The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairymaid, Volume 1Replete 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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... the perplexing ordeals incident to the first year of farming , that I have described them in strong colours , in order to induce DIFFICULTIES TO BE ENCOUNTERED . 3 THE KIND OF INFORMATION TO BE FOUND IN EXISTENT WORKS ON AGRICUL.
... described them in strong colours , in order to induce to the belief , that farming is an art more difficult of attainment than it really is . So far is this from being the case , I may safely appeal to the experience of every person who ...
... described as having to be encountered in the first year of apprenticeship . I felt that a guide - book would have been an invaluable monitor to me , but none such existed at the time . No doubt it is quite reasonable to ex- pect of the ...
... described . A seasonable narrative of the principal operations will shew the young farmer , that farming is really a systematic business , having a definite object in view , and posses- sing the means of attaining it . The reasons for ...
... described , I consider it impossible for a young farmer to derive from them the requisite information for conducting a farm , even though he should be constantly resident upon it . By even the most careful perusal of books , which ...