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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1904 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 128th 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 1904 : 79th volume.
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| Title: | Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1904 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 128th 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 1904 : 79th volume. |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Almanac | |
| Date Created: | 1904 | |
| Date Issued: | 1904 | |
| 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: | Fertilizers for greenhouse -- Sample of Siberian butter -- Bordeaux mixture -- Pruning -- Keep building painted -- Managing milk cows -- Use of wide tires -- Grapes -- Left in the nest -- Tree crickets injurious to raspberry canes -- The apple plant-louse -- Forest fires -- Thinning fruit -- Drink. Poultry on the farm--rotten filthy food -- Stop, look and listen [railway crossings] -- United States Geological Survey. Division of Hydrography. Work on Pennsylvania rivers -- Free mail deliveries -- Value of corn cobs -- The bees in Autumn -- Grapes all winter -- Pumpkins and squashes -- The farmer's Christmas greetings [poem] -- Where all the bananas come from -- Anecdotes -- Things worth knowing -- Anatomy of man's body as said to be governed by the twelve constellations. | |
| Identifier: | fauwa1904000000 (IID) | |
| Physical Location: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B1F16 | |
| Note(s): | John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street,[1903]. Associated names: Clarkson, Edward (Engraver); Ibach, L. J. (Laurence J.); Ibach, William R.; John Baer's Sons, | |
| Subject(s): |
Almanacs -- Pennsylvania -- 1904 United States--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Lancaster |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwa1904000000 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
