Search Results: Agriculture from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly white covers, black titles & green highlights, [iv], 125 pp. "Proceedings of a final Research Co-ordination Meeting organized by the Join FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture and held in Vienna, 4-8 November 1996. Contains a summary of the research program and 12 papers by 50 authors. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Soft Cover. Fine/No dj. 29 X 20½ cm.

Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly white covers, black titles & green highlights, [iv], 125 pp. Funeral program for environmentalist & former Carleton College mathematics professor Frank Wolf is laid in. "Proceedings of a final Research Co-ordination Meeting organized by the Join FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture and held in Vienna, 4-8 November 1996. Contains a summary of the research program and 12 papers by 50 authors. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Soft Cover. Fine/No dj. 29 X 20½ cm.

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, black titles on spine, xvii, 328 pp, 32 ff b & w photo plates, index. Slight edge wear, boards a bit smudged. DJ with a small tear & light soil; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "In the early 1940's, at the request of Mexico's Minister of Agriculture, The Rockefeller Foundation agreed to explore and implement ways in which hungry Mexicans could be fed. Now, the three men [professors from Minnesota, Cornell, and Harvard] who did the original survey and formulated the initial plan present a detailed description of what happened during the Mexican agricultural revolution and its implications for other parts of the world...." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 24 X 16 cm.

Ithaca, NY: ISAAA (The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications), 2008 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard-yellow & white covers with chart & map on front cover, black titles on spine, [2], xxvii, 243 pp including 6 fold-out tables, bibliography. Minor bumps to edges, else fine. Gives distribution of biotech crops by country, crop, and trait, status of regulation, and some commentary. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No dj. 28 X 22 cm.

Ithaca, NY: ISAAA (The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications), 2007 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard-yellow & white covers with chart & map on front cover, black titles on spine, [2], xvii, 143 pp including 6 fold-out tables, bibliography. Crease near bottom corner of back cover, else fine. Gives distribution of biotech crops by country, crop, and trait, status of regulation, and some commentary. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No dj. 28 X 22 cm.

Ithaca, NY: ISAAA (The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications), 2010 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard-yellow & white covers with chart & map on front cover, black titles on spine, [2], viii, 280 pp including 6 fold-out tables, bibliography. Minor bump to head of spine, else fine. Gives distribution of biotech crops by country, crop, and trait, status of regulation, and some commentary. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No dj. 28 X 22 cm.

Minneapolis: The Mandeville Company, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow wraps with b & w photo wrapping around both covers, 104 pp. Slight shelf wear, else fine. Trade catalogue of equipment mainly for butcher shops, although some of it could have been used in delicatessens, grocery stores, and bakeries. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Wraps. Near Fine/No dj. 27½ X 21½ cm.

Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Later printing, 1995 according to front cover. Mostly white printed paper wraps, black & reverse blue titles, [viii], 288 pp, bibliography, index. Previous owner's name on half-title, otherwise fine. Contents: mutations in plant-breeding programs; chemical mutations; other causes of mutations; mutagen effects in the first generation after seed treatment; types of mutations; induced-mutation techniques in breeding seed-propagated species & asexually propagated plants; plant characters to be improved by mutation breeding; utilization of mutagen effects for solving particular plant-breeding problems; experience with induced mutations in cross-breeding; somatic cell genetics & induced mutations; when to use mutations in plant breeding. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ed. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1922 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in printed stiff paper wraps, frontis., 195 pp. Small tears at head & tail of spine, moderate overall soil to covers, otherwise very good. Cover & title page give publisher as The University of Illinois, but the University of Illinois Press device appears on verso of title page. The conference was called to honor Eugene Davenport, whose portrait is reproduced in gravure for the frontispiece. The twenty-three papers are grouped under five general headings: a quarter-century of agricultural progress in Illinois: a review of accomplishments; newer phases of agricultural progress; agriculture in relation to other interests; next steps in agricultural development in Illinois: a program for a better balanced agriculture; and the place of the agricultural college and experiment station in an Illinois program for agricultural development. Authors: Charles A. Ewing,… Read More

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey cloth, black titles on spine, ix, 284 pp, many charts, footnotes, index. DJ has two chips to front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: markets (world markets food oils & high-protein meals; U. S. markets; prices); aggregate model (dynamic supply & demand model; policy analysis); regional export demand (economic & statistical framework; demand for U. S. soybean oil, soybean meal, & soybeans; summary of regional analyses). Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 23½ X 16 cm.

Washington, D. C: United States Government Printing Office, 1942 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full drab cloth, black titles on front board & spine, vii, 507 pp, 47 plates including 17 in color, 24 figures in text, index. Covers soiled, badly shaken rear hinge reglued. Contents: diseases of the digestive organs; poisons & poisoning; diseases of the heart, blood vessels & lymphatics; noncontagious diseases of the organs of respiration; diseases of the nervous system, urinary organs, genital organs, following parturition, young calves; bones: diseases & accidents; surgical operations; tumors affecting cattle; diseases of the skin, foot, eye & its appendages, ear; infectious diseases of cattle; parasites of cattle. By ten veterinarians: Leonard Pearson, A. J. Murray, V. T. Atkinson, W. H. Harbaugh, W. H. Lowe, James Law, William Dickson, John R. Mohler, M. R. Trubower, and B. H. Ransom. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Revised Ed. . G-/No… Read More

Silver Spring, MD: Sprinkler Irrigation Association, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, gold titles on front board & spine, printed on coated paper so rather heavy for its size, xv, 615 pp, many photos, drawings & charts in text, index. Tiny snag to coth on front board tail of front joint bumped, else fine. Contents: sprinkler system uses & planning; soil-water-plant relations; plant & irrigation water requirements; irrigation water supply; sprinkler pattern, spacing & selection; hydraulics of sprinkler systems; irrigation pumping plants; agricultural sprinkler systems; turf sprinkler systems; land application of liquid wastes; environmental control; fertilizer & chemical applications with sprinklers; other sprinkler applications; installation of sprinkler systems; operation & maintenance; economics of sprinkler irrigation; pipe; drip irrigation; metric converson. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. 4th ed. . VG/No… Read More

Washington, D. C: Government Printing Office, 1932 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, black titles on front board & spine, iv, 975 pp, 217 figures, 526 tables, index. Tear to cloth on top edge of front board, top edge foxed & with rubber-stamped name of Congressman Ernest Lund (MN, 3rd District). Summarizes research performed or sponsored by the Department of Agriculture in the preceeding year, the depressed economic situation, mechanization, land use, and agricultural statistics. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . G-/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.