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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... WEATHER IN WINTER , 20. CLIMATE , 21. OBSERVING AND RECORDING FACTS , 22. SOILS AND SUBSOILS , 87 92 94 95 97 106 211 220 229 310 322 325 23. ENCLOSURES AND SHELTER , 355 24. THE PLANTING OF THORN HEDGES , 368 25 THE PLOUGH , 398 26 ...
... WEATHER IN WINTER , 220 229 20. CLIMATE , 21. OBSERVING AND RECORDING FACTS , 22. SOILS AND SUBSOILS , 310 322 325 23. ENCLOSURES AND SHELTER , 355 24. THE PLANTING OF THORN HEDGES , 368 25. THE PLOUGH , 398 26. THE VARIOUS MODES OF ...
... weather than is farming . By pursuing a course of observation and investigation such as this , the mind of the young farmer will soon become scientifically enlightened ; but books on farming usually afford no assistance in pursuing such ...
... weather . Every sea- son of the calendar is thus of the same length . The seasons of the agri- cultural year , though bearing the same names as those of the calendar , are , on the other hand , not of the same length every year , but ...
... weather , it follows that field operations are entirely dependent on the state of the weather , and not on the conventional seasons of the calendar . Whether an agri- cultural season be long or short , the work that properly belongs to ...