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Farm Life
Life on the land, farm shows, lessons from the past and more
Blowinā in the Wind: American Windmill Museum
By Leslie C. McManus
The legacy of wind power and antique windmills endure at the American Windmill Museum in Lubbock, Texas.
Frontier Life and the Good Old Days
By Sam Moore
A writer gives a glimpse of frontier life in the 1800s, which included homemade clothing, wild festivities during Christmas, and 10 cents for an almanac.
The Wheat Tractor
By Sam Moore
The Wheat tractor, manufactured by the Hession Tiller & Tractor Corporation, was advertised by its company as "the farm tractor by which all other tractors are judged."
Welsh Horses: āCeffylau Cymraegā
By Josephine Roberts
The Welsh Cob was bred to be the perfect all-ārounder, capable of being ridden at speed across rough ground.
A Door to the Past
By Clell G. Ballard
Doors on outbuildings on farms evolved to meet changing needs, such as the necessity to house tractors and other expensive equipment.
Butter and the King's Breakfast
By Sam Moore
Sam Moore shares a poem from an old children's book about a king and butter for his bread, and also gives a brief history of the Alderney cow, "the best butter cow in the world."
Singing Those Old Washday Blues
By Sam Moore
Letters sent in to Pennsylvania Farmer magazine in 1927 tell how electric washers eliminated much of the labor of washday for housewives.
Housekeeping Advice for Virginia Housewives
By Sam Moore
An introduction to a regional cookbook called The Virginia Housewife by Mary Randolph gives insight into the duties of the mistress of a plantation before the Civil War.
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