The Book of the Farm, Volume 1

Front Cover
William Blackwood and sons, 1850 - Agriculture
 

Selected pages

Contents

ON PLOUGHING DIFFERENT FORMS OF RIDGES
171
Casting Yoking or Coupling Ridges
176
Floor of the Barns
178
ON PLOUGHING STUBBLE AND LEA GROUND
183
ÎN PULLING AND STORING TURNIPS MANGOLDWURTZEL CARROTS PARSNIPS
189
ON THE VARIETIES OF TURNIPS CULTIVATED
197
ON THE FEEDING OF SHEEP ON TURNIPS IN WINTER
208
The Sheep Straw or Hay Rack
214
ON THE ACCOMMODATION AFFORDED TO CATTLE IN WINTER BY THE STEADING
242
ON THE REARING AND FATTENING OF CATTLE ON TURNIPS IN WINTER
256
434
273
ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF STABLES FOR FARM HORSES
298
ON THE TREATMENT OF FARM HORSES IN WINTER
307
ON THE TREATMENT OF THE FARMERS SADDLE AND HARNESSHORSE IN WINTER
331
ON THE FATTENING OF SWINE IN WINTER
343
ON THE TREATMENT OF FOWLS IN WINTER
351
ON THE RATIONALE OF THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS
362
ON THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE GRAIN CROPS IN THE STEADING
374
Floor of the Barns
382
The Elevation of a Thrashing
384
The Ladder
393
ON THE THRASHING AND WINNOWING OF GRAIN
400
ON THE MILKING OF COWS
521
ON THE REARING OF CALVES
527
ON THE SOWING OF SPRING WHEAT
534
411
536
The East Lothian Grain Drill
544
ON THE DRILLING UP OF LAND
558
The Barn Wooden Hoe
560
ON THE SOWING OF BEANS
565
The Imperial Bushel of a conve
568
The Hand Hummeller
574
ON THE SOWING OF PEASE
575
ON LUCERNE
585
The Single Horse Tilt Cart
598
Short Round Plump Form
605
ON CROSS PLOUGHING LAND
606
ON THE SOWING OF GRASSSEEDS
612
ON THE SOWING OF BARLEY
621
ON THE PLANTING OF POTATOES
629
ON PARING AND BURNING THE SURFACE
646
ON THE FARROWING OF sows
652
ON THE HATCHING OF FOWLS
659

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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Book of the Farm, Volume 1
The Book of the Farm, Henry Stephens
AuthorHenry Stephens
Edition2
PublisherWilliam Blackwood and sons, 1850
Original fromLyon Public Library
Digitized11 Aug 2011
  
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