1852 ANTIQUE FARMING GUIDE Leather PLOW TOOLS BARN LIVESTOCK RUSTIC VICTORIAN

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1852 ANTIQUE FARMING GUIDE Leather PLOW TOOLS BARN LIVESTOCK RUSTIC VICTORIAN:
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THE BOOK OF THE FARM. Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Plowman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-Man, Shepherd, Field-Worker and Dairymaid. In Two Volumes. By Henry Stephens. Published in 1852 by Alden, Beardsley & Co., Auburn. 9” x 6” blind-stamped leather binding with spine title and decoration in gilt. Illustrated with 450 illustrations, including a series of full-page engraved plates and hundreds of wood engravings throughout the text. Volume I = 569 pages. Volume II = 462 pages, plus appendices.

Condition: GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. Professionally rebacked featuring new leather spine with original spine decoration laid over, original leather boards cleaned and polished. Hinges repaired, binding reinforced to last for many, many years. No torn, loose or missing pages. Moderate foxing, some staining from handling. This was a working book, used by a FARMER, not some prissy lord or lady wearing white gloves. Years of daily consultation have left their mark on the pages but I am sure there are buyers out there who value authenticity in their acquisitions and who will be happy to add this rare 163-year-old volume to their own collection.

Description:

This is an 1852 two-volumes-in-one edition of Henry Stephens’ BOOK OF THE FARM, one of the most thorough and respected works about farm life ever published in the 19th century. Surviving copies are extremely rare today.

Do you remember the BBC television series, “Victorian Farm?” It ran in 2009 and was immensely popular. The premise of the show was to challenge ordinary people to live as Victorian farmers, equipped with nothing but the very clothes, tools, etc. that would have been available in the Victorian era. This work – THE BOOK OF THE FARM – was furnished to the cast members as a guide to the different aspects of 19th-century farming. THE BOOK OF THE FARM was featured on-screen several times during the show’s run.

At the time, surviving copies were already quite rare, but after THE BOOK OF THE FARM was featured on \"Victorian Farm,\" the last copies all but vanished from the market, snapped up by collectors. When I found this copy last year, I immediately scheduled it for restoration. Now some lucky buyer can add it to their own collection with complete confidence that it will last for generations to come.

THE BOOK OF THE FARM addresses every aspect of traditional farming, from crops to husbandry, to buildings and equipment. (I have provided a full summary of the Contents below).

This handsome work is illustrated with steel-engraved plates and literally hundreds of smaller woodcut engravings throughout the text.

CONTENTS ARE:

VOLUME ONE:

Part One::

Of the Difficulties Which the Young Farmer Has to Encounter at the Outset of Learning Practical Husbandry
The Difficulties of Learning Farming, and the Means of Overcoming Them
Of the Means of Overcoming Those Difficulties
Of the Kind of Information to Be Found in Existent Works on Agriculture
Of the Construction of “The Book of the Farm”
Of the Existing Methods of Learning Practical Husbandry
Of the Establishment of Scientific Institutions of Practical Agriculture
Of the Evils Attendant on Landowners Neglecting to Learn Practical Agriculture
Experimental Farms as Places for Instruction in Farming
Of the Kind of Education Best Suited to Young Farmers
Of the Different Kinds of Farming
Of Choosing the Kind of Farming
Of Selecting a Tutor-Farmer for Teaching Farming
Of the Pupilage
Of Dealing With the Details of Farming

Part Two ~ Winter:

Of the Steading or Farmstead
The Farm-House
The Weather in Winter
Climate
Observing and Recording Facts
Soils and Subsoils
Planting of Thorn-Hedges
The Plow
The Various Modes of Plowing Ridges
Draining
Yoking and Harnessing the Plow
Plowing Stubble and Lea Ground
Trench and Subsoil Plowing, and Moor-Band Pan
Drawing and Storing Turnips, Mangel-Wurzel, Carrots, Cabbage and Parsnips
Feeding Sheep on Turnips in Winter
Driving and Slaughtering Sheep
Rearing and Feeding Cattle on Turnips in Winter
Driving and Slaughtering Cattle
Treatment of Farm Horses in Winter

VOLUME TWO:

Fattening, Driving and Slaughtering Swine
Treatment of Fowls
Wheat and Flour
Barley and Malt
Oats and Oatmeal
Peas - Straw
Wages of Farm Servants
Corn Markets
Forming of Dunghills, and Liquid Manure Tanks
Winter Irrigation

Part Three ~ Spring:

Cows, Calving and Calves
The Advantages of Having Field-Work Always in a Forward State
Cross Plowing, Drilling and Ribbing Land
Sowing Spring Wheat and Grass Seeds
Sowing Oat Seed
The Lambing of Wombs
Sowing Barley Seeds
Turning Dunghills and Composts
Planting Potatoes
The Grubber
The Drill Harrow
Breaking In Young Draught Horses
Sows Farrowing
The Hatching of Fowls

Part Four ~ Summer:

The Sowing of Turnips, Mangel-Wurzel, Rape, Carrots and Parsnips
Bone Dust as Manure
Repairing the Fences of Grass Fields, and the Proper Construction of Field Gates
The Weaning of Calves, of Bulls, and the Grazing of Cattle Till Winter
Mares Foaling
Horses at Grass
Sheep Washing, Sheep Shearing and the Weaning of Lambs
Rolling the Fleece and the Qualities of Wool
The Making of Butter and Cheese
The Double Mould-Board Plow
Hay Making
Summer-Fallowing, and Liming the Soil
Building Stone Dykes
Breaking-In Young Saddle Horses

Part Five ~ Autumn:

Pulling Flax and Hemp, and the Hop
Reaping Rye, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans and Pease
Reaping Machines
Carrying In and Stacking Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans, and Pease; and the Construction of Carts
Twisting Straw Rope
Drafting Ewes and Gimmers, Tupping Ewes, and Bathing and Smearing Sheep
Lifting and Pitting Potatoes
Sowing Autumn Wheat, and the Construction and Principles of Agricultural Wheel-Carriages
Eggs
The Points Possessed by the Domesticated Animals Most Desirable for the Farmer to Cultivate
Symmetry of Livestock
Robustness of Constitution in Live-Stock
Selection of Parents in Breeding Live-Stock
The Points of Horses
The Points of Cattle
The Points of Sheep
The Points of Swine
The Teeth of Domestic Animals
Carts and Carting

Remember folks, this is an 1852 original two-volumes-in-one edition. This book is 163 years old.

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