How to Do Things
A Timeless Guide to a Simpler Life
Published on 2. April 2019
272 pages
978-1-4521-7174-6 (ISBN)
Description
For anyone who wants to learn how to catch a runaway pig, mend a fence post, milk a cow, or throw an unforgettable barn party, this engaging volume delivers timeless advice on accomplishing tasks big and small around the house, garden, and farm. Featuring original text and illustrations from the 1919 first edition, this 100th-anniversary volume presents a new generation of readers with expert guidance on every facet of homesteading in a very handsomely crafted package. With projects that range from practical (ridding a yard of poison ivy) to downright bemusing (organizing a potato peeling contest), this delightful book is equal parts useful and entertaining. An ode to self-reliance brimming with wit, wisdom, and nostalgia, this is a must-have for anyone who enjoys doing things with their own two hands.
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William Campbell is an editor and writer. He lives an idyllic pastoral life in Brooklyn.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword: Practical, not fancy, Living
- Introduction: Interesting and Important Matters
- Part I: Down on the Farm
- Mailing Lists that Make Money
- Selling Seed Corn
- Selling Nuts
- Selling Wood
- Leading the Bull Safely
- Stop Chicken Eating
- Another Hen Discourager
- Homemade Hog Scratcher
- Simplest Kind of Milk Strainer
- Raising Guinea Pigs
- Scientific Hand Milking
- Its Importance Often Overlooked
- A School would be Good
- The Milker Often to Blame
- Fast Milking Pays
- The Stable's Floor and Other Matters
- Watch the Coat
- Beware of Icy Spots
- Dentist Work
- Systems in Harnessing
- The Most Money in Early Chicks
- Early, but Not Too Early
- Better for Meat
- Good Feed and Care Essential
- Big-Four Egg Formula
- Mix Feed with Exercise
- Other Conditions to Watch for
- Feeding Stock on Range
- How to Tell What is Killing the Chickens
- Birds of Prey are Deadly
- Foxes
- Six Breeds of Money-Making Geese
- A Good Living and 10 Percent
- Definitions
- Measuring the Income of a Farmer
- Where the 10 Percent Comes In
- Assumptions
- Part II: Around the Yard
- Picking Apples
- Eleven Rules that will Ensure Results
- The Right Way to Saw A Limb
- Fresh Vegetables All Winter
- How the Pits are Used
- Strawberry Culture
- Harvesting the Ice Crop
- Fighting Poison Ivy
- Destroying by Sulfuric Acid
- Destroying by Fire
- Chasing the Robins
- When Bees are Put Outdoors
- Wrapping the Hives
- Spring Dwindling
- The Busy Bee in Midsummer
- Watch the Nectar Supply
- Uncapping the Combs for Extracting
- Storage
- Tree-Pruning Hints
- Protecting the Orchard from Frost Damage
- When to Start the Fires
- Fuel
- Oil Now the Favorite
- Protect Your Trees from Mice and Rabbits
- Hints to Potato Growers
- How to Trap the Raccoon and Opossum
- Skinning, Stretching, and Drying Pelts
- The Arch Pest-Rats
- The Kettle Trap
- The Tar Cure
- Steel Traps
- Fire Protection that Protects
- Simple Things to Remember
- Your Water System
- How to Empty a Barrel
- Easy-to-Build Icehouse
- An Alarm Bell
- Part III: In the Kitchen
- Homemade Warming Oven
- Warning for Bake Oven
- Heat Box for Raising Bread
- The Simple Art of Making Cheese
- The Cheese in Congress
- Cheese from Whey
- Cream Cheese
- Easily Prepared Dishes
- Dock Greens
- Chicken Pilau
- Sausage and Hominy
- Potato Pancakes
- Pennsylvania Pepper Hash
- Saving Cooked Cereals
- Grape Foam
- Italian Polenta
- Buckwheat Spice Cakes
- Goldenrod Eggs
- Spinach Properly Cooked
- Roasting in Paper
- Barley Cereal
- Skim Milk Bread
- Potato Muffins
- Mixed Breakfast Food
- Boiled Rice
- Mock Cherry Pie
- Boiled Soybeans
- Popcorn Cereal
- Brown Sugar Pickles
- Apples and Dates
- Corn Fritters
- Reworked Butter
- Boston Brown Bread
- Orange Marmalade
- Measuring Hard Butter
- Corn Bread with Rice
- Scotch Oat Crackers
- Soybeans with Tomato Sauce
- Delmonico Potatoes
- Louisiana Corn Bread
- Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding
- A Toothsome Rice Dish
- Dried Vegetables
- Peach Soufflé
- Cottage Cheese Pie
- Plain Corn Bread
- Recipes for Busy Summer Days
- Steamed Brown Bread
- Quick Tomato Soup
- Cream of Asparagus Soup
- Cream of Cucumber Soup
- Delicious Corn Chowder
- Fish Flake Soufflé
- Creamed Fish Cakes
- Red Bunny
- Canned Salmon
- Salmon Salad
- Salmon Box
- Tomato Jelly Salad
- Quick Mayonnaise Dressing
- Kidney Beans and Sausages
- Grape Jelly
- Jambolayo
- Strawberry Delight
- Canned Pineapple and Dried Apricots
- Christmas Sweetmeats
- Peanut Bars No. 1
- Peanut Bars No. 2
- Chocolate Caramels
- Walnut Creams
- Cracker Jack
- Ways to Cure Meat
- The Brine Cure
- The Dry Cure
- Smoking
- Preparing Meats for Family Use
- Brine Cure
- Plain Salt Pork
- Sausage
- Liverwurst
- Pigs' Feet
- Canned Meat
- Dried Beef
- Beef Tongues
- Corned Beef
- How to Carve Meat
- Part IV: Around the House
- Making a Window Garden
- Start Late in October
- No Expense to Speak of
- The Nasty Roach
- Habits
- Remedies
- Paper Walls for Warmth
- Paperhanging Made Easy
- One Solution of the Housekeeper Problem
- Doing Without
- Homemade Dishmop
- The Baby and His Belongings
- Substitute Beds
- Selecting a Crib
- Sleeping Bag
- The Bathtub
- Basket for Baby's Things
- Early Training
- Sonny's Bath
- Made-Over Farmhouse
- Planning the Porch
- A Standard Farmhouse
- The New Farm Helper-Electricity
- Drudgery Taken out of Chores
- Save Energy on Chores Around the House
- "Merely by Turning a Switch"
- Economy in Handling the Washer
- A Light Load is Best
- Oil Persistently
- Indoors, Please
- Dishwashing Made Easy
- Canning Made Easy by the Cold Pack Method
- Indoor Games
- Clothespin Game
- The Standing Broad Grin
- The Continuous Glum
- Fifty-Yard Slash
- Clear the Table
- Game of Artists and Critics
- Game of Telegrams
- Heavyweight Throw
- Game of Biography
- Indoor Sports
- Potato Race
- Nut Game
- Potato-Peeling Contest
- The Blarney Stone
- A "Thrilling" Pastime
- The Little Dutch Band
- Indoor Shot Put
- Pins and Potato Race
- Gratitude Game
- Musical Chairs
- Literary Salad
- Trees of the Woods
- Game of Animals
- Sum Contest
- Game of Sculpture
- Tossing the Smile
- Game of Wireless Telephone
- "Poor Pussy" and "Rooster"
- Yankee Doodle Kitchen
- Game of Missing Adjectives
- A Ring Game
- Cotton Contest
- Fish Talk
- New Form of Stagecoach
- Move the Penny
- Romance
- Game of Hidden Cities
- Outdoor Games
- Outdoor Fan Tag
- Day and Night
- "Are You There?"
- Follow the Leader
- School Games
- Shadow Pantomimes
- An Illustrated Magazine
- Spelling Game
- A Mother Goose Party
- Progressive Initials
- Mind Reading
- Game of Advertisements
- Charades
- Progressive Conversations
- The Popular Magazine
- Left-Handed Contest
- Home Parties
- Inexpensive Entertaining
- Put Your Wits to Work
- What to Serve
- Sweets and Desserts
- Guessing by Feel
- Smelling Contest
- Thimble Club Entertaining
- Thimble Parties
- A Married Folks Party
- Hat Making
- A Cat Party
- Progressive Novelty Party
- Special Occasions
- February Entertaining
- St. Valentine's Day Entertaining
- A Valentine Engagement Luncheon
- St. Valentine Games
- A Valentine Soap-Bubble Game
- Your Heart on Your Sleeve
- Valentine Proposals
- For Washington's Birthday
- For St. Patrick's Day
- Chalking the Pig's Eye
- April First Entertaining
- Halloween
- Halloween Fortunes
- Halloween Suggestions
- Costumes for Halloween
- Christmas Holiday Entertaining
- A Twelve-Month Social
- Charades
- Game of Resolutions for New Year's
- Things for Impatient Children To Do
- Making a Megaphone
- Making a Hatstand
- Making a Snow House
- Making a Cardboard Lantern
- Making a Shampoo Board
- A Tree House
- A Handy Twine Holder
- A Tree for Climbing
- The Balancing Tree
- Horizontal Bar
- A "Save your Shot" Target
- Tub Tilting
- Game of Smugglers
- Foot in the Ring
- The Snake Chase
- Giant Stride
- Pom-Pom-Pullaway
- Part V: Out in the Workshop
- A Storage Cellar for Roots and Vegetables
- Individual Hog House
- Handy Pig Catcher
- The Barn I'd like to Have
- An Emergency Auto Repair Light
- Carry an Extinguisher
- Bob's Endless Clothesline
- Picketing the Calf
- Collar for Self-Milker
- Protecting the Farm Horse's Head
- Scraper for Horses' Legs
- Safety Pig Fender
- Water Heater and Food Cooker
- Homemade Feed Carrier
- Milk Pail Holder for Calves
- Keep Roosters from Fighting
- Keeping the Chicks Under the Tree
- Simple Closet
- Grain Chest from Piano Box
- Lantern Hook
- Small Door in Big One
- Handy Rack for Implements
- Burning out Stumps
- Mice Protection for Trees
- A Simpler Scarecrow
- Newspaper Shade for Plants
- A Rake and Stone Box
- Improved Smokehouse
- Double Barn Broom
- Preserving Fence Posts
- Hanging Board for Tools
- Silencing the Invalid's Watch
- Shaving Mirror
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Authors
- Chronicle Ebooks
