Cottage Economy

The Cottage Economy
by William Cobbett
Cottage Economy is a book by William Cobbett which covers many practical instructions such how to bake bread, brew beer, keep livestock and "other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer's Family" with the aim of aiding the "Labouring Classes" in having a "good living." It is considered to be a timeless guide on matters of self-sufficiency.
CONTENTS.
Introduction. To the Labouring Classes of this Kingdom--Brewing Beer, Brewing Beer, continued, Making Bread, Making Bread, continued--Brewing Beer--Keeping Cows, Keeping Cows, continued, --Keeping Pigs, Keeping Pigs, continued--Salting Mutton, and Beef, Bees, Geese, Ducks, Turkeys, Fowls, Pigeons, Rabbits, Goats, and Ewes, Candles and Rushes, Mustard, Dress and Household Goods, and Fuel, Hops, and Yeast, Selecting, Cutting and Bleaching the Plants of English Grass and Grain, for the purpose of making Hats and Bonnets--Constructing and using Ice-houses, Addition.--Mangel Wurzel--Cobbett's Corn,