Civilization manualBook 1: From Bare Hands to Steam and Electricity765 entries · 23 phases · 100 years
The Island
Phases
08

Farming, cloth, leather and household industry

Earth parallel: 1000–1400. Goal: a food surplus, clothes, light, paper, and the first rubber.

Years 6–1848 entries0 procedures written
IDAchievementThreadBuilt onAbout yearProcedure
08.01Bark-tanned leatherthick, lasting leather from tan pitsCloth02.15 04.15 07.216
08.02Leather goodsboots, belts, straps, aprons, gloves, bucketsCloth06.21 06.26 08.016
08.03Trained draught animals with yoke, collar, harness and iron shoesFood03.18 06.18 07.17 08.027
08.04Saddle, bridle and stirrupsa rider crosses the island in two or three daysMaking03.20 08.02 08.037
08.05Mounted post and wagon serviceriders and wagons on fixed days between the settlements, the mine and the shoreSociety07.27 07.36 08.03 08.047
08.06Iron-shared plough and harrowFood06.22 07.17 08.037
08.07Care of animalsbreeding, birth, gelding, hooves and wounds; stables and shoeingFood03.18 06.31 08.038
08.08Hay, winter fodder and housing for the stockFood06.21 08.038
08.09Rotating grain fieldswheat, barley, maize, rice, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes and fodder; maize is soaked in lime water before it is groundFood03.15 03.16 03.17 03.21 04.15 08.068
08.10Seed selection and breeding recordthe best plants and animals kept for seed and stock, and written downFood03.12 07.05 08.098
08.11Harvest and threshing kitscythes, flails, winnowing baskets, sievesFood02.17 06.21 08.099
08.12Rotary hand quernflourFood02.23 06.13 07.31 08.119
08.13Leavened breadFood03.06 04.13 04.28 08.129
08.14Beer, wine and meadsafe drink, and the source of alcoholFood03.22 04.10 04.28 07.21 08.119
08.15Vinegarthe first acid; pickling, cleaning metal, making pigmentsFood08.1410
08.16Oil press and plant oilsfood, lamp oil, lubricant, paintFood07.20 08.1110
08.17Dairymilk, butter and cheeseFood03.06 03.18 07.2110
08.18Clean milkmilk heated and cooled before it is drunk; scalded pailsFood04.10 08.1710
08.19Orchards, vines and grafted fruit treesFood03.14 06.2111
08.20Tea garden, coffee bushes and hop yardthe first hot drink of the working day, and hops for the beerFood03.14 08.1911
08.21Prepared fibresheep shears, flax combs, wool cards, cotton roller ginCloth03.18 03.26 06.20 06.21 07.1811
08.22Drop spindle and spun yarnCloth03.27 07.18 08.2111
08.23Spinning wheelten times faster than the spindleCloth07.18 07.25 08.2212
08.24Treadle loomframe, heddles, reed and shuttleCloth07.17 08.2212
08.25Woven clothlinen, wool, cotton, hemp canvasCloth08.23 08.2412
08.26Fulled cloth and feltdense cloth; felt for pads, seals and polishingCloth04.19 08.2512
08.27Dyes and alum mordantCloth04.10 08.2513
08.28Sewn clothing, bedding, sacks and tentsCloth06.21 06.26 08.2513
08.29Things for childrencradle, carrying sling, small clothes and toysHome07.22 08.2813
08.30Oiled cloth and hide capesrain wear before rubberCloth08.16 08.2513
08.31Sailcloth and rigged sailing boat ⚠the whole coast within reachMaking07.09 07.30 07.46 08.2514
08.32CandlesHome03.10 03.22 08.2214
08.33Wick oil lampHome04.10 08.16 08.2214
08.34Papercheap writing surface for drawings and recordsKnowledge04.17 06.20 07.20 08.2514
08.35Iron-gall ink and bound bookspermanent copies of The RecordKnowledge07.05 07.16 08.3415
08.36Record housea fire-safe room for the Record, with a second copy kept in the other settlementKnowledge07.31 08.3515
08.37Linseed oil paint and varnishprotects wood and iron from weatherMaking04.20 08.1615
08.38Raw rubber sheettapped, set and smokedMaking03.05 04.10 06.2115
08.39Sugar cane fieldFood03.17 08.0616
08.40Cane crusher, raw sugar and molassesjuice pressed between rollers, cleared with lime and boiled downFood04.15 06.25 07.18 08.03 08.3916
08.41Pickled and fermented vegetables, dried fruit and jamfruit and greens kept for the season when nothing growsFood03.06 04.10 08.15 08.4016
08.42Opium poppy plot and raw opium ⚠strong relief for severe pain; kept locked and given only by the healerHealth03.23 06.21 06.2416
08.43Boiled linen bandages, gauze and cotton woolHealth04.10 08.2517
08.44Gut and linen suturesthread for sewing woundsHealth03.18 03.22 08.2217
08.45Stretcher, crutches and a working handthe injured carried out; a hook and grip for a hand that has lost fingersHealth06.07 08.0217
08.46Mattresses, blankets and insect nettingwarm dry beds and nights free of biting insectsHome08.25 08.2617
08.47Cotton fieldthe main clothing fibre of the settlementCloth03.17 08.0618
08.48Knittingstockings, caps and vests made from one thread with two needlesCloth06.20 08.2318