"How To" books on Farming

In the FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA from 1905, potential field or garden crops were listed with what soils were best and what the crop was good for.  Produced by the J.I.Case Plow Works in Racine, Wisconsin, it was probably distributed as a premium or given with the purchase of a piece of equipment--nine pages of which precede the first chapter. ☺ ( For anyone intending to move to a farm in the near future, this book might be helpful, cuz there's a section on Livestock as well as one on Poultry).

(Not Faverolles, BTW)

Some of the strange crops included in the handbook are SALSIFY  and DANDELION (as a salad green) and MARTYNIA (a real head-scratcher), and GINSENG before it was discovered by hippies.

But for really in-depth info and VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS ON AGRICULTURE-GENERAL AND SPECIAL, HORTICULTURE, STOCK  RAISING, GARDENING, FARM LAW AND BUSINESS, FARM ARCHITECTURE, HOUSEHOLD  MANAGEMENT, HOME TREATMENT OF THE SICK AND CASES OF ACCIDENTAL  INJURIES, HOME OCCUPATIONS FOR YOUTH, FIELD SPORTS, ETC.,  WITH NUMEROUS TABLES RELATING TO FARM PRODUCTS,  FERTILIZERS, LIVE STOCK, FRUIT, POULTRY, WAGES, INTEREST, ETC., ETC.,  [plus] TWO THOUSAND ILLUSTRATIONS NEARLY ALL PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK.....

let me recommend the American Farm and Home Cyclopedia from 1883.  When you click the link, you'll notice "contents", which is also clickable.  Even if you're firmly entrenched in your house in town, try a random page, and realize that that was the general state of enlightened farming the year grandpa Anton August Hesch was born.

You're welcome!