Download or read book First Farm in the Valley written by Anne Pellowski and published by Bethlehem Books. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six-year-old Anna Pellowski’s older siblings, Jacob, Franciszek, Barney, Mary and Pauline are exposed to English at school, but only Polish is spoken at home. The younger children—Anna, Julian, Anton barely know a word of their new country’s language, but then neither do many of their neighbors. When the family goes to town to celebrate the 100th birthday of the United States, the speaker gives his speech in a mix of German, Polish, Bohemian and Norwegian! Some years before, in the mid 1800’s, Anna’s mother, father and brother Baby Jacob had come from Poland to live in a tiny sod house in Western Wisconsin and establish the very first farm in the entire Latsch Valley. Now the growing family lives in a real house, with neighbors on every side, and the world for quietly curious Anna is filled with fascinating possibilities—as well as lots of hard work. Sometimes she dreams of going back to the Poland she is always hearing about, but increasingly she realizes that life in Latsch Valley, with its rich cultural rhythm of work, play and religious faith, holds everything she could possibly want.
Download or read book Early Farm Life written by Lise Gunby and published by Crabtree Pub.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics covered;Arrival in the forest, starting from scratch, building a homeThe prairie settler's special problemsClearing the land, building fencesA settler girl's letter about her new lifeThe first planting and harvestBuilding the barn, the animals' homeWinter work: frozen up and snowed inMaple syrup; the sap flows in the early springThe beautiful orchard, the apiaryHenrietta tours the barnyardThe geese guard the yardHorsepower; the giants of the farmDisappointments in farm lifeGrain from the field to flour to breadA boy's threshing day diaryThe prairie; wheat fields and ranchingThe country fairA city girl learns about farm lifeChanges on the farm
Download or read book Farm written by Richard Rhodes and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-11-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the challenges and rewards faced by modern farms in the Midwest, and looks at the seasonal milestones of rural life
Download or read book Farmlife written by Gestalten and published by Gestalten. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh eggs. Grandmother's pickling jars. Backyard orchards Meet new farmers, learn how they grow food, and join the movement preparing their favorite dishes with farm fresh ingredients.
Download or read book Food and Everyday Life on Kentucky Family Farms 1920 1950 written by John van Willigen and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foods Kentuckians love to eat today -- biscuits and gravy, country ham and eggs, soup beans and cornbread, fried chicken and shucky beans, and fried apple pie and boiled custard -- all were staples on the Kentucky family farms in the early twentieth century. Each of these dishes has evolved as part of the farming lifestyle of a particular time and place, utilizing available ingredients and complementing busy daily schedules. Though the way of life associated with these farms in the first half of the twentieth century has mostly disappeared, the foodways have become a key part of Kentucky's cultural identity. In Food and Everyday Life on Kentucky Family Farms, 1920--1950, John van Willigen and Anne van Willigen examine the foodways -- the practices, knowledge, and traditions found in a community regarding the planting, preparation, consumption, and preservation -- of Kentucky family farms in the first half of the last century. This was an era marked by significant changes in the farming industry and un rural communities, including the introduction of the New Deal market quota system, the creation of the University of Kentucky Agricultural Extension Service, the expansion of basic infrastructures into rural areas, the increased availability of new technologies, and the massive migration from rural to urban areas. The result was a revolutionary change from family-based subsistence farming to market-based agricultural production, which altered not only farmers' relationships to food in Kentucky but the social relations within the state's rural communities. Based on interviews conducted by the University of Kentucky's Family Farm Project and supplemented by archival research, photographs, and recipes, Food and Everyday Life on Kentucky Family Farms, 1920--1950 recalls a vanishing way of life in rural Kentucky. By documenting the lives and experiences of Kentucky farmers, the book ensures that traditional folk and foodways in Kentucky's most important industry will be remembered.
Download or read book The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century written by Richard L. Bushman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating study of America’s agricultural society during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Founding eras In the eighteenth century, three†‘quarters of Americans made their living from farms. This authoritative history explores the lives, cultures, and societies of America’s farmers from colonial times through the founding of the nation. Noted historian Richard Bushman explains how all farmers sought to provision themselves while still actively engaged in trade, making both subsistence and commerce vital to farm economies of all sizes. The book describes the tragic effects on the native population of farmers’ efforts to provide farms for their children and examines how climate created the divide between the free North and the slave South. Bushman also traces midcentury rural violence back to the century’s population explosion. An engaging work of historical scholarship, the book draws on a wealth of diaries, letters, and other writings—including the farm papers of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington—to open a window on the men, women, and children who worked the land in early America.
Download or read book Going Over Home written by Charles Thompson, Jr. and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Editors’ Choice “Best Books of 2019” An intimate portrait of the joys and hardships of rural life, as one man searches for community, equality, and tradition in Appalachia Charles D. Thompson, Jr. was born in southwestern Virginia into an extended family of small farmers. Yet as he came of age he witnessed the demise of every farm in his family. Over the course of his own life of farming, rural education, organizing, and activism, the stories of his home place have been his constant inspiration, helping him identify with the losses of others and to fight against injustices. In Going Over Home, Thompson shares revelations and reflections, from cattle auctions with his grandfather to community gardens in the coal camps of eastern Kentucky, racial disparities of white and Black landownership in the South to recent work with migrant farm workers from Latin America. In this heartfelt first-person narrative, Thompson unpacks our country’s agricultural myths and addresses the history of racism and wealth inequality and how they have come to bear on our nation’s rural places and their people.
Download or read book A Farmer s Life for Me written by Jan Dobbins and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A busy family and their friends spend a day working and playing on the farm. From milking the cows in the morning to closing the gate at night, learn about a day in the life of a farming family. Enhanced CD includes video animation and audio singalong.
Download or read book Life on a Rocky Farm written by Lucas C. Barger and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A folksy look at farm life in rugged Putnam Valley just as it was being transformed by industrialization and mechanization.
Download or read book A Family Farm written by Robert L. Switzer and published by Center for American Places. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Switzer's memoir covers four generations of life on the family farm in Illinois. The tale is enhanced with photographs plus watercolors and woodblock prints by the author's wife and son. Frank E. Barmore adds information about the nineteenth-century history of this family farm, the Barmore family, and the settling of that area of Illinois.
Download or read book Farming While Black written by Leah Penniman and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Farming While Black is the first comprehensive "how to" guide for aspiring African-heritage growers to reclaim their dignity as agriculturists and for all farmers to understand the distinct, technical contributions of African-heritage people to sustainable agriculture. At Soul Fire Farm, author Leah Penniman co-created the Black and Latino Farmers Immersion (BLFI) program as a container for new farmers to share growing skills in a culturally relevant and supportive environment led by people of color. Farming While Black organizes and expands upon the curriculum of the BLFI to provide readers with a concise guide to all aspects of small-scale farming, from business planning to preserving the harvest. Throughout the chapters Penniman uplifts the wisdom of the African diasporic farmers and activists whose work informs the techniques described--from whole farm planning, soil fertility, seed selection, and agroecology, to using whole foods in culturally appropriate recipes, sharing stories of ancestors, and tools for healing from the trauma associated with slavery and economic exploitation on the land. Woven throughout the book is the story of Soul Fire Farm, a national leader in the food justice movement." --
Download or read book Down on the Farm written by Aaron Adams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOWN ON THE FARM - "What's this" series by Aaron Adams Down on the farm there is always lots to see. Come on everybody just follow me. We are going to have fun and play a game. Can you tell me which animal is not the same? ... Professional illustrations with cute animals and different colors. Life skills for children's Short interesting rhyming stories and objects for your child to search for. "Down on the Farm" is the perfect book for young readers from one to three years. It has large colorful illustrations throughout, short interesting rhyming stories and objects for your child to search for. "Down on the Farm" has everything that is necessary for the development of speech, perseverance and care of your child. What awaits you under the cover: A fascinating and entertaining find and show book from the series "What's this" for the little ones. Each turn of a page reveals a separate task on the topic "Farm". Your child must become acquainted with the animals and find them in different parts of the farm. In the bird's yard, in the hen-house, in the stable, in the pasture and in the garden. "Down on the Farm" has all the essential elements to delight your child, from the illustrations and short interesting stories to the exciting game of searching for the animals. It will help to develop the speech, diligence and attentiveness of your child. A magnificent gift for boys and girls from one to three years. What people saying about my kid's books: Dr. Grace LaJoy Henderson "Creatively written. This story is great for helping young children learn how to recognize various animals." Teacher, Miami, Florida "Nice for beginning rhyming stories & cheerfully illustrated. A very charming story for children. And nice for the complementary material." Susana "What a wonderful illustrated colorful book this is! I am buying it for my kids. It is a very positive, beautiful color and illustrations. My six year old is going to love this. If you would like your child to read a very cute story with little words that they can pronounce and rhyme this is i! Beautiful job." Amazon Customer "Cute book, I think the poems are sweet and funny. The graphics are so colorful and appropriate - great job of illustrations." WARNING! Limited time low price for first time selling on Amazon! Need a book for reading to a child? What are you waiting for? Scroll up and press "buy now"!
Download or read book Ephraim s Farm written by Floyd Romesberg and published by Blue Dolphin Pub. This book was released on 2010 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ephraim's Farm" is a historical sketch of a western Pennsylvania working farm family of the early 1900s. Although this family may be ordinary in every detail, the totality of the lives so factually described, is extraordinary.--Irvin Pritts, Ph.D.
Download or read book Early American Farm Life written by Nils D D. Olsson and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My mother's family history extends back to the early sixteenth-century England. William Short was born on March 3, 1613 in Brewood, Staffordshire and was a lower-level member of the English establishment. He received a land grant from the Crown and joined a privately-funded expedition as a young man and voyaged west to the New World. He landed at the colony of Virginia, so named by Walter Raleigh for his reigning monarch then known as the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. Walter Raleigh, although never traveling to the Virginia Colony, popularized smoking tobacco in the Virgin Queen's court. William Short died as a young man on April 6, 1659. He was married to Elizabeth Symonds, and they had two children. His will is recorded in Surry County, Virginia, and is one of the oldest to exist in the Commonwealth of Virginia. After the Short family gained a foothold in the New World, we look forward across more than six generations to 1819 and the birth of Burwell B. Short in Pittsylvania County. Burwell married Francis Ann George on February 7, 1848. They had eleven children, including my grandfather, Samuel David Short, who was born November 7, 1864 at the tail end of the American Civil War. Samuel David married Ella Jackson Scruggs in 1894 and worked as a tobacco farmer on the family homestead in Pittsylvania County. They raised a family of nine children, including my mother Fannie Janet, who was born on February 11, 1911. My mother married and had two sons. My last trip to the farm came when I was sixteen. I graduated from high school and served a tour in the United States Air Force before graduating from college and marrying my wife who is the daughter of a NASA scientist. His specialty was space science and applications with emphasis on sounding rockets. He explains that his sounding rockets will leave the solar system long after his demise and slice across our galaxy. They will enter the universe beyond and continue on an endless voyage long after he has passed sway. NDO, 1.27.18
Download or read book My First Farm written by Dawn Sirett and published by DK Children. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures and brief text introduce the animals, vehicles, crops, and noises found on a farm. On board pages.
Download or read book A Good Day s Work written by Dwight W. Hoover and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dwight Hoover, who grew up on an Iowa farm, recalls the events of day-to-day life in this era, offering detailed descriptions of daily work in each of the year's four seasons. A fascinating if grim reminder of what it was like to be a child with adult responsibilities, Mr. Hoover's unusual memoir recalls the rough edges as well as the happy moments of rural life.
Download or read book My First Book of the Farm written by Alain Grée and published by My First Book of. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations of familiar objects introduce the animals, plants, people, and equipment on the farm.
