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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... furrow - slices . 108 . The effects of a rectangular furrow- slice . 109. The effects of the trapezoidal or crested furrow - slice . 110. The parallel - ruler for forming mould - boards . 111. The side elevation of the mould- board of ...
... furrow , with mould or hint - end furrow - slices . 135. Casting , yoking , or coupling ridges . 136. A gore - furrow . 137. Feering for ploughing , two - out- and - two - in . 138. Ploughing two - out - and - two - in . 139. Twice ...
... furrow being laid over by the plough . It feels harsh and grating to the touch . When dry , it feels soft ; and is so yielding , that every object of the least weight sinks in it : it is then apt to blow away with the wind . In an ...
... furrow carefully place the roots and fibres of the thorn - plants , with their cut stems leaning against the cord , and thus , keeping the plants in their places with the left hand , fill up the furrow with earth with a trowel in the ...
... furrow for the thorns is chopped out with the spade in front of the cord towards the ditch . The thorns are then set nearly upright in the furrow , in the manner described in paragraph ( 620 ) . A parallel line of thorns is planted in ...
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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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