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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... MEANS OF OVERCOMING THOSE DIFFICULTIES , · Page 1 4 3. THE KIND OF INFORMATION TO BE FOUND IN EXISTENT WORKS ON AGRICUL TURE , 66 4. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOK OF THE FARM , " 5. THE EXISTING METHODS OF LEARNING PRACTICAL HUSBANDRY ...
... MEANS OF OVERCOMING THOSE DIFFICULTIES , 3. THE KIND OF INFORMATION TO BE FOUND IN EXISTENT WORKS ON AGRICUL- TURE , 4. THE CONSTRUCTION OF 66 THE BOOK OF THE FARM , " 5. THE EXISTING METHODS OF LEARNING PRACTICAL HUSBANDRY , 7 12 29 6 ...
... MEANS OF OVERCOMING THOSE DIFFICULTIES . " We can clear these ambiguities . " ROMEO AND JULIET . Experience undoubtedly dissipates doubt , and removes perplexity ; but experience , though a sure and a safe , is a slow teacher . A whole ...
... mean the young man , who , having finished his scholastic and academical edu- cation , directs his attention , for the first time , to the acquirement of practical farming ; or who , though born on a ... MEANS OF OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES . 5.
... means of attaining it . The reasons for doing every piece of work in one way , rather than another , will convince him that farm- ing is an art founded on rational and known principles . A description of the implements , and of 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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