The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairymaid, Volume 1Blackwood, 1844 - 326 páginas 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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... FENCES . THE PLANTING OF THORN - HEDGES . Fig . 35. Shewing the beneficial effects of fences against wind ... fence for thorn - hedges . 393. The common wooden paling . THE pruning of thORN - HEDGES . Fig . 387. A correctly ...
... fence , Joins in the common cry , and haloos loud , Charm'd with the rattling thunder of the field . " * Agricultural Shows afford another and a different sort of opportunity for landlords and tenants to meet . They are the most ...
... fence ; ten acres , a good size of field for small farms , being nearer the mark for fencing . Taking the size of an experimental plot at five acres , the inclosure might be made to surround the divisions of a rotation ; that is , of a ...
... fence , as is the case with crops on larger farms . The whole quantity of land required for an adequate experimental farm may thus be estimated . New varieties of seeds would require to be in- creased by all the possible modes of ...
... fences , whe- ther of wall or hedge ; -its shelter , in relation to rising grounds and plantations ; -its roads , whether public or private ; -its fields , their number , names , sizes , relative positions , and supply of water ; -the ...
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The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm ..., Volume 1 Henry Stephens Visualização integral - 1844 |
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