Description
SECONDHAND BOOK
This book is a carefully-chosen selection of articles from the New South Wales Agricultural Gazette between 1890 and 1910. The purpose of the Gazette was to give practical guidance for people leaving the city and setting up small farms for the first time.
The bias is towards articles which contain the old-time skills and bush lore which today have almost died out.
The plain advice given at the turn of the century is just as relevant to people who are leaving the cities 80 years later. These articles show you how to do things as well as what to do.
Topics covered include:
- Clearing and Fencing: How to clear bush without using expensive machinery; all types of fencing from post-and-rail to barbed wire and concrete posts; making gates and squaring gate-posts.
- Building: The farm homestead; building with pise, adobe, and concrete; making a windmill; recipes for whitewash.
- Tools: Tool for use in the bush and the workshop; sharpening and general care of tools; blacksmithing.
- Live Stock: Horse harness; selecting a cow; rearing calves; caring for sheep; looking after poultry.
- Farm and Garden: Fruit growing; tools used in planting; practical vegetable growing.
With over 100 illustrations. Compiled by Keith Smith, editor of Earth Garden.
Specifications:
Condition: Good – general yellowing and wear with age, otherwise clean.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Australia
Year: 1981
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176pp
ISBN: 0170059979
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