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Handy man's manual of facts and figures
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1910
- Author
- Milford, James D.
- Publisher
- New York : The Christian Herald
- Call Number
- 05.5 C46ha
- Author
- Milford, James D.
- Responsibility
- James D. Milford
- Publisher
- New York : The Christian Herald
- Published Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 213 pages.
- Subjects
- farming
- handy-work
- Guidebooks
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of tips and information on handy-work and farming. While the publication admittedly claims not to be exhaustive, the guide continues to serve as a source of valuable farming information. The publication serves as a valuable source in understanding early 19th century farming, as well as poses as a possible comparison to modern farming techniques.
- Contents
- Chapter I: Success
- Chapter II: Learn through the United States
- Chapter III: The census
- Chapter IV: Public lands
- Chapter V: Interstate commerce
- Chapter VI: Postal savings banks
- Chapter VII: Labor, laws, and wages
- Chapter VIII: Farm manures
- Chapter IX: Corn
- Chapter X: Factors in crop production
- Chapter XI: Fruit Trees
- Chapter XII: House flies and insect pests
- Chapter XIII: Bees
- Chapter XIV: About buildings
- Chapter XV: About chickens
- Chapter XVI: Good roads
- Chapter XVII: What the handy man knows
- Chapter XVIII: Around the farm
- Chapter XIX: Things worth knowing
- Chapter XX: About the house
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 05.5 C46ha
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LeB.04.20
- Description
- Over two thirds of this print starting from the bottom shows a female and three children feeding chickens. The field were they are standing in is a very light green. There are 16 chickens varying in color from dark yellow to peach to brown. Behind the figures there is a farm house, and two cows in …
- Title
- Western ...?
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Description
- Over two thirds of this print starting from the bottom shows a female and three children feeding chickens. The field were they are standing in is a very light green. There are 16 chickens varying in color from dark yellow to peach to brown. Behind the figures there is a farm house, and two cows in the upper left. The far background is a cloudy blue/green sky.
- Subject
- Landscape
- prairie
- farmland
- activity
- farming;animal
- chickens
- cows
- figure
- female
- children
- architecture
- rural farmhouse
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- LeB.04.20
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