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AGRICULTURAL BULLETINS-1910-1917- Twenty-four- SILOS, INDOOR PLUMBING, ICE HOUSE
$ 30.09
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A funky but clean-smelling "Grip" brand paper binder of 24 agriculture/farming themed pamphlets from numerous states and institutions. Hundreds of diagrams, drawings and photographs of farming techniques in America over 100 years ago, offering a fascinating glimpse into the most up-to-date farming methods of that time. A great reference for anyone interested in the history of farming practices in America at the turn of the 20th century.Examples:
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Modern Silo Construction
", Iowa State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 1913
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Rural Sanitation
", Agricultural Experiment Station Pullman, Wash. 1915;
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Modern Conveniences for the Farm Home
", U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1916 - a quote " intelligence does not countenance a carpet on a kitchen floor."
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Farm Ice Houses
", State Board of Agriculture , State House, Boston,Massachusetts, 1913
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