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- The Ford Almanac for Farm, Ranch and Home, 1964 - Ford Motor Company published a series of almanacs from the 1950s until at least 1980. Issues covered a range of topics and included weather predictions, gardening and "country living" tips, and suggestions for agricultural mechanization and efficiency. Text and images throughout advertised the ways Ford automobiles, tractors, and agricultural implements might increase farmers' profits and enhance rural customers' lives.
- 1964
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The Ford Almanac for Farm, Ranch and Home, 1964
Ford Motor Company published a series of almanacs from the 1950s until at least 1980. Issues covered a range of topics and included weather predictions, gardening and "country living" tips, and suggestions for agricultural mechanization and efficiency. Text and images throughout advertised the ways Ford automobiles, tractors, and agricultural implements might increase farmers' profits and enhance rural customers' lives.
- The Ford Almanac for Farm, Ranch and Home, 1966 - Ford Motor Company published a series of almanacs from the 1950s until at least 1980. Issues covered a range of topics and included weather predictions, gardening and "country living" tips, and suggestions for agricultural mechanization and efficiency. Text and images throughout advertised the ways Ford automobiles, tractors, and agricultural implements might increase farmers' profits and enhance rural customers' lives.
- 1966
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The Ford Almanac for Farm, Ranch and Home, 1966
Ford Motor Company published a series of almanacs from the 1950s until at least 1980. Issues covered a range of topics and included weather predictions, gardening and "country living" tips, and suggestions for agricultural mechanization and efficiency. Text and images throughout advertised the ways Ford automobiles, tractors, and agricultural implements might increase farmers' profits and enhance rural customers' lives.
- The Ford Almanac and Gardener's Guide for Farm, Ranch and Home, 1958 - Ford Motor Company published a series of almanacs from the 1950s until at least 1980. Issues covered a range of topics and included weather predictions, gardening and "country living" tips, and suggestions for agricultural mechanization and efficiency. Text and images throughout advertised the ways Ford automobiles, tractors, and agricultural implements might increase farmers' profits and enhance rural customers' lives.
- 1958
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The Ford Almanac and Gardener's Guide for Farm, Ranch and Home, 1958
Ford Motor Company published a series of almanacs from the 1950s until at least 1980. Issues covered a range of topics and included weather predictions, gardening and "country living" tips, and suggestions for agricultural mechanization and efficiency. Text and images throughout advertised the ways Ford automobiles, tractors, and agricultural implements might increase farmers' profits and enhance rural customers' lives.
- Lyman Brown's Seven Barks Almanac, 1900 - Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. In the late 1800s, drug and patent medicine companies published almanacs with colorfully illustrated covers to entice the public to buy their products.
- 1900
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Lyman Brown's Seven Barks Almanac, 1900
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. In the late 1800s, drug and patent medicine companies published almanacs with colorfully illustrated covers to entice the public to buy their products.
- "Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, for the Year of our Lord 1809" - Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, named for the noted astronomer David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), was a Philadelphia-focused almanac providing astronomical calculations (times of sunrises and sets, the tides, moon phases, and eclipses, etc.) The almanac also provided remedies, recipes, court schedules, and bits of sage advice among its pages. The almanac's printer, Lydia Bailey, operated one of Philadelphia's largest printing shops.
- 1809
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"Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, for the Year of our Lord 1809"
Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, named for the noted astronomer David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), was a Philadelphia-focused almanac providing astronomical calculations (times of sunrises and sets, the tides, moon phases, and eclipses, etc.) The almanac also provided remedies, recipes, court schedules, and bits of sage advice among its pages. The almanac's printer, Lydia Bailey, operated one of Philadelphia's largest printing shops.
- Ayer's American Almanac, 1872 - Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. Beginning in the late 1800s, James Cook Ayer, a keen advertiser and successful patent medicine dealer, published almanacs to entice the public to buy his line of products.
- 1872
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Ayer's American Almanac, 1872
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. Beginning in the late 1800s, James Cook Ayer, a keen advertiser and successful patent medicine dealer, published almanacs to entice the public to buy his line of products.
- The Ford Almanac for Farm, Ranch and Home, 1965 - Ford Motor Company published a series of almanacs from the 1950s until at least 1980. Issues covered a range of topics and included weather predictions, gardening and "country living" tips, and suggestions for agricultural mechanization and efficiency. Text and images throughout advertised the ways Ford automobiles, tractors, and agricultural implements might increase farmers' profits and enhance rural customers' lives.
- 1965
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The Ford Almanac for Farm, Ranch and Home, 1965
Ford Motor Company published a series of almanacs from the 1950s until at least 1980. Issues covered a range of topics and included weather predictions, gardening and "country living" tips, and suggestions for agricultural mechanization and efficiency. Text and images throughout advertised the ways Ford automobiles, tractors, and agricultural implements might increase farmers' profits and enhance rural customers' lives.
- "Farmers Almanacs For the Years of Our Lord 1816 & 1817" Wall Hanging, 1814-1815 -
- 1816-1817
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"Farmers Almanacs For the Years of Our Lord 1816 & 1817" Wall Hanging, 1814-1815
- The Old Farmer's Almanac, 1878 - Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. The Old Farmer's Almanac was first published in 1792 -- and is the oldest almanac still published in the United States.
- 1878
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The Old Farmer's Almanac, 1878
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. The Old Farmer's Almanac was first published in 1792 -- and is the oldest almanac still published in the United States.
- "The Ford Almanac for Farm, Ranch and Home," 1962 - Ford Motor Company's annual almanac included tips for farmers, ranchers, and other rural Americans. Distributed through tractor dealerships and sold by mail order through Ford's other publications, it promoted a wide range of Ford products to increase agricultural profits and enhance customers' lives. John Strohm, a specialist in agricultural journalism, edited the series from 1954 until at least 1968.
- 1962
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"The Ford Almanac for Farm, Ranch and Home," 1962
Ford Motor Company's annual almanac included tips for farmers, ranchers, and other rural Americans. Distributed through tractor dealerships and sold by mail order through Ford's other publications, it promoted a wide range of Ford products to increase agricultural profits and enhance customers' lives. John Strohm, a specialist in agricultural journalism, edited the series from 1954 until at least 1968.