Fifty Free Farmstead eBooks

Learn tried-and-true methods of building and maintaining your small farm or homestead from historic US Department of Agriculture books and bulletins.

The University of North Texas provides online editions of thousands of United States government sponsored books and documents. Here's a small sampling of USDA publications from the 1930s through the 1960s. These old works do not show the latest and best methods, but they are still valuable for ideas.

Modernizing Farmhouses

Plans of Rural Community Buildings