{"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-9781108024969","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) 9781108024969","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\"\u003e9781108024969, 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\"\u003e706 pages, 202 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.9 cm, 1.02 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 3 describes tasks performed in summer and autumn.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart III. Summer: 61. The sowing of turnips, mangel-würzel, rape, carrots, and parsnips\u003cbr\u003e 62. Repairing the fences of grass-fields, and the proper construction of field-gates\u003cbr\u003e 63. The weaning of calves, bulls, and the grazing of cattle till winter\u003cbr\u003e 64. Mares foaling, stallions, and horses at grass\u003cbr\u003e 65. Sheep-washing, sheep-shearing, and weaning of lambs\u003cbr\u003e 66. Rolling the fleece, and the qualities of wool\u003cbr\u003e 67. The making of butter and cheese\u003cbr\u003e 68. Weeding corn, green crops, pastures, and hedges, and of casualties to plants\u003cbr\u003e 68. Hay-making\u003cbr\u003e 69. Summer-fallowing, and liming the soil\u003cbr\u003e 70. Building stone-dykes\u003cbr\u003e 71. Embankments against rivulets\u003cbr\u003e 72. Forming water-meadows\u003cbr\u003e 73. Breaking-in young saddle-horses\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Autumn: 74. Pulling flax and hemp, and of the hop\u003cbr\u003e 75. Reaping rye, wheat, barley, oats, beans, and pease\u003cbr\u003e 76. Carrying in, and stacking wheat, barley, oats, beans and pease\u003cbr\u003e 77. Drafting ewes and gimmers, tupping ewes, and bathing and smearing sheep\u003cbr\u003e 78. Lifting and pitting potatoes\u003cbr\u003e 79. Sowing autumn wheat, and the construction and principles of agricultural wheel-carriages\u003cbr\u003e 80. Eggs\u003cbr\u003e 81. Rotation of crops\u003cbr\u003e 82. Fertilizing the soil by means of manures\u003cbr\u003e 83. The points possessed by the domesticated animals most desirable for the farmer to cultivate\u003cbr\u003e 84. Making experiments on farms\u003cbr\u003e 85. Destroying and scaring vermin on farms\u003cbr\u003e 85*. Looking at a farm, its rent – its lease – its stocking – the capital required for it\u003cbr\u003e 86. Improving waste land\u003cbr\u003e 87. Farm book-keeping\u003cbr\u003e 88. The conveniences of the cottages of farm-servants\u003cbr\u003e 89. 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