Old-fashioned labor-saving devices
Subtitle: homemade contrivances and how to make them
Publisher: SKYHORSE; Skyhorse
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 621
ISBN-13: 9781629145204
Subjects: Agricultural implements; Workshops; Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Dairying
Notes: Reprint. Originally published 1899.

The practical, intriguing American devices contained in this handbook come from an era long before milking machines, pesticide sprayers, and industrial hay balers. Designed to speed and simplify everything from making your own butter to protecting drain outlets to organizing and storing tools, the easy-to-make mechanisms you'll find here can be just as useful for today's farmer as they were for frontier homesteaders.
Table of contents: title: I. Farm conveniences; title: II. Farm appliances; title: Racks, mangers, stanchions and troughs; title: Vehicles, rollers, harrows and markers; title: Small tools and appliances; title: Appliances for the barn, pasture and dairy; title: Wells, pumps, cisterns and filters; title: Appliances for handling hay and corn fodder; title: Stump-pullers, derricks and slings; title: Preparing and handling fertilizers; title: Appliances for the garden and orchard; title: Appliances for slaughtering hogs and curing the meat; title: III. Fences, gates and bridges; title: Rail and other primitive wood fences; title: Stone and sod fences; title: Board fences; title: Picket fences; title: Barb-wire fence; title: Fences of barb wire and boards; title: Hedges; title: Portable fences and hedges; title: Fences for streams and gullies; title: Making and setting posts; title: Gates and fastenings; title: Wickets and stiles; title: Fence law; title: Country bridges and culverts.