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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... given proportions . Fig . 209. The method of pulling turnips in preparation for storing . .. : ... 212. Mode of topping and tailing tur- nips . 213. The triangular turnip store . 214. The white globe turnip ; the pur- ple - topped ...
... given proportions . Fig . 209. The method of pulling turnips in preparation for storing . 212. Mode of topping and tailing turnips . 213. The triangular turnip store . 214. The white globe turnip ; the purple - topped Swedish turnip ...
... given for adopting this particular arrangement of subjects . It is perhaps considered a simple arrangement , because it proceeds from what is considered the elementary process of preparing the soil , to the more complicated process of ...
... given for which the soil is preparing ; and , in consequence , before the connection between the preparation and the crop can be understood by the young farmer . This is not the usual procedure on farms , and can- not therefore be ...
... given of the various operations by practical men . Could I but succeed in arranging the various operations as they succes- sively and actually occur on a farm , in so lucid a manner , as that any young farmer might comprehend the exact ...