A reading textbook used in Medina City Schools around 52-54 or so. (I already checked with them, they have no record) This described pioneer life-how soap was made, how wool was carded into yarn, how cloth was dyed. The book followed a little boy around in pioneer times and daily life for him.
Singing Wheels was widely used schools around that time. It had tales of pioneer life, including some adapted from work by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
299A is solved. I haven’t seen this book for about 65 years, but I have thought of it often. I wasn’t 100% sure until I obtained a copy and found the reference to teasel, which I remembered with great clarity.