What is the rarest homesteading book you own? I have several. I own a first edition "Plowman's Folly". I also own two 1930's "A Guide to Successful Farming".

Little Bit Farm

-- Little bit Farm (littlebit@farm.com), March 21, 2002

Answers

I own a first edition, signed, ABC , XYZ 's of beekeeping

-- Stan (sopal@net-port.com), March 21, 2002.

Equipment for the Farm and the Farmstead-1917
Ten Acres Enough-1905
Five Acres and Independence-1942

-- Cindy (S.E.IN) (atilrthehony_1@yahoo.com), March 23, 2002.

The oldest is the 1861 US Patent office agriculture report. It may not be that rare This was the forerunner to the Department of agriculture reports that were printed by the goverment up till the 1990's. Abraham Lincoln created the dept of Agriculture while he was president. I have been collectiing what is now called Agriculture year books for years and now have most of them. They are interesting and have some still valuable infromation in them. We have used them several times when we just could not find a modern answer.

-- David in North Al. (bluewaterfarm@mindspring.com), March 24, 2002.

Hubby & I have a large library--- & we have many old vet books gardening books---history books-that also relate to homesteading--- that would be a hard choice---I think some of my 1800's vet books are my favorites as they have been passed down in the family & I'm the 4th or 5th generation to own them--I will pass them to my daughter who will pass them on to her sons---if we aren't "raptured" first-

-- Sonda in Ks. (sgbruce@birch.net), March 25, 2002.

I have a farmer's almanac from 1793.

-- Jeff (lorianandjeff@aol.com), March 26, 2002.