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The Genesee Farmer, 1851. Vol. XII. No. 1. - 12.

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: The Genesee Farmer: 1851

Seller ID: 2205712

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Front and end matter, fore-edge margin, and a few text pages foxed. 1851 Soft Cover. [9]-292, [2] pp. Shoestring-bound sammelband of twelve issues of The Genesee Farmer, reinforced with wood. An important mid-19th century agricultural periodical published in Rochester, New York. Collected articles on farming, livestock, and other rural concerns, with engraved illustrations throughout.
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American Agriculturist, for the Farm, Garden and Household, January, 1877, Vol. XXXVI, Number I [Volume 36, No. 1]

By: N/A

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Orange Judd Company: 1877

Seller ID: 2278802

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Board edges rubbed, general wear. 1877 Large Hardcover. 488 pp. American Agriculturist, for the Farm, Garden and Household, January, 1877, Vol. XXXVI, Number I.
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Farm (My Little Carry Books)

By: N/A

Price: $3.00

Publisher: DK: 2012

Seller ID: 2300004

ISBN: 0756690005

Binding: Board Book

Condition: Very Good

Edges lightly rubbed. 2012 Board Book. Fun first books to pick up and carry around, for toddlers on the go! Featuring easy-grip, die-cut handles, these all-new board books are just the right size for toddlers' hands. Innovative carry handle promotes book-handling skills and manual dexterity; Informative rhyming text builds language and encourages reading readiness; Educational subjects enhance early learning.
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Western New York Ledger and Scrapbook, Circa 1918 [NY]

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: 1918

Seller ID: 2300434

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

No publisher date (circa 1918). Boards lightly soiled, ghosting to some pages. Western New York ledger and scrapbook. Includes tabbed double entry ledger, used as a diary and includes entries from March 30th, 1918 through December 31st, 1918. Entries note chores and tasks complete around the house and farm, as well as other day to day activities and weather. Also includes family records, newspaper clippings and agricultural articles. Some pages blank.
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The Principles of Fruit-Growing (The Rural Science Series)

By: Bailey, L.H.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1915

Seller ID: 2302836

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1916 3rd printing of 1915 revised edition. Top edge lightly foxed, corners lightly rubbed, ink name on front flyleaf. 432 pp. A vintage guide to the growing and caring of fruit plants, with tons of necessary information and practices. Covers everything from choosing the land to marketing the fruit after it's grown and harvested and everything in between. Includes 186 illustrations from original drawings.
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20-Minute Vegetable Gardener: Gourmet Gardening for the Rest of Us

By: Christopher, Tom; Asher, Marty

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Random House: 1999

Seller ID: 2266617

ISBN: 0679448152

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

No jacket. A very nice copy. 1999 Hard Cover. xii, 284 pp. Everyone loves garden-fresh vegetables, but who has the time or energy to grow their own? You do--if you adopt Tom and Marty's tried-and-true schemes and tricks for 20-minute vegetable gardening. They'll help you create from scratch a ready-to-plant garden in less than two hours, and then help you choose the easiest, most rewarding plants for your region and your tastes. You'll learn tips for winning the neighborhood tomato contest and how to turn a stack of old tires into an heirloom potato patch. Discover the perennial vegetables you...
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The Abandoned Farmers: His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the Farm

By: Cobb, Irvin S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: George H. Doran Company: 1920

Seller ID: 2264225

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, ink name on front endpaper, pencil name on second blank. 1920 Hard Cover. vii, 247 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States. Cobb also wrote more than 60 books and 300 short stories. Some of his works were adapted for silent movies. Several of his Judge Priest short stories ...
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Harris on the Pig. Breeding, Rearing, Management, and Improvement.

By: Harris, Joseph

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Orange Judd Company: 1883

Seller ID: 2207603

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

New and enlarged edition, revised by the author. Boards rubbed and stained, front endpaper removed, pages lightly soiled. 1883 Hard Cover. 273, [3] pp. 8vo. A guide to keeping pigs, written by the founder of Harris Seeds of Rochester. Joseph Harris was an English immigrant who became extremely successful in the selection of superior strains of vegetables and grains... His success as a seedsman led to the beginning of Harris Seeds in 1879. The company became widely popular because of his basic business philosophy – offer my customers a quality product at a fair price and they will return. (...
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Farm Management and Marketing

By: Hart, V.B.; Bond, M.C.; Cunningham, L.C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 1942

Seller ID: 2279668

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

No jacket, smudge on spine and page ridge, surface tear on front paste-down endpaper from removal of bookplate. 1942 Hard Cover. vii, 647 pp. CONTENTS: What is Farming?; Types of Farming; Measuring Profits in Farming; Causes of Variation in Farm Incomes; Size of Farm Business; Labor Efficiency; Rates of Crop Production; Rates of Animal Production; Combination of Enterprises; Summary of Farm Business Factors; Farm Power and Equipment; Farm Layout; Farm Building Arrangement; Farm Records and Accounts; Credit; Insurance; Use of Land; Prices; Marketing Farm Products; Marketing Fruit and Vegetables...
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The Grapes of New York (Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1907, Volume II) (State of New York - Department of Agriculture Fifteen Annual Report, Vol. 3, Part II)

By: Hedrick, U.P.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M.; Wellington, R.; Dorsey, M.J.

Price: $400.00

Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1908

Seller ID: 2295564

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Boards lightly rubbed. 1908 Large Hardcover. xv, [1], 564 pp. 12 1/8 x 9 3/4. An extensive survey of many varieties of grapes grown in New York, which as the preface points out is representative of varieties of grapes grown throughout the entire country. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of grapes.
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The Pears of New York (Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1921, Volume II) (State of New York - Department of Agriculture Twenty-Ninth Annual Report, Vol. 2, Part II)

By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Francis, E.H.; Tukey, H.B.; Thatcher, R.W.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1921

Seller ID: 2295565

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. An exceptional copy with a few minimal cosmetic flaws. 1921 Large Hardcover. xi, [1], 636 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 1/2. Original green cloth, gilt titles. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of pears. An extensive survey of many varieties of pear grown in New York, the aim of which - according to the preface - is to make... a complete record of the development of the pear wherever cultivated up to the present time... [and to give] an account of the history and uses of the pear; to depict the botanical characters of cultivated pears; to describe pear growing in thi...
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The Peaches of New York (Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1916, Volume II) (State of New York - Department of Agriculture Twenty-Fourth Annual Report, Vol. 2, Part II)

By: Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Tubergen, C.B.

Price: $140.00

Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1917

Seller ID: 2078086

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Boards rubbed (common with titles from this series), binding tight & square, no foxing. 1917 Large Hardcover. xiii, 541 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. An extensive survey of many varieties of peaches grown in New York, including according to the preface an account of the history and uses of the peach; a discussion of the botanical characters of the species of cultivated peaches; an account of the peach-regions and of peach-growing in New York with the most important statistics relating to this fruit; and, lastly and in greatest detail, the synonymy, bibli...
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The Plums of New York (Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1910, Volume II) (State of New York - Department of Agriculture Eighteenth Annual Report, Vol. 3, Part II)

By: Hedrick, U.P.; Wellington, R.; Taylor, O.M.; Alderman, W.H.; Dorsey, M.J.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: J.B. Lyon Company: 1910

Seller ID: 2295373

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

Boards rubbed and smudged, front hinge weakening, owner bookplate on front endpaper. Text and plates clean and unmarked. 1910 Large Hardcover. xii, 616 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of plums. An extensive survey of many varieties of plums grown in New York, the aim of which - according to the preface - is to make... a record of our present knowledge of cultivated plums... [It includes] a historical account and a botanical classification of plums... a discussion of the present status of plum-growing in America...
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The Soil and Health: A Study of Organic Agriculture

By: Howard, Sir Albert

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, The Devin-Adair Company: 1947

Seller ID: 2304777

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First thus. Multiple small chips to jacket edges, jacket lighlty toned. 1947 Hard Cover. xii, 307 pp. Author pioneered organic farming and composting in America using Vedic Indian techniques. During his years as a scientist working for the British government in India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of organic agriculture. Howard's The Soil and Health became a seminal and inspirational text in the organic movement soon after its publication in 1945. The Soil and Health argues that industrial agriculture, emergent in Howard's era and dominant today, disrupts the delica...
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American Grape Growing and Wine Making, with Several Added Chapters on the Grape Industries of California

By: Husmann, George

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Orange Judd Publishing Co., Inc.: 1928

Seller ID: 2195465

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Fourth edition, revised and rewritten. Boards stained, binding a bit shaken, endpapers lightly stained, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1928 Hard Cover. viii, 269, [10] pp. 8vo. A guide to growing grapes and producing wine, originally published in 1880. This edition is of particular interest because: 1) it was printed during the Prohibition era (1920-1933); and 2) it includes added chapters on the California grape industry.
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Behind the Kitchen Door

By: Jayaraman, Saru; Schlosser, Eric

Price: $8.00

Publisher: ILR/Cornell University Press: 2013

Seller ID: 2267372

ISBN: 0801451728

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A very nice copy. 2013 Hard Cover. xii, 191 pp. Sustainability is about contributing to a society that everybody benefits from, not just going organic because you don't want to die from cancer or have a difficult pregnancy. What is a sustainable restaurant? It's one in which as the restaurant grows, the people grow with it.?from Behind the Kitchen Door. How do restaurant workers live on some of the lowest wages in America? And how do poor working conditions?discriminatory labor practices, exploitation, and unsanitary kitchens?affect the meals that arrive at our restaurant tables...
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The Toilers of the Field

By: Jefferies, Richard

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Co.: 1892

Seller ID: 2305056

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, rear hinge broken, pages lightly foxed. 1892 Hard Cover. vi, 327, 24 pp. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. A collection of articles which first appeared in Fraser's Magazine and Longman's Magazine published posthumously in book form in 1892. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the back...
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Image for The Illustrated Stock Doctor and Live-Stock Encyclopedia, Including Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Poultry, with All the Facts Concerning the Various Breeds and Their Characteristics, Breaking, Training, Sheltering, Buying, Selling, Profitable Use, and General Care, and All Diseases to Which They Are Subject--the Causes, How to Know, and What to Do; Given in Plain, Simple Lanuage, Free from Technicalities, but Scientifically Correct, and with Directions That Are Easily Understood, Easily Applied, and Remedies That Are Within Reach of the People. Also, the Recent, Approved, Humane Methods for the Preservation and Care of Stock, the Prevention of Any Disease, and Restoration of Health. To Which Has Been Added a Complete History of Bees, Giving the Latest and Most Approved Methods and System of Bee Culture as Perfected and Practiced by D. A. Jones, the Renowned Bee-King of Breton, Ontario. Also a Valuable Treatise on Dogs, Containing Their History, Breeds, Training, Diseases, and Especially Giving a Sure Preventive of Hydrophobia.

The Illustrated Stock Doctor and Live-Stock Encyclopedia, Including Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Poultry, with All the Facts Concerning the Various Breeds and Their Characteristics, Breaking, Training, Sheltering, Buying, Selling, Profitable Use, and General Care, and All Diseases to Which They Are Subject--the Causes, How to Know, and What to Do; Given in Plain, Simple Lanuage, Free from Technicalities, but Scientifically Correct, and with Directions That Are Easily Understood, Easily Applied, and Remedies That Are Within Reach of the People. Also, the Recent, Approved, Humane Methods for the Preservation and Care of Stock, the Prevention of Any Disease, and Restoration of Health. To Which Has Been Added a Complete History of Bees, Giving the Latest and Most Approved Methods and System of Bee Culture as Perfected and Practiced by D. A. Jones, the Renowned Bee-King of Breton, Ontario. Also a Valuable Treatise on Dogs, Containing Their History, Breeds, Training, Diseases, and Especially Giving a Sure Preventive of Hydrophobia.

By: Manning, J. Russell

Price: $125.00

Publisher: World Publishing Co.: 1882

Seller ID: 2301168

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Front joint starting, board edges lightly rubbed faint stain. Portion of shorthort cattle plate clipped out, lacks one fold-out. 1882 Hard Cover. 1082 pp. Over 400 illustrations, including steels, chromos and wood cuts. Color plates. Large fold-out.
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Farm Hands: Hard Work and Hard Lessons from Western New York Fields

By: Rivers, Tom

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Batavia, Hodgins Printing: 2010

Seller ID: 2303694

ISBN: 0984565604

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

4th printing. Signed by author without inscription on front flyleaf. Edges lightly rubbed with tiny crease to back corner. 2010 Trade Paperback. 153 pp. From the back cover: Tom Rivers introduces readers to the rigors of farm labor and some of the people who do the grueling work, including cabbage cutter 'King Kong' and apple-picking pro 'Stretch.' You'll also meet the elusive 'Joshua,' who abandoned the cabbage crew in a huge rainstorm. Black and white photographs included.
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Fort Center: An Archaeological Site in the Lake Okeechobee Basin (Ripley P. Bullen Monographs in Anthropology and History, Number 4)

By: Sears, William H.; Sears, Elsie O'R.; Steinen, Karl T.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Gainesville, University Presses of Florida: 1982

Seller ID: 2305755

ISBN: 0813007402

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 1982 Hard Cover. xi, 212 pp. Raising intriguing questions about the relationships of Florida's prehistoric population to the Caribbean Basin and about the origins of maize agriculture in the eastern United States, William H. Sears documents his years of fieldwork at this important Lake Okeechobee Basin site. Fort Center, named for a nineteenth-century Seminole War fort built on the earlier Indian site, consists of a variety of earthen structures--mounds, linear earthworks, circular ditches, and middens--all associate with the Belle Glade culture. Stretch...
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Tableau de l'Agriculture Toscane

By: Simonde, J.C.L. [Jean Charles Leonard de Sismondi]

Price: $1,200.00

Publisher: Geneve, Chez J.J. Paschoud, Libraire: 1801

Seller ID: 2199175

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Includes fold-out. Small contemporary bookplate and larger modern bookplate on front endpaper. 1801 Hard Cover. xiv, 327 pp. 8vo. Patterned leather spine, orange morocco spine labels, gilt titles and rules, paper over boards. French text. Fold-out of engraved agricultural illustrations follows text. The first work by the historian and political economist who became known for his French and Italian histories. Simonde details his life on a small farm in Pescia, which his family bought after fleeing from political unrest in Geneva caused by the French Revolution. His particular exp...
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Marvels of the New West. A Vivid Portrayal of the Unparalleled Marvels in the Vast Wonderland West of the Missouri River. Six Books in One Volume. Comprising Marvels of Nature, Marvels of Race, Marvels of Enterprise, Marvels of Mining, Marvels of Stock-Raising, and Marvels of Agriculture, Graphically and Truthfully Described

By: Thayer, William M.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Norwich, Conn., The Henry Bill Publishing Company: 1893

Seller ID: 2306529

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Boards lightly soiled, board edges rubbed. 1893 Hard Cover. xxxvi, 715 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles, gilt depiction of Old Faithful on spine, gilt illustration of ancient cliff dwellings on front board, page ridges marbled, floral endpapers. Illustrated with 379 engravings and maps. CONTENTS: Introduction; I. Marvels of Nature: Canons - Yellowstone National Park - Geysers - Yosemite Valley - Garden of the Gods - Monument Park - Miscellaneous; II. Marvels of Race: Cave-Dwellers - Cliff-Dwellers - Pueblos - Zunis - Moquis - Mexicans; III. Marvels of Enterprise: Railroads Over Mountains - Public ...
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