The Book of the Farm
Autor Henry Stephensen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 aug 2015
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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781296491666
ISBN-10: 1296491668
Pagini: 738
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 40 mm
Greutate: 1.2 kg
Editura: CHIZINE PUBN
ISBN-10: 1296491668
Pagini: 738
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 40 mm
Greutate: 1.2 kg
Editura: CHIZINE PUBN
Cuprins
Part III. Summer: 61. The sowing of turnips, mangel-würzel, rape, carrots, and parsnips; 62. Repairing the fences of grass-fields, and the proper construction of field-gates; 63. The weaning of calves, bulls, and the grazing of cattle till winter; 64. Mares foaling, stallions, and horses at grass; 65. Sheep-washing, sheep-shearing, and weaning of lambs; 66. Rolling the fleece, and the qualities of wool; 67. The making of butter and cheese; 68. Weeding corn, green crops, pastures, and hedges, and of casualties to plants; 68. Hay-making; 69. Summer-fallowing, and liming the soil; 70. Building stone-dykes; 71. Embankments against rivulets; 72. Forming water-meadows; 73. Breaking-in young saddle-horses; Part IV. Autumn: 74. Pulling flax and hemp, and of the hop; 75. Reaping rye, wheat, barley, oats, beans, and pease; 76. Carrying in, and stacking wheat, barley, oats, beans and pease; 77. Drafting ewes and gimmers, tupping ewes, and bathing and smearing sheep; 78. Lifting and pitting potatoes; 79. Sowing autumn wheat, and the construction and principles of agricultural wheel-carriages; 80. Eggs; 81. Rotation of crops; 82. Fertilizing the soil by means of manures; 83. The points possessed by the domesticated animals most desirable for the farmer to cultivate; 84. Making experiments on farms; 85. Destroying and scaring vermin on farms; 85*. Looking at a farm, its rent – its lease – its stocking – the capital required for it; 86. Improving waste land; 87. Farm book-keeping; 88. The conveniences of the cottages of farm-servants; 89. The care to be bestowed on the preservation of implements; Index.
Recenzii
'This is the classic of Victorian farming: widely consulted at the time, huge in its extraordinary social, economic and technological coverage, and a splendid asset to historians. These three beautifully produced volumes are a major publishing event, of great scholarly and practical interest today.' Professor K. D. M. Snell, University of Leicester
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A detailed description and guide to best contemporary farming practice, including agriculture, dairying and livestock farming, first published in 1842.
A detailed description and guide to best contemporary farming practice, including agriculture, dairying and livestock farming, first published in 1842.