Buch, Englisch, 706 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1128 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Buch, Englisch, 706 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1128 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
ISBN: 978-1-108-02496-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Henry 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.
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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.
