{"product_id":"the-book-of-the-farm-detailing-the-labours-of-the-farmer-farm-steward-ploughman-shepherd-hedger-cattle-man-field-worker-and-dairy-maid-paperback-9781108024945","title":"The Book of the Farm; Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairy-maid (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108024945","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Book of the Farm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDetailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairy-maid\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed description and guide to best contemporary farming practice, including agriculture, dairying and livestock farming, first published in 1842.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHenry Stephens (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108024945, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e710 pages, 223 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4 cm, 1.03 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHenry Stephens (1795–1874) was a farmer and later a writer on agriculture. After attending lectures on chemistry and agriculture at the University of Edinburgh he boarded with a Berwickshire farmer, George Brown, and gained experience of agricultural work. In 1820 Stephens acquired his own farm, on which he used modern and experimental farming methods. In 1837 he sold the farm, and devoted the rest of his life to writing guides to farming for the use of inexperienced farmers. These influential volumes, first published in 1842, contain Stephens' detailed descriptions of contemporary farming practices. He describes in meticulous detail all aspects of farming, including livestock care and slaughter, dairying, irrigation practices and crop culture. Arranged by season and including copious high-quality illustrations of farming equipment, these extremely popular and fascinating volumes were considered the standard work on practical Victorian agriculture. Volume 1 describes farming tasks performed in winter.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The difficulties which the young farmer has to encounter at the outset of learning practical husbandry\u003cbr\u003e 2. The means of overcoming those difficulties\u003cbr\u003e 3. The kind of information to be found in existent works on agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 4. The construction of 'The Book of the Farm'\u003cbr\u003e 5. The existing methods of learning practical husbandry\u003cbr\u003e 6. The establishment of scientific institutions of practical agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 7. The evils attendant on landowners neglecting to learn practical agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 8. Experimental farms as places for instruction in farming\u003cbr\u003e 9. A few words to young farmers who intend emigrating as agricultural settlers to the colonies\u003cbr\u003e 10. The kind of education best suited to young farmers\u003cbr\u003e 11. The different kinds of farming\u003cbr\u003e 12. Choosing the kind of farming\u003cbr\u003e 13. Selecting a tutor farmer for teaching farming\u003cbr\u003e 14. The pupilage\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dealing with the details of farming\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Winter: 16. The steading or farmstead\u003cbr\u003e 17. The farm-house\u003cbr\u003e 18. The persons who labour the farm\u003cbr\u003e 19. The weather in winter\u003cbr\u003e 20. Climate\u003cbr\u003e 21. Observing and recording facts\u003cbr\u003e 22. Soils and subsoils\u003cbr\u003e 23. Enclosures and shelter\u003cbr\u003e 24. The planting of thorn hedges\u003cbr\u003e 25. The plough\u003cbr\u003e 26. The various modes of ploughing ridges\u003cbr\u003e 27. Draining\u003cbr\u003e 28. Yoking and harnessing the plough, and of swing-trees\u003cbr\u003e 29. Ploughing stubble and lea-ground\u003cbr\u003e 30. Trench and subsoil ploughing, and moor-band pan.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908925186328,"sku":"9781108024945","price":54.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108024945i.jpg?v=1694873338","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-book-of-the-farm-detailing-the-labours-of-the-farmer-farm-steward-ploughman-shepherd-hedger-cattle-man-field-worker-and-dairy-maid-paperback-9781108024945","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}