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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... prevent water lodging in the hollows of hedge - fences . 44. The diagram for describing curves in the corners of fields . 45. The bad effect of a scarcement in a hedge - bank . 32. Plan of kitchen , scullery , pantry , THE FENCING OF ...
... prevent the sides of drains falling in . ... ... 156. The deep conduited drain , with well and auger - bore . 158. The triangular stone - duct . 159. The coupled stone - duct . 162. The different forms of conduits in the inclined planes ...
... prevents that acquisition in less time than three . This circumstance of itself will cause him to spend a year in merely observing passing events . This is in his first year . As the operations of farming are all anticipatory , the ...
... prevent his animal being much affected by disease . Disease , even when not fatal to animals , leaves injurious effects on their constitutions for a long time . With regard to attending lectures on agriculture , I should say , from my ...
... prevent legitimate differences of opinion on points of management ter- minating into disputes , by skilful investigation and well - timed compro- mise . He studies to uphold the honour of both landlord and tenants . He can see whether ...