Online Agriculture Ebooks & Book Reviews: The farmer's guide to scientific and practical agriculture

The farmer's guide to scientific and practical agriculture: Detailing the labors of the farmer, in all their variety, and adapting them to the seasons of the year as they successively occur is written by Henry Stephens and published by L. Scott & Co.

Following are the few topics covered in this agriculture and farmer's guide.

Practical husbandry.
Different kinds of farming, and on selecting the best.
Labour of the farm.
Branches of science most applicable to agriculture.
Institutions of education best suited to agricultural students.
Evils attending the neglect of landowners and others to learn practical agriculture.
Details and recording the facts of farming by the agricultural student.
Summary of the field operations, and of the weather in winter, on the plough, swing-trees, and plough-harness.
Different forms of ridges.
Ploughing stubble and lea ground.
Pulling and storing turnips, mangold-wurtzel, carrots, parsnips and cabbage.
Construction of stables for farm horses.
Treatment of farm horses in winter.
Treatment of the farmer's saddle and hairiness-horse in winter.
Thrashing and winnowing of grain.

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