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[004954] . SMITHSONIAN LEGACY. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, in relation to the Smithsonian legacy. 1839. ill. Foldouts. Thomas Allen, Print, 1839. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Smithsonian. Very Good 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. $60.00

[003361] . SCIENCE, August 31, 1883. No. 30.. ill. Etchings, Tables, Graph. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1883. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good 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. $60.00

[004604] . Impact of the War on the Financial Structure of Agriculture . 1945. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Agriculture. Good 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+. $22.50

[003374] . Agricultural Chemicals: What They Are / How They Are Used. ill. Drawings. Manufacturing Chemists" Association., 1963. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Agriculture. Very Good- 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+. $30.00

[003147] . SCIENCE, August 12, 1887. ill. Engravings. New York: The Science Company, 1887. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Newsprint. Science. Good 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. $35.00

[003546] Aaker, Jerry (edited by). Livestock for a Small Earth: The Role of Animals in a Just and Sustainable World. ill. Drawings. Santa Ana, California, U.S.A.: Seven Locks Press, 1994. Softcover. Farm Animals. Near Fine to Fine ISBN: 0929765281. Heifer Project International. 111 pp. $10.00

[003131] Barnes, Almont. REPORT ON THE AGRICULTURE OF SOUTH AMERICA with Maps and Latest Statistics of Trade. ill. Plates, Tables, Maps. Washington: Government Printing Bureau, 1892. Paper Wraps. South America. Good+ U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Statistics. Misc. Series. Report No. 2. 189 pp. 3 plates with maps. Slightly soiled covers. ex.mus. numbers.Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[002686] Carleton, Mark Alfred. THE SMALL GRAINS. ill. Photographs, Text Drawings, Figures. New York: Macmillan Company, 1916. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Olive Green Cloth. Agriculture. Good to Good+ 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. $32.50

[002993] Crompton, Edward. A STUDY OF TWO GRANITE SOILS DEVELOPED UNDER TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE WEATHERING CONDITIONS. ill. Tables. England: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1939. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Paper Wraps. Agriculture. Very Good 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. $45.00

[002683] Duggar, B. M.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, With Special Reference to Plant Production.. ill. Photograpsh, Text Drawings (figures). Macmillan Company, 1916. Agriculture. Good 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. $9.50

[001797] Duvel, J. W. T.. THE VITALITY AND GERMINATION OF SEEDS. 1904. Good+ ex-mus. $8.00

[003078] Gaiser, Lulu O.. A SURVEY OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF LAMBTON COUNTY, ONTARIO . ill. Map. Ottawa: Canada Department of Agriculture, 1966. Soft Cover. Botany. Very Good 122 pp. Yellow covers lightly soiled otherwise Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Laid in 4 1/2"x3" paper: "compl;iment of : Library, Plant Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Agriculture, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. $15.00

[002685] Hesler, Lex R. And Herbert Hice Whetzel. Manual of Fruit Diseases. Macmillan Company, 1917. Agriculture. Good Part of the series of "Rural Manuals". fraying to darkened spine ends/joints. bottom edges and corners rubbed. decorative cover. several small rubbed areas on back cover. Overall Good . Owner's name stamped on front endp. Initials in ink on front endp. corner. pp.10-11 hinge broken, otherwise text is tight, clean and in VG condition. $15.00

[003964] Hinckley, Thomas (editor). MISSOURI ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM OF PESTS & PESTICIDES 1972. ill. Tables, Diagram, . Missouri: 1972. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Stiff Covers. Entomology. Very Good Held at Southeast Missouri State University, April 28, 1972. Sponsored by School of Forestry, University of Missouri-Columbia. Bulletin, Vol.1 (Supplement). 115 pp. Contents: Biological control of insects and weeds; Pesticides and the aquatic environment; The ecological and physiological effects of insecticides on Missouri mammals; A Critical examination of pesticides and pesticide regulation; EPA pesticides policies and regulations; The great trial of science and scientists; The pesticide question: An examination by an environmentalist and Controlling the gypsy moth. Front cover's bottom edge with spots? in lower left corner-minor, otherwise Covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[003744] House of Representatives. TOBACCO TRADE WITH EUROPE. ill. Tables. 1848. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good Thirtieth Congress-First Session. Report No. 810. "...the best service they could, at this time, render to the tabacco planters of the United States would be to place before the House...and before the tobacco planters, a summary of what has already been done by Congress...on the subject of the high rates of duty and restrictions imposed by foreign governmentrs upon American tobacco..." 74 pp. Tables showing each European country with the duty levied or restrictions, and annual revenue derived by each government. Some foxing. Several pages brown toned due to aging. Otherwise the report is Very Good. No tears or loose pages. $45.00

[001104] Kearney, Thomas H.. AGRICULTURE WITHOUT IRRIGATION IN THE SAHARA DESERT. ill. Map, Tables, Plates. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Size: Approx. 6" x 9". Paper Wraps. Sahara Desert. Good U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Bulletin No. 86. Vegetable Pathological and Physiological Investigations. Data obtained on a trip to northern Africa for the Office of Seed and Plant Introduction and Distribution, primarily for the importation into the United States of offshoots of valuable Tunidian date varieties. It is believed that the methods described may be useful in some cases in our southwestern desert regions where date culture is being introduced. 27 pp. plus 5 plates (full page photographs). Brown wraps. Stapled at spine. Two pieces missing from top margin, largest 2" x 1/4". One very small piece gone from side margin and small clip at corner. Ex-mus. stamp and number. Front wrap loose, with back wrap "hanging on". Still a clean sharp copy for over 100 years old. Interior Very Good+. $35.00

[002994] Levy, H. Professor, F.C. Toy, V.E. Yarsley and E.G. Couzens. THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF SCIENCE: A STUDY IN METHOD By Levy; THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE ONTHE COTTON INDUSTRY By F.C. Toy: And THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY By V.E. Yarsley and E.G. Couzens. England: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1939. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good From Volume 83 of "Memoirs & Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Session 1938-39. Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society and British Association for the Advancement of Science (Division for the Social and international Relations of Science) -Joint Meeting, June 21st, 1939. pp.129-174. 3 articles by authors. pages uncut. Pale blue covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Fine. $55.00

[004883] Library of Congress. CLASSIFICATION. Class S AGRICULTURE-PLANT AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Library of Congress. Very Good- Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Agriculture; General Plant Culture and Horticulture; Forestry; Animal Culture-Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats, Swine, Pets, Bee Culture; Fish Culture- Angling by country and Fisheries; and Hunting Sports. 87 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus. faint stamp on front cover. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Very Good-. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[004476] Mason, S.C.. DATES OF EGYPT AND THE SUDAN. ill. Plates, Figures (drawings, Photographs, graph), Tables. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1915. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Egypt. Very Good United States Department of Agriculture. Bulletin No. 271. Professional Paper. September 28, 1915. Contents: Nile Valley Dates and Their Climatic Environments; and Descriptions of 22 Varieties of dates of Egypt and the Sudan. 40 pp. 16 Plates including a map of Egypt and the Sudan, showing the route of travel and the localities where dates were studied. 9 illustrations and 11Tables. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Mildly sunned along edges, otherwise covers are Very Good+. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on first page of text, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Author was an Arboriculturist, Crop Physiology and Breeding Investigations. $40.00

[002684] Powell, G.Harold. COOPERATION IN AGRICULTURE . MacMillan Company, 1914. Agriculture. Good to Good+ Rural Text-Book Series. slight rubbing to darkened spine ends/joints, bottom edges and corners. Bright decorative cover. Overall Good to Good+. Owner's name stamped on front endp. text is tight, clean and in VG condition. $18.50

[004798] Quaintance, A.L.. SPRAYING FOR ORCHARD INSECTS. ill. Plates. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Agriculture. Good Reprint from Yearbook of Department of Agriculture for 1908. Contents: Importance of insect control; How insects feed; Spraying dormant trees; Summer spraying; General classification of insecticides; Spraying apparatus and accessories; and Application of sprays. 5 Plates showing different spraying apparatus. pp.267-288. Paper covers. Mildly soiled. Faint initials at top front edge. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Author was "In Charge of Deciduous-Fruit Insect Investigations, Bureau of Entomology". $30.00

[002688] Roberts, R. H.. Apple Physiology: Growth, Composition, and Fruiting Responses in Apple Trees. Madison: University of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station , 1926. Stiff Wraps. Agriculture. Very Good Research Bulletin 68, May, 1926. Browning around page margins. Doesn't interfer with text. 1/4" tear at top margin on all, except front cover. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. 72 pp. Exterior is Very Good. $9.50

[000661] Roshevits, R. Yu.. GRASSES AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FODDER AND CEREAL GRASSES. ill. Figures. New Delhi: Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre, 1980. 8vo. Stiff Wraps. Scientific. Very Good - / No Jacket. Translated from Russian. Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. This monograph on world grasses gives a detailed survey of the grass family which is quite important from the agricultural point of view as it includes all the important cereal and fodder grasses. Small tear at crease of spine's bottom edge & light rubbing at top o/w Very Good +. Interior is Near Fine. 635 pp. 169 figures. Includes Literature, Publications in Russian, Publications in Other Languages and Index. $18.00

[004811] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. ill. Tables. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co.,, 1920. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Brown Cloth. Massachusetts. Very Good Report of Wilfrid Wheeler, Commissioner, 1919 to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "Since the close of the war the spirit of unrest which has been world-wide has to a certain degree been communicated to the farmers, not to the extent of drawing the agricultural people to the various forms of radicalism which have been sweeping over the world, but has rather reflected itself in a decreased production, due not alone to the labor situation and the cost of doing business but rather to the uncertainty of a profitable market..." 55 pp. including Index. Tables. Contents include: Massachusetts Crop Situation in 1919; Demonstration Sheep Farms, State Ornithologist; Farm Machinery, Soil Surveys, etc. Embossed (indented) designed covers with gilt lettering on front cover. Slight fraying at spine ends. Overall covers are Very Good-. First page with names of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Advisory Board. Lightly penciled in margin, "new" dates for each name as to when their term expires (different than printed date). 1" tear on side edge of page before Index at back. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Wheeler pioneered the growing and marketing of time-sensitive crops such as asparagus, strawberries, and flowers on the Concord farm where he was born. He was appointed in 1919 as the Commonwealth's first commissioner of the Department of Agriculture after serving five years as a member of the Board of Agriculture. During his term on the board, Wheeler helped found the Cape Cod Strawberry Growers Association and promoted the Barnstable County Agricultural Society. $45.00

[003825] U. S. Department of Agriculture. REPORT ON THE USE OF MAIZE (INDIAN CORN) IN EUROPE And On The Possibilities Of Its Extension. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Paper Wraps. Agriculture. Good to Good+ 3 "Articles". 1. THE INTRODUCTION OF MAIZE INTO EURPOE, by Charles J. Murphy, Special Agent. 2. THE FOOD VALUE OF MAIZE, by Dr. H.W. Wiley, Chief Chemist. and 3. THE INDIAN CORN INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES, by B.W. Snow, Assistant Statistician. 36 pp. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $55.00

[004008] United States Department Of Agriculture. DIRECTORY OF ORGANIZATION AND FIELD ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: 1947. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1948. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Soft Cover. Agriculture. Very Good+ Miscellaneous Publication No. 640. "Shows the organization structure of the Department of Agriculture...the activities of its bureaus and offices are explained briefly, also the locations of those acitvities both inside and outside the continental United States are given. 298 pp. Covers are Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $15.00

[000874] United States Department Of Agriculture. SOIL SURVEY OF HOUSTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA. ill. Maps, Figures, Tables. 1984. Size: Approx. 9" X 11". Soft Cover. Minnesota. Very Good In Cooperation with Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. 261 pp. 84 Map sheets with an index sheet.16 tables, and 18 figures. Glossary, Colored Soil Map. Cover is slightly soiled with a small chip on top right corner and small tear on back, otherwise the cover is Very Good. Interior is clean, tight and Very Good +. Laid in a large PLAT Map of Houston County, 1980. $25.00

[003074] White, Edward A. THE PRINCIPLES OF FLORICULTURE. ill. Photographs. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Gardening. Good Rural Text-Book Series. 467 pp. owner's name stamped on endpapers and occasionally throughout text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Cover mildly soiled. some rubbing to spine ends, tiny nick on spine. Overall exterior is Good. $13.50