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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... STONE - DYKES . Fig . 510. The frame and foundation of a stone - dyke . 511. Section of a stone - dyke , shewing how the stones should be laid . ... 512. Scuncheons , covers , and cope of a stone - dyke . 513. An opening in stone - dyke ...
... stone - harp or screen . 173. The tail - board trough for receiv- ing drain - stones in their fall . 174. The drain stone - rake . 175. The drain stone - beater . 176. The frying - pan or lime - shovel . 180. The spirit - level set for ...
... stones , cover- ed with a bed of grout on the top of the stones , would make as dry and more durable barn - floor than wood , and which will not rot . I am aware that stone or asphaltum pavement is durable , and not liable to rot ; but ...
... stone and lime . The building between the joists requires to be done in a peculiar way . It should be done with squared rubble stones , and on no account should the mortar come in con- tact with the joists , as there is nothing destroys ...
... stones being dry - bedded over them , and in beam - filling between the couple- legs . The floor d is then properly ... stone pillar e , or even two , are placed on the flags under each joist to support and strengthen the floor . This ...