Handy Farm Devices: And How to Make Them
by Rolfe Cobleigh
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A wonderful book for anyone interested in starting their own homestead or small farm. This book will show you how to be self reliant and build the things you'll need. There are more than 200 illustrations showing you how to make handy farm devices. You'll learn about the farmer's workshop and tools, running a grindstone, making a dumb waiter, making a cradle, how to clean a well, how to stake out stock, bee keeping, how to transplant trees, how to build a bridge for a small stream, how to show more keep a gate from sagging, important points in house building, how to build small greenhouses, advice on the best way to split wood, black smithing, and much, much more in this thrift-conscious and environmentally wise book. show lessTags
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this is a great reference book but I feel many of the project are beyond most people.
I read the 1909 version; it provides a fascinating look into peoples' way of life back then. Some projects, I think, are still useful today.
Reprint. Orig. publ. New York, NY : Orange Judd, 1910
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Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them
- Original publication date
- 1909
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Home & Garden, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 681.763 — Applied Science & Technology Manufacture for specific uses Precision instruments and other devices Other scientific and technological instruments, machinery, equipment
- LCC
- S676 .C7 — Agriculture Agriculture (General) Farm machinery and farm engineering
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- 340
- Popularity
- 92,753
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.82)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
- 7
