Life on a rocky farm : rural life near New York City in the late nineteenth century / Lucas C. Barger ; transcribed and with an introduction by Peter A. Rogerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barger, Lucas C., 1867-1939.

Contributor:

Rogerson, Peter.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farm life--New York (State)--Putnam County--19th century.

Farm life.

Agriculture--New York (State)--Putnam County--19th century.

Agriculture.

Country life--New York (State)--Putnam County--19th century.

Country life.

Putnam County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Putnam County (N.Y.).

Putnam County (N.Y.)--Biography.

Barger, Lucas C., 1867-1939.

Barger, Lucas C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A folksy look at farm life in rugged Putnam Valley just as it was being transformed by industrialization and mechanization.

Contents:

""Life on a Rocky Farm: Rural Life near New York City in the Late Nineteenth Century""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword by the Author""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""Sources""; ""Chapter One: Introduction""; ""People of Putnam Valley""; ""Exodus of Youth as a Cause of Abandoned Farms""; ""Successful Farmer on Smooth Farm in Rocky Country""; ""Chapter Two: What Grandpop Said""; ""Chapter Three: Handcrafts�Ways of Making Money""; ""Ship Timber""; ""Cordwood""; ""Railroad Ties""; ""Tanbark""; ""Handles""; ""The Axe""; ""Baskets""; ""Hoop Poles""; ""Charcoal""

""The Squaw Man""""Chapter Four: Incomes Directly From Nature""; ""Furs""; ""Nuts""; ""Roots and Herbs""; ""Bees""; ""Honey from Bees""; ""Sheep""; ""Turkeys""; ""Chickens""; ""Fruits and Vegetables""; ""Vinegar""; ""Dried Apples""; ""Maple Syrup""; ""Other Income�Summer Boarders""; ""Chapter Five: Life of the Rocky Farm Women""; ""Griddlecakes, etc.""; ""Foods""; ""Women Fishing""; ""Making Bread""; ""Wife Instructs Husband Variously""; ""Picking Geese""; ""Women�s Work�Flax""; ""Woolen Goods""; ""Women�Smoking""; ""Knitting""; ""Knitting Sheath (“Shathe�)""

""Dress Fashions (Men�s and Women�s)""""Dyeing�Children�s Work, etc.""; ""Making Soap""; ""Lighting Facilities""; ""Matches and Fire""; ""House Cat""; ""Chapter Six: Life of the Rocky Farm Men""; ""Planting""; ""Sowing Grain""; ""Swamps and Marshes�Cranberries, Blueberries, Garden Truck""; ""Poison Sumac and Poison Ivy""; ""Farmer�s Breakfast""; ""Comparison of Western and Eastern Farming""; ""Chapter Seven: Sports and Animals""; ""Hunting""; ""Fish�Eels""; ""Game�Quails""; ""Game�Pigeon""; ""Game�Squirrels and Rabbits""; ""Game�Partridge""; ""Game�Woodchuck""

""Game�Skunk""""Snakes""; ""Various Animals""; ""Chapter Eight: Country Store and Election""; ""Country Store""; ""Election""; ""Chapter Nine: Education, Religion, and War""; ""The Red Schoolhouse""; ""Religion and War""; ""Chapter Ten: Frolics""; ""Frolics (Bees)""; ""The Buckwheat Frolic""; ""Corn-Husking Frolic""; ""Chapter Eleven: The Country Fair""; ""Chapter Twelve: Social Life""; ""Church Socials""; ""Weddings""; ""Dance, Music""; ""Valentines""; ""Appendix I: Country Dialect""; ""Appendix II: The Visit""; ""Appendix III: The Quilting Frolic""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781438446035

1438446039

OCLC:

923418919