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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... 482 28. YOKING AND HARNESSING THE PLOUGH , AND OF SWING - TREES , 617 29. PLOUGHING STUBBLE AND LEA - GROUND , 629 30. TRENCH AND SUBSOIL PLOUGHING , AND MOOR - BAND PAN , 648 ADVERTISEMENT . ON bringing the BOOK OF THE FARM to.
... 482 28. YOKING AND HARNESSING THE PLOUGH , AND OF SWING - TREES , 617 29. PLOUGHING stubble and lea - ground , 629 30. TRENCH AND SUBSOIL PLOUGHING , AND MOOR - BAND PAN , 648 CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS . ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL .
... subsoil plough . ... 870. The small , or ribbing , or paring plough . 494. The double mould - board plough . 541. The potato - raiser , or brander . 542. The brander attached to the common plough . The Scotch plough in the yoke , in ...
... subsoil deposits , so as to in- form the farmer whether land would be most effectually drained with drains running parallel with , or at right angles to , the courses of valleys and rivers . Systematic botany can only be useful to ...
... subsoil is gravelly , the water will with difficulty be retained on it , on which account the bottom should be puddled with clay . Puddling is a very simple process , and may be performed in this manner . Let a quantity of tenacious ...
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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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