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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... placed in the letter - press is the most convenient , and perhaps the most satisfactory , mode of illustration ; but as the essen- tial constituent parts of complicated implements are too much hidden for such a mode of illustration ...
... the narrative , are distinguished by appropriate titles in CAPITALS placed across the middle of the page . The titles are numbered by the single Roman numeral ( thus , 1. ) constituting , in the aggregate THE BOOK OF THE FARM . 27.
... placed in italics at or near the beginning of it . Marking all the paragraphs with numerals , greatly facilitates the find- ing out of any subject alluded to , saves repetition of descriptions when the same operation is performed in ...
... placed in a state of temptation , in which he should never be put ; and , besides , the inferior servants never regard him as a master and his or- ders are never so punctually obeyed , where the master himself is resi- dent . I would ...
... they should decline pupils . It is obvious that pupils should not to be placed THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE,