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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.
- Instruments Used in Reporting Weather Conditions -
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Instruments Used in Reporting Weather Conditions
- 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.
- 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.
- "Hostetter's United States Almanac, for the Use of Merchants, Mechanics, Farmers and Planters, and All Families," 1863 - 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, makers of Hostetter's Bitters -- a self-proclaimed cure-all with high alcohol content -- published almanacs to entice the public to buy their products.
- 1863
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"Hostetter's United States Almanac, for the Use of Merchants, Mechanics, Farmers and Planters, and All Families," 1863
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, makers of Hostetter's Bitters -- a self-proclaimed cure-all with high alcohol content -- published almanacs to entice the public to buy their products.
- Hostetter's Illustrated United States Almanac, 1903 - 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, makers of Hostetter's Bitters -- a self-proclaimed cure-all with high alcohol content -- published almanacs to entice the public to buy their products.
- 1903
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Hostetter's Illustrated United States Almanac, 1903
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, makers of Hostetter's Bitters -- a self-proclaimed cure-all with high alcohol content -- published almanacs to entice the public to buy their products.