Chapter VI: Book XII: Monthly Calendars of Farmwork

⁂ OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE NEW EDITION.

“Dr. Fream is to be congratulated on the successful attempt
he has made to give us a work which will at once become the
standard classic of the farm practice of the country. We
believe that it will be found that it has no compeer among
the many works at present in existence.... The illustrations
are admirable, while the frontispiece, which represents the
well-known bull, New Year’s Gift, owned by the Queen, is a work
of art.”—_The Times._

“The book must be recognised as occupying the proud position of
the most exhaustive work of reference in the English language
on the subject with which it deals.”—_Athenæum._

“The most comprehensive guide to modern farm practice that
exists in the English language to-day.... The book is one that
ought to be on every farm and in the library of every land
owner.”—_Mark Lane Express._

“In point of exhaustiveness and accuracy the work will
certainly hold a pre-eminent and unique position among books
dealing with scientific agricultural practice. It is, in
fact, an agricultural library of itself.”—_North British
Agriculturist._

“A compendium of authoritative and well-ordered knowledge
on every conceivable branch of the work of the live stock
farmer; probably without an equal in this or any other
country.”—_Yorkshire Post._

FARM LIVE STOCK OF GREAT BRITAIN.

By ROBERT WALLACE, F.L.S., F.R.S.E., &c., Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy in the University of Edinburgh. Third Edition, thoroughly Revised and considerably Enlarged. With over 120 Phototypes of Prize Stock. Demy 8vo, 384 pp., with 79 Plates and Maps, cloth =12/6=

“A really complete work on the history, breeds, and management
of the farm stock of Great Britain, and one which is likely
to find its way to the shelves of every country gentleman’s
library.”—_The Times._

“The latest edition of ‘Farm Live Stock of Great Britain’ is
a production to be proud of, and its issue not the least of
the services which its author has rendered to agricultural
science.”—_Scottish Farmer._

“The book is very attractive, ... and we can scarcely imagine
the existence of a farmer who would not like to have a copy of
this beautiful and useful work.”—_Mark Lane Express._

NOTE-BOOK OF AGRICULTURAL FACTS & FIGURES FOR FARMERS AND FARM STUDENTS.

By PRIMROSE MCCONNELL, B.Sc., Fellow of the Highland and Agricultural Society, Author of “Elements of Farming.” Sixth Edition, Re-written, Revised, and greatly Enlarged. Fcap. 8vo, 480 pp., leather. [_Just Published._ =6/0=

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: SURVEYING AND LEVELLING.—WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—MACHINERY AND BUILDINGS.—LABOUR.—OPERATIONS.—DRAINING.— EMBANKING.—GEOLOGICAL MEMORANDA.—SOILS.—MANURES.—CROPPING.—CROPS.— ROTATIONS.—WEEDS.—FEEDING.—DAIRYING.—LIVE STOCK.—HORSES.—CATTLE.— SHEEP.—PIGS.—POULTRY.—FORESTRY.—HORTICULTURE.—MISCELLANEOUS.

“No farmer, and certainly no agricultural student, ought to be
without this _multum-in-parvo_ manual of all subjects connected
with the farm.”—_North British Agriculturist._

“This little pocket-book contains a large amount of useful
information upon all kinds of agricultural subjects. Something
of the kind has long been wanted.”—_Mark Lane Express._

“The amount of information it contains is most surprising;
the arrangement of the matter is so methodical—although so
compressed—as to be intelligible to everyone who takes a glance
through its pages. They teem with information.”—_Farm and Home._

BRITISH DAIRYING.

A Handy Volume on the Work of the Dairy-Farm. For the Use of Technical Instruction Classes, Students in Agricultural Colleges and the Working Dairy-Farmer. By Prof. J. P. SHELDON. With Illustrations. Second Edition, Revised. Crown 8vo, cloth. [_Just Published._ =2/6=

“Confidently recommended as a useful text-book on dairy
farming.”—_Agricultural Gazette._

“Probably the best half-crown manual on dairy work that has yet
been produced.”—_North British Agriculturist._

“It is the soundest little work we have yet seen on the
subject.”—_The Times._

MILK, CHEESE, AND BUTTER.

A Practical Handbook on their Properties and the Processes of their Production. Including a Chapter on Cream and the Methods of its Separation from Milk. By JOHN OLIVER, late Principal of the Western Dairy Institute, Berkeley. With Coloured Plates and 200 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth =7/6=

“An exhaustive and masterly production. It may be cordially
recommended to all students and practitioners of dairy
science.”—_North British Agriculturist._

“We recommend this very comprehensive and carefully-written
book to dairy-farmers and students of dairying. It
is a distinct acquisition to the library of the
agriculturist.”—_Agricultural Gazette._

SYSTEMATIC SMALL FARMING.

Or, The Lessons of My Farm. Being an Introduction to Modern Farm Practice for Small Farmers. By R. SCOTT BURN, Author of “Outlines of Modern Farming,” &c. Crown 8vo, cloth =6/0=

“This is the completest book of its class we have seen, and one
which every amateur farmer will read with pleasure, and accept
as a guide.”—_Field._

OUTLINES OF MODERN FARMING.

By R. SCOTT BURN. Soils, Manures, and Crops—Farming and Farming Economy—Cattle, Sheep, and Horses—Management of Dairy, Pigs, and Poultry—Utilisation of Town-Sewage, Irrigation, &c. Sixth Edition. In One Vol., 1,250 pp., half-bound, profusely Illustrated =12/0=

FARM ENGINEERING, The COMPLETE TEXT-BOOK of.

Comprising Draining and Embanking; Irrigation and Water Supply; Farm Roads, Fences and Gates; Farm Buildings; Barn Implements and Machines; Field Implements and Machines; Agricultural Surveying, &c. By Professor JOHN SCOTT. In One Vol., 1,150 pp., half-bound, with over 600 Illustrations =12/0=

“Written with great care, as well as with knowledge and
ability. The author has done his work well; we have found
him a very trustworthy guide wherever we have tested his
statements. The volume will be of great value to agricultural
students.”—_Mark Lane Express._

THE FIELDS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

A Text-Book of Agriculture. Adapted to the Syllabus of the Science and Art Department. For Elementary and Advanced Students. By HUGH CLEMENTS (Board of Trade). Second Edition, Revised, with Additions. 18mo, cloth =2/6=

“It is a long time since we have seen a book which has pleased
us more, or which contains such a vast and useful fund of
knowledge.”—_Educational Times._

TABLES and MEMORANDA for FARMERS, GRAZIERS, AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS, SURVEYORS, LAND AGENTS, AUCTIONEERS, &c.

With a New System of Farm Book-keeping. By SIDNEY FRANCIS. Fifth Edition. 272 pp., waistcoat-pocket size, limp leather =1/6=

“Weighing less than 1 oz., and occupying no more space than a
match-box, it contains a mass of facts and calculations which
has never before, in such handy form, been obtainable. Every
operation on the farm is dealt with. The work may be taken
as thoroughly accurate, the whole of the tables having been
revised by Dr. Fream. We cordially recommend it.”—_Bell’s
Weekly Messenger._

THE ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTS AND THEIR PRACTICAL LESSONS FOR FARMERS.