Main entry:

Fink, Daniel, 1937-

Title & Author:

Barns of the Genesee country, 1790-1915 : including an account of settlement and changes in agricultural practices / by Daniel Fink.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Geneseo, N.Y. : J. Brunner, 1987.

Description:

xvii, 526 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-515) and index.
The Fertile Land of the Genesee -- Log Barns and Cabins -- Experiments in Land Speculation -- Diary: Anonymous, West Bloomfield, 1814 -- Diary: Thayer Gauss, Bloomfield, 1826-1858 -- Steamboats, Roads and the Triumph of Canals -- Hewn Timber-Framed English Barns -- Diary: Sheffield Peabody, Springwater, 1849-69 -- Bank Barns and Other Enlarged Gable-Roofed Barns -- Diary: Some Winter Thoughts by L. E., 1859-60 -- Mills and the Sawn Timber-Framed Barn -- Cobblestone Construction -- Diary: Philo Hampton's Book, Ossian, 1853-77 -- Greek, Gothic and Other Decorative Barns -- A Crop Sampler -- Horticulture -- Railroads Change the Genesee Country -- Nineteenth Century Agricultural Implement Manufacturing in Genesee Country -- Gambrel-Roofed Barns -- Agricultural Information in Almanacs, Periodicals, Manuals, at Colleges and Fairs -- Livestock -- Diary: Jennie Mather, Livonia, 1867 -- Barn Arrangements -- The Black and White Farm Barn -- Changing Sources of Power on the Farm -- Truss Framed Barns -- Diary: Seneca Owen, Pultney, 1908-1912 -- Wells Barns -- Modern Materials in Barn Construction -- Endnotes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- Addendum.

Subject:

Barns Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) History.
Agriculture Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) History.
Granges Genesee, Vallée du (Penns. et N.Y.) Histoire.
Agriculture Genesee, Vallée du (Penns. et N.Y.) Histoire.
Agriculture.
Barns.
Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) History.
Genesee, Vallée du (Penns. et N.Y.) Histoire.
United States Genesee River Valley.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 49239
Call No.: ID:89-B8254
Status: Available