Belcher's Farmers Almanac For Nova Scotia 1898 Belcher's Almanac was a nearly indispensable guide in Nova Scotian homes for 100 years. It was a business directory, almanac, and farmer's reference book combined. First published as "The Farmer's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1824", the title was changed to "Belcher's Farmer's Almanack" in 1832. The founder of the Almanac was Clement Horton Belcher. He published the Almanac from 1824 until his death in 1869. After Belcher's death, the firm of McAlpine and Barnes continued the publication under the founder's name until 1930 Viewable on any computer (PC and Mac) using Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is one of a range of old and rare books scanned onto CD by The Genealogy Store