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Thomas Herse LINKS

Page One


Raking Hay
Julien Dupre. Foins, after 1880 (ID 632) courtesy of the Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City.
The Iowa Agriculturalist

The Political Economy of the Family Farm:
The Agrarian Roots of American Capitalism, by Sue Headlee
Greenwood Publishing
Google Books

Agriculture

"...she helped me hay it as good as a man."
George Riley, July 21, 1875
potatoes
From a carbon print by Braun, Clément & Co John Andrew & Son, Sc


Furguson Family Geneology
Frontier Life in Penetangore

History of Agriculture
To The Second World War


Forging

"If you're in the Northeastern U.S. or Eastern Canada, there are natural sources of raw iron ore much better than anything a bogger could hope for." de Manakker
Blacksmith
Anvil Forge Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing
The Canadian Encyclopedia

Blacksmithing:
The Art of the Forge
 
Building a Celtic Iron Smelting Furnace
and roasting the bog-ore
T.H. Links Page Two
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Cows and Dairy

"Remember... animals always escape at some time."

Maine Organic Farmers

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MILKING A COW IN THE PASTURE in Canada ,Views of Picturesque Canada,1882 Antique Wood Engraving
A Cow-Loving Photographer's Life 
In Western South Dakota

Butter-Making
Home Churns and Utensils

Getting a Family Cow:
Lots to Consider

New England Cheese Making & Supply Co.
Some History of Butter

Purdue-
Dairy Facts

Old & Interesting
Butter-making, Home Churns and Utensils

Flora and Fauna

Ontario's most common tree is the black spruce
The sugar maple is Ontario's 6th most common tree




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Animals Native to Ontario

Backyard Birds
Southern Ontario

Birds of Canada

Birds of Ontario Video

Canada's Species

Mixedwood Plains

Ontario Trees and Shrubs


The Project Gutenberg EBook of Canadian Scenery, Volume II
Nathaniel Parker Willis

Speaking of Nature
Jim's Blog

Types of Ontario Wood





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