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2735240 pp. Small 8vo cont. calf double gilt fillet round sides spine gilt. London: A. Millar 1755. Second edition; the first edition appeared earlier in the same year. This was clearly a very popular work with a Dublin edition also of 1755. "The first 100 pages of this book comprise an appeal to gentlemen to farm their estates as a reputable and profitable occupation and not to leave the business to the meanest of the people who are not only unable to make improvements but unwilling even to hear of them. He appeals to classical authority and to many of the English farming writers who preceded him. To clinch the argument he proceeds to prove how profitable a business farming is by giving specimen costings in which he estimates yields at 30 bushels wheat 30 bushels barley and 30 bushels peas certainly much higher than the national average at that date though possible in occasional years and some situations. He mentions some of the new crops and a rather ingenious barrel churn the use of which would give a larger proportion of butter for a given quantity of milk and concludes with an exhortation to cleanliness in the dairy."-Fussell II pp. 28-29. Very fine copy. unknown books
180965169Boston: Russell & Cutler 1809. unbound. 1 engr. plate. 91pp. 8vo sewn. Boston: Russell & Cutler 1809.<br/><br/> Russell & Cutler unknown books
1866176321866. 39th Cong. 1st Sess. SMD72. 1866. 8pp disbound. Very Good. unknown books
1872720Chicago: Geo. W. Rust & Co 1872. Good. Four issues. Vol. 1 No. 3 & 7; Vol. 3 No. 8 & 10. Some wear at spines and edges. One issue a bit gnawed at lower corner slightly affecting text. Four early issues of this Chicago periodical dedicated to developments and issues in stock raising nationwide with much content on Western ranching. Geo. W. Rust & Co unknown books
188114670Washington 1881. 46th Cong. 3d Sess. SED 27. Disbound 153pp. Very Good. unknown books
2543London: Mark Baskett January 10th 1765. . Folio disbound first title still conjugate gutter showing evidence of previous binding. Second title third leaf detached; gutter showing evidence of previous binding The passage of these acts was probably spurred by an the likelihood of an outbreak of cattle plague on the British mainland which actually did occur in later in 1765. London: Mark Baskett, January 10th 1765. unknown books
1838506Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Edmund Y. Schelly 1838. 12mo. 180 x 105 mm. 7 x 4 ¼ inches. 103 pp. One woodcut illustration of a "silk reel" in the text. Publisher's leather spine over printed boards cut of the silk reel printed on rear cover. Paper stock toned with age showing some tide marks otherwise a very good copy. First German language edition of this standard work on growing silk and mulberries originally published in Boston in 1835. The business of growing mulberries was one of the boom crops in American agriculture during the 1830s and Pennsylvania was one of the centers for its cultivation. "In the mid-1830s a new species of mulberry tree was introduced into America that purportedly grew much faster and could feed significantly more silkworms than the native species. This gave rise to a brief silk craze with increased widespread attempts at domestic silk cultivation and much financial speculation in the industry." For an interesting insight into the mulberry craze see the archive of William and Jacob Schoener at the Library of Congress where documents show how the family invested heavily in the crop. American imprints 51116. Philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/silk. Gedruckt bey Edmund Y. Schelly unknown books
177729105Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Bell. 1777. 6 159 1 pp plus folding plate outer blank corner torn. Pages 97-104 misnumbered 79-86 as issued. Printed on pale blue paper. Lacking the half title disbound with some loosening. Else Very Good.<br/><br/> Several of these "Essays are translated from a Periodical Work published at Paris under the Title of Journal Oeconomique the Translation being undertaken By Doctor Tobias Smollett an Author of great Reputation." This is the book's first edition and the only printing recorded on OCLC. The title describes the subjects covered: cultivating raising and dressing flax and hemp; paper making; bleaching linen; "An account of the Nettle Thread;" "A remedy against Rottenness in Sheep"; protecting plants "from the ravages of the game and insects that feed upon them." <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 15597. Rink 1097. Sabin 78985. Hildeburn 3631. NAIP w003401 9. Printed, by Robert Bell... unknown books
188120560Sacramento: State Office 1881. 72 pp illustrated with small wood engravings in original lavender printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine old tears and tape repairs to back wrapper else very good. Matthew Cooke was in the business of manufacturing fruit boxes in the 1870s when California's apple crop was devastated by Codlin moths. He began studying entomology to find defense against the moths and ensure the security of his business and quickly became an expert on a range of pests affecting California's fruit crops. He was appointed Chief Executive Horticultural Officer of California in 1881. This report prepared at the request of the State Board of Horticultural Commissioners describes the life cycles of the major insects damaging fruit crops moths scale insects mites caterpillars borers aphids etc. and recommends remedies for dealing with each. It also includes the text of new legislation intended to protect and promote the horticultural interests of the State of California. State Office unknown books
1255424 x 17 in. Matted in a contemporary frame. Some wear but a very good example with a list of premiums rules and regulations etc. within a decorative border. Nice Massachusetts display piece. unknown books
1881883091881. AGRICULTURE Miyazaki Ryûjô. Kôeki NOKÔ ZENSHO 5 vols. Tokyo n.d.1881. Bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. Original covers and title labels. 22.7 x 15.5 cm. An extensive guide to the practice of agriculture in the early modern era of Meiji Japan. Largely text but illustrated throughout in woodcut some of which in each volume are skillfully colored. Near fine condition. Unusual and important work. Miyazaki Ryûjô had also produced such importantlandmarks of modern learning as the Shintei Nihon yochi zenzu of 1878. Complete. unknown books
189612237Albany & New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co 1896. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG front hinge split/rear blank fly stuck to rear paste-down. 666 pp. Illustrated with plates charts & graphs. 8vo. <br/><br/> Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co hardcover books
1872WRCAM46409N.p. but possibly St. Louis 1872. Broadside 10 1/2 x 8 inches. Single horizontal crease flattened. Near fine. Broadside promoting the agricultural production of hemp for the use of making sails and rope for the Navy. Marsh cites importation statistics from 1871 noting that over $4000000 in hemp was imported that year. He declares that to resume our place as a naval power "we must produce within ourselves all the material required for building and rigging as well as arming and manning ships of war." An internal textual reference to hemp growing in Missouri suggests this broadside may have been printed there. unknown books
193623237Long Island New York: Not Published 1936. 4 certificates for satisfactory completion of home studies in: Farm Management Soil Management Rearing Calves & Heifers Dairy Herd Improvement; signed by various heads of the department supervisors and directors of Cornell University; approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; light edgewear darkening of paper; in very good condition; good historical ephemera relating to the history and economic importance of farming and animal husbandry on the east end of Long Island in the first third of the 20th century. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
1813347091813. 8pp. Disbound. Final leaf nearly detached and lacking lower margin removing a contemporary manuscript annotation. Other scattered manuscript annotations. Some tanning and dampstaining. Good. A pamphlet printing of an essay on sheep breeding.<br/> <br/>Specifically addresses best practices for the treatment of the ram that also appeared in Samuel Latham Mitchill's The Medical Respository in 1813. Not in OCLC. unknown books
1779522781779. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. DER PRAKTISCHEN GEISCHICHTE EUROPAISCHER NATURPRODUKTE. Nurenberg: auf Kosten der Stiebnerschen Buchdruckeren 1779-1782. 7 parts numbers 1-7 bound in one volume. 288pp. continuous pagination between parts. 14 engravings of horses asses bulls cows sheep and goats all with contemporary hand-coloring. 4to. green paper wrappers hand-lettered paper label to spine. A near fine copy remarkably clean with minimal foxing and slight thumbing to edges of some leaves. The plates are bright and fresh and sensitively colored. unknown books
181120221London: B. Crosby and Co 1811. Second Edition. Boards. Very Good. Second Edition. 8vo. pp. ii frontis xxxii 33-376 377-382 2 ads; contemporary half-calf and marbled paper boards; black morocco spine label gilt; spine somewhat dulled and darkened; board marbling rubbed all edges marbled; frontispiece foxed; scattered foxing; still very good. Boards. Because this title had real utilitarian value it is seldom found in good condition. Second edition of this popular work which went through more than twelve editions. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece. Descriptive text with 137 recipes for treating cattle diseases and disorders. The author published a similar and even more popular book for horse ailments. B. Crosby and Co unknown books
18942877Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1894. Octavo 31 pages. First edition. The author lays out his theory of cooking loosely based on the Norwegian Cooking Box and that applies mostly low heat to slowly cook foods with what the author claims is minimal waste of food heat and fuel. Toward the end the New England clambake is described as an example of the application of low heat. Small chips to head and foot of wrapper's spine otherwise fine. Government Printing Office unknown books
6453Seven engraved plates several folding. viii 177 pp. Large 4to early 19th-cent. half-calf & marbled boards some scuffing flat spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by W. Bulmer for G. Nicol et al. 1795. First edition of the Board of Agriculture's famous report on the potato. During the final four decades of the 18th century Britain experienced a number of corn harvest failures with a resulting rise in the price of wheat. The Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce the Board of Agriculture and various private individuals advocated the adoption of the potato as a substitute for wheat and great efforts were made to popularize the cultivation of this crop. "This work illustrated with seven plates is outstanding for its series of well-informed articles on the subject concerned. Potatoes are here considered for their use in feeding cattle and also as a food for human consumption."-Henrey II pp. 613-14 & no. 461. Nice copy lacking leaf with table of contents clearly never bound in. Inscribed on the half-title: "Presented by Joseph Sabine Esq. 22d February 1820." Sabine 1770-1837 natural historian and F.R.S. was one of the original fellows of the Linnean Society honorary secretary of the Horticultural Society and active in the work of the Zoological Society. Stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust on front and rear paste-downs. hardcover books
191545549Berkeley: University of California Press 1915. 1st Printing cf. Gabler G9484 listing a reprint of 1921. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning to pamphlet extremities. Light signs of use. Very Good. 2 75 2 pp. Illustrated primarily with b/w photographic images including frontis of Scott. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/> University of California Press unknown books
4504JOHN Q.A. BALLOU. Ballou was a noted Californian arborist. Born in New England Ballou eventually settled in San Jose where he became known for cultivating fruit trees in particular. unknown books
19131284Los Angeles 1913. Very good. Folding map approximately 20.25 x 28 inches. Light wear and a couple of minor separations along folds. Light tanning. An attractive and scarce cartographic promotional for lands under development by the California Land and Water Company in the Victor Valley northeast of Los Angeles. The platted map depicts the lands along the Mojave River between Victorville and Barstow and the areas to the east and west above the San Gabriel Mountains. Above the map is a panorama of the Mojave with a bridge and dam site in the foreground. The verso prints facts about prosperous fruit growing in the region; newspaper testimonials regarding the valley's fertility and recent growth; photographic images of local agriculture including one large image of a Victorville Chamber of Commerce with some state fair prize-winning apples; and even an inspiration economic quotation from "John Stuart Mills." Good evidence of the substantial growth in agriculture in this area during the early-20th century; OCLC locates only one copy at Yale. unknown books
187070091Washington: Government Printing Office. Good. 1870. Hardcover. 702 pages brown cloth covers gilt printing to the spine. The covers are soiled and rubbed. The contents show some light toning- otherwise bright and complete. Good. . Government Printing Office hardcover books
186569386Washington: Government Printing Office. Good. 1865. Hardcover. 676 pages brown cloth covers faded gilt printing to the spine. The covers are soiled and rubbed sunned spine and edges. The contents show some toning and light foxing- otherwise bright and complete. Good. . Government Printing Office hardcover books
18671145Case Lockwood and Co. Hartford 1867. 1st. Hardcover. 1867 1st edition of the VERY FIRST annual report issued by the Connecticut Board of Agriculture. A VG copy in its original brown cloth. Gilt-stamped on front panel and spine. A bit of fading along the spine and minor spotting along bottom edges of the front panel. Octavo 243 pgs. <br/><br/> Case, Lockwood and Co., Hartford hardcover books
