How to Make a Country Place - An Account of the Successes and the Mistakes of an Amateur in Thirty-Five Years of Farming, Building, and Development -Paperback, 31 October 2012

This antiquarian volume contains a detailed guide to running a country residence, with information on keeping animals, employing staff, economical management, constructing buildings, and much more. It constitutes an account of the successes and the mistakes of over thirty-five years of farming, building, and development. This comprehensive handbook contains a wealth of practical information that will be of much use to those with an interest in productive country life. It is a text not to be missed by collectors of antiquarian literature of this ilk. The chapters of this volume include: The Farm, Remodelling the Farm House, Hygiene, Water Supply, Sewage, Farm Lawn, Animals, The dairy, Poultry, Beers, Star Gazing, Our Birds, Fruit, Insects, Farm Help, Boys' Cabin, Pets, Forestry, Game Preserve, Hedges, Roads, Cutters, Ice, Play Side of Farming, etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage book, now complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on homesteading.