Almanacs were extremely popular books in the farming community, largely because of their weather predictions. Farmers would use these predictions to help plan the planting season.

Phinney’s Calendar or Western Almanac
Author: Herman Poole
Date: 1878
Medium: Paper
Bibliographic Information:
Herman Poole. Phinney’s Calendar or Western Almanac. Cooperstown, NY: Willard A. Cockett, 1878.
Collections Number: F-156.60(4)