Category: agriculture

"Tight, faint age soil to green cloth covers, slight tanning of pages, faintest tilt to spine. Rubbing and softening to spine ends and cover corners. 2 creased pages. No other markings. No dust jacket (as issued). 1080 pages. 6x9x1.75"". (15.5x23.5x4.25cm ""a great variety of recent scientific, technical, and economic information in short, [popularly written articles and in agricultural maps and statistical tables...a prompt outlet for much valuable new knowledge...primarily intended for farmers...The material reflects most up to date statistics as of 1929, when data was... View more info

"Land of TanÃ©, the threat of erosion"

By: "Baker, Richard St. Barbe"

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Lutterworth Press:

Seller ID: B00005XLQI

ISBN: B00005XLQI

Condition: very good

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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Horses and Ponies

By: "Bongianni, Maurizio"

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Fireside:

Seller ID: 9780671660680

ISBN: 0671660683

Condition: GOOD

Practical, concise, and comprehensive, "Simon & Schuster's Guide to Horses and Ponies" is an ideal guide to the vast international variety of horse and pony breeds. Background information on everything from coats and head markings to breaking and rearing provides an introduction to this encyclopedic reference of major breeds. Each entry for the more than 170 breeds covered includes details of the breed's history, its place of origin and current geographical distribution, functions, aptitudes, and notable physical and temperamental characteristics. Beautifully illustrated with full-color p... View more info

Como Subsisten Los Campesinos

By: "Borjas, Manuel Chavez"

Price: $19.95

Publisher: "Tegucigalpa, Honduras", Guaymuras: 1992

Edition: (1st edition)

Seller ID: 4-7T006

Condition: NEAR FINE

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Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture 1901 (Public Document No. 18)

By: "Brown, James F. (Secretary, Connecticut Board of Agriculture)"

Price: $39.95

Publisher: "Hartford, CT", Hartford Press: 1902

Seller ID: 6-1H015

Condition: GOOD

"READING COPY - UGLY. Tight, age tanned pages clean except for light soil to exterior edges, faded and stained covers, square. A "" who's who"" of Connecticut agriculture in 1901. No dust jacket. A complete account of the 3 day mid-winter meeting in Bridgeport, CT, with full transcript of presentations and discussions, list of state fairs, Connecticut exhibitors at the Pan-American Exposition, list of Agricultural Societies, and directory of Granges. 321 pages plus 57 page appendix inserted at end: ""A Catalogue of all Phaenogamous and Vascular Cryptogamous Plants ... View more info

Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide

By: "Damerow, Gail,Luttmann, Rick"

Price: $7.45

Publisher: Rodale Books:

Seller ID: 9780878571253

ISBN: 0878571256

Condition: GOOD

Your backyard can be the source of the best eggs and meat you've ever tasted. The answer is chickens--endearing birds that require but a modest outlay of time, space and food. As they learned to raise chickens, Gail and Rick Luttmann came to realize the need for a comprehensive but clear and nontechnical guide. Their book covers all the basics in a light and entertaining sytle, from housing and feeding through incubating, bringing up chicks, butchering, and raising chickens for show. Througout the book, the Luttmanns express their wonder at the personalities of chickens--the role of br... View more info

Tree Farms: harvest for the future

By: "Dowdell, Dorothy & Joseph"

Price: $39.95

Publisher: "Indianapolis, IN", Bobbs-Merrill: c1965

Seller ID: 13H021

Condition: FINE / Good

"As new. Bookplate inside front cover From the library of Thomas J. Corcoran University of Maine. Corcoran was an ""internationally renowned scholar of forestry and forest engineering...created the Forest Engineering Program and chaired the Department of Forest Management at the University of Maine...""Green cloth with gilt. DJ is intact and unclipped but has wear to edges and 3 tiny rips that have been tape repaired on the inside." View more info

Small-Scale Poultry-Keeping: A Guide To Free-Range Poultry Production

By: "Feltwell, Ray"

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Faber & Faber:

Seller ID: 9780571166992

ISBN: 0571166997

Condition: GOOD

Whether you hope to produce eggs and poultry meat for local sale, or simply relish the joy of eating your own freshly collected free-range eggs, this new addition gives invaluable advice on the type of poultry to choose, housing, feeding, breeding and general management. View more info

Animal Machines: The New Factory Farming Industry

By: "Harrison, Ruth (Rachel Carson, foreword)"

Price: $286.95

Publisher: "London,UK", Vincent Stuart Ltd.: 1964

Seller ID: 20H004

Condition: NEAR FINE / DJ poor

"Book is as new except for faintest of foxing on exterior page edges and slight softening of spine bottom. Handwritten ""With the compliments of the author"" on the title page. (No signature). Dust jacket is present but has tattered edges at top and bottom that have been tape repaired (on the inside). ""How is a housewife to know that the nice looking meat and eggs in a shop may be poison?""" View more info

Fruits for the Home Garden

By: "Hedrick, U. P."

Price: $1.25

Publisher: Dover Pubns:

Seller ID: 9780486229447

ISBN: 0486229440

Condition: GOOD

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The Lord God Made Them All

By: "Herriot, James"

Price: $2.25

Publisher: Bantam:

Seller ID: 9780553247312

ISBN: 055324731X

Condition: GOOD

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All Creatures Great and Small

By: "Herriot, James"

Price: $2.50

Publisher: Bantam:

Seller ID: 9780553268126

ISBN: 0553268120

Condition: GOOD

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All Things Wise and Wonderful

By: "Herriot, James"

Price: $2.50

Publisher: Bantam:

Seller ID: 9780553266054

ISBN: 0553266055

Condition: very good

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All Things Bright and Beautiful

By: "Herriot, James"

Price: $3.75

Publisher: Bantam:

Seller ID: 9780553269703

ISBN: 0553269704

Condition: GOOD

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Keeping Chickens: The Essential Guide

By: "Hobson, Jeremy,Lewis, Celia"

Price: $10.00

Publisher: David & Charles:

Seller ID: 9780715325674

ISBN: 0715325671

Condition: GOOD

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Dairying Bygones (Shire Library)

By: "Ingram, Arthur"

Price: $1.50

Publisher: Shire:

Edition: 2

Seller ID: 9780852638668

ISBN: 0852638663

Condition: GOOD

Dairying probably originated in Neolithic times, and by the sixteenth century the cow had become the principal dairy animal. By the mid-eighteenth century many farmers began to specialize in the production of dairy products - milk, butter and cheese - the excess of which could be sold. Victorian farmers who could afford to equipped their farms with up-to-date appliances, while the less affluent made do with older, often home-made equipment. This book examines the diverse range of dairy equipment used during this period, including milking stools and pails, churns for making butter, butter beate... View more info

"Buscando Soluciones Para La Crisis Del Agro: En la ventanilla del banco, o en el pupitre de la escuela?"

By: "Lacki, Polan"

Price: $9.95

Publisher: "Santiago, Chile", ORGANIZACION DE LAS NACIONES UNIDASPARA LA AGRICULTURA Y LA ALIMENTACION: 1995

Seller ID: 4-8H002

Condition: GOOD

"Tight, light age soil to covers, clean interior, faint curl. ""Existe un creciente consenso de que la agricultura, en su globalidad, solo conseguira enfrentar con exito sus antiguos y especialmente sus nuevos desafios, si los agricultores adquieren nuevos conocimientos, habilidades y destrezas, e incluso si adoptan actitudes diferentes. Si no lo hacen,dificilmente podran realizar una agricultura eficiente y sin ella no tendran rentabilidad ni competitivida."" Text in Spanish." View more info