Author: George Edwin Waring

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-08-03

Total Pages: 549

ISBN-13: 3385550998

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877. Containing Practical Information in Regard to Buying or Leasing a Farm - When and Where to Buy - Beginning Operations - Key-Note of Practical Farming - Fences and Farm Buildings - Farming Implements - Drainage and Tile-Making - Plowing, Subsoiling, Trenching, and Pulverizing the Subsoil - Manures - Rotation of Crops - Root Crops - Forage Crops - Live Stock, Including Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Etc., with Winter Management, Feeding, Pasturing, Soiling, Etc. - Directions for Medical and Surgical Treatment of the Same - The Dairy in All Its Departments - Useful Tables for Farmers, Gardeners, Etc., Etc.