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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... wind , accompanied with remarks on the state of the weather , the heat of the air as indica- ted by the feelings , and the character of the clouds as expressed by the most approved nomenclature . The dates of the commencement and ter ...
... wind as scatters young men through the world , to seek their fortunes farther than at home . " TAMING OF THE SHREW . For some years past the tide of emigration has set very strongly to- wards the shores of our colonial possessions . To ...
... winds constitute a third , and afford subject for assiduous observation and much consideration . Attention to the directions of the wind and forms of the clouds will enable farmers to anticipate the kind of weather that will afterwards ...
... wind is preferred , as the moving power , then the steading will be more appropriately placed on rising ground . For the purpose of conveying the manure downhill to most THE STEADING OR FARMSTEAD, THE STEADING OR FARMSTEAD,
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