New Website
I have started the first page of a new website called www.agrarianlibrarian.com The purpose of the site will be to publish obscure public domain materials from our agricultural past. Currently, the site has a few images and a background jpeg made from the paper of an old mower manual.
In the months and weeks to come, I hope to add pages that feature 19th and early 20th century agricultural books and other publications that you will not find on Google Books, Project Gutenberg or other online collections of public domain works.
I also plan to build pages that feature the fascinating past of the horse drawn mower and reaper. No machinea have had a greater impact on the history of agriculture than these two pieces of equipment. To the degree that Cyrus McCormick's 1831 reaper is easily recognizable to modern farmers as a useful tool for cutting crops.
It is also my hope to feature sections on threshing machines and early combines.
Eventually, I hope to have a site that will feature some of the more rare and interesting pieces of agricultural history that have fallen into obscurity. The Internet is the perfect venue to give many of these materials new life and exposure.
In the months and weeks to come, I hope to add pages that feature 19th and early 20th century agricultural books and other publications that you will not find on Google Books, Project Gutenberg or other online collections of public domain works.
I also plan to build pages that feature the fascinating past of the horse drawn mower and reaper. No machinea have had a greater impact on the history of agriculture than these two pieces of equipment. To the degree that Cyrus McCormick's 1831 reaper is easily recognizable to modern farmers as a useful tool for cutting crops.
It is also my hope to feature sections on threshing machines and early combines.
Eventually, I hope to have a site that will feature some of the more rare and interesting pieces of agricultural history that have fallen into obscurity. The Internet is the perfect venue to give many of these materials new life and exposure.
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