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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... observation , though the former is matured by reflection . Observation is open to all farmers , but all do not profit by it . Every farmer may acquire in time sufficient experience to conduct a farm in a passable manner ; but many ...
... observation and experience ; but , nevertheless , the ulti- mate ends for which the various kinds of field - work are prosecuted , are involved in obscurity to every learner . In most other arts no great space usually elapses between ...
... observation and investigation such as this , the mind of the young farmer will soon become scientifically enlightened ... observed that they are better adapted for reference than tuition . They form a sort of diction- ary or cyclopedia ...
... observations on the leading opera- tions of the farm , the principles of those operations might be much elucidated ; but ... observed of the scanty services science has hitherto conferred on agriculture , and knowing the almost helpless ...
... observe the increased quantity of their secretions in a given condition from an increased given quantity of ma- nure . Thus may the increased quantities of mucilage , farina , gluten , in the various cultivated plants , be observed . It ...
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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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