American Farm and Home Cyclopedia Available Online

And, best of all, it\'s free. Over a thousand pages and two thousand illustrations, with information on everything from raising turnips to raising hogs, figuring the capacity of a cistern, information about the United States Signal Service, fertilizers, pest control...

It even has helpful calendars through 1885.

For the serious survivalist, this is a gold mine.

Onward and upward,
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