , more than fifty masters and professors , as many servants , and a number of day - labourers , six or eight families of artificers and tradesmen , altogether about ...
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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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