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  • From: Steve Diver <steved@ipa.net>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] Three major archives of rare and out of print agricultural literature
  • Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:17:11 -0500 (EST)

The digital archives of agriculture, permaculture, literature, art,
science, food, technology .... and terraced hillsides in the
Himalayas... are proof of the Web as a modern day Library of Alexandria.

See the digital archives of agriculture on Sanet below, circa 2002.

Steve Diver

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Historical Ag Literature & Digital Archives
Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
Tue, 24 Sep 2002
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0211&L=sanet-mg&P=13209


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New Inspiration from Old Farm Implements: Historical Books and Digital
Archives
ATTRAnews Spring 2007
http://attra.ncat.org/newsletter/attranews_spring07.html#story3

It's often possible to retool old farmyard implements into modern-day
machinery. To find inspiration for small farm agriculture equipment
and techniques, try looking in historical agricultural literature.
These sources can be helpful for the basics of farm equipment and soil
preparation. Even the photos and illustrations in these old books can
provide ideas for innovative tools that can be crafted on the farm.

Some libraries are now providing full electronic copies of books on
their websites. I highly recommend the Core Historical Literature of
Agriculture, hosted by Cornell University online at
http://chla.library.cornell.edu.
It features more than 1,800 digitized books.

Here are a few excellent titles from this Cornell collection. They
provide illustrations and descriptive uses of tillage, cultivation,
and soil preparation equipment.

Equipment for the Farm and the Farmstead by Harry Clifford Ramsower, 1917
Farm Equipment for Mechanical Power by Frank N.G. Kranich, 1923
Farm Machinery by Archie A. Stone, 1928
Farm Knowledge: Complete Manual of Successful Farming, Vol. 1 by E. L. D.
Seymour, 1918

The illustrations, photos, and descriptions in these historical guides will
help you develop a system of equipment appropriately matched to your farm.
These books will also provide equipment terminology. They can even help you
put together makeshift equipment collected from pieces obtained at old
equipment yards and farm auctions, based on the information contained in
these books.

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