Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them

Wonderful old farm devices, I am very happy I purchased this book. It is very simple and reminds me of how simple yet hardworking farmers were before modern inventions that make farming easier today. I think anyone that wants to still use the old way of doing things should check out this book. It is a basic book of basic tools that can assist the small farmer in their homestead. I would suggest it to anyone that wants to know more about old country living tools. This is a very basic foundation of information on old farm tools, their applications, and drawings to assist in actual building of the device. No schematics or anything complex, just drawings and informative accompanying paragraphs about the tool. I love it!

Many practical devices which can be easily made. Perfect for the prepper who wants to be prepared for a worst case, "all my prepped materials are gone" scenario. Knowledge is the one stock which cannot be robbed, and can continually be replenished.

My interest in this book comes from a growing concern about Peak Oil. When energy is no longer cheap or plentiful, how will we adapt? One way to approach this question is to look ahead and see how technologies such as solar and wind energy can help. Turns out, however, that the feasibility of these technologies is also dependent to a large degree upon plentiful, cheap oil. So, in addition to looking ahead, it's probably a good idea to look to the past. How did people of a few generations back manage such simple tasks as refrigeration (for example), without relying upon constant availability of electricity and fossil fuel? This book is a good resource for those who want to investigate this question. It offers many examples of very practical implements, most of which can be built with simple tools, some basic skills, and hard work. "Hard work" may be the most operant item in that list, and throughout the book are sprinkled brief aphorisms encouraging one to embrace the work ethic: "the manly part is to do with might and main what you can (Emerson)"; "keep your shop and your shop will keep you"; "Taste the joy that springs from labor (Longfellow)". Good illustrations; spare, to-the-point writing st

I love being self reliant! This books helps!

of course this is of no worth to "city folk" who think "all is well & ever shall be". But those of us who have a more realistic outlook there is a wealth of easy to use info here. Many books like this have info that is impossible to use. This one is good! 4 stars due to high price. Book deserves 5+

So many devices, and mostly enough info to duplicate them. It gave me lots of ideas to build what I need even if I don't do it exactly like the book suggests.Very inspirational. YOU can do it too!

How-to instructions and illustrations for making tools you'll use on a country property. Some are simple, others more complex, but they do the job

What a rip off. This is not even a book. It has no pictures!!!!! It is a series of paragraphs describing how to build stuff in 8 pt type that's bunched together and hard to read on about 30 pages. Don't waste your money!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I also think this old-fashioned book is worth a place on the bookshelf of a serious homestead. It is worth dipping into occasionally to remind you that you don't have to buy expensive things, and that simple home-made gadgets may be better than bought items. Although the author suggests tens of uses for barrel hoops, here in rural Portugal there are plenty of those! No old piano crates, though. The point is that the book prompts you with other people's ideas (well over a hundred of them) so you can move on to find better solutions for your own small-farm problems. It gives you confidence to tackle jobs like pulling out tree roots with a 35HP small tractor. Its not a how-to-do-it book but a try-thinking-this-way book.

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Endlessly useful book, covers any and all sorts of useful things for the small farm or homestead. Saves me a lot of reinventing wheels. Really useful for people even just wanting to reduce their dependancy on fossil fuels or electricity.

I purchased "Handy Farm Devices . . ." based on the Amazon recommendation, and my own interest in all things "tinkering". Perhaps my 65 years have jaded me, and perhaps I was still basking in the afterglow of Carla Emery's "Encyclopedia of Country Living" (ECL). The ECL is a fabulous book on so many levels, while the Handy Farm Devices barely suffices on one. The only value I can see in it is as a bit of archaeological evidence of past practices. I quickly scanned it looking for relavence and value and found none.