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    Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life

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    by Julia Rothman


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    • ISBN-13: 9781603429818
    • Publisher: Storey Books
    • Publication date: 10/01/2011
    • Pages: 224
    • Sales rank: 44,607
    • Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

    Julia Rothman has created illustrations and pattern designs for newspapers, magazines, wallpaper, bedding, books, and subway posters. She is part of the award-winning three-person design studio ALSO and runs a blog called Book By Its Cover. She lives and works from her studio in Brooklyn, New York.

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1: Breaking Ground
    Layers of the Soil
    • Topsoil Chart
    • The Texture Triangle
    • Mineral Nutrients
    • Crop Rotation
    • Contour Farming and Terracing
    • Windbreaks
    • Predicting Weather
    • Composting
    • An Acre Is...

    Chapter 2: Raised in a Barn
    Barn Styles
    • Timber Construction
    • Trusses
    • Barn Doors, Bracing, and Hardware
    • Barn Cupolas
    • Barn Birds
    • Farm Buildings
    • Animal Housing
    • Feeders
    • Fencing

    Chapter 3: Tools of the Trade
    Tractors
    • Tractor Implements
    • How to Plow a Field
    • Inside a Combine
    • Other Machines
    • Felling, Bucking, Splitting and Stacking
    • In the Toolshed

    Chapter 4: Plant a Seed
    Average Frost Dates
    • Vegetable Anatomy
    • Squash Varieties
    • Build a Bean Teepee
    • Dry Bean Varieties
    • Pepper Varieties
    • Tater Tower
    • 4 Ways to Grow Tomatoes
    • Tomato Varieties
    • How to Can Tomatoes
    • Herb Chart
    • Growing Grains
    • Planting an Orchard
    • Apple Varieties
    • Good Bugs
    • Bad Bugs

    Chapter 5: Separating the Sheep from the Goats
    Animal Terms
    • Parts of a Rooster
    • Comb Styles
    • Chicken Breeds
    • Fresh Eggs
    • Duck and Goose Breeds
    • Heritage Turkeys
    • Parts of a Beef Animal
    • How a Cow's Stomach Works
    • Cow Breeds
    • How to Milk a Cow
    • Parts of a Goat
    • Goat Breeds
    • Hoof Trimming
    • Knots
    • Parts of a Horse
    • Horse Markings and Tail Styles
    • Parts of a Hoof
    • Draft Horse Breeds
    • Draft Harness
    • Mules
    • Parts of a Pig
    • Pig Breeds
    • Livestock Water Consumption
    • Parts of a Sheep
    • Sheep Breeds
    • Shearing Sheep
    • Parts of a Rabbit
    • Rabbit Breeds
    • Rabbit Coat Types
    • Parts of a Bee
    • Anatomy of a Beehive

    Chapter 6: Country Wining and Dining
    In an Old-Fashioned Country Kitchen
    • Wine-Making Equipment
    • Edible Flowers
    • The Basics of Breadmaking
    • Dairy Terms
    • The Basic Steps in Making Cheese
    • Butchering Knives
    • How to Cut Up a Chicken
    • Prime Cuts of Beef
    • Build a Barrel Smokehouse
    • Prime Cuts of Pork
    • Dry Curing
    • Prime Cuts of Lamb
    • Freezing Meat
    • Pressure Canning
    • Root Cellaring
    • Making Maple Syrup

    Chapter 7: Spinning a Yarn
    Carding and Spinning Yarn
    • Natural Dyes
    • How to Make a Flower Press
    • How to Make a Cornhusk Doll
    • Making Rag Rugs
    • Making Candles
    • Quilt Patterns

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    What's the difference between a weanling and a yearling, or a farrow and a barrow? Country and city mice alike will delight in Julia Rothman's charming illustrated guide to the curious parts and pieces of rural living. Dissecting everything from tractors and pigs to fences, hay bales, crop rotation patterns, and farm tools, Rothman gives a richly entertaining tour of the quirky details of country life. From the shapes of squash varieties to the parts of a goat; from how a barn is constructed to what makes up a beehive, every corner of the barnyard is uncovered and celebrated. A perfect gift for gardeners, locavores, homesteaders, and country-living enthusiasts alike. 
     

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