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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... upper barn , granaries , and wool - room . 17. The granary - window , and section of shutters . 18. The turnip - trough for courts . 23. The door for pig - sty . 25. The grating for tops of drains . ... 26. The liquid - manure drain ...
... upper floor of the barn . 319. The elevation of a thrashing - ma- chine , in Plate XIX . 320. Side elevation of the thrashing- machine , with chain geering , in Plate XIX . 321. Alongitudinal section of the thrash- ing - machine , in ...
... upper parts of the mountain - ranges of Wales and of the Highlands of Scotland ; and on the green round - backed mountains of the south of Scotland and the north of England . The cattle reared in pastoral districts are small sized ...
... upper - barn , or thrashing - barn , which contains the unthrashed corn from the stack - yard , ready for thrashing by the mill ; and the other the corn - barn , which is below the mill , and receives the corn immediately after its ...
... upper barn , cc the arches into the sheds for cattle under the granaries . The projecting building d in the middle , is the straw - barn , which communicates by a door in each side with the court e or ƒ for the younger cattle . The ...
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The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Steward ..., Volume 1 Henry Stephens Visualização integral - 1857 |
The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Steward ..., Volume 1 Henry Stephens Visualização integral - 1851 |
The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm ..., Volume 1 Henry Stephens Visualização integral - 1844 |
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