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Books on Agriculture for Sale:
[6238] . The Cow Pea. Southern Pines, NC: 1910. 1st Edition. 12mo - over
6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Experimental Farm of North
Carolina State Horticultural Society. Southern Pines, NC circa 1910 12mo.
Paperback. 63 pp with some b/w photos. Slight water line to edge of pages.
Beautifully decorative cover.
$29.95
[5601] . Grasses and Leguminous Crops in
New York State. Albany: New York
State Department of Agriculture, 1916. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Albany 1916. 283 pages with very many b/w photos. Softcover. Rear
wrapper cover missing, front wrapper has 2 corners missing. Text still clean
and tight.
$25.95
[6747] . Grains and Oilseeds. Handling,
Marketing, Processing. Winnipeg, MB:
Canadian International Grains Institute, 1975. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 661 pages. Tan cloth. Very good
condition.
$12.95
[5623] . Report of the Botanical
Department of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station. New Brunswick, N.J.: 1907. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good Reports for 4 years (1906, 07, 09,
and 10). 144, 126, 80, 74 pages with b/w illustrations. Wrappers (spines has
flaked off on 2 reports). Clean and tight inside. With experimental variety
reports for corn, eggplant, pepper, squash, tomato.
$49.95
[6253] . Sweet Potato Culture and Storage
in New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.:
1915. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
NJ Agricultural Circular. circa 1915. 31 pages with b/w 18 photos. Small dampness
damage along upper edge.
$5.95
[462] (UK) Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries. Sugar Beet Diseases. London:
1942. London 1942. 53 pages with 54 b/w photos. Wrappers. Very good.
$7.95
[1372] (UK) Ministry of Agriculture and
Food. Collected Leaflets on Insect Pests of Farm and Garden Crops.. London: 1926. London 1926. 8vo. 111 pages with some
b/w photos. Wrappers. Very good.
$10.95
[3386] Allen, R. L.. The American Farm
Book. New York: C. M. Saxton, 1851.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good+ or compend of American
agriculture; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining,
irrigation, grasses, grain, root, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice and
every staple product of the United States. With best methods of planting,
cultivating, and preparation for market. With: The Haty-Pudding; A poem in
three cantons by Joel Barlow and A Memoir on Maize or Indian Corn by D. J.
Browne. NY 1951 (copyright1949). 8vo. (xii), 325; 48 pp with 105
text-engravings. Cloth (very minor fraying to bottom of spine). (Weight 1.25
pounds or 600 gr)
$115.95
[2030] Armstrong, S. F.. British Grasses
and their Employment in Agriculture. 2nd
ed. Cambridge, UK 1921. 8vo. 199 pages with 175 text-illustrations. Cloth
(minor spotting).
$6.95
[6248] Ball, Carleton R. And J. Allen
Clark. Growing Hard Spring Wheat. Washington,
DC: USDA, 1915. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover.
Very Good USDA Farmer’s Bulletin. Washington 1915. 16 pages. Staple-bound.
$9.95
[4122] Betts, H. S.. The Strength of North
American Woods. Washington: United
States Department of Agriculture, 1929. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good USDA Publication. Wash, DC 1929. 8vo. 18
pages.
$6.95
[615] British Columbia Department of
Agriculture. Weeds And Their Control. Victoria,
BC, Canada: 1932. Victoria BC 1932. 8vo. 54 pages with some text diagrams plus
21 excellent colour plates. Wrappers. X Library. Very good.
$6.95
[6090] Brown, James. The Forester being
Plain and Practical Directions for the Planting. Rearing, and General
Management of Forest Trees. Edinburgh
and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- 1st ed. Edinburgh 1847. Sm 8vo. 214
pages. Cloth (1inch split along front joint). Front endpaper missing.
$55.95
[2035] Buechel, Frederick A.. The Commerce
of Agriculture. A Survey of Agricultural Resources. New York: John Wiley & Son, 1926. 1st Edition. 8vo
- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good NY (Wiley & Sons)
1926. Lg 8vo. vii, 439 pages with 100 figures in text. Cloth. Fine. Nice
historical overview of the state of agriculture and the government policies
pertaining thereto in the US.
$17.95
[6252] Bull, Coates P.. Flax Growing. St.paul, MN: 1912. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Flax Growing. Minnesota Farmer’s Library. St. Paul
1912. 8 pages. Staple-bound.
$7.95
[6250] Burlison, W.L. and O.M. Allyn.
Soybeans and Cowpeas in Illinois. Urbana,
IL: 1917. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very
Good Univ. of IL Agric. Experiment Station Bulletin. Urbana 1917. 20 pages.
Staple-bound.
$4.95
[1469] Burrill, Larry, William Braunworth
and Ray William; Robert Parker; Dean Swan; Daniel Kidder. Pacific Northwest
Weed Control Handbook. Corvallis, OR,
U.S.A.: , 1988. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good OR,
WA, and ID State Universities. 1988. 4to. 263 pages. Paperback.
$7.95
[6188] Chesnut, V.K.. Thirty Poisonous
Plants of the United States. Washington,
DC: Goverbnment Printing Office, 1898. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA Bulletin. Wash, DC 1898. 32 pages
with 24 diagrams. Staple-bound.
$4.95
[497] Clark, Geo H. and M. Oscar Malte.
Fodder and Pasture Plants. Ottawa:
Dept. of Agric. Dom. of Canada., 1923. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. 2nd printing. Ottawa 1923. 4to. 143 pages of text
plus 27 full page chromolithographs. Cloth (new end pages). X Lib (book has
only a couple of unobtrusive stamps and some small letterings on spine). Very
good. Botanical descriptions, history, varieties, agricultural value, seed.
$19.95
[3362] Coburn, F. D.. Manual. A Complete
Guide to the Farmers Cyclopedia. Garden
City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Garden City, NY 1915. 8vo. vi, 58 pages.
Brown cloth. Very good. (Weight 3/4 pound or 400 gr)
$7.95
[1162] Coburn, F. D.. The Book of Alfalfa.
History, Cultivation and Merits. New
York: Orange Judd, 1912. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good
Its Uses as a Forage and Fertilizer. New revised ed. NY (Orange Judd) 1912. Lg
8vo. xi, 344 pages with about 60 b/w photos. Cloth (some water stained on back
cover). Inside is not affected and is nice and clean.
$9.95
[50006] Coburn, F. D.. The Book of Alfalfa
History, Cultivation and Merits. Its Uses as a Forage and Fertilizer. New York: Orange Judd, 1907. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good 344 pages. Brown cloth. Slight wear
to covers.
$8.94
[144] Cole, John N.. Amaranth from the
past for the future. Rodale Press,
1979. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good /
Very Good-. 1st printing. Rodale Press 1979. 8vo. xx, 311 pages with some b/w
photos. Cloth. w.dj. Very good.
$8.95
[6186] Cook, I.S. . Field Beans--A
Profitable West Virginia Crop. Morgantown:
1915. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
WV Agric. Experiment Station Circular. Morgantown 1915. 11 pages with 5
illustrations. Staple-bound.
$9.95
[6191] Cook, O. F.. Suppressed and
Intensified Characteristics in Cotton Hybrids. Washington, DC: Goverbnment Printing Office, 1909. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA
Bulletin. Wash., DC 1909. 8vo. 24 pages. Staple-bound.
$7.95
[6452] Cook; Blakley; Jacobson; Knutson,
Milligan, Strain. The Dairy Subsectors of American Agriculture: Organization
and Vertical Coordination. 1978. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 157 pages.
Paperback.
$25.95
[2011] Darvill, F.. Law for the Farmer. San Francisco: Fred T, Darvill, 1932. 12mo - over
6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good with Forms for Ordinary
Business Transactions and Certain Abstracts of the Law of the States and
Territories. How to Make your Will. San Francisco 1932. 12mo. 99 pages.
Paperback. Very good.
$3.95
[125] DeDatta, Surajit K.. Principles and
Practices of Rice Production. New
York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981. 1st Edition. 1st edition. NY (Wiley & Son)
1981. Lg 8vo. xix, 618 pages with many tables and some diagrams. Cloth. Very
good. The author was head of the dept. of agronomy at the Int. Rice Research
Inst. in Los Baños.
$22.95
[106] Eadie, Robert. New Techniques on
Control of Orchard Mice. Cornell
University. 1950. 16 pages. Very good.
$2.50
[2017] Emmons, Ebenezer. Agriculture of
New York Vol 3: On the Fruits of the State. New
York: Appleton & Co., 1851. 1st Edition. Albany 1851. 4to. Vol 3 only which
concerns itself with fruit and its varieties. 100 pages on apples, 40 pages on
pears, 10 pages each on peaches, plums, cherry, and grapes, and some mention of
gooseberries, current and raspberries. 340 pages with m any diagrams. Cloth
(stained by mildew and worn). Top 1 inch of spine missing. Internally fine,
externally poor. NO colour nor b/w plates. The illustrations are woodcuts in
text.
$155.95
[4019] Essig, E. O.. Silk Culture in
California. Berkeley: 1945. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good Univ. of CA Berkeley
1945. 8vo. 15 pages with 4 diagrams.
$7.95
[3688] Essig, E. O. And W. M. Hoskins.
Insects and Other Pests Attacking Agricultural Crops. Berkeley: University of California, 1934. 1st Edition.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good CA Agricultural
Extension Service. Berkeley 1934. 8vo. 155 pages with 108 b/w photos.
Staple-bound.
$7.95
[1166] Etheridge, W. C.. A Classification
of the Varieties of Cultivated Oats.. Ithaca:
Cornell University, 1916. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good Cornell Univ. Experiment Station Bulletin. Ithaca 1916.
8vo. 88 pages plus 20 colour plates Staple-bound. Very good.
$22.95
[6246] Evans, Morgan. Timothy. Washington, DC: USDA, 1918. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA Farmer’s Bulletin.
Washington 1918. 28 pages with 9 illustrations. Staple-bound.
$7.95
[3527] Eyck, A. M. Ten. Wheat. Lincoln, NE: Campbell Soil Culture, 1914. 1st Edition.
Sm 8vo. Cloth. A Practical Discussion of the Raising, Marketing, Handling and
Use of the Wheat Crop, Relating largely to the Great Plains Region of the U.S.
and Canada.1st edition. Lincoln, NE 1914. 8vo. 194 pages with 39 b/w
photographs. Cloth. X Univ. Lib. Except for library stamps very good. (Weight
1.5 pds or 750gr)
$9.95
[6245] Francis, C.K. and W.G. Friedmann.
Sudan Grass Silage. Stillwater, OK:
1917. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
OK Agric. Experiment Station Bulletin. Stillwater 1917. 8 pages. Staple-bound
$3.95
[6522] Fryer, J. D. And S. A. Evans. Weed
Control Handbook Vol 1 Principles. Oxford:
1970. 5th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good-
494 pages. Blue cloth. X Army Library. Except for stamps very good.
$8.95
[6505] Furtick, W.R. and R. R. Romanowski.
Weed Research Methods Manual. A handbook or weed control research techniques and
methods with emphasis on establishing new Programs. Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.: Oregon State University, 1971.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Corvallis, OR 1971.
8vo. 80 pages with photos. X Lib. Ringbound.
$18.95
[2042] Gates, Frank C.. Weeds in Kansas. Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture.
Topeka 1941. 8vo. 360 pages with about 400 diagrams. Staple bound (spine
taped). Description, biology, control, and other remarks on 380 weeds. Very
good.
$9.95
[5607] Germershausen, C.F.. Das Ganze der
Schafzucht aus Beurtheilung und Berichtigung älterer und neuerer Theorien, nach
Gründen und eigner Erfahrung. Leipzig:
1789. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. Leipzig 1789. 1. Theil. 262
pages. Boards with marbled paper.
$325.95
[2602] Gibson, Arthur, Gorham, Hudson
& Flock. The Colorado Potato Beetle in Canada. Ottawa: 1925. Dept of Agriculture Bulletin. Ottawa
1925. Lg 8vo. 30 pages with 1 plate. Staple-bound. Good.
$15.95
[191] Green, Samuel B.. Forestry in
Minnesota. Minnesota Forestry
Association, 1898. 1st Edition. Sm 8vo. Soft Cover. Very Good 1898. Sm 8vo. 311
pages with 60 text-illustrations. Wrappers. Very good.
$22.95
[200] Green, Samuel B.. Principles of
American Forestry. New York: John
Wiley & Sons, 1907. 1st Edition. sm 8vo. Cloth. Good 1st edition, 6th
thousand. NY 1907. xiii, 334 pages with 73 illustrations. Cloth (3 small
stainmarks on front cover). Else tight and clean inside.
$13.95
[3872] Häfliger, Ernst & Hildemar
Scholz. Panicoid Grass Weeds. Basle:
Ciba-Geigy, 1980. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very
Good Basel, Switzerland 1980. xx, 142 pp of text with many diagrams plus 25
colour plates. Hardbound. Very thorough and well illustrated scientific
botanical key.
$39.95
[6507] Harvey, Lori Thomson. A Guide to
Agricultural Spray Adjuvants used in the United States. Fresno, CA: Thomson Publications, 1988. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 1988-89 edition. 170 pages.
Paperback.
$12.95
[951] Hopkins, J. C. F.. Tobacco Diseases.
with special reference to Africa. Kew
1956. Lg 8vo. xvi, 178 pages with 91 b/w photos. Cloth. X University Library.
Fine
$27.95
[5042] Hörmann, Bernhard. Die
Sanddornbeere (Hippophae rhamnoides L. Die beste natürliche Vitamin C
Spenderin. München: , 1941. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / . München
1941. 8vo. 25 Seiten mit einer Farbabbildung. Staple-bound. Very good
condition.
$12.95
[4148] Hubbard, C.E.. Grasses. London: Penguin, 1954. 1st Edition. 12mo - over
6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Each of the 152 grasses known
in the British Isles is described and illustrated. London 1954. Paperback.428
pages with many diagrams.
$6.95
[6193] Hughes, H.D.. The Germination Test
of Seed Corn. Ames, IA: 1913. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good IA Agric.
Experiment Station Bulletin. Ames 1913. 8vo. 73 pages with 22 illustrations.
Staple-bound.
$7.95
[6269] Hulbert, H.W. and J.H. Christ.
Growing Sunflowers for Silage in Idaho. Moscow,
ID: 1926. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very
Good Univ. of ID Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin. Moscow 1926. 12
pages with 3 photos.
$4.95
[6243] Hunter, Byron; S.O. Jayne.
Suggestions to Settlers on the Sandy Soils of the Columbia River Valley. Washington, DC: USDA, 1910. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA Circular 1910. 8vo. 23
pages. Staple-bound.
$8.95
[6937] Jennings, B. A.. Repairing the
Spring-Tooth Harrow. Ithaca: Cornell
University, 1941. Reprinted Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Good 8 pages with 8 photos. Staple-bound.
$4.95
[2303] Johnston, James. Lectures on the
General Relations which Science bears to practical Agriculture,. New York: Saxton and Company, 1850. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. [9 lectures] delivered before the
New-York Agricultural Society. NY 1850. 8vo. (vi), 221 pages with frontispiece.
Cloth (head and tail of spine frayed, edges rubbed). Joints and hinges are
still fine and sowing is tight. " Relations of Physical Geog raphy to
Practical Agriculture (P.A.)"; "Relations of Geology and Mineralogy
to P.A."; "Relations of Botany, Vegetagle Physiology, and Zoology to
P.A.", "Relations of Metereology to P.A."; "Relations of
Chemistry to the Soil and its prcatical Improv ements"; Relations of of
Chemical Physiology to the Plant, and the Modes of Promoting Growth";
"Relations of Chemical Physiology to the Animal - its Food and
Growth"; "Relations of Chemistry to Doctrines of Manure".
$79.95
[3011] Jones, Eric T. (editor); McLain,
Rebecca J. (editor); Weigand, James F. (editor). Nontimber Forest Products in
the United States (Development of Western Resources Ser.). Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.: University Press of Kansas,
2002. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good 445 pages. NEW!
$26.95
[3529] King, F. H.. Irrigation and
Drainage. New York: MacMillan Comp,
1907. 5th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good
Principles and Practice of the Cultural Phases. 5th edition. NY 1907. Sm 8vo.
xxi, 502 pages with 163 text-illustrations. Cloth (new endsheets). "Rural
Science Series". (Weight 3 pds or 1.5kg)
$22.95
[4527] Kummer, Anna P.. Weed Seedlings. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good- 1st ed.
Chicago 1951. 8vo. 435 pages with many diagrams. Paperback (some edge wear)
$149.95
[5621] Lake, E. R.. Horticultural
Information. Olympia, WA: 1892. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good Pullman,
Washington Experiment Station Bulletin 6. October 1892.8 pages.
$5.95
[6064] Leighty, Cyde E.. Variation and
Correlation of Oats (Avena Sativa). Part 2: Effect of Differences in
Environment, Varieties, and Methods on Biometrical Constants. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1914. 1st Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Cornell Univ. Agric.
Experiment Station Bulletin. Ithaca, 1914. 8vo. 140 pages. Wrappers.
$12.95
[6927] Lewis, Daphne and Carol Miles.
Farming Bamboo Increase Farm Income By Growing Bamboo. : Lulu Press, 2007. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Soft Cover. New / . 240 pages with very many photos and
diagrams. Paperback. Farming Bamboo" tells farmers and gardeners in the
Pacific Northwest what they need to know to raise bamboo as a farm crop. The
bamboo is farmed in order to sell bamboo shoots for food and poles for wood.
The botany of bamboo is described for a background to making decisions about
caring for the bamboo. An encyclopedia describes 27 species of the genus
Phyllostachys.
$26.99
[4111] Liebig, Justus. Organic Chemistry
in Its Applications to Agriculture and Physiology. Cambridge: John Owen, 1841. 1st US Edition. sm 8vo.
Cloth. Very Good- 1st American Edition with introduction, notes and appendix by
John W. Webster. Cambridge 1841. Sm 8vo. xx, 435 pages. Brown cloth with paper
label on spine. Slight soiling and mild foxing. Otherwise a fairly nice copy of
this monumental first work on chemical ferilization.
$245.95
[2047] Livingston, George. Field Crop
Production. New York: MacMillan,
1923. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. A Text-Book for
Elementary Courses in Schools and Brief Courses in Colleges. NY 1923. Sm 8vo.
xix, 424 pages with 135 photographs. Cloth. Rural Text-Book Series. X Library.
Very Good. Covers the major grains, grass, legume, and fiber crops.
$10.95
[3532] Mangelsdorf, Paul C.. Corn. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1974. 1st Edition. 4to -
over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good Its Origin, evolution and
Improvement. Harvard Press 1974. 4to. 262 pages with some illustrations. Cloth.
A very comprehensive scientific study based o a lifetime of experience. (Weight
2.5 pds or 1.25kg)
$17.95
[6362] McClelland, T. B.. Vanilla: A
Promising new Crop for Porto Rico. Washington:
Govenment Printing Office, 1919. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Agric. Experiment Station Bulletin. Mayaguez, PR
1919. 32 pages. Staple-bound.
$17.95
[6251] Mendelson, H.. Essentials of Beet
Farming. Denver, CO: Great Western
Sugar Company, 1916. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good- Great Western Sugar CO. Denver CO 1916. 27 pages some b/w
photos. Staple-bound.
$7.95
[6247] Mertz, W. M.. Green Manure Crops in
Southern California. Berkeley, CA,
U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1918. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good- University of CA Agricultural
Experiment Station Bulletin. Berkeley 1918. 31 pages with 7 illustrations.
Staple-bound.
$7.95
[3747] Metcalf, C. L. and W. P. Flint.
Destructive and Useful Insects. New
York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good Their Habits and Control. 3rd ed. (McGraw-Hill)
NY 1951. 8vo. xiv, 1071 pages with about 583 diagrams and b/w photos. Cloth.
Thorough reference on disease organisms and their life cycles even though
control methods are somewhat outdated.
$19.95
[6453] Milligan, Robert; William Lesser;
William Magrath; Loren Tauer; Dale Bauman. Biotechnology and the Dairy
Industry: Production Costs, Commercial Potential, and the Economic Impact of
the Bovine Growth Hormone. Ithaca:
Cornell University, 1985. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good 123 pages plus about 100 pages of appendices. Paperback.
$19.95
[433] miscellaneous authors. Collection of
65 scientific articles on sugar beet reprinted from Annals of Applied Biology..
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Collection of 65 scientific articles on sugar beet reprinted from
Annals of Applied Biology such as "Influence of foliar applications of
sugar on the susceptibility of sugar beet to downy mildew", "bird
damage to sugar beet", factors affecting the relative incidence,
distribution and importance of beet yellow virus and sugar-beet mild yellow
virus in eastern England, breeding resistance to infection with yellowing
viruses in sugar beet, spread of yellow viruses in sugar beet, effect of
seedling treatment on growth and yield of sugar beet in the field, experiments
on black leg disease of sugar-beet seedlings. All several pages in length.All
several pages in length. 8vo. Call for detailed titles.
$19.95
[50007] Montgomery, E. G.. Productive Farm
Crops. Philadelphia and London:
Lippincott Comp., 1918. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Good 501 pages. Cloth (edgewear, 1/2 split to spine). Textblock still
tight.
$5.25
[6196] Nelson, Aven. Some Native Forage
Plants for Alkali Soils. Laramie, WY:
1899. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
Univ of WY Bulletin. Laramie, WY 1899. 22 pages with 12 illustrations.
Staple-bound.
$4.95
[1449] Nesbit, J.C.. On Agricultural
Chemistry, and the nature and properties of Peruvian Guano. London: Longman and Co., 1856. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. 3rd edition. London 1856. 8vo. 128 pages.
Cloth (cloth cover on spine half gone and the remained flaking off) Hinges
still sound. Internally a nice and clean copy.
$25.95
[1302] Padwick, G. Watts. Manual of Rice
Diseases. Kew: 1950. 1st Edition. 8vo
- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. Kew (UK) 1950.
Lg 8vo. viii, 198 pages with 49 diagrams in text. Cloth. X Univ. Lib. Very
good.
$15.95
[6270] Parson, T.S.. Oats in Wyoming. Laramie, Wy: 1918. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 27 pages. Staple-bound.
$5.95
[6254] Parson, T.S.. Spring Wheats in
Wyoming. Laramie, WY: 1918. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good University
of WY Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin. Laramie 1918. 20 pages. Staple
bound.
$5.95
[1214] Peer, F. S.. Soiling, Summer and
Winter, or Economy in Feeding Farm Stock. Rochester:
By the Author, 1882. 1st Edition. Relating the experience of the Author, and
giving the latest and most economical methods of Summer and Winter Feeding by
the system of Soiling. 1st edition Rochester, NY 1882. Sm 8vo. 153 pages with
some woodcuts in text. Cloth.
$30.95
[4116] Perrin, Noel. First Person Rural: Essays
of a Sometime Farmer. Jaffrey, New
Hampshire, U.S.A.: David R Godine Pub, 1978. 3rd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Essays of a Sometime
Farmer. 3rd prtg. Boston 1979. 8vo. 124 pages. Cloth w.dj.
$4.95
[2466] Piper, Charles V.. Important
Cultivated Grasses. Washington: USDA,
1934. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very
Good USDA Farmers’ Bulletin. Revised edition. Washington 1934. 34 pages with 26
illustrations. Staple-bound.Important Cultivated Grasses. USDA Farmers’ Bul
Revised ed. Washington 1934. 34 pp with 26 illustrations. Staple-bound. Very
good.
$6.95
[3867] Robbins, W. W. Margaret Bellue and
Walter Ball. Weeds of California. Sacramento:
1951. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Sacramento 1951. 8vo. 547
pages with 341 b/w and colour illustrations. Cloth. X Public Library.
$12.95
[6947] Roehl, L. M.. The Farm Shop and
Tool Equipment. Ithaca: Cornell
University, 1938. Reprinted Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good- 28 pages with 29 illustrations. Staple-bound.
$3.95
[1175] Ross, Earle D.. Iowa Agriculture:
An Historical Survey. Iowa City:
State Historical Society of Iowa, 1951. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good 1st edition. Iowa City, 1951. Lg 8vo. 226 pages
with some b/w maps. X Library. Cloth. Very good. An interpretative survey by
the author after a lifetime of research. (Weight 1.75 lbs or 800 grams)
$23.95
[6669] Runnels, H. A. and J. H. Schaffner.
Manual of Ohio Weeds. Wooster: , 1931.
. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good- Wooster, OH 1931.
8vo. 164 pages. Wrappers (cover slightly worn).
$9.95
[1002] Sanderson, E. Dwight. Insect Pests
of Farm, Garden and Orchard. New
York: John Wiley & Sons, 1915. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st edition. NY 1915. xii, 684 pages with several
hundred b/w photos and diagrams. Cloth (very small edgewear). Covers small
grains, corn, clover, tobacco, cotton, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, peas, beets,
spinach, cabbage, cucurbits, small berries, and fruit. Very good.
$22.95
[254] Saunders, William. Insects Injurious
to Fruit. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Comp., 1909. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very
Good 2nd edition (identical to first) Philadelphia 1909. 8vo. 436 pages with
440 text-illustrations. Cloth with gilt stamping. New endpapers. Very
Comprehensive. Very good.
$29.95
[6185] Shaw, G. W.. The Selection of
Seed-Wheat. Sacramento, Ca: 1906. 8vo
- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good CA Agric Experiment Station
Bulletin. Sacramento 1906. 22 pages with 10 b/w photos. Staple-bound (very
slight insect wear to edge of front cover). Else very good.
$8.95
[6189] Spencer, A. P.. Sugar Cane. Gainesville, FL: 1919. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good FL Agric. Extension Bulletin. FL 1919.
28 pages with 10 photos. Staple-bound.
$5.95
[6190] Spragg, Frank; Nicolson, J.W. Rosen
Rye. East Lansing, MI: 1917. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good MI
Agricultural Extension Bulletin. 1917. 3 pp with 2 photos.
$3.95
[4430] Stapledon, R. G. and J. A. Hanley.
Grass Land. Its Management and Improvement. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1927. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Oxford
1927. 12mo. 159 pages. X Lib. Except stamps very good.
$7.95
[2470] Stevens, F.L. and J.G. Hall.
Diseases of Economic Plants. New
York: MacMillan, 1915. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. NY 1915
(©1910). x, 513 pages with 214 illustrations. Cloth. Covers diseases in general
as well as pomaceaous, drupaceous, small, and tropical fruit, vegetables and
field crops, cereals, forages, fibres plants and timber. Very good.
$14.94
[3530] Stevens, T. M. C.. On Ensilage of
Green Forage Crops in Silos. Boston:
By the Author, 1881. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth.
Very Good Also the practical experience of 25 practical farmers with ensilage
and silos, giving their experience of feeding stock of all kids. Boston 1881.
120 pages with some diagrams. Cloth. (Weight 3/4 pds or 400 gr)
$29.95
[1001] Swingle, Walter T.. The Grain
Smuts: How they are Caused and how to prevent Them. Washington: 1898. USDA Farmer Bul 75. Washington 1898.
8vo. 20 pages with 8 figures. Staple bound. Very good.
$6.95
[6155] Tauer, Janelle R. and Olan Forker.
Dairy Promotion in the United States 1979-1986. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1987. 1st Edition. 4to -
over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. New The History of the Structure of
the National Milk and Dairy Product Promotion Program with Special Reference to
New York. 314 pages. Paperback.
$95.95
[5248] USDA. Report of the Secretary's
Commission on Pesticides and Their Relationship to Environmental Health (Parts
1&2). Washington, DC: Govenment
Printing Office, 1969. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good 677 pages. Paperback. Very good condition.
$8.95
[1181] Vriese, W. H. de. Kennis van de
mais of zoogenaamde turksche tarwe. Amsterdam:
1837. Naar aanleiding van het werk van Matthieu Bonafous. Amsterdam
(Gravenhage) 1837. 8vo. xiv, 82 pages. Wrappers. Early treatise on corn
describing 24 different varieties and providing cultural information. Very
good. Jackson p. 147; Stafleu & Cowan 16.393
$225.95
[4320] Walden, Howard T.. Native
Inheritance. The Story of Corn in America. New
York: Harper & Row, 1966. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 1st ed. NY 1966. 8vo. 199 pages with some
b/w photos. Cloth w.dj.
$12.95
[1183] Warren, G. F.. Farm Management. New York: MacMillan &Co., 1913. 2nd Printing. 8vo
- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good 2nd printing NY 1913 (©1913).
8vo. xviii, 590 pages with 106 b/w photos. Cloth. Rural Text-Book Series. Minor
underlining. Warren was professor of farm management at Cornell University.
$15.95
[6936] Warren, Geoprge M.. FARMSTEAD WATER
SUPPLY . Washington: USDA, 1933.
Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 38
pages with 25 illustrations. Staple bound.
$9.95
[4050] Waugh, Frank A.. Report of the
Horticulturist. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good Extracted from the Tenth
Annual Report. Vermont Experiment Station, 1896-1897. 45 pages. Signed.
$22.95
[6249] Williams, C.G. and J.B. Park.
Soybeans: Their Culture and Use. Wooster,
OH: 1917. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good OH
Agricultural Bulletin Wooster 1917. 20 pages. Staple-bound.
$6.95
[3866] Willis, Stephen J.. Weed Control in
Farm & Garden. London: Garden
Book Club, 1954. sm 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. London 1954. 12mo. 184
pages with 20 photos and 16 diagrams. Cloth w.dj.
$15.95
[508] Wilson A. D. and E. W. Wilson.
Agriculture for Young Folks. Prepared especially for teaching elementary
agriculture. St. Paul, MN: Webb
Puublishing, 1914. 5th Edition. sm 8vo. Cloth. Very Good 5th revised edition.
St. Paul 1914. Sm 8vo. 340 pages with 126 b/w photos and diagrams. Cloth. Very
good. (Weight 1.5 pounds or 750 gr)
$9.95
[1739] Wilson, A. D. and C. W. Warburton.
Field Crops. St. Paul, MN: 1925. Poor
Revised edition. St. Paul 1925. 8vo. 514 pages 166 b/w photographs and
diagrams. Cloth (front fly-leaf missing). Some pencil underlining. Faint
lettering of a name on the edge of pages.
$4.94
[955] Wilson, John. Our Farm Crops. Blackie and Son, Being a Popular Scientific
Description of the Cultivation, Chemistry, Diseases, Remedies & c. of the
Various Crops Cultivated in Great Britain and Ireland. London ca 1859. 2
volumes bound in one viii, 484; viii, 448 pages bound with James F. W. Joh
nston Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology. London 1854. 37th ed. 68
pages. Thick 8vo. Contemporary half calf. 200 pp on wheat, barley, oats, rye,
70 on beans and peas, 60 on turnips, also between 30 to 500 pages on kohl-rabi,
rape, cabb age, mangold-wurzel, carrots, parsnip, potatoes, clover, sainfoil,
vetch, ryegrass, chicory, lentil, flax, hemp, hoop, teasel, madder, coriander.
Very good.
$225.95
[6543] Woods, Chas. D. and L. H. Merrill.
Nuts as Food. Containing the results of all available American analyses of nuts
and discusses the value of nuts as a food for Man. Orono, ME: 1899. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Maine Agric. Experiment Station Bulletin.
Orono, ME 1899. 8vo. 21 pages with tables. Staple-bound.
$12.95