Search Results: Farm Life from R & A Petrilla

Crawford, NH, 1823. Original manuscript. Near Fine. One page, written in sepia ink on old, heavy paper; docketed on verso. 3"x 8

Philadelphia: Mechling Bro's Manuf'g Co, 1896. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. (36)pp. The handwritten entries occupy six or seven pages, and include: accounts receivable from various members of the South family (1896); debits to the estate of James South, Sr. and "airs" for life insurance, reassessment, mortgage, &c.; expenses on behalf of Joseph South for medicine, foods, brandy, "laudlum," meats, clams, telegraphing, &c. (1902). Covers and endpapers contain ads for various farm-related products, along with USDA Weather Bureau signals, etc. This pocket notebook was distributed by E.H. Lovett, dealer in flour and feed, New Egypt, New Jersey. Covers bit rubbed and stained, else in good condition. 6.25" x 3.75

Chicopee Falls, Mass: Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Co, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4pp; illustrations of Tedder on cover and duplicate parts on page two. Self-wrappers. 9.25" x 6". Very light foxing on back. [Unrecorded by WorldCat. Romaine, American Trade Catalogs, 3--locating this company in Springfield, Ohio.].

New York: C.M. Saxton, 1863. Copyright 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. 325pp with index; 105 illustrations in the text. Includes a chapter on Farm Buildings with elevation drawings. Bound in embossed green cloth, gilt-stamped spine. 7.5" x 5". Faint stains on covers, contents clean and tight.

Rochester, NY: The Rural Home, 1876. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp, folio (19" x 14"); pictorial banner, woodcut views in text. Articles include: Among the Farmers of Monroe; Sanitary Effects of Sewaged Farming; Stock Husbandry; A Young Nursery; Rochester Business University; Days and Nights at Rice Lake; A Woman in the Far West; The Housekeeper; etc., plus illustrated ads for farm implements, etc.

Chicago, &c: American Steel & Wire Co, 1903. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp; illustrated throughout from drawings. Includes: Special Farm Fence; Hog Fence; Special Sheep and Horse Fence; Building the Fence; Stretchers; Steel Gates; etc. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers. 3.5" x 6". Signs of light use.

Allentown, Pennsylvania: Robert A. Reichard, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. (17)pp text, 31pp of unused pages for memoranda; 8 photographs of farmers in their fields, birdseye views of office and plant inside covers. The text includes: features on successful farmers; soil conditions for various crops; plant food requirements; etc. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 5.5" x 3" [Unrecorded by OCLC.].

Cambridge: University Press: John Wilson and Son, 1880. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 40pp; slip stating author's name is tipped in at front; errata slip at rear. Printed blue wrappers; back cover lacking. Neatly removed from a nonce volume. 8.5" x 5.5

Philadelphia: Baugh, 1892. Original edition. Very Good. This broadsheet details Baugh's Double Eagle Phosphate and Raw Bone Meal. Includes the original mailing envelope. 12" x 6

Ithaca, NY: Babcock's Hatchery, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 23pp; illustrated from photographs. Contains detailed descriptions of breeding methods, etc. for White Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshires, Barred Rocks, Barred Cross, and Red Rock Cross chickens. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers. 11" x 8.5". Laid in are five related printed items.

Racine, Wisconsin: J.I. Case Threshing Maching Co, 1918. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 64pp; illustrated throughout from photographs. Beginning with How to Choose a Tractor, this manual and catalog details the operation and specs of various Case kerosene tractors, with many photos showing them in use; signs of light use. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers. Written on the covers are several notes re Case tractors and a forty-dollar price. 9" x 4" [WorldCat records only a 32-page version of this title at the Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.].

Waukesha, Wisconsin: Dr. David Roberts Veterinary Co, 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 24pp; illustrated from photographs and drawings, printed in red and black. Topics include: Never Drench Cattle; Care at Freshening Time; Slow Breeders; etc., followed by descriptions, pictures and prices of Robert prescriptions for animal ailments: Genito-wash, Udder Balm, Herd Tonik, Badger Balm, Cow Capsules, Horse Tonic, Wind Colic, Hog Spray, Poultry Spray, Fly Oil, &c. Bound in pictorial self-wrappers. 8.75" x 6 " [WorldCat finds two holdings of a similar title at U Missouri and Hagley Museum.].

Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Ass'n, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 28pp. Contents: The cost of transportation of western farm products; The price of steel rails; The tariff on wool and woolens; The tariff on cotton goods; The dairymen and the tariff; A tariff reminiscence; The duty on cotton ties; Wages and living in Lancashire and Massachusetts; The so-called oppressions of the tariff. Bound in printed pink wrappers; rear cover gone. Removed from a nonce volume. 8.75" x 5.5

New York: J.H. Colton & Co, 1855. 1855 edition. Original Cloth. Good. Full-color engraved map, colored by hand, scrollwork border on all sides, opens to 25" x 29"; repairable separations at the intersections of several folds. Folds into red cloth case with embossed all-over design on both covers, gilt lettering on front. 5.5" x 3.75" [OCLC locates three holdings of this edition: Grinnell Col, U Iowa, Stanford U. Decker 23:225--1870 edition.].

Bucyrus, Ohio: Golden Rule Hatchery, 1943. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 27pp; illustrated from photographs, printed throughout in black and red. Promotional and informative catalog, offering 20 breeds: Single Comb White Leghorns, Mottled Anconas, Single Comb Brown Leghorns, Buff Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandottes, Black Minorcas, Jersey White Giants, Mammoth White Pekin Ducklings, etc. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers. 10.5" x 8.25". Laid in is four-page flyer, "Chick Shortage Predicted...Nation's Hen Houses Get Big Gov't Order," dated 1943.

Glasgow & London: Blackie and Son, 1855. First issued 1855. Hardcover. Good. Three volumes, thick octavo (9.75" x 6.75"). pp:1,172; 52 plates, some folding; illustrations in the text. Bound in 3/4 calf and patterned boards, marbled endpapers and edges, ribbed spines, leather labels. Book ticket of A&W Easton, Booksellers, Stationers and Printers, 18 High Street, Jedburgh. Hinges cracked and holding, spine ends chipped. Topics include: farming methods for various crops; animal husbandry; farm buildings; farm implements and machinery; etc.

Glasgow & London: Blackie and Son, 1856. First issued 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes, thick octavo (9.75" x 6.75"). pp:1,172; 52 plates, some folding; illustrations in the text. Bound in 3/4 calf and patterned boards, marbled endpapers and edges, ribbed spines, leather labels. Old Agricultural Library bookplate on pastedown (owner not identified.) Book ticket of Sawyr Junior, Bookseller, Nashua, New Hampshire. Topics include: farming methods for various crops; animal husbandry; farm buildings; farm implements and machinery; etc.

Aberdeen, South Dakota: Bushnell Co, 1920. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (56)pp, folio (15" x 10.5"); text illustrations from photographs and drawings. Newsprint. Articles include: Irrigation in Montana; Can South Dakota Soil Be Tile Drained?; Are Land Prices Too High?; I Have a Piece of Land; Horticulture; All Around the Farm; Farmers' Exchange; From a Two-room House; Dakota Farmer Young Folks; Dairy and Creamery; Livestock; classified and display ads for farm equipment, automobiles, guns, appliances, etc.

Aberdeen, South Dakota: Bushnell Co, 1920. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (56)pp, folio (15" x 10.5"); text illustrations from photographs and drawings. Newsprint. Articles include: The International Livestock Show; The Farmer's Office Equipment; We Won Again at Chicago; Northwest Grain Movement; Farmers' Exchange; Poultry Department; Notes from Pen and Pasture; Recent Livestock Sales; classified and display ads for farm equipment, automobiles, record players, appliances, etc.

Aberdeen, South Dakota: Bushnell Co, 1920. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (112)pp, folio (15" x 10.5"); text illustrations from photographs and drawings. Newsprint. Articles include: What the Country Will Do If You Give It a Chance; Flowers that Require Little Care; Our Household Equipment Contest; Electricity on the Farm; Running Water in the Farm Home; Heating Plants as a Sources of Home Comfort; The Good Old Cookstove or Range; Meat on the Farm...Shall We Eat Horse?; Federal Farm Loan Act; North Dakota Seed Growers Annual Contest; A Comfortable Farm Home; classified and display ads for farm equipment, automobiles, guns, appliances, etc.