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,