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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... Ground - plans of servants ' houses for small families . 603. Ground - plan of servants ' houses fit to accommodate a large family . Fig . 46. The turf - fence to a thorn - hedge . 391. The dead - hedge of thorns . 392. The stake and ...
... ground . Fig . 165. Parallel drains in accordance with the slope of the ground . 166. The inoperative effects of too great distance between drains . 167. The comparative efficacy of drains across and along ridges on a de- clivity ...
... ground of turnips in any given proportions . Fig . 209. The method of pulling turnips in preparation for storing . 212. Mode of topping and tailing turnips . 213. The triangular turnip store . 214. The white globe turnip ; the purple ...
... ground , even to the extent of a few plants , in any kind of soil , and under any treatment , after the second year ; and the perennial is as seldom observed to fail in any circumstances , except when it may have been too closely ...
... ground should be small , the great varie- ties of seeds cultivated in so many different ways , will nevertheless require a great number of lots , which altogether will cover a considerable extent of ground . How all these lots are to be ...
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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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