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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1908 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 132d 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 1908 : 83d volume.
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| Title: | Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1908 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 132d 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 1908 : 83d volume. |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Almanac | |
| Date Created: | 1908 | |
| Date Issued: | 1908 | |
| 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: | To farm successfully -- Beans and corn feed -- Raspberries for home use -- Morning and evening stars -- Planets' greatest brilliancy -- Ten trump cards [to succeed on the farm] -- Ideal barn floor -- Does cottonseed induce abortion -- The cause of poor cows -- A plea for bird life -- Land good for something -- Onion eaters good humored -- Influence of soil on milk -- In growing lettuce -- The kicking horse -- The strawberry bed -- It will grow -- The busy bee -- Results from thinning fruit -- What a single shot did -- Persistent spraying -- A popular food plant -- Early rhubarb -- Sweet corn -- Sun better than shade -- Don't crowd [plant thinning] -- Winter eggs -- Have faith in the farm -- Sunshine in the stable -- Apples as moth breeders -- The influence of trees -- Dressing and keeping mutton -- A Thanksgiving hymn -- A bad practice [milk remaining in the barn] -- A Christmas song of praise [poem by] Harriette S. Bainbridge -- Trees, old and curious -- Anecdotes -- Things worth knowing -- Anatomy of man's body as said to be governed by the twelve constellations. | |
| Identifier: | fauwa1908000000 (IID) | |
| Physical Location: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection Pamphlets: Almanacs B1F20 | |
| Note(s): | Printed and sold by John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street,[1907]. Associated names: Clarkson, Edward (Engraver) | |
| Subject(s): |
Almanacs -- Pennsylvania -- 1908 United States--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Lancaster |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwa1908000000 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
