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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... effects of fences against wind . ... ... ... ... 36. The plan of setting off lines of hedges parallel to each other ... effect of a scarcement in a hedge - bank . 32. Plan of kitchen , scullery , pantry , THE FENCING OF THORN - HEDGES ...
... effect of resistance from ob- stacles on the surface of the road . 551. Section of the inclined cylinder of a cart ... effect of soil with wa- ter , and without air , in the ger- mination of seeds . 402 . 403. Shewing the effect of stony ...
... effect , -and indicate to him the relative pro- gress which all the operations should make , from time to time , towards the attainment of their various ends , he would thereby acquire a far greater quantity of professional information ...
... effects of the diseased secretions of plants - with geology , to ex- plain the nature , and describe the structure , of the superficial crust of the earth , in reference to draining the soil ; to shew the effects of subsoils on the ...
... effect it produces , is absenteeism . When farm- ing possesses no charms to the country gentleman , and field - sports be- come irksome by monotonous repetition , his taste for a country life de- clines , and to escape ennui at home ...