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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... Ditto of Drains with sills and covers . 85 Cubic roods of Rubble - walls , 2 feet thick . 47 Ditto of Division rubble - walls , 12 to 15 inches thick , including dykes . 42 Lineal feet of Chimney - vents . Corners of buildings . for ...
... Ditto 294 Ditto 1671 Ditto 100 Ditto 94 Ditto 300 Ditto 45 Ditto Ashlar pillars for sheds , from 18 to 20 inches square . Skews on gables . Semicircular hammer - dressed coping on dykes . Gutters in byres . Coping round liquid - manure ...
... Ditto Lead - pipes or conductors from runs . Plaster - work . 1507 Square yards of 1st , 2d , and 3d coat plaster . 22 Stock - and - plate locks . Smith - work . 28 Pairs of crooks and bands . 9 Pairs of cross - tailed hinges . 35 ...
... Ditto 136 Loads of Timber . Slating . 326 Square feet of Glass for windows . On ascertaining the quarry - mail , or ... ditto 8 88 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 under , reduced to 1 foot thick , per ditto 5 0 0 4 6 0 Rubble drains , with dressed ...
... ditto , ditto , Corners for coach - house doors , with droved giblet - checks , Elliptical arched lintels for ditto , Including Carriage . Excluding Carriage . L. 8 . D. L. 8 . D. per lineal foot 0 16 OOOOO LILOO per ditto 0 0 9 per ...