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.

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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 ManChapter 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�SkunkSnakes -- 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

Includes bibliographical references.

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