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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Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairymaid Henry Stephens. s * I &b. /stir.
... Field-worker, and Dairymaid Henry Stephens. PLATE XXVII . View in perspective of the Common Drill , and of the New ... fields . 45. The bad effect of a scarcement in a hedge - bank . 32. Plan of kitchen , scullery , pantry , THE FENCING ...
... FIELD - GATES . Fig . 441. The elements of a truss in a wooden field - gate . ... 442 and 443. Examples of the applica- tion of the diagonal in field - gates . 444. The wooden gate suited for the ap- proach to a villa . 445. The field ...
... field being the best place for perceiving the fitness of labour to the purposes it is designed to attain - but as mo ... fields , by imperfect observation and slow experience , as they themselves had previously done , -theoretical ...
... Field-worker, and Dairymaid Henry Stephens. name of the season that influences the operations that are performed in ... fields . The work that occupies only a short time to begin and com- plete , in any one season , is described in a ...