Homestead Acres » farming http://homestead-acres.com Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:16:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A book for my Farmer friends (Massey Harris, Case, Ford, John Deere and more) http://homestead-acres.com/blog/homesteading/a-book-for-my-farmer-friends-massey-harris-case-ford-john-deere-and-more/ http://homestead-acres.com/blog/homesteading/a-book-for-my-farmer-friends-massey-harris-case-ford-john-deere-and-more/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:54:11 +0000 Kim http://www.homestead-acres.com/blog/?p=957 It was hubby’s birthday recently and he received a history of tractors book.  He really likes it!  This video shares some highlights from the book and his thoughts on it.

This is the copy hubby has.


This is the newer edition still in print.

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I found this DVD at the library and the kids just love it!  I think I’ll have to pick up a copy for them some time. LOL  The first part of the DVD is a farm tour for kids, the second part is an ABC of horses.


We are also watching these DVD’s on Ferguson tractors.  They are set in England so tie in a little with Peter Rabbit.  Dh also has a Ferguson tractor.  I gave him this DVD set a few years ago and we all love watching them!

You can read more about video 1 here.

And video 2 here.

We are also watching this one on draft horses.

We are also reading the following books.

Vegetable Friends, Animals on the Farm, Milk, Butter and Cheese, The story of Dairy Products, Prairie Boy’s summer and Tell About The cow Barn Daddy.

We are also going to be doing some crafts and activities from these sites.

KidzClub

ABCTeach

Easy Fun School

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