{"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-9781108024952","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) 9781108024952","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\"\u003e9781108024952, 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\"\u003e738 pages, 215 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.1 cm, 1.07 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 2 describes farming tasks performed in spring.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e31. Drawing and stowing turnips, mangel-würzel, cabbage, carrots, and parsnips\u003cbr\u003e 32. The feeding of sheep on turnips in winter\u003cbr\u003e 33. Driving and slaughtering sheep\u003cbr\u003e 34. Rearing and feeding cattle on turnips in winter\u003cbr\u003e 35. Driving and slaughtering cattle\u003cbr\u003e 36. The treatment of farm-house in winter\u003cbr\u003e 37. Fattening, driving, and slaughtering swine\u003cbr\u003e 38. The treatment of fowls in winter\u003cbr\u003e 39. Thrashing and winnowing grain, and of the thrashing-machine\u003cbr\u003e 40. The wages of farm-servants\u003cbr\u003e 41. Corn marketing\u003cbr\u003e 42. The farm smith, joiner, and saddler\u003cbr\u003e 43. The forming of dunghills, and of liquid manure tanks\u003cbr\u003e 45. Winter irrigation\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Spring: 46. Cows calving, and of calves\u003cbr\u003e 47. The advantages of having field-work in a forward state\u003cbr\u003e 48. Cross-ploughing, drilling, and ribbing land\u003cbr\u003e 49. Sowing spring wheat and grass seeds\u003cbr\u003e 50. Sowing beans, pease, tares, lucern, saintfoin, flax, and hemp\u003cbr\u003e 51. Switching, pruning, and water-tabling thorn-hedges\u003cbr\u003e 52. Hiring farm-servants\u003cbr\u003e 53. Sowing oat seed\u003cbr\u003e 54. The lambing of ewes\u003cbr\u003e 55. The training and working the shepherd's dog\u003cbr\u003e 56. Sowing barley seed\u003cbr\u003e 57. Planting potatoes\u003cbr\u003e 58. Breaking in young draught horses\u003cbr\u003e 59. Sows farrowing or littering\u003cbr\u003e 60. 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