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Agricultural Chemicals: What They Are / How They Are Used
Manufacturing Chemists" Association. 1963 Stiff Wraps Very Good- Agriculture Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/2" Drawings
Contents include: Nature and Man; Tools for Survival; Chemicals in Agriculture; Chemicals in Public Health; Chemicals and Wildlife; Effectiveness and Safety; and Questions and Answers. Appendices. Index. 64 pp. illustrated. Slight fading? foxing? along side edge. Rubbing? silverfish? along spine & joints and slightly along edges. Otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.
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CLOUD CUES TO HELP MAKE WEATHER WORK FOR YOU
New Holland, PA Sperry Rand Corporation 1957 Paper Wraps Very Good + Weather Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Photographs, Drawings
A New Holland Grassland Handbook with information about the different clouds, weather predictions and when to continue farming. Form No. 1226 Weather 857D. 15 pp. Slight bending to bottom corner. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good +.
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25.00 USD
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Impact of the War on the Financial Structure of Agriculture
1945 Paper Wraps Good Agriculture Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4"
Bureau of Agricultural Economics. United States Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous Publication No. 567. "The publication which follows is an attempt to measure the impact of World War II on the financial structure of agriculture in the United States. A 30-billion-dollar increase in the equities of all owners of farms and all tenant farmers during trhe current war has seemingly placed agriculture in a strong financial position." 199 pp. 54 tables. 35 illustrations. Mildly soiled covers and page edges. Back cover's lower corner "tips" folded back to pp.183. very minor. Vertical line down front cover, faintly shows on some of interior. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.
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22.50 USD
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INSTRUCTIONS TO SPECIAL RIVER AND RAINFALL OBSERVERS OF THE WEATHER BUREAU
Washington Government Printing Office 1904 Paper Wrap Very Good Weather Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4" Figures
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Published by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture. "The river and rainfall stations of the Weather Bureau are maintained primarily for the purpose of giving warning of the approach of high water, but they are also of great benefit to navigation, the daily records of river stages and precipitation affording much valuable information, particularly during seasons of low water." 46 pp. Ex. lib. with stamps on front cover and title page, and locator number on front cover. Top corner of back wrap is missing. Document in VG condition.
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SCIENCE, August 12, 1887
New York The Science Company 1887 Newsprint Good Science Size: Approx. 9" X 12" Engravings
Some Articles: What American Zoologists have done for Evolution, by E.W. Morse. Laid in page with portrait engraving of Morse; Economy in Management of Soil, by H. E. Alvord; Prehistoric Chronology of America by D.G. Brinton; The Sonora Earthquake with illustration and Chemical Laboratory of the University of Nebraska with 5 illustrations. Front wrap detached but intact. ex-mus mailing label and numbers on front. Slightly soiled. Overall exterior is Good to Good+. interior is clean, and tight and VG+. Engraving of Morse, top border watermarked. Not on portrait. From SCIENCE, Aug. 20, 1886.
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SCIENCE, August 31, 1883. No. 30.
Cambridge The Science Company 1883 Paper Wraps Good Science Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" Etchings, Tables, Graph
Articles: Notes on the Geology of the Troad, by J.S. Diller; Occurrence of Mound-Builders Pipes in New Jersey, by Charles C. Abbott with an illustration; The Igloo of the Innuit. -III. with 9 illustrations; Minnesota Weather; Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geology of Philadelphia by Henry Carvill Lewis; The Iroquois Book of Rites; The Evidence for evolution in the history of the extinct Mammalia with a table; A classification of the natural sciences by T. Sterry Hunt with a table; Orbit of the great comet of 1882 by Edgar Frisbie; The tornado at Racine, May 18, 1883 ; A Method for the calibration of a galvanometer with an illustration; The utilization of the sun's rays for warming and ventilating apartments by E. S. Morse; New form of selenium cell, with some remarkable electrical discoveries made by its use; 3 articles by B. F. Thomas: A Method of determining the centre of gravity of a mass with an illustration; Two forms of apparatus for Boyle's law with 2 illustrations; and A new heliostat with an illustration; The static telephone by Prof. A. E. Dolbear; Report of the committee on indexing the literature of chemical elements; The kinetic theory of the specific heat of solids and A kinetic theory of melting boiling by H. T. Eddy; On y-dichlordibrompropionic and y-dichlorbromacrylic acids by C.F. Mabery; The sub-aqueous dissociation of certain salts with a graph; Suggestions for computing the speed of chemical reactions; Twelve months of lysimeter record at the New York agricultural experiment station by E.L. Sturtevant; The composition of American wheat and corn with a table; The sotol, A Mexican forage plant; American butters and their adulterations by H. W. Wiley; A Comparison of terr-cotta lumber with other materials; Improvements in shaping-machines; Regularity of flow in double-cylinder rotary pumps; The early History of the North American Continent; and The Remington Type-Writer by Richard A. Proctor with an illustration. pp. 255-298. Covers are advertisements for Photo-Engraving, Park Place, N.Y. and Electrical Test Instruments.. Additional page front and back with advertisements, before articles. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Some small chips on side and bottom edges.Spine split up 6" but covers still intact. overall exterior is Good.. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Around borders some age-toning, not on text.
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60.00 USD
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SMITHSONIAN LEGACY. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, in relation to the Smithsonian legacy. 1839
Thomas Allen, Print 1839 Disbound Very Good Smithsonian Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" Foldouts
25th Congress, 3d Session. Doc. No. 70. Ho. of Reps. " The memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, a citizen of the United States...which he endeavored to show the utility and importance of establishing an agricultural school at the seat of Government;...Such an institution, being the first in the United states, would be the nursery of scientific agriculturists for the whole Union;...Your memoralist, therefore, presents a plan of such an Institution with designs for the buildings, and estimates for all the requisites. 11 pp. 3 Foldouts: GENERAL PLAN FOR A PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE; PRINCIPAL PLAN FOR A PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE; and FRONT ELEVATION FOR A PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. Includes an outline for Principal Department; Secondary Compartment, Auxiliary Sciences; The Farm, plus Conditions of Admission; amd Estimate of Cost. Disbound but intact. Light foxing to last text page and first foldout plan: GENERAL PLAN FOR A PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. Otherwise the document and foldouts are clean. Overall Very Good.
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Anisimov, N. SOVIET AGRICULTURE
Moscow Foreign Languages Publishing House 1957 Paper Covers Good Russia Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 3/4"
"In a comparatively short space of time the Soviet Union developed a large-scale agriculture equipped with modern machines and resting on the achievements of science." Translated from the Russian. 54 pp. Yellow paper covers have bent corners, dirt smudges on both front and back. Previous owner's name written on top of title page. Top corner is dog-earred throughout most of the interior. Some page edges are dirty/browning. Pamphlet in Good condition.
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Bailey, L. H. THE NURSERY-MANUAL
New York The Macmillan Company 1920 New and Revised Edition Green Decorative Good Gardening Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" Drawings, Plates
A complete guide to the multiplication of plants. The Rural Manuals. 456 pp. Green decorative covers show signs of wear with rubbing to edges, bumped corners, and tears to top and bottom edges of spine. Front and back hinges are broken. Interior is browning from age. Previous owner's stamp on front pages and on back inside cover. Overall book in Good condition.
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11.50 USD
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Bailey, L. H. THE PRUNING-MANUAL
New York The Macmillan Company 1919 Eighteenth Revised Edition Green Decorative Good Gardening Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" Drawings
Being the eighteenth edition, revised and reset, of the pruning-book, which was first published in 1898. 407 pp. with index. Green decorative covers show signs of wear with rubbing to edges, bumped corners, and tears to top and bottom edges of spine. Front and back hinges are broken. Interior is browning from age. Previous owner's stamps on several front pages. Book in Good condition.
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Botkin, C. W.; and L. B. Shires THE EFFECT OF IRRIGATION AND CROPPING ON DESERT SOILS
State College, New Mexico New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 1939 Paper Wraps Very Good Agriculture Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" Figures and Tables
Bulletin 263 (Technical), May 1939. Agricultural Experiment Station of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, State College, NM. 39 pp. Paper wraps have slightly bent corners, chipping to page edges, and rubbing to spine edge. Browning along paper edges. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet in VG condition.
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35.00 USD
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Carleton, Mark Alfred THE SMALL GRAINS
New York Macmillan Company 1916 Olive Green Cloth Good to Good+ Agriculture Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2" Photographs, Text Drawings, Figures
Rural Text-Book Series. Author was "Cerealist in Charge of Cereal Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture". darkened spine base with one small tear/rubbed. bottom edges and corners rubbed. black lettering on cover.Overall Good to Good+. Owner's name stamped and written on front endp. otherwise text is tight, clean and in VG condition. 699 pages.183 illustrations. 20 tables. 46-page bibliography. Index.
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Crompton, Edward A STUDY OF TWO GRANITE SOILS DEVELOPED UNDER TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE WEATHERING CONDITIONS
England Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1939 Paper Wraps Very Good Agriculture Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" Tables
From Volume 83 of "Memoirs & Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Session 1938-39. " The investigation reported here is an attempt to compare by means of mechanical, chemical and mineralogical analysis the effect of different weathering conditions on the development of two soil profiles formed from similar parent material. Both soils have developed from granite, in Malacca and in Cumberland respectively." pp.117-127. most pages uncut. Pale blue covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Fine. 5 tables.
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Duggar, B. M. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, With Special Reference to Plant Production.
Macmillan Company 1916 Good Agriculture Photograpsh, Text Drawings (figures)
Rural Text-Book Series. Rubbing to spine ends/joints, front/back edges and corners. Overall Good. Owner's name on front endp. Open at front hinge from base up 1"and totally broken from blank p. before title p. to Contents xiii ( as if chewed?) After that text is tight, clean and in VG condition. Back hinge solid.
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Fairchild, David G. SPANISH ALMONDS AND THEIR INTRODUCTION INTO AMERICA
Washington Government Printing Office 1902 Paper Wrap Good Agriculture Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 " Plates
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulletin No. 26. 14 pp. with eight b/w glossy plates. Ex. library with stamp and identification numbers on front cover. Paper wraps in Poor condition with front cover nearly separated from rest of document, corners bumped throughout and chipped, page edges chipped especially on back cover edge, dirt smudges. Creasing to corners apparent through interior, but text not affected. Interior clean. Overall document in Good condition.
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20.00 USD
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Finch, V. C. and O. E. Baker GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD'S AGRICULTURE
Washington Government Printing Office 1917 Paper Wraps Good Agriculture Size: Approx. 13 " x 10 1/2" Maps
United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary. Contribution from Office of Farm Management. 149 pp. Two fold-out color maps, and b/w maps on almost every page. Ex. lib with stamp and identification numbers on title page. Brown paper wraps have stains on front and back covers, tears and folded corners, dirt smudges. Spine edges are torn. Interior is tight. Some dirt smudges to interior page edges, but does not interfere with text. Overall document in Good condition.
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14.50 USD
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