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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1895 : being the third after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 119th of American independence. Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylvania and the adjoining states.: Agricultural almanac for the year 1895 : 70th volume.
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| Title: | Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1895 : being the third after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 119th of American independence. Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylvania and the adjoining states.: Agricultural almanac for the year 1895 : 70th volume. |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Almanac | |
| Date Created: | 1895 | |
| Date Issued: | 1895 | |
| Publisher: | John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street | |
| Place of Publication: | Lancaster, Pa. | |
| Physical Form: | online resource | |
| Extent: | 36 unnumbered pages | |
| Physical Description: | illustrations ; 22 cm | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This publication was intended to be both useful and entertaining. It dealt with science, weather predictions, agriculture, and horticulture, providing information and advice on agricultural and horticultural methods, as well as much practical advice for domestic problems-- recipes, household hints, health care and cures for ailments. Articles kept the reader abreast of the latest inventions and the most recent developments in the areas of mechanics, engineering, meteorology, chemistry, astronomy, cultivation of plants, agricultural and animal husbandry tips, and the economy of the farm. | |
| Scope and content: | Mr. Terry on potato growing -- Gardener Robert Simmers -- Do your cows pay? -- Keep your harness clean -- The Earth's motion -- Curiosities of the calendar -- Prickly heat -- Use of eye glasses -- cultivating swamp land -- Wide tires on wagons -- Stony ground -- Drinking water -- Sheep husbandry -- Exposure of plants -- The difference [effects of cold on dairy cows] -- Coal ashes -- Feeding horses in winter -- The dust bath for poultry -- A Thanksgiving song -- What an egg will do -- The Christmas sleigh-ride [poem] -- "Old Smoke" [story about pioneer life] -- Anecdotes -- Things worth knowing -- Anatomy of man's body as said to be governed by the twelve constellations. | |
| Identifier: | fauwa1895000000 (IID) | |
| Physical Location: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B1F10 | |
| Note(s): | Printed and sold by John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street, east side, where German Almanacs may also be had, [1894]. Associated names: Clarkson, Edward (Engraver); Ibach, L. J. (Laurence J.); Ibach, William R.; John Baer's Sons, | |
| Subject(s): |
Almanacs -- Pennsylvania -- 1895 United States--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Lancaster |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwa1895000000 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
