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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... iron frame - work . 446. The elements of the bracing of a wire field - gate . 447. The wire field - gate with rayed up- fillings . THE BUILDING OF STONE - DYKES . Fig . 510. The frame and foundation of a stone - dyke . 511. Section of a ...
... iron rhomboidal harrows , with their yoke of swing - trees . ... ... ... FOR HAY , STRAW , MANURE . Fig . 19. The covered straw - rack for courts . 20. The wooden straw - rack for courts . 21. The iron straw - rack for courts . 22. The ...
... iron for marking sheep . 467. The bulls ' ring opened , ready to be inserted into the bull's nose . 468. The bulls ' ring , as fastened into the bull's nose . 469. The bullock - holder . 488. The week - hook . 489. The hedge - spade and ...
... iron ends of the top - rails of the tilt - cart . 563. The iron stay of the tilt - cart . 564. The bottom - plan of the tilt - cart . 565. The front view of the tilt - cart . 566. The lock and section of contiguous parts of the tilt ...
... iron stanchions . If one window cannot be got to the south , the door when open will answer for the admission of sunshine to keep the apart- ment comfortably dry for the work - people and the grain . The door is generally divided into ...
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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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