This section is from the book "A Manual Of Home-Making", by Martha Van Rensselaer. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Home-Making.
The rising of dough until it goes into the pan is called fermentation. The best temperature for the growth of yeast is 80° to 87° F.
If a strong or good grade of bread flour is used, the dough should treble its original size in the first rising. If a weak or poor grade of flour is used, the dough will only double its original size.
The texture and the flavor of bread is improved by a second rising of the dough. The dough should increase its original size by only one-half during the second rising.
 
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