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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1899 : being the third after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 123d 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 1899 : 74th volume.
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| Title: | Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1899 : being the third after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 123d 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 1899 : 74th volume. |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Almanac | |
| Date Created: | 1899 | |
| Date Issued: | 1899 | |
| 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: | The cultivation of the chestnut. Description of an orchard -- The history of the constellations -- Freeze before forcing -- The year 1900 -- Toads -- The observance of Easter -- Potato philosophy -- The soy bean -- To exterminate moles -- Learning how to sleep -- Farm sanitation -- Fight for fruit. Kerosene emulsion and Bordeaux mixture. Insects and fungi -- Keeping cider sweet -- Economizing the manure -- The value of a reputation -- Tomatoes under glass -- Tree planting in waste places -- The poultry yard -- Green manuring -- The farm and happiness -- A devoted pigeon -- Rural telephones -- Psalm CXI -- The gift of love [poem] -- Christmas carol -- Battle hymn of the Republic -- The Klondike gold fields -- How to reduce bones -- Anecdotes -- Things worth knowing -- Anatomy of man's body as said to be governed by the twelve constellations. | |
| Identifier: | fauwa1899000000 (IID) | |
| Physical Location: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B1F14 | |
| Note(s): | Printed and sold by John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street, east side, where German Almanacs may also be had, [1888]. Associated names: Clarkson, Edward (Engraver); Ibach, L. J. (Laurence J.); Ibach, William R.; John Baer's Sons, | |
| Subject(s): |
Almanacs -- Pennsylvania -- 1899 United States--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Lancaster |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwa1899000000 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
