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,