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Farming with Dynamite: A Few Hints to Farmers — Edition Insights
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Practical Skunk Raising A Book of Information Concerning the Raising of Skunks for Profit — Reading Companion
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Field Mice as Farm and Orchard Pests — Context and Discussion
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NOEEP Historical Agriculture Library: 91 Books on Farming, Gardens, and Rural Life
The NOEEP Historical Agriculture Library is a digital catalogue of 91 books on historical agriculture, rural life, and gardening. Drawn from 111 authors, the collection spans topics from livestock and land management to gardening and social conditions. Rather than a scattered list, the catalogue organizes works into broad subject categories—farming, gardening, plants and soil, and livestock—helping readers see connections between practical manuals, regional accounts, and reflections on rural communities. Whether you're researching historical farming methods, seeking period gardening advice, or tracing changes in rural society, the collection offers a focused entry point. Each record provides bibliographic details and contextual notes, making it straightforward to locate relevant texts across the catalogue's thematic groupings.
91 public-domain works111 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Farming
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Gardening
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Plants Soil
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How and what to grow in a kitche...
In Gardening
The garden yard — Themes and Con...
In Gardening
Principles and practice of agric...
In Gardening
The book of garden design — Edit...
In Gardening
Horse-hoeing husbandry — Reading...
In Gardening
Principles and practice of agric...
In Gardening
A study of some factors influenc...
In Livestock
The agricultural and forest prod...
In Gardening
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- A-B-C of Vegetable Gardening — K...Rexford, Eben E. (Eben Eu...
- How and what to grow in a kitche... Authors: Darlington, E. D., Moll, ... In Gardening
- The garden yard — Themes and Con... Authors: Hall, Bolton, 1854-1938, ... In Gardening
- Principles and practice of agric... Authors: Wiley, Harvey Washington,... In Gardening
- The book of garden design — Edit... Authors: Roberts, Harry, 1871-1946... In Gardening