Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them

Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them

Author: Rolfe Cobleigh

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-06-28

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1627932135

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A wonderful book for anyone interested in starting their own homestead or small farm. This book will show you how to be self reliant and build the things you'll need. There are more than 200 illustrations showing you how to make handy farm devices. You'll learn about the farmer's workshop and tools, running a grindstone, making a dumb waiter, making a cradle, how to clean a well, how to stake out stock, bee keeping, how to transplant trees, how to build a bridge for a small stream, how to keep a gate from sagging, important points in house building, how to build small greenhouses, advice on the best way to split wood, black smithing, and much, much more in this thrift-conscious and environmentally wise book.


Handy Farm Devices, 2nd

Handy Farm Devices, 2nd

Author: Rolfe Cobleigh

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2008-07-17

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781599215891

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Those who want to reduce their carbon footprint might do well to consult this century-old guide to low-tech property maintenance. Step-by-step instructions include how to build a lightweight ladder, a small truss bridge, a stump puller, gates that don’t sag and can lift over snowdrifts, a wood splitter, and bicycle-powered machines. For anyone who lives a self-sufficient country life—or for those who wish to—this classic guide from the annals of American history remains current and very practical.


Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them

Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them

Author: Rolfe Cobleigh

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-09-14

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781976269608

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This book is broader than its title. The over flow of good measure includes a valuable chapter on the steel square and its uses. Nowhere else has this subject been handled in a way so easily under stood, with confusing mathematics cut out. We especially commend this chapter to our readers. We also present some good house and barn plans, that will be appreciated by those who contemplate building.


Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them

Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them

Author: Rolfe Cobleigh

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781230470146

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... cover the pots with circular pieces of pasteboard or tin, and avoid surface evaporation from the pots. Always fill pots with warm water. CATCHING OWLS AND HAWKS A friend of ours captured a large owl and fastened him securely with a small chain to a stake in the middle of an open field. He set three posts 5 feet tall and 4 to S inches in diameter 20 to 30 yards from the owl, and on each post placed a small steel trap with a bunch of hay or grass tied to the post just under the trap, to hide it, as shown in cut. At night, the owl called. Others came, and seeing nothing near, alighted in the trap on the post. During the day hawks came, and were caught in the same way. In two months two owls and 17 hawks were caught. In some places a bounty is paid, so there is a profit in two ways. The owl may be fed on the hawks caught and on rabbits or chickens that may die around the premises. The most difficult part of this scheme is often the capture of the first owl, but if you are a good hunter you will find a way. TRAP ON POST Make no absolute promises, for nobody will help you to perform them. Money is a good servant, but a bad master. MOVING A LARGE TREE To move a large tree one may find it very satisfactory to use a rig similar to that shown in the picture. Make a three-sided standard of 2 x 4-inch stuff. Loosen the dirt around the roots of the tree and wrap the tree firmly at the base with old carpet or burlap to prevent injury. Place the standard firmly in the ground and tie the crosspiece to the body of the tree with strong rope to each side of the standard and hitch a horse to the other end. With a slow pull the tree can be drawn onto the drag and then hauled to the new location. It can be placed in the ground again by using the standard in...