Farm & Rural Trades Library

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.

Public-domain texts only. Every book in this library is in the public domain as verified through Project Gutenberg or Internet Archive. Historical agricultural guidance may be outdated or unsafe by modern standards — each record carries a safety tag explaining how to interpret the material. Last verified: 2026-09-02.

The Collection

237 public-domain farm and rural trades texts across 46 divisions.

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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A Living from the Land

By: William B. Duryee

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Agriculture for Beginners

By: Charles William Burkett; Daniel Harvey Hill; Frank Lincoln Stevens

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation

By: Waheenee; Gilbert L. Wilson

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Farmers of Forty Centuries

By: F. H. King

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry

By: Thomas Tusser

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Horse-Hoeing Husbandry

By: Jethro Tull

Foundational tillage and agricultural-implement treatise; machinery concepts are historical.

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro

By: Cato; Varro

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation

By: James Buckman

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Something About Sugar: Its History, Growth, Manufacture and Distribution

By: George M. Rolph

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom

By: P. L. Simmonds

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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The English Husbandman

By: Gervase Markham

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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Three Acres and Liberty

By: Bolton Hall

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General Agriculture & Farm Systems
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What I Know of Farming

By: Horace Greeley

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Soils, Fertility & Agronomy
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Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement

By: Alva Agee

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Soils, Fertility & Agronomy
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Dry-Farming: A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall

By: John A. Widtsoe

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Soils, Fertility & Agronomy
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Elements of Agricultural Chemistry

By: Thomas Anderson

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Soils, Fertility & Agronomy
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Manures and the Principles of Manuring

By: Charles Morton Aikman

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Soils, Fertility & Agronomy
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Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement

By: Alva Agee

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Soils, Fertility & Agronomy
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Talks on Manures

By: Joseph Harris

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Soils, Fertility & Agronomy
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The Farm That Won't Wear Out

By: Cyril G. Hopkins

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Farm Mechanics, Blacksmithing & Machinery
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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 Mechanics, Blacksmithing & Machinery
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Farm Blacksmithing

By: James M. Drew

Self-hosted PDF from Internet Archive.

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Farm Mechanics, Blacksmithing & Machinery
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Farm Mechanics

By: Fred D. Crawshaw; Emil W. Lehmann

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Farm Mechanics, Blacksmithing & Machinery
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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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Farm Mechanics, Blacksmithing & Machinery
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Forge Work

By: William L. Ilgen

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Farm Mechanics, Blacksmithing & Machinery
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John Deere's Steel Plow

By: Edward C. Kendall

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Farm Mechanics, Blacksmithing & Machinery
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The Blacksmith in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

By: Harold B. Gill

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Farriery & Horseshoeing
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A Text-Book of Horseshoeing, for Horseshoers and Veterinarians

By: A. Lungwitz

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Farriery & Horseshoeing
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Balancing and Shoeing Trotting and Pacing Horses

By: William J. Moore

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Farriery & Horseshoeing
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Rational Horse-Shoeing

By: John E. Russell

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Farriery & Horseshoeing
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The Art of Horse-Shoeing: A Manual for Farriers

By: William Hunting

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Farm Buildings & Rural Architecture
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Concrete Construction for the Home and the Farm

By: Atlas Portland Cement Company

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Farm Buildings & Rural Architecture
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Farmhouse Plans

By: Wallace Ashby

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Farm Buildings & Rural Architecture
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Implement Sheds

By: K. J. T. Ekblaw

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Farm Buildings & Rural Architecture
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Practical Farm Buildings: Plans and Suggestions

By: Andrew Frederick Hunter

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Farm Buildings & Rural Architecture
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Rural Architecture

By: Lewis F. Allen

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Farm Buildings & Rural Architecture
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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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Livestock Husbandry
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A Treatise on Sheep

By: Ambrose Blacklock

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Livestock Husbandry
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Cattle and Their Diseases

By: Robert Jennings

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Livestock Husbandry
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Cottontail Rabbits in Relation to Trees and Farm Crops

By: David E. Lantz

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Livestock Husbandry
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Domestic Animals

By: Richard Lamb Allen

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Livestock Husbandry
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Our Humble Helpers: Familiar Talks on the Domestic Animals

By: Jean-Henri Fabre

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Livestock Husbandry
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Practical Angora Goat Raising

By: C. P. Bailey & Sons

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Livestock Husbandry
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Sheep, Swine, and Poultry

By: Robert Jennings

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Livestock Husbandry
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The Pig: Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing

By: Sanders Spencer

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Livestock Husbandry
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The Raising and Care of Guinea Pigs

By: Allen Christian Smith

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Poultry & Aviculture
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Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

By: Charles Benedict Davenport

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Poultry & Aviculture
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Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture

By: John H. Robinson

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Poultry & Aviculture
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Poultry for Profit

By: R. A. Power

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Poultry & Aviculture
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Profitable Poultry: Their Management in Health and Disease

By: W. B. Tegetmeier

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Poultry & Aviculture
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The Corning Egg Farm Book

By: Edward Corning; Gardner Corning

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Poultry & Aviculture
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The Dollar Hen

By: Milo Hastings

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Dairy Farming & Milk Science
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Hints on Dairying

By: T. D. Curtis

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Dairy Farming & Milk Science
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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming

By: Charles Louis Flint

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Dairy Farming & Milk Science
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Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 10th Edition

By: H. L. Russell; E. G. Hastings

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Dairy Farming & Milk Science
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Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th Edition

By: H. L. Russell

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Beekeeping & Apiary Management
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Bee Keeping

By: Frank Benton

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Beekeeping & Apiary Management
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Improved Queen-Rearing

By: Henry Alley

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Beekeeping & Apiary Management
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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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Beekeeping & Apiary Management
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Manual of the Apiary

By: Albert John Cook

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Beekeeping & Apiary Management
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Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained

By: M. Quinby

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Beekeeping & Apiary Management
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Texas Honey Plants

By: Charles Emerson Sanborn; Ernest E. Scholl

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Beekeeping & Apiary Management
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The Honey Bee: A Manual of Instruction in Apiculture

By: Frank Benton

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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American Root Drugs

By: Alice Henkel

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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Drug Plants Under Cultivation

By: W. W. Stockberger

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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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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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants

By: A. R. Harding

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure

By: William Thomas Fernie

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica

By: Merck & Co.

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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Pharmacologia

By: John Ayrton Paris

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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The Complete Herbal

By: Nicholas Culpeper

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines

By: T. H. Pardo de Tavera

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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Weeds Used in Medicine

By: Alice Henkel

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Apothecary, Herbal Medicine & Materia Medica
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Wild Medicinal Plants of the United States

By: Alice Henkel

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Botany & Plant Identification
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Beginners' Botany

By: L. H. Bailey

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Botany & Plant Identification
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Field Book of Western Wild Flowers

By: Margaret Armstrong; J. J. Thornber

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Botany & Plant Identification
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How to Know the Wild Flowers

By: Frances Theodora Parsons; illustrated by Marion Satterlee

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Botany & Plant Identification
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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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Rural Health, Hygiene & Sanitation
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Health on the Farm: A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene

By: H. F. Harris

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Rural Health, Hygiene & Sanitation
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Rural Hygiene

By: Henry N. Ogden

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Rural Health, Hygiene & Sanitation
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Sewage and Sewerage of Farm Homes

By: George M. Warren

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Water, Wells, Pumps & Drainage
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Farm Drainage

By: Henry F. French

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Water, Wells, Pumps & Drainage
HIST-ENG

Irrigation Works

By: E. S. Bellasis

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Water, Wells, Pumps & Drainage
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Pumps and Hydraulics, Part 2 of 2

By: N. Hawkins

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Water, Wells, Pumps & Drainage
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Simple Plumbing Repairs for the Home and Farmstead

By: U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Water, Wells, Pumps & Drainage
HIST-ENG

Water Power for the Farm and Country Home

By: David R. Cooper

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Roads, Fences, Gates & Rural Infrastructure
HIST-ENG

American Rural Highways

By: T. R. Agg

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Roads, Fences, Gates & Rural Infrastructure
HIST-ENG

Fences, Gates and Bridges: A Practical Manual

By: George A. Martin

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Roads, Fences, Gates & Rural Infrastructure
HIST-ENG

Remarks on the Present System of Road Making

By: John Loudon McAdam

Foundational practical road-making and maintenance treatise.

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Roads, Fences, Gates & Rural Infrastructure
HIST-ENG

The Future of Road-Making in America

By: Archer Butler Hulbert

Road design, construction and improvement in the United States.

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Engines, Power & Farm Technology
HIST-ENG

Electricity for the Farm

By: Frederick Irving Anderson

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Engines, Power & Farm Technology
HIST-ENG

Farm Engines and How to Run Them

By: James H. Stephenson

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Engines, Power & Farm Technology
HIST-ENG

Mechanics: The Science of Machinery

By: A. Russell Bond

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Carpentry, Woodworking & Masonry
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A Boy's Workshop

By: Harry Craigin

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Carpentry, Woodworking & Masonry
HIST-ENG

A Manual of Face Brick Construction

By: American Face Brick Association

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Carpentry, Woodworking & Masonry
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Carpentry

By: Ira Samuel Griffith

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Carpentry, Woodworking & Masonry
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Carpentry and Woodwork

By: Edwin W. Foster

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Carpentry, Woodworking & Masonry
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Carpentry for Boys

By: James Slough Zerbe

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Carpentry, Woodworking & Masonry
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Elementary Woodworking

By: Edwin W. Foster

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Carpentry, Woodworking & Masonry
HIST-ENG

The Coach-Makers' Illustrated Hand-Book

By: I. D. Ware

Carriage and wagon making; wheelwright-adjacent trade.

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Carpentry, Woodworking & Masonry
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Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used

By: William Fairham

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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A Brief History of Forestry

By: B. E. Fernow

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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American Forest Trees

By: Henry H. Gibson

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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Field, Forest and Farm

By: Jean-Henri Fabre

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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Forest Trees of Texas: How to Know Them

By: Wilbur R. Mattoon; C. B. Webster

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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Forestry for Farmers

By: B. E. Fernow

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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On Naval Timber and Arboriculture

By: Patrick Matthew

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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Seasoning of Wood

By: J. B. Wagner

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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The Mechanical Properties of Wood

By: Samuel J. Record

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties

By: Charles H. Snow

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Forestry, Woodlots & Timber
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The School Book of Forestry

By: Charles Lathrop Pack

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Leather, Tanning, Harness & Saddlery
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A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products

By: William H. Dooley

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Leather, Tanning, Harness & Saddlery
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Harness Making

By: Paul N. Hasluck

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Leather, Tanning, Harness & Saddlery
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Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing

By: William E. Austin

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Leather, Tanning, Harness & Saddlery
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The Decoration of Leather

By: Georges de Récy

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Leather, Tanning, Harness & Saddlery
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The Harness Makers' Illustrated Manual

By: William N. Fitz-Gerald

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Leather, Tanning, Harness & Saddlery
HIST-CHEM

The Principles of Leather Manufacture

By: H. R. Procter

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Textiles, Fibers, Spinning, Weaving & Cordage
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Cordage and Cordage Hemp and Fibres

By: Thomas Woodhouse; Peter Kilgour

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Textiles, Fibers, Spinning, Weaving & Cordage
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Hand-Loom Weaving: A Manual for School and Home

By: Mattie Phipps Todd

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Textiles, Fibers, Spinning, Weaving & Cordage
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Textiles and Clothing

By: Kate Heintz Watson

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Textiles, Fibers, Spinning, Weaving & Cordage
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Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools

By: William H. Dooley

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Textiles, Fibers, Spinning, Weaving & Cordage
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Theory of Silk Weaving

By: Arnold Wolfensberger

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Rural Chemical & Household Industries
HIST-CHEM / REGULATORY

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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Rural Chemical & Household Industries
HIST-CHEM

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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Rural Chemical & Household Industries
HIST-CHEM

Soap-Making Manual

By: Edgar George Thomssen

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Rural Chemical & Household Industries
HIST-CHEM

The Handbook of Soap Manufacture

By: W. H. Simmons; H. A. Appleton

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Butchering, Meat & By-Products
HIST-FOOD

Butchers', Packers' and Sausage Makers' Red Book

By: George Jacob Sayer

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Butchering, Meat & By-Products
HIST-FOOD

Lamb Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm

By: H. Russell Cross et al.

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Butchering, Meat & By-Products
HIST-FOOD

Secrets of Meat Curing and Sausage Making

By: B. Heller & Co.

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Butchering, Meat & By-Products
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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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Canning, Fermentation & Preservation
HIST-FOOD

Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation

By: Maria Parloa

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Canning, Fermentation & Preservation
HIST-FOOD

Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables

By: U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Canning, Fermentation & Preservation
HIST-FOOD

Home Canning of Meat and Poultry

By: U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Canning, Fermentation & Preservation
HIST-FOOD

Making Fermented Pickles

By: Edwin LeFevre

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Dairy Processing & Cheesemaking
HIST-FOOD

ABC Butter Making: A Hand-Book for the Beginner

By: Frederick S. Burch

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Dairy Processing & Cheesemaking
HIST-FOOD

Dairying Exemplified; or, The Business of Cheese-Making

By: J. Twamley

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Dairy Processing & Cheesemaking
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Hand-Book on Cheese Making

By: George E. Newell

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Dairy Processing & Cheesemaking
HIST-FOOD

Hints on Cheese-Making

By: T. D. Curtis

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Fish Culture & Historical Aquaculture
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Amateur Fish Culture

By: Charles Edward Walker

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Fish Culture & Historical Aquaculture
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The Harvest of the Sea

By: James Glass Bertram

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Fish Culture & Historical Aquaculture
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The History of Esculent Fish

By: Roger North

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Mushrooms, Fungi & Mycology
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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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Mushrooms, Fungi & Mycology
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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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Mushrooms, Fungi & Mycology
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Fungi: Their Nature and Uses

By: M. C. Cooke

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Mushrooms, Fungi & Mycology
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Mushroom Culture: Its Extension and Improvement

By: William Robinson

Practical mushroom cultivation methods and structures.

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Mushrooms, Fungi & Mycology
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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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Mushrooms, Fungi & Mycology
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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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Mushrooms, Fungi & Mycology
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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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Mushrooms, Fungi & Mycology
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The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise

By: Miron Elisha Hard

American mushroom identification and natural history.

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Veterinary Medicine
HIST-VET

Common Diseases of Farm Animals

By: Robert Alexander Craig

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Veterinary Medicine
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Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Goats and Swine

By: G. Moussu; Jno. A. W. Dollar

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Veterinary Medicine
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Special Report on Diseases of Cattle

By: U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry

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Veterinary Medicine
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Text Book of Veterinary Medicine, Volume 1 of 5

By: James Law

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Veterinary Medicine
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Text Book of Veterinary Medicine, Volume 2 of 5

By: James Law

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Veterinary Medicine
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Text Book of Veterinary Medicine, Volume 3 of 5

By: James Law

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Veterinary Medicine
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Text Book of Veterinary Medicine, Volume 4 of 5

By: James Law

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Veterinary Medicine
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The American Reformed Cattle Doctor

By: George H. Dadd

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Veterinary Medicine
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The Farmer's Own Book: Diseases of the Horse

By: J. D. Koogle

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Veterinary Medicine
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The Farmer's Veterinarian

By: Charles William Burkett

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Veterinary Medicine
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The Veterinarian

By: Charles James Korinek

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Plant Health, Entomology & Crop Disease
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An Elementary Study of Insects

By: Leonard Haseman

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Plant Health, Entomology & Crop Disease
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Disease in Plants

By: H. Marshall Ward

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Plant Health, Entomology & Crop Disease
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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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Plant Health, Entomology & Crop Disease
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Insects and Diseases of Trees in the South

By: Anonymous

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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American Pomology: Apples

By: J. A. Warder

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses

By: M. G. Kains

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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Fruits of Queensland

By: Albert H. Benson

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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Home Vegetable Gardening

By: F. F. Rockwell

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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Manual of Gardening, Second Edition

By: L. H. Bailey

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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Success with Small Fruits

By: Edward Payson Roe

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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The Apple-Tree

By: L. H. Bailey

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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The Art of Promoting the Growth of the Cucumber and Melon

By: Thomas Watkins

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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The Cherries of New York

By: U. P. Hedrick

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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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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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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The Field and Garden Vegetables of America

By: Fearing Burr

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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The Peaches of New York

By: U. P. Hedrick

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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The Plums of New York

By: U. P. Hedrick

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato

By: W. W. Tracy

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Horticulture, Gardening & Protected Culture
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War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable Growers

By: Montague Free

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Seeds, Nursery & Plant Propagation
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The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots

By: Sutton & Sons Ltd.

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Seeds, Nursery & Plant Propagation
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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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Economic Botany & Plant Products
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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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Poisonous Plants & Identification
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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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Poisonous Plants & Identification
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Plants Poisonous to Live Stock

By: Harold Cecil Long

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Farm Economics, Marketing & Rural Society
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A Short History of English Agriculture

By: W. H. R. Curtler

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Farm Economics, Marketing & Rural Society
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Agricultural Prices

By: Henry A. Wallace

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Farm Economics, Marketing & Rural Society
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Rural Wealth and Welfare

By: George T. Fairchild

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Farm Economics, Marketing & Rural Society
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The Farmer and His Community

By: Dwight Sanderson

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Rural Communications & Electrical Technology
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Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1

By: American School of Correspondence

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Rural Communications & Electrical Technology
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The Telephone

By: A. E. Dolbear

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Farm Household & Domestic Economy
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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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Farm Household & Domestic Economy
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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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Farm Household & Domestic Economy
HIST-FOOD

Foods and Household Management

By: Helen Kinne; Anna M. Cooley

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Farm Household & Domestic Economy
HIST-ENG

Home Labor Saving Devices

By: Rhea C. Scott

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Farm Household & Domestic Economy
HIST-CHEM / HIST-FOOD

Spons' Household Manual

By: E. & F. N. Spon

Large household formulary; some chemical/medical/food processes are historical only.

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Farm Household & Domestic Economy
HIST-MED / HIST-FOOD

The Book of Household Management

By: Isabella Beeton

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Farm Household & Domestic Economy
HIST-MED / HIST-FOOD

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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Farm Household & Domestic Economy
HIST-MED / HIST-FOOD

The Practical Housewife

By: Robert Kemp Philp

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Agricultural Periodicals & Serials
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884

By: Various

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Agricultural Periodicals & Serials
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884

By: Various

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Agricultural Periodicals & Serials
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884

By: Various

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Agricultural Periodicals & Serials
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 5, February 2, 1884

By: Various

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Agricultural Periodicals & Serials
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The American Agriculturist, Vol. II, No. XI, December 1843

By: Various; edited by A. B. Allen

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Agricultural Periodicals & Serials
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The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884

By: Various

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Florida & Southeastern Agriculture
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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 & Southeastern Agriculture
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Florida: An Ideal Cattle State

By: Florida State Live Stock Association

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Florida & Southeastern Agriculture
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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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Florida & Southeastern Agriculture
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Louisiana Beef Cattle

By: William Carter Stubbs

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Florida & Southeastern Agriculture
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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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Florida & Southeastern Agriculture
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The Southern States, March 1894

By: Various; edited by William H. Edmonds

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Surveying, Levelling & Land Measurement
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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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Basketry & Rural Container Crafts
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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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Basketry & Rural Container Crafts
PD-OP

The Basket Maker

By: Luther Weston Turner

1909 basket-making manual with illustrated construction methods and material handling.

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Milling, Grain Processing & Mill Machinery
HIST-ENG

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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Milling, Grain Processing & Mill Machinery
HIST-ENG

The Miller in Eighteenth-Century Virginia

By: Thomas K. Ford

Mills, milling craft, windmills and colonial grain processing.

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Milling, Grain Processing & Mill Machinery
HIST-ENG

The Old Mill and the Covered Bridge

By: Carillon Park

Illustrated grist-mill and millstone operation reference.

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Milling, Grain Processing & Mill Machinery
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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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Sawmilling, Lumbering & Wood Processing
PD-OP

Elements of Woodwork

By: Charles A. King

Includes growth of wood, lumbering, lumber care, tools, glue, sandpaper and finishing.

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Sawmilling, Lumbering & Wood Processing
HIST-ENG

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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Ice, Refrigeration & Cold Storage
HIST-FOOD

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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Ice, Refrigeration & Cold Storage
HIST-ENG

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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Ice, Refrigeration & Cold Storage
HIST-FOOD / HIST-ENG

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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Ice, Refrigeration & Cold Storage
HIST-ENG / HIST-FOOD

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 & Barrel/Cask Making
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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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Cooperage & Barrel/Cask Making
HIST-ENG

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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Wheelwrighting, Wagon & Carriage Making
HIST-ENG

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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Pottery, Brickmaking & Ceramic Rural Industries
HIST-ENG

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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Pottery, Brickmaking & Ceramic Rural Industries
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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, Brickmaking & Ceramic Rural Industries
PD-OP / HIST-ENG

Pottery, for Artists, Craftsmen & Teachers

By: George James Cox

Technical craft text covering pottery materials and practice.

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Pottery, Brickmaking & Ceramic Rural Industries
HIST-ENG

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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Pottery, Brickmaking & Ceramic Rural Industries
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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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Pottery, Brickmaking & Ceramic Rural Industries
HIST-ENG

The Science of Brickmaking

By: George Frederick Harris

Technical handbook on brick-earths, clays, chemistry and brick manufacture.

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Charcoal, Naval Stores & Wood Distillation
HIST-ENG / HIST-CHEM

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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Charcoal, Naval Stores & Wood Distillation
HIST-ENG / HIST-CHEM

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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Charcoal, Naval Stores & Wood Distillation
HIST-CHEM

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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Rural Trades & Industrial Arts Compendia
PD-OP / HIST-ENG

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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Rural Trades & Industrial Arts Compendia
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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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Every text carries one or more safety tags. These tags help you understand the context and limitations of historical agricultural material before you apply it.

PD-OP

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.

HIST-ENG

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.

HIST-FOOD

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.

HIST-VET

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.

HIST-CHEM

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.

ID-ASSIST

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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The Farm & Rural Trades Library covers 46 trade divisions with downloadable texts. The History of Farming Library places these texts in chronological context across 10 eras of agricultural development. The Lost Farm Knowledge Library preserves complementary records — Library of Congress agricultural works, Florida agricultural records and historical farm manuals with modern-context labels.

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