Traditional Country Skills : A Practical Compendium of American Wisdom and Know-How

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Edition: Reprint
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher(s): The Lyons Press
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Summary

Presents excerpts from early twentieth-century popular periodicals to reintroduce readers to the knowledge of country living erased by a century of industrialization.

Author Biography

Sheila Buff is a freelance writer specializing in natural history, gardening, and the outdoors.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9(6)
PART I: STRUCTURES
Barns and Outbuildings
15(26)
Fences and Gates
41(16)
Water Supply
57(8)
PART II: AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
Tilling
65(12)
Planting
77(6)
Harvesting
83(10)
Hay
93(16)
Manure
109(4)
PART III: CROPS
Vegetables
113(6)
Fruits and Berries
119(20)
Weeds and Other Pests
139(6)
PART IV: DAIRY
The Dairy
145(16)
PART V: FARM ANIMALS
Cattle
161(8)
Hogs
169(16)
Sheep and Goats
185(8)
Poultry
193(10)
PART VI: MOVING MACHINERY
Lifting, Hauling, Pulling
203(12)
Horses, Harnesses, and Wagons
215(18)
Index 233

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