Author: Carrie A. Meyer
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452913285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
From the beginning of the twentieth century to World War II, farm wife May Lyford Davis kept a daily chronicle that today offers a window into a way of life that has all but disappeared. May and her husband Elmo lived through two decades of prosperity, the Great Depression, and two World Wars in their Midwestern farming community. Like many women of her time, Davis kept diaries that captured the everyday events of the family farm; she also kept meticulous farming accounts. In doing so, she left an extraordinary record that reflects not only her own experiences but also the history of early twentieth-century American agriculture. May and Elmo’s story, engagingly told by Carrie A. Meyer, showcases the large-scale evolution of agriculture from horses to automobiles and tractors, a surprisingly vibrant family and community life, and the business of commercial farming. Details such as what items were bought and sold, what was planted and harvested, the temperature and rainfall, births and deaths, and the direction of the wind are gathered to reveal a rich picture of a world shared by many small farmers. With sustainable and small-scale farming again on the rise in the United States, Days on the Family Farm resonates with both the profound and mundane aspects of rural life—past and present—in the Midwest.
Days on the Farm
Author: Kim Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760762639
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Collects five stories by Kim Lewis about life on a sheep ranch.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760762639
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Collects five stories by Kim Lewis about life on a sheep ranch.
The Farmer's Son
Author: John Connell
Publisher: Ecco
ISBN: 1328577996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm.
Publisher: Ecco
ISBN: 1328577996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm.
A Family Farm
Author: Robert L. Switzer
Publisher: Center for American Places
ISBN: 9781935195344
Category : Dairy farms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Switzer's memoir covers four generations of life on the family farm in Illinois. The tale is enhanced with photographs plus watercolors and woodblock prints by the author's wife and son. Frank E. Barmore adds information about the nineteenth-century history of this family farm, the Barmore family, and the settling of that area of Illinois.
Publisher: Center for American Places
ISBN: 9781935195344
Category : Dairy farms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Switzer's memoir covers four generations of life on the family farm in Illinois. The tale is enhanced with photographs plus watercolors and woodblock prints by the author's wife and son. Frank E. Barmore adds information about the nineteenth-century history of this family farm, the Barmore family, and the settling of that area of Illinois.
Days on the Family Farm
Author: Carrie A. Meyer
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452913285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
From the beginning of the twentieth century to World War II, farm wife May Lyford Davis kept a daily chronicle that today offers a window into a way of life that has all but disappeared. May and her husband Elmo lived through two decades of prosperity, the Great Depression, and two World Wars in their Midwestern farming community. Like many women of her time, Davis kept diaries that captured the everyday events of the family farm; she also kept meticulous farming accounts. In doing so, she left an extraordinary record that reflects not only her own experiences but also the history of early twentieth-century American agriculture. May and Elmo’s story, engagingly told by Carrie A. Meyer, showcases the large-scale evolution of agriculture from horses to automobiles and tractors, a surprisingly vibrant family and community life, and the business of commercial farming. Details such as what items were bought and sold, what was planted and harvested, the temperature and rainfall, births and deaths, and the direction of the wind are gathered to reveal a rich picture of a world shared by many small farmers. With sustainable and small-scale farming again on the rise in the United States, Days on the Family Farm resonates with both the profound and mundane aspects of rural life—past and present—in the Midwest.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452913285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
From the beginning of the twentieth century to World War II, farm wife May Lyford Davis kept a daily chronicle that today offers a window into a way of life that has all but disappeared. May and her husband Elmo lived through two decades of prosperity, the Great Depression, and two World Wars in their Midwestern farming community. Like many women of her time, Davis kept diaries that captured the everyday events of the family farm; she also kept meticulous farming accounts. In doing so, she left an extraordinary record that reflects not only her own experiences but also the history of early twentieth-century American agriculture. May and Elmo’s story, engagingly told by Carrie A. Meyer, showcases the large-scale evolution of agriculture from horses to automobiles and tractors, a surprisingly vibrant family and community life, and the business of commercial farming. Details such as what items were bought and sold, what was planted and harvested, the temperature and rainfall, births and deaths, and the direction of the wind are gathered to reveal a rich picture of a world shared by many small farmers. With sustainable and small-scale farming again on the rise in the United States, Days on the Family Farm resonates with both the profound and mundane aspects of rural life—past and present—in the Midwest.
In Those Days
Author: Sharyn Kane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Employment of Labour and Rural Development
Author: Shakuntala Devi
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176257169
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176257169
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Types of Farming
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
1974 Census of Agriculture
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
TOBACCO DAYS: A Personal Journey
Author: Al Fritsch, SJ
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450009042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This book traces changing attitudes to tobacco largely through the experiences of the author. He grew up raising tobacco and, influenced by advertising, began smoking as a youth. He was conducting research in a chemical laboratory involving carcinogenic substances when the health effects of tobacco began to surface. While he was working with public interest organizations, environmental tobacco smoke began to be recognized as an indoor pollutant. Ethical issues forced him, like many others, to stop smoking, and he eventually became quite involved in pastoral work with sick smokers. The final chapter surveys the lessons that can be learned from one person's tobacco days.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450009042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This book traces changing attitudes to tobacco largely through the experiences of the author. He grew up raising tobacco and, influenced by advertising, began smoking as a youth. He was conducting research in a chemical laboratory involving carcinogenic substances when the health effects of tobacco began to surface. While he was working with public interest organizations, environmental tobacco smoke began to be recognized as an indoor pollutant. Ethical issues forced him, like many others, to stop smoking, and he eventually became quite involved in pastoral work with sick smokers. The final chapter surveys the lessons that can be learned from one person's tobacco days.
Report
Author: United States. Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description