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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... land is in the same state to them all , there cannot be much difference in the strength of the pairs of horses , as each pair are generally pretty well matched , and in all probability the construction of the ploughs is the same , if ...
... land - stewards , directing agents , practical farmers , schoolmasters , and clerks . From fifteen to seventeen is the age best suited to entrance at Templemoyle , as three years are quite sufficient to qualify a student possessed of ...
... land- lords and tenants in a district , as the common interest excited by fox- hunting . In prosecution of the exhilarating sport , land - owners and farmers associate together at the meets ; or the former may fall in with the latter in ...
... land , arable , bog , and muir land , sheltered and exposed situations , and the whole should lie contiguous , in order to be influenced by the climate of the same locality . It would scarcely be possible to procure such an extent of ...
... land , - " who hasten to be rich , " entail insurmountable misery on themselves and families . Expending the little capital they had earned as servants in pur- chasing land , they possess no means to employ the dear labour of others ...