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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... height to the top of the side walls . ( 14. ) C is the corn - barn . Its roof is formed of the floor of the upper barn , and its height is generally made too low . The higher the roof is , the more easily will the corn descend to be ...
... height is the same as that of the corn - barn , the floor of the upper barn forming a roof common to both . It is 18 feet in length and 14 feet in width . It contains the winnowing - ma- chine or fanners of the thrashing - machine ...
... height is 9 feet to the floor of the granaries , which forms their roof . The access to these sheds from the courts is by arched openings of 9 feet in width , and 74 feet in height to the top of the arch . There should be a rack ...
... height of 45 feet . If wind or horses are preferred as the moving power , the windmill - tower or horse - course would be erected on the site of F. ( 20. ) G is the implement - house for keeping together the smaller im- plements when ...
... height in front , and 2 feet above the ridging of the roof , for every four horses in a work - horse stable , may perhaps suffice to maintain a complete ventilation . But openings in the roof will not of themselves constitute ...