Agriculture

FORWARD In accordance with historians and family members, people, places, and things that are important to James Mapes Pool are included in this last revised addition, to include but not limited to, biographical photos of families that, in successive generations, have been documented and identified with the development of a nation called the United States of America. The Book includes early historical settlements of Pool, Mapes', and Mӧbs families who originally immigrated from Germany and Bohemia, to include the Dutch American Pool Family from Holland, and the Netherlands, along with the Bosgra, Eason, other members of James’ family from Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Hollan ...

Nothing relieves stress in a woman’s life like knowing what’s for supper. Homestead Cooking with Carol: Bountiful Make-ahead Meals shows you, the busy homesteading homemaker, how to prepare your food at harvest time so you spend less time making supper the rest of the year. It shows you how to prepare simple, healthy foods that do not require a culinary degree for those nights when you lack the energy to chop, braise, caramelize, or glaze. In addition, how would you like to: •have cookies warm from the oven every day when your kids step off the bus, •take a new mom a meal without adding to your already heavy work load, •say “No” to the local drive-thru after an exhausting shoppin ...

What was it like growing up, in the 50's, 60's and 70's, on a small farm in Indiana? In this collection of memories Chuck Huseman describes the joys and difficulties that he encountered. The Huseman family began raising Angus cattle in 1910 on a small farm in Northwest Indiana. The generations that followed were all tied to the farm, and to the cattle, in ways that some family members found hard to realize. As time went on, the family grew and many moved away from the farm. One descendant stayed put to continue the tradition of Homestead Farm and the great Angus cattle. The story of his family, through the years, is one of facing many changes in agriculture, the economy, the populati ...

A grocery guide that shows you how to select, store and prepare 55 of the most popular fruits and vegetables, with input from 26 crop-specific companies.