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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... operations of the Farm in minute detail to increase the number of the various classes of Illustrations - and to en- large the scale of those referring to the Implements . The Pro- spectus proposed to confine the illustrations simply to ...
... operations were supplied by Mr GOURLAY STEELL , Edinburgh . To Dr HENRY R. MADDEN , Penicuik , the Author would also acknowledge his obligations for some remarks , explanatory of scientific principles , connected with the principal ...
... operations were supplied by Mr GOURLAY STEELL , Edinburgh . To Dr HENRY R. MADDEN , Penicuik , the Author would also acknowledge his obligations for some remarks , explanatory of scientific principles , connected with the principal ...
... OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE CULTURE OF CORN . Fig . 302. Casting in a stack to be thrashed . 304. Feeding - in corn into the thrashing- mill in the upper barn . 305. The measuring up of corn in the corn - barn . OPERATIONS CONNECTED ...
... OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH TURNIP CUL- TURE AND USE - Continued . ground of turnips in any given proportions . Fig . 209. The method of pulling turnips in preparation for storing . .. : ... 212. Mode of topping and tailing tur- nips ...
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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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