Farm & Rural Trades Library
Public-domain agricultural books, indexed by trade division and safety-tagged.
237 texts across 46 farm and rural trade divisions — from general agriculture and livestock husbandry to blacksmithing, cooperage and dairy science. Every text is public domain, sourced from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, with direct download links.
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237 public-domain farm and rural trades texts across 46 divisions.
A Living from the Land
By: William B. Duryee
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Agriculture for Beginners
By: Charles William Burkett; Daniel Harvey Hill; Frank Lincoln Stevens
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Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation
By: Waheenee; Gilbert L. Wilson
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Farmers of Forty Centuries
By: F. H. King
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Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
By: Thomas Tusser
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Horse-Hoeing Husbandry
By: Jethro Tull
Foundational tillage and agricultural-implement treatise; machinery concepts are historical.
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Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro
By: Cato; Varro
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Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation
By: James Buckman
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Something About Sugar: Its History, Growth, Manufacture and Distribution
By: George M. Rolph
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The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom
By: P. L. Simmonds
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The English Husbandman
By: Gervase Markham
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Three Acres and Liberty
By: Bolton Hall
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What I Know of Farming
By: Horace Greeley
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Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
By: Alva Agee
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Dry-Farming: A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall
By: John A. Widtsoe
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Elements of Agricultural Chemistry
By: Thomas Anderson
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Manures and the Principles of Manuring
By: Charles Morton Aikman
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Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement
By: Alva Agee
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Talks on Manures
By: Joseph Harris
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The Farm That Won't Wear Out
By: Cyril G. Hopkins
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Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology
By: John T. Schlebecker
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Farm Blacksmithing
By: James M. Drew
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Farm Mechanics
By: Fred D. Crawshaw; Emil W. Lehmann
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Farm Mechanics: Machinery and Its Use to Save Hand Labor on the Farm
By: Herbert A. Shearer
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Forge Work
By: William L. Ilgen
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John Deere's Steel Plow
By: Edward C. Kendall
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The Blacksmith in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg
By: Harold B. Gill
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A Text-Book of Horseshoeing, for Horseshoers and Veterinarians
By: A. Lungwitz
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Balancing and Shoeing Trotting and Pacing Horses
By: William J. Moore
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Rational Horse-Shoeing
By: John E. Russell
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The Art of Horse-Shoeing: A Manual for Farriers
By: William Hunting
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Concrete Construction for the Home and the Farm
By: Atlas Portland Cement Company
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Farmhouse Plans
By: Wallace Ashby
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Implement Sheds
By: K. J. T. Ekblaw
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Practical Farm Buildings: Plans and Suggestions
By: Andrew Frederick Hunter
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Rural Architecture
By: Lewis F. Allen
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The Farmstead: The Making of the Rural Home and the Lay-Out of the Farm
By: Isaac Phillips Roberts
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A Treatise on Sheep
By: Ambrose Blacklock
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Cattle and Their Diseases
By: Robert Jennings
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Cottontail Rabbits in Relation to Trees and Farm Crops
By: David E. Lantz
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Domestic Animals
By: Richard Lamb Allen
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Our Humble Helpers: Familiar Talks on the Domestic Animals
By: Jean-Henri Fabre
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Practical Angora Goat Raising
By: C. P. Bailey & Sons
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Sheep, Swine, and Poultry
By: Robert Jennings
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The Pig: Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing
By: Sanders Spencer
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The Raising and Care of Guinea Pigs
By: Allen Christian Smith
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Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl
By: Charles Benedict Davenport
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Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture
By: John H. Robinson
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Poultry for Profit
By: R. A. Power
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Profitable Poultry: Their Management in Health and Disease
By: W. B. Tegetmeier
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The Corning Egg Farm Book
By: Edward Corning; Gardner Corning
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The Dollar Hen
By: Milo Hastings
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Hints on Dairying
By: T. D. Curtis
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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming
By: Charles Louis Flint
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Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 10th Edition
By: H. L. Russell; E. G. Hastings
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Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th Edition
By: H. L. Russell
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Bee Keeping
By: Frank Benton
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Improved Queen-Rearing
By: Henry Alley
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Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual
By: L. L. Langstroth
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Manual of the Apiary
By: Albert John Cook
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Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained
By: M. Quinby
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Texas Honey Plants
By: Charles Emerson Sanborn; Ernest E. Scholl
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The Honey Bee: A Manual of Instruction in Apiculture
By: Frank Benton
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American Root Drugs
By: Alice Henkel
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Drug Plants Under Cultivation
By: W. W. Stockberger
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Epitome of the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary
By: Hewlett; Puckner; Sollmann; Wilbert
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Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants
By: A. R. Harding
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Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
By: William Thomas Fernie
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Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica
By: Merck & Co.
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Pharmacologia
By: John Ayrton Paris
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The Complete Herbal
By: Nicholas Culpeper
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The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
By: T. H. Pardo de Tavera
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Weeds Used in Medicine
By: Alice Henkel
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Wild Medicinal Plants of the United States
By: Alice Henkel
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Beginners' Botany
By: L. H. Bailey
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Field Book of Western Wild Flowers
By: Margaret Armstrong; J. J. Thornber
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How to Know the Wild Flowers
By: Frances Theodora Parsons; illustrated by Marion Satterlee
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The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
By: Asa Gray
Classical systematic flora and identification manual.
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Health on the Farm: A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene
By: H. F. Harris
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Rural Hygiene
By: Henry N. Ogden
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Sewage and Sewerage of Farm Homes
By: George M. Warren
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Farm Drainage
By: Henry F. French
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Irrigation Works
By: E. S. Bellasis
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Pumps and Hydraulics, Part 2 of 2
By: N. Hawkins
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Simple Plumbing Repairs for the Home and Farmstead
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Water Power for the Farm and Country Home
By: David R. Cooper
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American Rural Highways
By: T. R. Agg
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Fences, Gates and Bridges: A Practical Manual
By: George A. Martin
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Remarks on the Present System of Road Making
By: John Loudon McAdam
Foundational practical road-making and maintenance treatise.
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The Future of Road-Making in America
By: Archer Butler Hulbert
Road design, construction and improvement in the United States.
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Electricity for the Farm
By: Frederick Irving Anderson
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Farm Engines and How to Run Them
By: James H. Stephenson
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Mechanics: The Science of Machinery
By: A. Russell Bond
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A Boy's Workshop
By: Harry Craigin
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A Manual of Face Brick Construction
By: American Face Brick Association
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Carpentry
By: Ira Samuel Griffith
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Carpentry and Woodwork
By: Edwin W. Foster
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Carpentry for Boys
By: James Slough Zerbe
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Elementary Woodworking
By: Edwin W. Foster
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The Coach-Makers' Illustrated Hand-Book
By: I. D. Ware
Carriage and wagon making; wheelwright-adjacent trade.
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Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used
By: William Fairham
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A Brief History of Forestry
By: B. E. Fernow
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American Forest Trees
By: Henry H. Gibson
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Field, Forest and Farm
By: Jean-Henri Fabre
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Forest Trees of Texas: How to Know Them
By: Wilbur R. Mattoon; C. B. Webster
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Forestry for Farmers
By: B. E. Fernow
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On Naval Timber and Arboriculture
By: Patrick Matthew
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Seasoning of Wood
By: J. B. Wagner
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The Mechanical Properties of Wood
By: Samuel J. Record
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The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties
By: Charles H. Snow
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The School Book of Forestry
By: Charles Lathrop Pack
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A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products
By: William H. Dooley
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Harness Making
By: Paul N. Hasluck
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Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing
By: William E. Austin
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The Decoration of Leather
By: Georges de Récy
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The Harness Makers' Illustrated Manual
By: William N. Fitz-Gerald
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The Principles of Leather Manufacture
By: H. R. Procter
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Cordage and Cordage Hemp and Fibres
By: Thomas Woodhouse; Peter Kilgour
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Hand-Loom Weaving: A Manual for School and Home
By: Mattie Phipps Todd
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Textiles and Clothing
By: Kate Heintz Watson
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Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools
By: William H. Dooley
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Theory of Silk Weaving
By: Arnold Wolfensberger
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A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products
By: F. B. Wright
Historical industrial-distillation reference; current alcohol laws and safety controls govern any practical activity.
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Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorous, Cements, Pastes and Mucilages
By: Ferdinand Dawidowsky; ed. William T. Brannt
Technical manufacture of glue, gelatine, animal charcoal, cements, pastes and related products.
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Soap-Making Manual
By: Edgar George Thomssen
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The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
By: W. H. Simmons; H. A. Appleton
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Butchers', Packers' and Sausage Makers' Red Book
By: George Jacob Sayer
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Lamb Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm
By: H. Russell Cross et al.
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Secrets of Meat Curing and Sausage Making
By: B. Heller & Co.
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The Modern Packing House
By: F. W. Wilder; revised by David I. Davis
Comprehensive meat-packing-house design, equipment, refrigeration and by-product utilization.
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Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation
By: Maria Parloa
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Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Home Canning of Meat and Poultry
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Making Fermented Pickles
By: Edwin LeFevre
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ABC Butter Making: A Hand-Book for the Beginner
By: Frederick S. Burch
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Dairying Exemplified; or, The Business of Cheese-Making
By: J. Twamley
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Hand-Book on Cheese Making
By: George E. Newell
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Hints on Cheese-Making
By: T. D. Curtis
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Amateur Fish Culture
By: Charles Edward Walker
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The Harvest of the Sea
By: James Glass Bertram
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The History of Esculent Fish
By: Roger North
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A Study of Mushrooms and Mushroom Spawn
By: Edward Henry Jacob
1914 cultivation text focused on mushroom spawn and commercial growing.
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Among the Mushrooms: A Guide for Beginners
By: Ellen M. Dallas and Caroline A. Burgin
Illustrated introductory mushroom identification.
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Fungi: Their Nature and Uses
By: M. C. Cooke
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Mushroom Culture: Its Extension and Improvement
By: William Robinson
Practical mushroom cultivation methods and structures.
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Mushrooms: How to Grow Them
By: William Falconer
Commercial mushroom-culture classic; historical sanitation/food handling requires modern validation.
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Student's Hand-Book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous
By: Thomas Taylor
Historical identification aid only; not sufficient by itself to establish edibility.
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Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
By: George Francis Atkinson
Detailed American fungi and mushroom identification reference.
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The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise
By: Miron Elisha Hard
American mushroom identification and natural history.
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Common Diseases of Farm Animals
By: Robert Alexander Craig
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Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Goats and Swine
By: G. Moussu; Jno. A. W. Dollar
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Special Report on Diseases of Cattle
By: U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry
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Text Book of Veterinary Medicine, Volume 1 of 5
By: James Law
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Text Book of Veterinary Medicine, Volume 2 of 5
By: James Law
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Text Book of Veterinary Medicine, Volume 3 of 5
By: James Law
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Text Book of Veterinary Medicine, Volume 4 of 5
By: James Law
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The American Reformed Cattle Doctor
By: George H. Dadd
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The Farmer's Own Book: Diseases of the Horse
By: J. D. Koogle
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The Farmer's Veterinarian
By: Charles William Burkett
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The Veterinarian
By: Charles James Korinek
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An Elementary Study of Insects
By: Leonard Haseman
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Disease in Plants
By: H. Marshall Ward
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Insects and Diseases
By: Rennie Wilbur Doane
Historical insect-borne disease reference; not a current medical or pest-control protocol.
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Insects and Diseases of Trees in the South
By: Anonymous
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American Pomology: Apples
By: J. A. Warder
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Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses
By: M. G. Kains
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Fruits of Queensland
By: Albert H. Benson
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Home Vegetable Gardening
By: F. F. Rockwell
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Manual of Gardening, Second Edition
By: L. H. Bailey
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Success with Small Fruits
By: Edward Payson Roe
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The Apple-Tree
By: L. H. Bailey
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The Art of Promoting the Growth of the Cucumber and Melon
By: Thomas Watkins
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The Cherries of New York
By: U. P. Hedrick
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The Cultivation of the Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines
By: George Husmann
Viticulture is useful historical horticulture; wine-production portions require modern alcohol law and food-safety crosswalk.
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The Field and Garden Vegetables of America
By: Fearing Burr
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The Peaches of New York
By: U. P. Hedrick
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The Plums of New York
By: U. P. Hedrick
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Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato
By: W. W. Tracy
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War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable Growers
By: Montague Free
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The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots
By: Sutton & Sons Ltd.
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The Nursery-Book: A Complete Guide to the Multiplication and Pollination of Plants
By: L. H. Bailey
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Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
By: William Saunders
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Common Poisonous Plants of New England
By: Heber W. Youngken Jr. and Joseph S. Karas
1964 U.S. Government Printing Office poisonous-plant identification guide; public domain in the USA.
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Plants Poisonous to Live Stock
By: Harold Cecil Long
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A Short History of English Agriculture
By: W. H. R. Curtler
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Agricultural Prices
By: Henry A. Wallace
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Rural Wealth and Welfare
By: George T. Fairchild
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The Farmer and His Community
By: Dwight Sanderson
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Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1
By: American School of Correspondence
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The Telephone
By: A. E. Dolbear
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A Treatise on Domestic Economy
By: Catharine Esther Beecher
Domestic-economy source includes historical health and food advice; validate current safety.
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Cottage Economy
By: William Cobbett
Broad rural household/self-sufficiency manual; some historical food/medical passages need modern validation.
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Foods and Household Management
By: Helen Kinne; Anna M. Cooley
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Home Labor Saving Devices
By: Rhea C. Scott
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Spons' Household Manual
By: E. & F. N. Spon
Large household formulary; some chemical/medical/food processes are historical only.
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The Book of Household Management
By: Isabella Beeton
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The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm
By: Richard Bradley
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The Practical Housewife
By: Robert Kemp Philp
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884
By: Various
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884
By: Various
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884
By: Various
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 5, February 2, 1884
By: Various
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The American Agriculturist, Vol. II, No. XI, December 1843
By: Various; edited by A. B. Allen
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The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884
By: Various
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Biscayne Bay, Dade Co., Florida
By: Henry E. Perrine
Historical manual on South Florida climate, soil, tropical crops and settlement-era agriculture.
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Florida: An Ideal Cattle State
By: Florida State Live Stock Association
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Florida: Past and Present
By: Samuel C. Upham
Includes Manatee-region climate, soil, crops, citrus and tropical-fruit observations; historical claims require modern agronomic cross-check.
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Louisiana Beef Cattle
By: William Carter Stubbs
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The Negro Farmer
By: Carl Kelsey
Historical agricultural-economic and social study of African American farmers in the Southern States.
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The Southern States, March 1894
By: Various; edited by William H. Edmonds
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Surveying and Levelling Instruments, Theoretically and Practically Described
By: William Ford Stanley; ed. H. T. Tallack
Surveying instruments, construction, adjustment, selection and field use; Project Gutenberg marks the edition public domain in the USA.
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Practical Basketry
By: Anna A. Gill
Materials, tools and multiple basket-weaving methods; public-domain Gutenberg edition.
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The Basket Maker
By: Luther Weston Turner
1909 basket-making manual with illustrated construction methods and material handling.
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Descriptive Pamphlet of the Richmond Mill Furnishing Works
By: Richmond Mill Furnishing Works
Flour and feed mills, millstones, bolting, separators, water wheels, shafting, pulleys and gearing.
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The Miller in Eighteenth-Century Virginia
By: Thomas K. Ford
Mills, milling craft, windmills and colonial grain processing.
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The Old Mill and the Covered Bridge
By: Carillon Park
Illustrated grist-mill and millstone operation reference.
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The Story of a Loaf of Bread
By: T. B. Wood
Wheat production, milling, flour quality and bread production.
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Elements of Woodwork
By: Charles A. King
Includes growth of wood, lumbering, lumber care, tools, glue, sandpaper and finishing.
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The Evolution of Modern Band Saw Mills for Sawing Logs
By: D. Clint Prescott
Technical and historical treatment of band-saw mill development for log sawing.
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International Harvester Refrigerator Recipes
By: Irma Harding
Refrigerator and cold-storage use in food handling; 1950 edition marked public domain in the USA by Project Gutenberg.
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Manufacturing Cost Data on Artificial Ice
By: Otto Luhr and Herman Friedl
Artificial ice plant, refrigeration and operating-cost data; Gutenberg also exposes a PDF format.
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The Book of Ice-Cream
By: Walter Warner Fisk
1919 technical rural textbook covering refrigeration, equipment, sanitation, formulation and plant design.
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The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice
By: Theron L. Hiles
Ice harvesting, ice houses, farm cold storage, dairy/cold-storage buildings, preservation and refrigeration principles.
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Cooperage; a Treatise on Modern Shop Practice and Methods
By: Joseph Bernard Wagner
1910, 446-page technical cooperage treatise. Wikimedia Commons identifies the work as public domain in the United States.
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Trapp's Patent Barrel Machinery
By: North American Machine & Cooperage Company
1857 illustrated cooperage-machinery trade catalog; Commons marks the work public domain.
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A Practical Treatise on Coach-Building, Historical and Descriptive
By: James W. Burgess
1881 treatise covering trades and processes involved in carriage and wagon making.
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British Manufacturing Industries: Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork
By: Léon Arnoux et al.; ed. G. Phillips Bevan
Manufacturing processes for pottery, glass, silicates, furniture and woodwork.
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How to Make Pottery
By: Mary White
Illustrated practical pottery manual: clays, tools, forming, wheel work, firing and decoration.
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Pottery, for Artists, Craftsmen & Teachers
By: George James Cox
Technical craft text covering pottery materials and practice.
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The Clay Industries, Including the Fictile & Ceramic Arts on the Banks of the Severn
By: John Randall
Clay industries, pottery, porcelain and ceramic manufacture.
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The Potter's Craft: A Practical Guide for the Studio and Workshop
By: Charles Fergus Binns
Practical ceramics workshop guide.
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The Science of Brickmaking
By: George Frederick Harris
Technical handbook on brick-earths, clays, chemistry and brick manufacture.
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A Pictorial Booklet on Early Jamestown Commodities and Industries
By: J. Paul Hudson
Illustrated coverage of pitch, tar, potash, soap-ashes, iron, glass, cooperage and other early rural industries.
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Our National Forests
By: Richard H. Douai Boerker
Includes Forest Products Laboratory work on wood distillation, charcoal, wood alcohol, acetate of lime, tar, turpentine and forest products.
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Turpentine: Its Sources, Properties, Uses, Transportation, and Marketing
By: F. P. Veitch and V. E. Grotlisch, U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Bulletin 898 (1920), 62-page public-domain federal publication.
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Popular Technology; or, Professions and Trades. Vol. 1
By: Edward Hazen
Illustrated industrial-arts compendium; includes agriculture, milling and numerous practical trades.
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Popular Technology; or, Professions and Trades. Vol. 2
By: Edward Hazen
Second illustrated industrial-arts volume; includes wheelwrighting and artisan trades.
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Public Domain — Original Practice
The techniques described are historically accurate and remain broadly applicable. Standard agricultural practices with no significant safety concerns beyond normal farm work.
Historical Engineering
Contains engineering, construction or mechanical techniques that predate modern safety codes. Structures, tools or methods may not meet current building or occupational safety standards.
Historical Food Safety
Contains food handling, preservation or preparation methods that predate modern food safety science. Canning pressures, temperatures or sanitation methods may be insufficient by current USDA standards.
Historical Veterinary
Contains animal health treatments that predate modern veterinary medicine. Dosages, remedies or surgical procedures should not be used without consulting a licensed veterinarian.
Historical Chemistry
References chemicals, compounds or processes that may be hazardous, restricted or banned under current regulations. Do not attempt described chemical procedures without professional guidance.
Identification Assistance
Contains plant, fungus or animal identification guides. Historical descriptions may use outdated taxonomy. Always cross-reference with modern field guides before consuming or handling wild species.
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