1858 Old Farmer's Almanac Farming Advice Farm New England Railroad Weather etc.

Description: The ( Old ) Farmer's Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord 1858 Being second after Bissextile of Leap Year, and ( until July 4 ) 82nd of American Independence Fitted for Boston, but will Answer for All The New England States. Containing, beside the large number of Astronomical Calculations , and the Farmer's Calendar for Every Month in the year, as great a variety as any other Almanack of New , Useful , and Entertaining Matter Established in 1793 By Robert B. Thomas Published By Hickling , Swan & Brewer Boston ( Massachusetts ) 1857 The 1858 issue , with copyright date of 1857. Paper wraps. 4.75" x 7.75" 48 Pages, plus cover. 161 Years Old The famous Old Farmers Almanac , with useful information for New England farms and American rural households. Pre Civil War era issue, 1858. Farmer's Calendar , with advice on agricultural work which should be accomplished in each month of the year. Astronomical records ; Sunrises , Sunsets , Phases of the Moon , Eclipses of the Sun & Moon for 1858, information of the Zodiac , etc. Also: Commencements , Anniversaries and Vacations of Colleges & Theological Schools in New England Worthless and Uncurrent Bank Notes in New England ( a full page listing of Banks , arranged by New England State , whose currency has become of no value ) Supreme Court of the United States Courts of the New England States Probabte Court in Massachusetts Tide Table Official Census of Legal Voters in Massachusetts ( a listing of Massachusetts Towns, by County , with the number of legal voters in each town ; for example, Boston had 22,678 legal voters at the time of publication ; Nantucket Island had 1,525 , Hull had 45 voters , etc., etc. ) ( How To ) " Escape From A Premise On FIRE " Agriculture , Horticulture , and Other Useful Matters " Ten Minutes Advice " to Farmers of Massachusetts and New England ( including : Pay More To Get Good Farm Implements ; ' cheap ' things are often dearest ( more expensive ) in the long run ; Success in farming depends much on the quantity and quality of manure you can make on the farm ; Stir The Soil in dry weather ( to help get mouisture to the plants ); " Book Farming " ( take advantage of the practices of good farmers as recorded in books ) ; You Cannot Afford to keep Poor Livestock ; Don't Kill The Birds ! ( it's cruel to do so, and also birds are great eaters of harmful farm insects ); Improve Your Farms - Begin Now! ( do something every year to improve your pasture lands ); Have a Love Of Animals ; Etc., Etc. ) Advice on Drying Fruit Poems , Anecdotes , etc. ( including " Friendly Advice , " " Our Country , " " The Three Rules To Borrowers ; Iron , Silver & Golden Rules ," " Never Give Up ! ," " A Brave Man ," " A Proud Mother , " " Slander , " " Treason To Friends , " " Something For Girls , " etc., etc. Problems ( Puzzles ) Facts about Massachusetts Railways Railroads in the United States ( miles per state , including Florida with just 26 miles of railroad , and California with just 22.5 miles of railroad , Texas with 57 miles , etc., etc. ) Facts about Our Country ( geographical ; size of the United States at the close of the Revolutionary War , etc., etc. ) " How To Promote Peace in a Family " ( 17 hints on improving peace & happiness in family life ) Rules for Home Education ( 14 rules for getting an education at home ) Interest Table at 6% Post Office Regulations , 1857 ( mailing letters , newspapers , magazines , books , etc. ) Real and Personal Wealth for the United States , 1856 ( listing of population and total property value for each state & territory ; for example, Texas had a population of 500,000 and a property value of $240,000,000 ; Rhode Island had a population of 166,927 and a property value of $91,699,850 ; Florida had a population of 110,725 and a property value of $49,461,000 ; Utah had a population of 39,000 and a property value of $4,250,000 ; Nebraska had a population of just 4,500 and a property value of $1,255,644 ! ) Statistics of Emigration for the United States ( How many people emigrated to the USA from 1800 to 1856 ) Who Fought in the Battles of the Revolution ? ( number of Regulars and Militia from each of the 13 colonies / states who fought in the American Revolutionary War [ divided by " Free States " and " Slave States " ]) Prognostics of the Weather ( a full page of traditional methods to predict future weather ; including making observations on how a fire burns , observing the properties of Camphor , appearance of the clouds , Flowers as a weather forecaster , signs of a coming rain by by the sound of the wind blowing through a forest , appearance of morning fog , croaking of frogs , number of fungi ( mushrooms ), movement of leaves without any wind , etc., etc. ) Condition Worn condition. Wear at the edges. Creasing, fading, page staining. Lacks the rear cover, but all other pages are present. One page has a horizontal tear, however it has no loss of paper. A long-ago owner attached a string-loop at the upper corner. Worn condition, but still fairly scarce. Carefully Packed for Shipment to the Buyer Have A Look At My Many Other Books

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