Handy farm devices : and how to make them / by Rolfe Cobleigh.
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TextPublication details: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 2008Edition: 2nd edDescription: 288 p. : ill., plans ; 23 cmISBN: 9781599213255Subject(s): Farm equipment -- Design and construction -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Agricultural implements -- Design and construction -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Farm buildings -- Design and construction -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Agriculture -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 681.763 Summary: Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them, a classic from the Golden Age of American Farming, is as useful and pertinent for homesteaders and small-scale farmers today as it was when it was first published more than seventy- five ago. A wealth of labour- and money-saving projects fills its pages: spill-proof chicken waterers; a portable chicken coop; a lightweight orchard ladder; a small truss bridge; an easy fencepost and stump-puller; gates that don't sag; gates that lift over snowdrifts; a handy wood splitter - even a bicycle-powered washing machine. Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them is a rare and engaging combination of nostalgic Americana and helpful instruction, sure to appeal to everyone inclined toward self-sufficiency and the country life.Summary: Farming & farming devices.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 681.763 COB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111037908488 |
Originally published: Orange Judd Company, 1909.
Previous ed.: 1996.
Includes index.
Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them, a classic from the Golden Age of American Farming, is as useful and pertinent for homesteaders and small-scale farmers today as it was when it was first published more than seventy- five ago. A wealth of labour- and money-saving projects fills its pages: spill-proof chicken waterers; a portable chicken coop; a lightweight orchard ladder; a small truss bridge; an easy fencepost and stump-puller; gates that don't sag; gates that lift over snowdrifts; a handy wood splitter - even a bicycle-powered washing machine. Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them is a rare and engaging combination of nostalgic Americana and helpful instruction, sure to appeal to everyone inclined toward self-sufficiency and the country life.
Farming & farming devices.
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