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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... tion of the diagonal in field - gates . 444. The wooden gate suited for the ap- proach to a villa . 445. The field - gate with angle - iron frame - work . 446. The elements of the bracing of a wire field - gate . 447. The wire field ...
... tion of the flues of a steam - en- gine for a thrashing - machine , in Plate XXIV . 340. Apparatus for raising the tempe- rature of the water before its entering into the boiler of the steam - engine for the thrashing- machine , in ...
... tion of seeds . 407 and 408. Shewing the effects of bad sowing on the germination of seeds . 409. Shewing the good effects of the equal deposition of seeds . 411. The planting of potatoes . 424. The singling of turnips . 490. The ...
... foresight in arranging the minutiae of labour , before the young farmer can with confidence undertake the direc- tion of a farm , renders farming more difficult of 2 THE BOOK OF THE FARM . THE MEANS OF OVERCOMING THOSE DIFFICULTIES,
... tion of a farm , renders farming more difficult of acquirement , and a longer time of being acquired , than most other arts . This statement may appear incredible to those who have been accustomed to hear of farming being easily and ...