Online Catalogue last updated 15th of September 2008
This book is a fascinating volume filled with valuable suggestions for the practical construction of home-made farming, gardening, and homesteading devices.
First published at the turn of the century, this handy guide contains the most innovative and proficient approaches for building a surprising variety of appliances, ranging from water-heating vats, wells, and irrigation equipment to land levellers, a sheep-shearing bench, and a cart for breaking colts. These clever time and labour-saving devices, generated out of necessity by the farmers themselves, are not difficult to make; they will undoubtedly enhance the efficiency of your farm, garden, or home while recapturing the American inventive genius that helped revolutionize agriculture in the nineteenth century.
Includes over two hundred engravings.
Code No. 009371, 208 pages, ISBN 1558218882, $24.95