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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Voyageur Pr
Publication date
April 30, 2005
Pages
224
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780896585102
ISBN-10
0896585107
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$17.95
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§As reported by publisher
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When Chores Were Done: Boyhood Stories | Never Curse the Rain: A Farm Boyâs Reflections on Water | Rural Wit & Wisdom | Letters from Hillside Farm | One-Room Country Schools | Whispers and Shadows | Old Farm | The Quiet Season | Rural Wisdom
Summaries and Reviews
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Before World War II, farmers had few of the conveniences that were common in cities. Many farmers continued to milk cows by hand, pump water with windmills or gasoline engines, light their way with kerosene lamps and lanterns, heat with woodstoves, and plant and harvest with horses. And many had no indoor plumbing. After warâs end in 1945, change on the farm came rapidly. Electricity replaced lamps, lanterns, and gasoline engines. New tractors replaced horses. Hay balers made loose hay a memory. Grain combines replaced threshing machines. Not only was farm work transformed from 1945 to 1955, but so was life on farms and in rural communities. Threshing, silo filling, and corn shredding bees, where farmers gathered to help each other, became memories. Card games and neighborly visits were replaced by television. Young people left the land because mechanization required less labor. Large farms crowded out family farms. "Every Farm Tells a Story" is a first-person account of a small Wisconsin farm during and after World War II. This ""living history"" is a collection of true tales inspired by entries in Jerry Appsâs motherâs farm account books. The values recorded in the account books prompt recollections of his childhood and the traditional family farm values and ethics instilled in him by Ma and Pa. About the Author: A professor emeritus of agriculture at the University of WisconsinÂMadison, author Jerry Apps has written more than 35 books, many of them on rural history and country life. Recent titles include "When Chores Were Done" and "Humor from the Country." His writing has earned awards from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Library Association, and Barnes and Noble Booksellers, among others.
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9780896585102 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.25 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Before World War II, farmers had few of the conveniences that were common in cities.
About: Before World War II, farmers had few of the conveniences that were common in cities.
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