3 minAgricultureSpin 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 minAgricultureFiber 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 minAgricultureSpruce 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 minAgricultureThe 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 minAgricultureThe 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 minAgricultureCider 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...