Bucks County (Pennsylvania) Agricultural commonplace book, 1815-1829

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

This commonplace book, produced by an anonymous farmer from the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, region primarily contains passages relating to farming and husbandry. Along with farming accounts and documentation of livestock, agriculture, and dairy production, the commonplace book also features material on the Agricultural Society of Bath. Newspaper clippings comment on medicine, recipes, and farming. Illustrations of fences, sheep, floor plans, property drawings, and a detailed diagram of the "cropping plan" for 1826 appear in the volume.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Jayne Ptolemy, June 2019

Background

Scope and Content:

This commonplace book, produced by an anonymous farmer from the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, region primarily contains passages relating to farming and husbandry. Along with farming accounts and documentation of livestock, agriculture, and dairy production, the commonplace book also features material on the Agricultural Society of Bath. Newspaper clippings comment on medicine, recipes, and farming. Illustrations of fences, sheep, floor plans, property drawings, and a detailed diagram of the "cropping plan" for 1826 appear in the volume.

The creator of the volume references European agricultural societies, data and agricultural systems, and popular agriculturalists, such as George Culley (1735-1813) and Charles de Lasteyrie (1759-1849). The volume provides detailed information on growing crops, managing soil, and tending to livestock.

Biographical / Historical:

The creator of this volume appears to have owned a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the period from 1815 to 1829. A detailed diagram of their "cropping plan" for 1826 appears in the volume, placing the location of the farm between Bristol Road and the Delaware River.

Acquisition Information:

2017. M-7104 .

Processing information:

This collection has been processed according to minimal, accession-level processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Agriculture--Pennsylvania.
Agriculture--Study and teaching.
Cropping systems.
Farm produce.
Farms--Pennsylvania.
Livestock.
Sheep farming.
Soil management.
Cider.
Farms--Pennsylvania.
Fences.
Floor plans.
Sheep.
Surveys.

Formats:

Accounts.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Commonplace books.
Land surveys.
Pen and ink drawings.