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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921. Philosophy and Practice of the Home-in-a-Garden. 270 pages with index. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, scuffing marks/circles on front cover. Spine ends are bent, fraying with some small tears. Top page edge darkened, spots on other edges. Spine broken in several places within interior, otherwise clean. Book in VG- condition.. Cloth. Very Good-. Illus. by Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Gardening.

New Holland, PA: Sperry Rand Corporation, 1957. A New Holland Grassland Handbook with information about the different clouds, weather predictions and when to continue farming. Form No. 1226 Weather 857D. 15 pp. Slight bending to bottom corner. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good +.. Wraps. Very Good +. Illus. by Photographs, Drawings. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Weather.

London: Cradock and Co., 1846. A Compendium of Husbandry: Containing Full Instructions relative to the Breeding, Rearing, General Management, and Medical Treatment of Cattle, Horses, Poultry, Sheep, and Swine; -- the Management of the Dairy, and the Arrangement of the Farm Offices, &c. &c. Also a Description of the Newest and Best Agricultural Implements; Directions for the Culture and Management of Grass Land and the Raising of Grain and Root Crops, as well as an Account of the Nutritive Value of these, and of the Various Natural and Artificial Grasses; Sub-Soil, Ploughing, Draining, and Irrigation; and a Detailed Account of the Preparation, Application, and Relative Value of Manures, According to the Latest Authorities. By a Lincolnshire Grazier. Illustrated with 123 Engravings. Eighth Edition: Edited, Enlarged, and Partly Re-Written. 692 pages with index. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, scuffing and soiling to… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry -- Bulletin 118. Issued February 7, 1910. 107 pp. Brown paper wraps. Ex. museum stamp and identification numbers on front cover, stamp on title page. Browning along cover page edges, some chipping, dirt smudges, small tear to lower corner. Creasing along spine. Spine ends are torn and exposed. Interior is clean. Pamphlet in VG- condition.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Figures, Tables. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Agriculture.

Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State College Press, 1943. "This series of pamphlets, prepared by members of the Department of Economics and Sociology at Iowa State College, deals with the what, why, and how of agricultural policy and food management." 43 pp. Cream paper wraps with rubbing along edges, some dirt marks on both cover faces. Corners are slightly creased. Interior clean. Pamphlet in VG condition.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". World War II.

Ames, Iowa: Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1933. June 1933. Bulletin no. 177 (revised). Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 32 pp. Paper wraps clean, interior tight. Pencil notes written on back inside cover. . Paper Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Figures(drawings), Tables, Photographs. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7 3/4". Farm Animals.

Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1944. The Recollections of half a Century Devoted to the Citrus and Walnut Industries of California and to Furthering the Cooperative Movement in Agriculture. 199 pp. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, spine ends are bent and faded. Decorative endpapers with maps of Maine and California. Signed by author on half title page, with inscription by previous owner below. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Autobiography.

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915. Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 826. Appendix II to the Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1915. 28 pp. 19 black & white plates/full page photographs, fish illustrations, drawings. 4 figures. ex-mus. stamp on title p.and numbers 64207. Paper spine tear 1/2" at base. Missing piece, 2/16" x 1/16" base of paper spine. otherwise exterior is in Very Good condition. pp.11-18 loose, otherwise interior is clean and Very Good +. Bruns 36. Wraps. Good+. Illus. by Figures and Plates. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Ichthyology.

Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1906. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, No. 52. Papers of the Station for Experimental Evolution, No. 7. 137 pp. 17 b/w plates. Ex. library with identification numbers on bottom spine, front cover, and back title page, and library stamp on front free endpaper. Covers are browning and chipped along edges and corners, front cover is starting to separate from spine, marks to cover faces, creasing to spine. Interior is tight. Pamphlet in Good+ condition.. Soft Covers. Good+. Illus. by Plates. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Farm Animals.

U.S.Department of Health, Education & Welfare , 1964. Suggestions for Developing Training Programs in Farm Mechanics in Vocational Agriculture. 0E-81009. 128 pp. mildly soiled covers. Mildly rubbed at top border. paper address label on back cover. Exterior is Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. Revised. Softcover. Good. Illus. by Figures (drawings), Photographs. Farming.

Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Co., 1973. 2"x1/2" cut off piece from top edge of title p. yellow glue (?)residue along hinge on title p. Otherwise in Very Good- condition.. Signed by Author. Paper Back. Good+. Almanac.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. 45th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 25. January 14, 1879 -- Read, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Also included is Sheep Husbandry in the South, Prepared at the Request of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, and Others, by John L. Hayes, Secretary of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, Reprinted from the Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. 130 pp. Three b/w plates of breeds of sheep. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine edge. Creasing along spine. Darker stain to front page near top, but text is still easily legible. Light browning along page edges, otherwise tight and clean. Document in VG condition.. Paperbound. Very Good. Illus. by Plates. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Farm Animals.

Cleveland, Ohio: Manganese Research & Development Foundation, 1946. "The following pages describe other well-known symptoms of acute deficiencies, and some of the functions of the elements commonly referred to as minerals. Their use costs very little, because the need of minerals is based on weight of total feed, and the feeds containing a sufficiency of all essential nutrients, compared with those that are deficient are worth any difference in price." 16 pp. Blue stiff paper covers. Wear to edges and corners, covers are darkened along edges. Interior pages clean, no marks. Pamphlet in VG condition.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Agriculture.

Fargo, North Dakota: North Dakota Agricultural College, 1926. 1926. Bulletin 196. North Dakota Agricultural College. 16 pp. Very light wear to paper covers. Interior tight and clean.. Wraps. Very Good+. Illus. by Figures(drawings), Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Farm Animals.

New York: American Book Company, 1913. Script illustrations by E. C. Mills. "Farm accounts must be simple, easily kept, and readily understoof to make them effective and practical." 180 pages with index. Brown cloth covers. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, stains and water spots to cover faces and spine, hole at top of spine exposing interior, spine ends are bent. Cocked spine. Letter 'P' is carved into the front inside cover. Interior pages are browning and heavily foxed, text is legible. Book is Good.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by E. C. Mills. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 8 3/4". Accounting.

Ames, Iowa: The Collegiate Press, Inc., 1944. "This study is a review of prospective supplies and demands for dairy products in 1944 together with an appraisal of some of the national policies which could be followed in meeting the problems growing out of the dairy situation." 64 pp. Cream paper wraps. Browning along cover edges, some dirt smudges on front cover and along spine. Interior clean. Pamphlet in VG condition.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". World War II.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1949. Leaflet Series, History, No. 7. History of the branding iron. 3 pp. Paper brochue. Wear and browning to pamphlet edges, some creasing, slightly dirty. Pamphlet in VG- condition.. Paper Cover. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". American History.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947. United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication No. 618. Issued June 1947. 212 pp. Tan paper covers with black title lettering on front. Covers have some soiling, corners and edges are rubbed, spine is creased, spine ends are bumped. Interior pages are clean, no marks. Pamphlet in Good+ to VG- condition.. Paper Covers. Good+. Illus. by Figures, Tables. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". U.S. Government Document.

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939. Miscellaneous Publication 338. United States Department of Agriculture. "The Southwest, as considered in this publication, is a geographical region including all of Arizona and New Mexico. Some discussion of erosion conditions and corrective practives in use in Utah and western Colorado are also included. The whole area is a region of range lands and irrigated farming lands designated, for administrative purposes, Region 8 of the Soil Conservation Service." 51 pp. Covers with map depicting "A Typical Watershed of the Southwestern United States." Light wear to corners and edges, spine is worn with some small tears. Interior tight and clean. Pamphlet in VG condition.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Figures. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". U.S. Government Document.

Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856. House of Representatives, 34th Congress, 1st session, Mis. Doc. No. 113. Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Smithsonian Institution, up to January 1, 1856 and the proceedings of the Board up to March 22, 1856. Lists Meterological Observers by state & county and Lectures delivered at the Institution: Marine Algae, Natural History as applied to Farming & Gardening and Meteoric Stones. Tables of Meteorological Observations during the years 1853-1855. 438 pp. Index. Embossed boards dull with edges worn & bumped. Spine faded and edges frayed, missing sm. piece at foot and back hinge.ex-lib. Foxing on endpapers.. Cloth. Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Tables, Figures. 8vo. Smithsonian Institute.