Re: Old Time Knowledge
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:51 am
I love this book George, it has some great ideas in there. I have not had time to read it all yet, but what I have read is very helpful. The time frame when it was written [ 1909 ] was a real turning point in Farming in this country. Steam engins were just about to be replaced by gas powered tractors. Cars were just starting to replace horses on the roads. People were moving off the farm and finding jobs in the factorys in our growing citys. The times they were a-changin as you might say. This book contains the wisdom and common sense of that by-gone era, I love it. The straw shed for sheep and cattle was a great program. I have seen several anvils made from old RR rails. Just some really great ideas in there, and it was written short and to the point. You have to be smart enough to figure out what he is telling you to do.