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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... slices . 135. Casting , yoking , or coupling ridges . 136. A gore - furrow . 137. Feering for ploughing , two - out- and - two - in . 138. Ploughing two - out - and - two - in . 139. Twice gathering - up ridges . 140. Cleaving down ...
... slices of white soap in a clean tumbler of the water to be examined , its hardness will be indicated by white flakes or curdy particles around the soap , the effect of decomposition , the acids of the salts in the water combining with ...
... slice previously determined on , it is then not going steadily . The remedy for this error is twofold , namely , either to press harder upon the stilts with the hands , and , by their power as levers , bring the sock nearer the surface ...
... slice of the breadth you desire . This tendency is obviated by moving the draught - bolt a little to the right ; but in case the tendency arise from some casual circumstance under ground , such as collision against a small stone , or a ...