Handy Farm Devices- Circa 1910

[UncleJoe]

This site has several thousand pages of useful plans and illustrations on how to build various items used around the farm. Some are quite outdated and some are timeless. But it's interesting to see what were considered handy and time saving devices 100 years ago.

http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html#contents

 

[Sentry18]

That's very cool.

We have an agriculture heritage museum that is fun to visit. Necessity truly is the mother of invention.

 

[gumpy]

I bookmarked that for further exploration! That looks cool. Like some of the things my grandfather made in his blacksmith shop.

 

[UncleJoe]

I bookmarked that for further exploration! That looks cool. Like some of the things my grandfather made in his blacksmith shop.

Exactly. Things that could have been considered state-of-the-art at the time.

When our grandparents were kids they would have loved to have a few of these items around to help get through chores quicker and easier.

 

[Redbeard]

Awesome link! Thank you so much for posting it! I love this stuff, i am obsessed with learning and doing things the old way. I think it gives a person a better handle on what the correct way to do things is and then they can better use todays technology. Thanks again!

 

[Weedygarden]

I love this kind of stuff. I too will bookmark it for more exploration later.

 

[phideaux]

Love it,

Lots of relaxing reading time there.



Jim

 

[ladycat]

Hey guys, go to the book section at Archive.org and look up some of the old farming books. Some of them are 200 years old and still have tons of useful information! You can download the PDFs or read them online.

 

[Bacpacker]

Great link. I too try and find the old ways of doing things around the farm. If things ever get really bad, as in long term EMP or some such event, things could revert back to this within 2 years or less just to provide food to eat.
I'll be checking out Archive.com as well. Both have been bookmarked for further exploration.

 

[gumpy]

Hey guys, go to the book section at Archive.org and look up some of the old farming books. Some of them are 200 years old and still have tons of useful information! You can download the PDFs or read them online.

Thanks

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Thanks @UncleJoe for the link as we will explore it further when we move onto our property. I love a lot of rustic looking useful things so well may implement some of these.

 

[UncleJoe]

That's something I found quite a few years ago and posted it on PS. I had forgotten about it. I came across it earlier in the week when I spent a couple nights going through all of my threads.

 

[Dani]

I love information like these shared! Just the practicality of things we use and do to make life a little easier everyday. I am old school and still use some of these items. Have already started reading and will do some more exploring. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

[gumpy]

When I need something I like to look around, see what I have, and try out some Country Boy Engineering! It's a lot of fun. Sometimes it fails, sometimes not.

 

[Dani]

If you get a chance to visit the home page, they do offer up a lot of interesting reads! Just now reading about how valuable a pig is for the garden. Just something to do when you are wanting to learn about new things on a rainy day.

 

[Tommy D.]

Very interesting. Bookmarked...