100 best practices of homestead written in early 1900

Years ago, I remember reading about a book available from or recommend by other permies.

It was written as a collection from numerous wives in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s homestead community. A book handed down to others and used as a point of reference to trouble-shoot life on the homestead.

Very practical advice for living simply by those who had already learned by the hard knocks of life on the land.

I’m hoping someone will read this and point me in the direction of the book!

I have a very similar book that was written by Lydia Maria Child called "The American Frugal Housewife".  It was originally published in 1844.

https://permies.com/t/8382/grandparents-frugality-green-reduce#226507

Here is  a list of older cookbooks:

https://permies.com/t/174767/kitchen/cooks-baking-powder-invented-Resources

I hope someone points you in the right direction for the book you are looking for as I would enjoy something like that.

Probably not the one you’re looking for and yet similar is the Foxfire series. I believe there are 12 books on all sorts of aspects of homesteading.

Anne Miller wrote:I have a very similar book that was written by Lydia Maria Child called "The American Frugal Housewife".  It was originally published in 1844.

https://permies.com/t/8382/grandparents-frugality-green-reduce#226507

Here is  a list of older cookbooks:

https://permies.com/t/174767/kitchen/cooks-baking-powder-invented-Resources

I hope someone points you in the right direction for the book you are looking for as I would enjoy something like that.

Thank you very much Anne!

I’m certain I will learn more than a few useful things from these books.

Liv Smith wrote:Probably not the one you’re looking for and yet similar is the Foxfire series. I believe there are 12 books on all sorts of aspects of homesteading.

Thanks Liv! I had no idea this link existed, what a treasure.

Nothing tops the Firefox volumes, for recollections from those who were much closer by necessity to 1800's/1900's homesteading ... this is knowledge from the Appalachians region.

Here's another, in the same vein ... "Bittersweet" (ellen grey massey), which is knowledge from the Ozarks:

 https: //thelibrary.org/lochist/periodicals/bittersweet/toc.htm

Haven't yet found any similar writings from the southern Rockies region where I am now ... apparently, the "mountain men" just toughed out the winters by chewing on tree bark ... luckily, the trees aren't hard to sneak up on out here!

This is not exactly what you asked for but you might find it useful. 1880's info