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Hirth Publishing. Columbia, MO. 1939., 1939 Book size about 9 by 12 inches with some 223 pages. String tied binding with brown wraps. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and a few photos. The author was the founder of the Missouri Farmers Association and was its President from 1914 to 1940. He was one of the most influential farmer voices in the USA and developed the cooperative method for farmers in Missouri. He also published the Missouri Farmer magazine and this book is a compilation of articles written by him from 1912 thru 1939. Laid-in is a full page size photo of the author. Book with moderate covers wear although the interior shows little wear other than paper age toning. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Successful Farmer Pub. Co. Des Moines, Iowa., 1913 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 157 pages. Bound in dark green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Illustrated with numerous full page photos. A very scarce book on the efficacy of (Mostly) hairy vetch as a plant for restoring worn out soils. Light wear; previous owner name at the front; bottom corners bumped; foxing here and there. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Graphic Impressions. Denver., 1987 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 314 pages. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. 'History of the Production Credit System within the overall U. S. Farm Credit System --from 1933 through 1956, with a summary of developments to mid-1987'. Scholarly work. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE FRONT. Slightest of wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Inscribed by Author. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Handlung. Leipzig, Germany, 1787 Book size about 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with some 573 pages. Bound in paper over boards with a vellum spine. Gilt lettering on a red spine panel. From what I can gather with my limited German this is a recipe book for various agricultural and farming methods. Only copy I could find available was in a German National Library. Obviously rare and probably very desirable. Splitting to the spine on the rear side; pages darkened; else light wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Johnson & Stokes. Philadelphia. 1898. First Edition., 1898 Book size about 5 by 7 inches with some 124 pages plus a few pages of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in green cloth with silver lettering. Illustrated throughout with numerous photos and drawings. A book possibly published to compete with the Henry Maule seed company also of Philadelphia which had published a similar book a few years earlier. All about how to make money from your garden produce--a bit more sophisticated than the table at the end of the driveway. Covers dusty; light overall wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New England Gladiolus Society. Boston., 1935 Book size about 6 1/2 by 9 inches with some 272 pages. Bound in fuzzy purple cloth with gilt lettering. In the original dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with numerous black/white photos, one color photo and a few drawings. Book with light wear. Wrapper slightly shorter than the book; damp evidence to spine area; small repaired tear at spine center. VERY GOOD/GOOD. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Amherst, Massachusetts. 1900. Early printing., 1900 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 16 pages. Bound in white wraps with black lettering. Illustrated with one plate. This is Bulletin No. 67. The title pretty well covers the content of this Bulletin. Light wear and soil. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

E Hannaford & Company. Cincinnati., 1874 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 with some 576 pages. Bound in full leather with title in gilt on a black spine panel. Illustrated with numerous full page and smaller images. Free front end paper missing; front hinge weak; scuff to front cover leather at top. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Davis Stock Food Company. Chicago. 1906. Book size about 8 by 11 inches with some 560 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in illustrated wraps (Front and rear covers identical). Sears, Roebuck advertisements inside front and rear covers. In general size and appearance the book resembles a Sears catalog. Additional Title Page info as follows: 'Including a Digest of Government and Private Feeding Trials for the Past Two Decades; an Exhaustive Treatise on Diseases of all Live Stock, With a Chapter Devoted Entirely to the Truth on Stock Foods. Illustrations of the World's Most Famous Animals, Also Plans And Specifications For Farm Buildings, etc.' Illustrated with numerous photos and drawings. Book covers all aspects of live stock raising presented for the layman. Author claims this to be the first book with this much information in a form understandable to the live stock raiser. Covers soiled, creased and worn with some tape repair; spine chipped at bottom one inch; pages age toned. A… Read More

Chas A Loughman. No place (Western Pennsylvania). 1914. Title Page price 50 cents., 1914 Rust wraps with front cover illustration of a bag of money resting on eggs. 71 pages. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with numerous photos. Story of a Pittsburgh jeweler whose health was failing and decided to go into the chicken and egg raising business. A very practical book, telling of his successes and failures and assuring everyone that the only sure formula to success was hard work, good stock and very close attention to expenses. Not a get-rich-quick book but a good sound treatise by a successful businessman on how to run a poultry business. Good read. Light to moderate general wear; old tiny ink price on front cover; crayoning to rear cover. Scarce book. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

No publisher. No place. No date (Circa 1920)., 1920 Book size about 5 by 7 1/2 inches with some 62 pages. Bound in pale green wraps with black lettering. Illustrated with 12 pages of photographs of various types of diseases and insect pests. As the title states the book covers all the usual fruit and vegetable diseases and pests known at the time along with treatment methods. Very different than today--the most common pest spray was arsenate of lead! Interesting read. Center two leaves loose; chipping to front cover top; covers soiled; paper age toned. Perfectly usable but not in tip top condition. GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Armour's Livestock Bureau. Chicago. 1931. First Edition., 1931 Book size about 5 by 7 inches with some 222 pages. Bound in color illustrated gray wraps. Illustrated with numerous black/white photos, charts, graphs, drawings. The author was the Senior Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture. Exceedingly useful and very scarce book on poultry. Light overall wear and soil. VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. 1978., 1978 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 85 pages of text and 75 or so fold-out maps mostly in black/white. Bound in photo illustrated white wraps. A few photos illustrate the text. An EX-LIBRARY copy with minimal markings. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

United States Department of Agriculture. No place. May, 1974. First Edition., 1974 Photo illustrated white wraps with front cover and spine lettering in black. 99 pages of text followed by some 40 double-sided fold-out color maps. These soil surveys were (And still are) very expensive to produce and were generally published in small numbers. Quite scarce. Moderate general wear to the covers. Interior pages and maps are in very nice condition. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. 1989, 1989 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 160 pages of text and 20 or so huge fold-out maps mostly in black/white. Bound in color photo illustrated white wraps. A few photos illustrate the text section. An EX-LIBRARY COPY with minimal markings. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. 1975., 1975 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 45 text pages and 36 or so fold-out maps mostly in black/white. Bound in photo illustrated white wraps. A few photos illustrate the text section. An EX-LIBRARY COPY with minimal markings. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. 1979., 1979 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 55 text pages and 132 or so fold-out maps mostly in black/white. Bound in photo illustrated white wraps. A few photos illustrate the text portion. An EX-LIBRARY COPY with minimal markings. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. 1977., 1977 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 70 pages of text and 62 or so fold-out maps mostly in black/white. Bound in white wraps with black lettering. A few photos illustrate the text section. An EX-LIBRARY COPY with minimal markings. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. 1977., 1977 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 46 pages of text and 34 or so fold-out maps mostly in black/white. Bound in photo illustrated white wraps. A few photo illustrations in the text. An EX-LIBRARY COPY with minimal markings. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

United States Department of agriculture. Washington. 1989., 1989 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 98 pages of text and 12 or so huge fold-out maps mostly in black/white. Bound in photo illustrated white wraps. A few photos illustrate the text section. An EX-LIBRARY COPY with minimal markings. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.