Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 630
EAN: 9781599213255
ISBN: 1599213257
Label: Lyons Press
Manufacturer: Lyons Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2008-08
Publisher: Lyons Press
Studio: Lyons Press

Originally published in 1909, "Handy Farm Devices" is more than an engaging trip down memory lane. For any small farmer or homesteader, the techniques and devices described in detail are just as useful, durable, and fully functional today as they were 75 years ago. You will learn to build a portable chicken coop, a stone boat (for moving stone), a lightweight orchard ladder, gates that don't sag, and a handy wood splitter, as well as rudimentary farm structures, well houses, bee hives, a baby's cradle, a cheese press and much more. The charming, turn-of-the-century language and useful and inspirational quotes from Shakespeare, the Bible, Bacon, Longfellow and many others make this book a delight to read. --Mark A. Hetts

Customer Rating:
Summary: Exactly what I was looking for.
Comment: This book was exactly what I was looking for. If you like random information or to learn random things. I would suggest this book.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Archaic, I would not recommend.
Comment: If by "how to make them" you were thinking of a blueprint or plan, forget it. You will have to intuit construction from a sketch. Many of the projects/ideas were applicable in days gone by, but worth a read now only for the charm.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Old Horseshoes
Comment: This would be a useful book to anyone who has lots of old horseshoes, barrel hoops, wooden crates, sewing machine parts, plaster laths and other nineteenth century trash and discards.
I don't find anything in it useful to modern organic gardeners or homesteaders. Don't waste your money.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: a simple life
Comment: Being a woman trying to do all of this alone would be rather overwhelming. However, If one can get some help and plan ahead, some of these things could be useful.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful old farm devices
Comment: Wonderful old farm devices, I am very happy I purchased this book. It is very simple and reminds me of how simple yet hardworking farmers were before modern inventions that make farming easier today. I think anyone that wants to still use the old way of doing things should check out this book. It is a basic book of basic tools that can assist the small farmer in their homestead. I would suggest it to anyone that wants to know more about old country living tools. This is a very basic foundation of information on old farm tools, their applications, and drawings to assist in actual building of the device. No schematics or anything complex, just drawings and informative accompanying paragraphs about the tool. I love it!

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