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    Barns and Other Out-Buildings - With Information on the Architecture of Farm Buildings
    Barns and Other Out-Buildings - With Information on the Architecture of Farm Buildings
    Barns and Other Out-Buildings - With Information on the Architecture of Farm Buildings
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    Barns and Other Out-Buildings - With Information on the Architecture of Farm Buildings

    By D. H. Jacques

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    This delightful text encompasses a collection of designs of various barns and out-buildings, such as apiaries, stables, play-houses... and more. The designs contained herein are presented as architectural drawings and floor plans, and are accompanied by detailed descriptions and information on their construction, materials, benefits, and draw-backs. Written in plain, clear language and profusely illustrated, this book will be of much interest to anyone looking to construct their own out-buildings, and it constitutes a worthy addition to collections of antiquarian farming literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Preliminary Remarks', 'Lewis F. Allen's Barn', 'Mr. Meckwith's Octagon Barn', 'A Circular Barn', 'A Side-Hill Barn', 'Stables', 'An Octagon Poultry House', 'An Octagon Piggery', 'An Ashery and Smoke-House', 'An Ice-House', 'An Apiary', 'A Play-House', etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage volume, now complete with a new introduction on farming.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 7, 2016
    ISBN9781473354357
    Barns and Other Out-Buildings - With Information on the Architecture of Farm Buildings

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      Barns and Other Out-Buildings - With Information on the Architecture of Farm Buildings - D. H. Jacques

      Barns and Other Out-Buildings

      With Information on the Architecture of Farm Buildings

      By

      D. H. Jacques

      Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher in writing

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      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Farming

      Agriculture, also called farming or husbandry, is the cultivation of animals, plants, or fungi for fibre, biofuel, drugs and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. It is hence, of extraordinary importance for the development of society, as we know it today. The word agriculture is a late Middle English adaptation of Latin agricultūra, from ager, ‘field’, and cultūra, ‘cultivation’ or ‘growing’. The history of agriculture dates back thousands of years, and its development has been driven and defined by vastly different climates, cultures, and technologies. However all farming generally relies on techniques to expand and maintain the lands that are suitable for raising domesticated species. For plants, this usually requires some form of irrigation, although there are methods of dryland farming. Livestock are raised in a combination of grassland-based and landless systems, in an industry that covers almost one-third of the world's ice- and water-free area.

      Agricultural practices such as irrigation, crop rotation, fertilizers, pesticides and the domestication of livestock were developed long ago, but have made great progress in the past century. The history of agriculture has played a major role in human history, as agricultural progress has been a crucial factor in

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