Review
“an 1881 book of plans and instructions for building barns, poultry houses, piggeries, carriage houses, dog kennels, bird houses, etc.” -- House and Garden Remodeling Guide
From the Publisher
Although it dates from a time before power tools, electricity, and gasoline, this book abounds in simple ideas that rural householders and farmers find useful today. Barns, poultry houses, piggeries, corn cribs, ice houses, spring houses, granaries, smoke houses, root cellars and even kennels and birdhouses are includes in this fascinating compendium from days gone by.
From the Inside Flap
Excerpted from Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings (c)1995. Reprinted by permission, all rights reserved
An extraordinary mass and variety of know-how has gone into the planning of these simple buildings ... real, practical understanding not only of materials and construction but also of farming and farm economics, weather, geography, history and especially of the animals of the farm. (Foreword)
