Buying wood & building farms : marketing lumber and farm building designs on the Canadian Prairies, 1880 to 1920 / G.E. Mills.
TITLE:
Buying wood & building farms : marketing lumber and farm building designs on the Canadian Prairies, 1880 to 1920 / G.E. Mills.
Alternate Title:
Buying wood and building farms
Translated Title:
Acheter son bois et construire sa ferme.
By:
Publication Date:
1991
Publication Information:
Ottawa, Ont. : National Historic Sites, Parks Service, Environment Canada,
Physical Description:
199 p. : ill., plans.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references: p. 191-199.
Summary:
This document examines the nature of the Prairie lumber trade and its influence on farm buildings. It describes the various types of mass-produced building systems, plan publications, and marketing methods that appeared on the Prairies during those decades. It also provides a survey of published plans and built examples of pre-1920 farmhouses, barns, and layouts to illustrate the influences exerted by plan books and mail-order building manufacturers.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780660138015
General Note:
Issued also in French under title: Acheter son bois et construire sa ferme.
