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916592596. The Old Farmer's Almanac is an almanac containing weather forecasts, planting charts, astronomical data, recipes, and articles. Topics include gardening, sports, astronomy, folklore, and predictions on trends in fashion, food, home, technology, and living for the coming year.
It was the second work printed in the English colonies of America altogether (the first being The Oath of a Free-man, printed earlier in the same year). [1] The earliest New England almanac of which an extant copy survives in the Library of Congress [2] was published by Zechariah Brigden in Cambridge in 1659. [3]
An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is a regularly published listing of a set of current information about one or multiple subjects. [1] It includes information like weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and other tabular data often arranged according to the calendar.
As of 2022, the Old Farmer’s Almanac says it uses a secret formula to predict the weather, first created back in 1792. Here’s how the book’s own site explains the history: “We derive our ...
The Old farmer's almanac: Software used: Internet Archive: Conversion program: Recoded by LuraDocument PDF v2.68: Encrypted: no: Page size: 357 x 606 pts; 342 x 591 pts; 339 x 603 pts; 372 x 617 pts; 345 x 606 pts; 366 x 606 pts; Version of PDF format: 1.5
Burlington — First fall frost Oct. 15 and last spring frost April 22. Des Moines — First fall frost Oct. 14 and last spring frost April 24. Iowa City — First fall frost Oct.13 and last ...
In addition to the U.S. version, there is a Canadian Farmers' Almanac, an abbreviated "Special Edition" sold at Dollar General stores, [1] and a Promotional Version that is sold to businesses as a marketing and public relations tool. The publication follows in the heritage of American almanacs such as Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard's Almanack.
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