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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1905 : Being the first after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 129th of American independence ; Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Calculated for the meridian of Pennsylvania and the adjoining states.: Agricultural almanac for the year 1905 : 80th volume.
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| Title: | Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1905 : Being the first after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 129th of American independence ; Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Calculated for the meridian of Pennsylvania and the adjoining states.: Agricultural almanac for the year 1905 : 80th volume. |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Almanac | |
| Date Created: | 1905 | |
| Date Issued: | 1905 | |
| Publisher: | John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street | |
| Place of Publication: | Lancaster, Pa. | |
| Physical Form: | online resource | |
| Extent: | 32 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 culture and value of asparagus -- Morning and evening stars -- Planets' greatest brilliancy -- Solar and standard time -- Money in horse breeding -- The squab industry -- One won, the other lost -- Why men die -- San Jose scale notes -- Calves for the market -- The peach orchard -- Distemper in cattle -- Raspberries in hills -- Turkey raising -- A host of reporters -- Poultry pointers -- Cord wood in an acre -- To get clean milk -- The cow for the dairy -- Tomato odor as an insect repellant -- Profitable cows -- How to grow strawberries -- Coloring butter -- Treatment for sore feet -- Profits from a small flock of sheep -- Dogs that need shooting -- Blanketing horses -- Nut trees for timber -- The death of the old year [poem by Alfred Tennyson] -- Russian troops marching over the plains to Manchuria -- The division of time -- An international traveller [gold] -- Dry quarters for horses -- Anecdotes -- Things worth knowing -- Anatomy of a man's body as said to be governed by the twelve constellations. | |
| Identifier: | fauwa1905000000 (IID) | |
| Physical Location: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B1F17 | |
| Note(s): | Printed and sold by John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street, [1904]. Associated names: Clarkson, Edward (Engraver) | |
| Subject(s): |
Almanacs -- Pennsylvania -- 1905 United States--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Lancaster |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwa1905000000 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
