Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them
Granted, if you live in the city and have no land or tools, the primary use of this
charming reproduction of an 1884 classic self-help book for farmers and homesteaders will
be entertainment and fantasy. But if you are living in the country or would like to, the
basic, straightforward wisdom in Farm Conveniences will serve the modern homesteader just
as well as those of the last century. A collection of the best ideas garnered from farmers
of the time on shed-building, trapping, constructing...
A reader from Southern New Jersey, 1999
These books are truly wonderful. I have lived my whole life on a farm and I
have seen some of the things shown in these books, but to see the whole range of rural
inventions in one place is an overwhelming testimony of the ingenuity and brilliance of
our forefathers. I also think the introductions by Denis Boyles are the funniest things
I've read in a long time.
Site Index - A Healthy House - A Frugal Lifestyle - A Country Kitchen
First published in 1872 for homesteaders migrating west from the settled eastern part
of the United States, this practical guide to the construction of a variety of homes from
wood, earth, and gravel, as well as outbuildings, gates, a cellar, furniture, and many
other necessary implements of self-sufficient rural life, is as down-to-earth today as it
was when it first appeared. The quaint language of the original title page reads,
"Practical Hints for Handy-Men Showing Clearly How to Plan
The city forest; the keyline plan for the human environment
revolution
by P. A. Yeomans