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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... Side Elevation of a Crank High - pressure Steam - Engine for a Thrash- ing - Machine . XXII . Side Elevation and Plan of a Condensing Beam Steam - Engine for a Thrashing- Machine . XXIII . Elevation and Plan of the Horse - Wheel of a ...
... side of the Lanarkshire plough . 92 , 93 , and 94. The details of the body- frame of the Mid - Lothian , or Cur- rie plough . 95 , 96 , and 97. The details of the sole- shoe of the Currie plough . 98. The share of the Currie plough . 99 ...
... Side elevation of the thrashing- machine , with chain geering , in Plate XIX . 321. Alongitudinal section of the ... Side elevation of a crank steam- engine for a thrashing - machine , in Plate XXI . 327. Plan of a beam steam - engine ...
... side elevation of two short mov- able sheds for sheep on turnips . 239. The rending - frame in hurdle - mak- ing ... side views of the cutters of the lever turnip - slicer . ... 250. The wheel - barrow turnip - slicer for sheep . 251 ...
... side view of a fat ox filling up a rectangle . 274. The hind view of a fat ox filling up a rectangle . 275. The front view of a fat ox filling up a rectangle . 276. The back view of a fat ox filling up a rectangle . 277. The Scotch mode ...
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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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