Download or read book Eighty eight Years on a Maine Farm written by John William Penney and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eighty Eight Years on a Maine Farm written by Will Penney and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling nearly nine decades of life and work on a Maine farm, this memoir by Will and Minnie Penney presents a wonderful look back at rural life before and during the Depression, in the heady post-war years, and late, as family farms began to give way to larger industrial farms. The Penney's adapted to change by adjusting the way they farmed, focusing on fewer crops, adding dairy cows to their stock, even harvesting trees from the woodlot and cutting them into lumberwith the farm's lumber mill. Through it all the Penney's toughed it out and thrived on their slice of Maine heaven. The Penney Farm in Belgrade, Maine, remained in the family for more than one hundred and fifty years. Eighty-Eighth Years on a Maine Farm is part Will Penney's personal memoir and part Minnie's diary. Together, they show readers just what everyday life on a busy Maine farm was like.
Download or read book Eighty Eight Years on a Maine written by Will Penney and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling nearly nine decades of life and work on a Maine farm, this memoir by Will and Minnie Penney presents a wonderful look back at rural life before and during the Depression, in the heady post-war years, and late, as family farms began to give way to larger industrial farms. The Penney's adapted to change by adjusting the way they farmed, focusing on fewer crops, adding dairy cows to their stock, even harvesting trees from the woodlot and cutting them into lumberwith the farm's lumber mill. Through it all the Penney's toughed it out and thrived on their slice of Maine heaven. The Penney Farm in Belgrade, Maine, remained in the family for more than one hundred and fifty years. Eighty-Eighth Years on a Maine Farm is part Will Penney's personal memoir and part Minnie's diary. Together, they show readers just what everyday life on a busy Maine farm was like.
Download or read book The Ride of Her Life written by Elizabeth Letts and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion “The gift Elizabeth Letts has is that she makes you feel you are the one taking this trip. This is a book we can enjoy always but especially need now.”—Elizabeth Berg, author of The Story of Arthur Truluv In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live. But Annie wanted to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She ignored her doctor’s advice to move into the county charity home. Instead, she bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men’s dungarees, and headed south in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. Annie had little idea what to expect beyond her rural crossroads; she didn’t even have a map. But she did have her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness. Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, rode straight into a world transformed by the rapid construction of modern highways. Between 1954 and 1956, the three travelers pushed through blizzards, forded rivers, climbed mountains, and clung to the narrow shoulder as cars whipped by them at terrifying speeds. Annie rode more than four thousand miles, through America’s big cities and small towns. Along the way, she met ordinary people and celebrities—from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offers—a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher. In a decade when car ownership nearly tripled, when television’s influence was expanding fast, when homeowners began locking their doors, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world.
Download or read book Northern Farm written by Henry Beston and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chickenology written by Barbara Sandri and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Chickenology] has found a prominent place at my farm in the book shelf where we keep our favorites books"— Isabella Rossellini Chickenology takes young readers on a fascinating and informative tour of chickens. With a playful tone and irresistibly charming illustrations by rising star Camilla Pintonato, this lively visual encyclopedia presents chickens in all of their feathered glory. Discover the incredible variety of chickens with different origins, breeds, and feather patterns. Learn incredible facts: did you know that chickens can learn to count up to four and have excellent hearing? Many even like to listen to music! A great educational book, covering: • Different breeds of chickens, like Padovana and Silkie • The difference between roosters and hens • How chicks are formed in the egg • Chickens sounds and noises • Chicken anatomy and feather anatomy and colors • Chickens and eggs around the world • Chicken history and folklore • Raising chickens at home • Chickens as pets Chickenology is the perfect animal book for nature and animal loving young readers, chicken enthusiasts, chicken farmers, and pet chicken owners alike! "Prepare to be fascinated by the varied world of chickens, presented here in charming detail....Endearingly dubbing chickens 'irresistible companions,' this educational overview of all things chicken is bound to hatch some new enthusiasts."—ALA/Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
Download or read book Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Eighty eighth Congress written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Belgrade Lakes Region The written by Eric Hooglund and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forested and rural Belgrade Lakes region in central Maine has been a summer tourist area for more than 125 years, attracting families to its seven lakes--called "ponds" by locals--that are interconnected by streams. This chain of lakes acquired its collective name from the town of Belgrade, which borders five of the seven lakes, including the three largest ones. In 1849, a railroad built two stations in Belgrade, and by the 1870s, the combination of the lakes, trains, and numerous farms offering fresh produce and dairy products fostered the growth of tourism in the area. During the golden age, from around 1900 to 1945, grand hotels, resort spas, and family and youth camps proliferated, and the visits of celebrities, politicians, authors, and industrialists added glamour and sometimes scandal to Belgrade summers. The patterns of tourism in the United States changed after World War II; summer has become the season when thousands of snowbirds return to their cottages on the lakes, although hundreds of boys and girls still participate in the fun and educational youth camps.
Download or read book Farming in Maine 1860 1940 written by Clarence Albert Day and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Book of Biographies written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1899 the 17th district included Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Sullivan counties.
Download or read book Eight Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture 1863 written by Maine Board of Agriculture and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.
Download or read book Gazetteer and Business Directory of Lamoille and Orleans Counties Vt for 1883 84 written by Hamilton Child and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Download or read book History of Cook County Illinois written by Weston Arthur Goodspeed and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancestors and Descendants of John Coney of Boston England and Boston Massachusetts written by Mary Lovering Holman and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unique Maine Farms written by Mary Quinn Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over two years, Mary Quinn Doyle, a Maine author, photographer, and certified teacher traveled throughout Maine visiting over 180 farms and agricultural programs. A collection of stories about 178 of these farms and 440 of her color photographs appear in her 296-page book - Unique Maine Farms. In addition to stories about many organic and conventional and farms,Doyle included information about Native gathering and harvesting, historicalfarms, diversified farms, aquaculture, tree-related farms, farms with apreservation focus, and research and school farms. Underlying the publication is the idea that farming and gardening can conceivably be enjoyed by just about everyone. There is a section of the book that includes profiles of farms that address the issue of hunger and farms that are operated by migrant and guest workers, refugees and immigrants, the incarcerated, and individuals with physical and mental challenges.
Download or read book The Biographical Record of Livingston County Illinois written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maine Historical Society Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
