Five Acres and Independence, a Practical Guide to the Selection and Management of the Small Farm

Description: Illustrated with drawings and diagrams. This was originally published in February, 1935; then was revised and enlarged in January, 1940. This is a later printing of that revised edition. Includes methods of calculating costs of permanent improvements, such as draining the land, improving soil, greenhouses, etc. and methods for carrying out those improvements. Suggestions for specific crops, seasonal crops, transplanting, timing, and more. Suggestions of animals for the small scale farmer and means of working them into your overall farm design. And finally, advice for keeping your small farm in top production. BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with black; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. appendices, index. small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall). 397 pages. Revised and Enlarged Edition, 22nd Printing.