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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... thickness , over subsoils composed of different kinds of deposits . They have never yet ascertained the position and structure of subsoil deposits , so as to in- form the farmer whether land would be most effectually drained with drains ...
... lintel must be giblet - checked as deep as the thickness of the door , into which it should close flush , and be fastened with a good lock and key , and provided with a thumb - latch . 116 THE BOOK OF THE FARM - WINTER .
... thick sleeper walls a a of stone and lime are then built on the flags to serve the purpose of supporting each end of the joists of the floor . The joists c , formed of 10 by 2 inch plank , are then laid down 16 inches apart , and the ...
... thickness , and 6 feet in height . Those within the sheds should be carried up quite close to the roof . Frequently they are only carried up to the first balk of the couples , over which a draught of air is generated along the inside ...
... TROUGH . b a building of stone and lime 2 feet thick . The lime need not be used for more than 9 inches in the front and sides of the wall , and the remain- ing 15 inches may be filled up with any hard. 146 THE BOOK OF THE FARM - WINTER .
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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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