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Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social, and Industry Perspectives
by Damron, W. Stephen
Prentice Hall, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$7.75
Observations on Live Stock; containing hints for choosing and improving the Best Breeds of the most useful kinds on Domestic Animals
by George Culley
London.: Printed for G. Wilkie and J. Robinson; J. Walker &c., 1807. Hard. Good. 8vo. 8 1/2".. Illustrated with 2 engraved plates, one of a bull and one of a ram.. Good. Bound in full calf, contemporaneous with date of publication. Binding somewhat abraded and with the calf to the joints splitting a touch at the head of the lower board and almost halfway down the upper board. Boards remain secure. Slightly foxed and toned.
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£156.00
The James Way; A book showing how to build and equip a practical up to date Dairy Barn . Catalogue 17, 1914
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: The James Manufacturing Co., 1915. RARE. paginated 5-255, with numerous black and white photographs and blue and white building plans. Original paper covered boards, printed paper label with cow front cover, Near Fine, 1/4" loss of paper at head of spine, small rub tail of spine, light soiling and slight bow to boards. Great product pictures, a classic dairy catalogue. . 17th Edition . Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over...
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$500.00
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds, and their profitable management.
by FERRIS, T.M.; WELD M
1892 1st ed Profits in POULTRY Chicken Breeding Turkey FARMING Agriculture
A rare, late 19th-century historical account on poultry. This work, by Ferris and Weld, covers aspects of raising chickens, building chicken houses and coops, the market for eggs, artificial and natural incubation methods, breeding chickens, curing common chicken diseases, breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, and useful practices and hints for management.
This 1892 edition is profusely illustrated throughout!
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A rare, late 19th-century historical account on poultry. This work, by Ferris and Weld, covers aspects of raising chickens, building chicken houses and coops, the market for eggs, artificial and natural incubation methods, breeding chickens, curing common chicken diseases, breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, and useful practices and hints for management.
This 1892 edition is profusely illustrated throughout!
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$499.00
The Horse, A New Edition With Numerous Illustrations. Together With A General History Of The Horse; A Dissertation on the American Trotting Horse, How Trained and Jockeyed, an Account of His Remarkable Performances; and an Essay on the Ass and the Mule by J. S. Skinner
by Youatt, William
New York: Leavitt & Allen. Good+. copyright 1843. Hardcover. Top of spine chipped, boards showing at lower corners, perforated library stamp on title page, tight attractive copy. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Bound in original red cloth with decorative gilt horse head on front cover and gilt spine title, 448p., illustrated, index. **A very sound copy in a bright binding. American Imprint 43-5428. .
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$60.00
THE ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR AND LIVE-STOCK ENCYCLOPAEDIA, Including Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Poultry. to Which Has Been Added a Complete History of Bees.
by Manning, J. Russell
Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1882. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1082 pages; Some old tape repair on inside front and rear hinges. Doesn't look bad. Light rubbing and wear to 3/4 leather covers. .
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$150.00
The Horse, A New Edition With Numerous Illustrations. Together With A General History Of The Horse; A Dissertation on the American Trotting Horse, How Trained and Jockeyed, an Account of His Remarkable Performances; and an Essay on the Ass and the Mule by J. S. Skinner
by Youatt, William
New York: Leavitt & Allen. Very Good-. N.D.. Hardcover. Spine sun faded ; 448 pages; Bound in original brown cloth with decorative gilt horse head on front cover and gilt spine title. Illustrated, index. **A very sound copy. .
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$65.00
The New-england Farrier; Or A Compendium Of Farriery, In Four Parts...
by Jewett, Paul
Exeter: John J. Williams. Good+. 1822. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Lightly stained throughout, one leaf lacks a small corner effecting five letters, small hole on rear hinge. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Leather and blue boards, 105, [3]p. **American Imprint #9150: 2 copies located. With remedies. .
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$165.00
Golden Gate International Exposition and National Swine Show: Official Catalog, July 29 to August 7, 1939
San Francisco: National Swine Growers Association, 1939. 92p., stapled wraps, 6 x 9 inches, illus., program, list of exhibitors, ads, wraps worn, offsetting to first page and inside front wrap, contemporary gift inscription in Spanish on inside front wrap else very good condition.
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$25.00
South Persian Tribal Weaving; A Hali Publication. Reprinted from HALI, The International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles, Volume 5 Number 4 1983
by Dodds, Dennis R., James OPie, D. W. Martin, Parviz Tanavoli, et alia, contributors
London / Philadelphia: Hali Publications Ltd, 1983. Paperback. Unpaginated, perhaps 75p with a dozen pages of "advertisements" nearly indistinguishable from the main articles, line map in colors, plenty of clear color exhibit photographs and supplementary b&w photos on glazed alkaline paperstock, softbound in 11.5x8.5 inch color wraps. A little edgewear, faint signs of handling, a nice copy structurally sound and free of any markings.
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$20.00
Cattle ranches are about people: social science dimensions of a commercial feasibility study
by Walter, Michael A H B
Boroko, Papua New Guinea: Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research, 1980. vii, 202 pages, paperback, light shelfwear. Monograph 14. Problems introducing this livelihood include "basic cattle handling skills. The Rigo people have no tradition of raising cattle so they have to develop a whole range of skills, understanding and confidence in handling cattle. Unfortunately...
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$12.00
Comeback Farms
by Judy, Greg
Slight shelf wear on front and back covers, very clean
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$30.00
The art of hatching and bringing up domestick fowls of all kinds, at any time of the year. Either by means of the heat of hot-beds, or that of common fire. By M. de Reaumur ...
by REAUMUR, Rene Antoine Ferchault de
1750 1st ed Reaumur Art of Hatching Fowl BIRDS Chicken Farming Poultry Eggs
Rene-Antoine Reaumur's 'The Art of Hatching and Bringing up Domestic Fowl' is a one of the best treatises on raising and keeping large birds. Reaumur, more known for his work as an entomologist, had a large collection of domesticated birds. It was from his experiences with these birds that he published his book that, according to Wood,
"is an important early work on artificial incubation, mostly experiments with manure heaps and... Read more about this item
Rene-Antoine Reaumur's 'The Art of Hatching and Bringing up Domestic Fowl' is a one of the best treatises on raising and keeping large birds. Reaumur, more known for his work as an entomologist, had a large collection of domesticated birds. It was from his experiences with these birds that he published his book that, according to Wood,
"is an important early work on artificial incubation, mostly experiments with manure heaps and... Read more about this item
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$750.00
Dairy Farming, being the theory, practice and methods of dairying. By J.P. Sheldon. Assisted by leading authorities in various countries.
by SHELDON, John P
1880 1ed Dairy Farming by Sheldon Agriculture Cattle Color Illustrated Milk Cows
John Sheldon's 'Dairy Farming' is one of, if not the most important late 19th-century British treatises on farming and maintaining dairy cattle. This book covers a variety of topics including how to breed dairy cows, feeding with plants and weeds, milking, how to sell and trade milk, as well as the milk and dairy industry in various countries including America and Canada.
While the contents of this work are important,... Read more about this item
John Sheldon's 'Dairy Farming' is one of, if not the most important late 19th-century British treatises on farming and maintaining dairy cattle. This book covers a variety of topics including how to breed dairy cows, feeding with plants and weeds, milking, how to sell and trade milk, as well as the milk and dairy industry in various countries including America and Canada.
While the contents of this work are important,... Read more about this item
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$499.00
Introduction to Animal Science : Global, Biological, Social, and Industry Perspectives
by W. Stephen Damron
Prentice Hall PTR, 2002. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$28.28
The Guernsey Breed.
by Hill, Charles L
Waterloo, Iowa: Fred L. Kimball Co.. Good+. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine lacks several pieces, internally about VG. ; 8vo ; Half leather, 417p., illustrated. .
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$65.00
THE ENGLISH HUSBANDMAN contayning the knowledge of the true nature of euery soyle within this kingdome: how to plow it; and the manner of the plough, and other instruments belonging thereto.
by MARKHAM, Gervase.:
London, printed by T[homas]. S[nodham]. for John Browne, and are to be sould at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, 1613.. TITLE CONTINUED: Together with the art of planting, grafting, and gardening after our latest and rarest fashion. A worke never written before by any author: and now newly compiled for the benefit of this kingdome. By G.M. 1613. Two volumes. FIRST VOLUME: Title page, Dedication leaf and Epistle leaf, A Former Art of the English Husbandman followed by the First and Second parts of...
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£5950.00
Breeding And Developing The Trotter.
by Bradburn, John
Boston: American Horse Breeder Association. Good+. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine and extremeties lilghtly worn. ; 8vo; xiv, 143, [4]p., illustrated, index. .
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$25.00
FOURE BOOKES OF HUSBANDRY Collected by M. Conradus Heresbacius, Counseller. Conteyning the whole Arte and Trade of Husbandry, with the antiquitie, and commendations thereof. Newely English, and increased, by Barnabe Googe, Esquire.
by HERESBACH, Conrad.:
London, printed by Richard Watkins, 1577.. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 1577, translated by Barnabe Googe. 8vo, approximately 190 x 130 mm, 7½ x 5 inches, full page woodcut armorial coat of arms on verso title page, small text illustration on verso page 130, and a few pictorial initials, mostly printed in black letter. Leaves: [11], 1-194, some mispagination, collation and all catchwords correct, last 2 leaves in facsimile,1 facsimile on bees, the other on Olde English Rules for Purchasing Land, Faultes...
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£4900.00
Every Man His Own Trainer, Or How To Develop Condition And Train A Trotter Of Pacer... and a Chapter from Charles Marvin, of Palo Alto, California, and the 2: 30 List Up to 1889.
by Feek, A. J
Syracuse NY: Moser, Truax & De Golia. Good+. 1889. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Corners lightly worn, spine ends worn, inch and a half vertical darker stripe at fore-edge or rear board. ; 8vo; Publisher's cloth, gilt spine title, title in black on front board, [2], 281p., portrait, [9] pages of pictorial ads at rear. .
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$35.00
Northern Wisconsin: A Hand-book for the Homeseeker
by Henry, W. A
Madison: Democrat Printing Co., 1896. Scarce guide for potential immigrants to northern Wisconsin, then only 48 years a state; replete with photos of hardy if dour rural folk and their prodigious cabbages (p. 99), heaps of potatoes (p. 93), neck-high peas (p. 83), houses, barns, and other glories of limitless possibility - if you could clear the stumps. There is a section on land & soil types, success stories, also a little on charcoal, logging, boats, railroads, sheep, cattle, other industries. The...
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$150.00
American Farmer's Encyclopedia (1860, 1179 pages)
by by Gouverneur Emerson, of Pennsylvania
New York: A. O. Moore, 1860. hardcover. The American Farmer's Encyclopedia embracing all the recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry, and the use of mineral, vegetable and animal manures, with descriptions and figures of American insects, injurious to vegetation. Being a complete guide for the cultivation of every variety of garden and field crops. Illustrated by numerous engravings of grasses, grains, animals, implements, insects, etc." -- Very rare. A.. Moore, 1860, 1179 pages, 11: x 7" x 3",in...
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$215.00
THE EPITOME OF THE ART OF HUSBANDRY. Comprizing all necessary directions for the improvement of it, viz. plowing, sowing, grafting, gardening, ordering of flowers, herbs; directions for the use of the angle; ordering of bees:
by BLAGRAVE, Joseph.:
London, printed for Benjamin Billingsley, at the sign of the Printing-Press, in the piazza of the Royal Exchange, over against Popes-Head-Alley, in Corn-Hill, 1675.. TITLE CONTINUED: together with the gentlemans heroick exercise discoursing of horses, their nature, and use, with their diseases and remedies: of oxen, cows, calves, sheep, hogs, with the manner of ordering them, their diseases and remedies. Of the nature of marle, the best way of planting clover-grass, hops, saffron, liquorice, hemp, &c. To...
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£1250.00
Modern Practical Farriery. A Complete Guide to All That Relates to the Horse, its History, Varieties, and Uses—Breaking, Training, Feeding, Stabling, and Grooming—How to Buy, Keep and Treat a Horse in Health and Disease... Forming A Complete System of the Veterinary Art, as at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London…. With Numerous Illustrations and a Series of Anatomical Plates. To Which is Added an Essay on the Diseases and Management of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs.
by MILES, W.J.; HERRING, Benjamin (Illus.); LUPTON, J.I. (Contrib.)
1874 1ed EQUESTRIAN Farriery Veterinary Medicine Horses Animal Cattle Pigs Miles
William J. Miles' 'Modern Practical Farriery' is a late 19th-century veterinary treatise written as a complete and thorough work on animal medicine and care. Highly desirable and equally as helpful this instructional text was easily one of the most heavily illustrated works of its kind from this era with 41 engravings, many of which are in color.
Item number: #40560
Price: $599
MILES, W.J.; HERRING, Benjamin (Illus.);... Read more about this item
William J. Miles' 'Modern Practical Farriery' is a late 19th-century veterinary treatise written as a complete and thorough work on animal medicine and care. Highly desirable and equally as helpful this instructional text was easily one of the most heavily illustrated works of its kind from this era with 41 engravings, many of which are in color.
Item number: #40560
Price: $599
MILES, W.J.; HERRING, Benjamin (Illus.);... Read more about this item
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$599.00
The Guernsey; A Portrayal Of The Advancement Of Guernsey Cattle In America.
by Caldwell, William H
Peterborough NH: American Guernsey Cattle Club. Very Good-. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Corners lightly worn. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; pictorial leatherette, 393p., profusely illustrated, 2 color plates. .
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$20.00
