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	• Handy Farm Devices: And How to Make Them Rolfe Cobleigh The Lyons Press, 1996 - 290 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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Depends on what you're looking for...

This was a nice, fun book to read... but it was essentially useless for actually helping you build any of the things it talks about (and gives interesting history and info about). So for a practical DIY book, it's useless, but for a book just to learn a bit about this stuff and it's history and get a frame of reference, it's not bad at all.

An asset to the self sufficient dreamer!

Yes this is a ver valuable book! Dont want to or just cant afford to buy or rent expensive machinery to do the basic farm duties many have done before the age of technology? THIS IS A MUST!!

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Excellent, practical, book

This book is filled with tons of little tricks and devices to make farm life easier. Much of the information is old and so it may not be of as much use to someone with a high tech farm, but if you still do some things the old fashioned way, this book probably has something that can help you. And even if you can't use the stuff, it's interesting to read.

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Book is worth its weight in GOLD!

I bought this book on 29-Feb-00 because I am inheriting a farm in West Virginia. I read through it last night and am 110% convinced that the ideas in this book will cut my workload in half and make my life better when I move to the farm. I have placed 27 yellow stickies in this book; one for each idea that I will be able to use in the coming year. If you own a farm, buy this book!

Pure practicality & lots of nostalgia

Handy Farm Devices is a really great book if you'd like to read about early 20th century practical living. There's no fluff here; just practical tips for simple living, and lots of good ideas for fixing/making things around the house.

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