Corn Milling
Written by Martin Watts
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
Corn milling, the reduction of hard cereal grains to form a usable foodstuff, is one of the oldest and most necessary crafts. While windmills and watermills are given deserved notice, the milling process and the modern development of the industry are usually taken for granted. The history of milling is exceptional...
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Wagons and Carts
Written by David Viner
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
The slow-paced wagons and carts of yesteryear can provide clues into the way past rural communities lived and worked. The varying landscape of the British Isles created different agricultural demands, and this is reflected in the extremely localized design and craftsmanship of pastoral vehicles. This book explores the origins of wagon...
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Dairying Bygones
Written by Arthur Ingram
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $11.95
Dairying probably originated in Neolithic times, and by the sixteenth century the cow had become the principal dairy animal. By the mid-eighteenth century many farmers began to specialize in the production of dairy products - milk, butter and cheese - the excess of which could be sold. Victorian farmers who could...
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