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Klappentext A detailed description and guide to best contemporary farming practice, including agriculture, dairying and livestock farming, first published in 1842. Zusammenfassung Henry Stephens (1795–1874) was a farmer and agricultural writer. These influential volumes, first published in 1842, contain Stephens' guide to the best contemporary farming practice. Arranged by season with copious illustrations, these volumes were considered the standard work on practical agriculture. Volume 3 describes summer and autumn farming tasks. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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....
