This classic volume collects turn-of-the-century wisdom on every aspect of farm & country life. From the barn to the nursery, nothing has been overlooked. Divided into three parts that cover the land, the homestead, & leisure activities, TRADITIONAL COUNTRY SKILLS offers handy advice on such matters as livestock, barns & fences, farm machinery, manure, blacksmithing, beekeeping, the dairy, kitchen devices, canning & preserving, home remedies, sewing & quilting, toys & sports, whiskey making, county fairs, & much, much more. Fully illustrated throughout, TRADITIONAL COUNTRY SKILLS is not only practical & a pleasure to read, it is also beautiful & fun to browse through for the hundreds of enticing drawings that pepper the text on nearly every page. It sits just as well displayed on a coffee table as it does on the wooden shelf in the toolshed. It's the perfect gift for a friend or relative making the move from city to country life, anyone lured by the rich legacy of American agriculture, or anyone interested in pursuing a fundamentally simpler way of life.