3 min readAgricultureSpin CycleAs Pam Howard and I continue to expand the Fiber Arts group of EAIA we came up with idea (well, Pam did but agreed enthusiastically) to...
2 min readAgricultureFiber Interest Group in Bethlehem, PAOnce again EAIA outdid themselves and organized a wonderful annual conference. There was plenty to do and see this time. Of course, my...
4 min readAgricultureSpruce OilExcerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 30 no. 1, March 1977 by Bill Packard Sometime about 1910 to 1912, there were several spruce oil stills...
7 min readAgricultureThe Niddy-NoddyFigure 1 Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XI, no. 1, March 1958 by Laurence A. Johnson "Niddy-Noddy, Niddy-Noddy, two heads and one...
12 min readAgricultureThe Staff of Life in Colonial AmericaExcerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 39 No.1, March 1986 by Charity Gedney Charity Gedney has been deeply involved as a volunteer worker in...
7 min readAgricultureCider Making in the 1870sFigure 1. Cider Making on Long Island, ca. 1870, by William M. Davis (1836?-1927). The whole cider-making operation can be seen from...
