Handy Farm Devices, 2nd: And How to Make ThemRowman & Littlefield, 17/07/2008 - 288 páginas Those who want to reduce their carbon footprint might do well to consult this century-old guide to low-tech property maintenance. Step-by-step instructions include how to build a lightweight ladder, a small truss bridge, a stump puller, gates that don’t sag and can lift over snowdrifts, a wood splitter, and bicycle-powered machines. For anyone who lives a self-sufficient country life—or for those who wish to—this classic guide from the annals of American history remains current and very practical. |
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... less feed . Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them dates from The Golden Age of American Farming , when farmers were truly self - sufficient , making what they needed from what they had . It is recent enough to be technologically ...
... less feed . Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them dates from The Golden Age of American Farming , when farmers were truly self - sufficient , making what they needed from what they had . It is recent enough to be technologically ...
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... less space than the rise . The reason for this can be easily understood by examining Figure 10. Lay the square on the stick to be used as a stair stringer , taking the numbers into which the rise and run have been divided , mark , and ...
... less space than the rise . The reason for this can be easily understood by examining Figure 10. Lay the square on the stick to be used as a stair stringer , taking the numbers into which the rise and run have been divided , mark , and ...
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... less than 50 cents . The only tools used were a saw , hammer , plane and square , such as can be found in any farmer's collection . RECESS BEFORE WASH STAND WAS PUT ON First , the shelf shown in Figure I was made , it being wide enough ...
... less than 50 cents . The only tools used were a saw , hammer , plane and square , such as can be found in any farmer's collection . RECESS BEFORE WASH STAND WAS PUT ON First , the shelf shown in Figure I was made , it being wide enough ...
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37 | |
Barns and Stock | 83 |
Poultry and Bees | 116 |
Garden and Orchard | 131 |
Field and Wood | 154 |
Gates and Doors | 174 |
When We Build | 189 |
Worth Knowing | 233 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
18 inches angle attached barn barrel bee space block bolt bottom brace building cellar cement cleats cold frames concrete convenient coop corn corner cost cover crete crosscut saw curd device door drawing easily edge farm farmer fastened feed FEED BASKET feet long floor frame gate glass ground handle handy heat heavy hinges hole HOME CHEESEMAKING HOMEMADE hooks hoops icehouse inches deep inches long inches wide inside iron keep kernels ladder lath length lever linseed oil milk mold nail pieces pipe plank pole portland cement rack rennet roof rope sand sash scantling screw securely seed SHAVING HORSE shown in Figure side slip knot solder space square stalls steel steel square stick stone stool strips trellis upright wagon wall washstand weight wheel width wire wood