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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... various kinds of work . He discovers this difference on examining more closely into the nature of the work he sees performing . He observes one day the horses at work in the plough A in one field , moving in a direction quite opposite.
... nature and fitness of field - work for attaining its end , than by any other means . A perusal of these narratives ... natural epochs in the progress of the crops towards maturity , and afford conve- nient opportunities for performing ...
... nature of the crop is given for which the soil is preparing ; and , in consequence , before the connection between ... natural ; and it certainly tends to mislead the beginner . The usual practice is , that the land destined for any ...
... nature herself , and not by the efforts of man to obtain varieties possessing superior properties , as in the case of the domesticated animals . Thus botanical physiology might confer great benefit on agriculture , if its views were ...
... nature an anomaly that no other variety of ryegrass does . The annual ryegrass , as it is commonly called , is seldom seen in the ground , even to the extent of a few plants , in any kind of soil , and under any treatment , after 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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