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Feeds and Feeding

A Handbook for the Student and Stockman

Twenty-First Edition - 50th Anniversary

by Frank B. Morrison

Morrison Publishing Company, 1948

oversized hardcover - 1207 pages

good condition

$29.95 includes media mail shipping

Shopwork on the Farm

by Mack M. Jones

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1945

vintage hardcover, 486 pages

good condition - shows light wear

all pages are intact but webbing is exposed in front

of book

our price:   $18.95 plus media mail shipping

Practical Field Crop Production for the Northeast

An Elementary Introduction to Agronomy

Rutgers University Press, 1949

vintage hardcover, 437 pages

good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Production of Field Crops

A Textbook of Agronomy

by T.B. Hutcheson, T.K. Wolfe and M.S. Kipps

ThirdEdition stated

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948

vintage hardcover, 430 pages

good condition

our price:   $19.95 plus media mail shipping

Soils and Soil Management

By A.F. Gustafson

First Edition stated

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1941

vintage hardcover, 424 pages

good condition

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

Supreme Jersey Performers

by Jens F. Svinth

J.F. Svinth Publications, 1976

vintage hardcover with gold embossed lettering

550 pages

interior pages - good condition but there is

discoloration on outside edges of pages

rare collector’s item

our price:   $49.95 plus media mail shipping

Herd Improvement Registry of Jersey Cattle

First Consolidated Volume 1939

published by the American Jersey Cattle Club, 1939

vintage hardcover with gold embossed lettering

585 pages

interior pages - good condition  considering age of book

rare collector’s item

our price:   $34.95 plus media mail shipping

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The Fertility of the Land

A Summary Sketch of the Relationship of

Farm-Practice to the Maintaining and

Increasing of the Productivity of the Soil

by Isaac Phillips Roberts

The Macmillan Company, 1906

vintage hardcover, 421 pages

interior pages - good condition

cover is soiled as shown in photo

toning inside front and back covers

exlibris sticker inside front cover with

former owner’s name

our price:   $34.95 plus media mail shipping

Equipment for the Farm and Farmstead

Country Life Education Series

by Harry C. Ramsower

Ginn  & Company, 1917

vintage hardcover, 525 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $34.95 plus media mail shipping

A Practical Guide for the Beginning Farmer

by Herbert Jacobs

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1951

vintage hardcover,  237 pages

interior pages - good condition

former owner’s name on title page

dustjacket shows wear

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Operation, Care and Repair of Farm

Machinery

Fourteenth Edition

published by John Deere

vintage hardcover, 258 pages

good condition

$24.95  plus media mail shipping

The Operation, Care and Repair of Farm

Machinery

Thirteenth Edition

published by John Deere

vintage hardcover, 258 pages

good condition

$24.95  plus media mail shipping

The Farm Garden

Farmers’ Buleltin No. 1673

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Revised February 1942

vintage softcover, 67 pages

good condition

$9.95  plus media mail shipping

Stone Mulching in the Garden

A new invention in gardening!

Grow vegetables and trees in rocks

by J.I. Rodale

Rodale Press, 1949

hardcover, 164 pages

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket is worn

our price:   $49.95 plus media mail shipping

Fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture - 1860

Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State

Augusta, 1860

vintage softcover, 242 pages

some stains on cover and inside book

still provides a good reading copy

book is 159 years old!

rare collector’s item

provides fascinating information about

Maine agriculture before the time of the

Civil War

our price:   $49.95 plus media mail shipping

Better Dairy Farming

The Breeding, Feeding, Handling and Care

of Dairy Cattle

by E.S. Savage, B.S.A., Ph.D. and

L.A. Maynard, A.B., Ph.D.

The Savage-Maynard Company, 1923

vintage hardcover, 250 pages

interior pages - good condition

toning inside front and back covers due

to age of book

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

Diseases of Fruit Crops

by Harry Warren Anderson

Mc-Graw Hill Book Company, 1956

vintage hardcover, 501 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

Fruit Crops

Principles and Practices of Orchard and

Small Fruit Culture

by T.J. Talbert and A.E. Murneek

illustrated with 112 engravings

Lea & Febiger, 1939

former library book with usual library markings

vintage hardcover, 345 pages

interior pages - good condition

cover has small blemished area as shown in photo

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

Farming Handbook

by Carsie Hammonds and W.R. Tabb

The Hurst Printing Company, 1950

vintage hardcover -  263 pages

toning inside covers due to age of book

good condition

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

Livestock Farming
by Paul W. Chapman
Turner E. Smith and Company, 1936
vintage hardcover, 720 pages
interior pages - good condition 
front end page and inside covers show wear
former property of state of Georgia
$14.95 plus media mail shipping
Breeding and Improvement of Farm Animals
by Victor Arthur Rice, Frederick Newcomb Andrews, Everett James Warwick, James Edward Legates
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1957
vintage hardcover, 537 pages
interior pages - good condition 
former library book
some underlining on a few pages
$14.95 plus media mail shipping

Practical Floriculture

A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of

Florists’ Plants for the Amateur and Professional Florist

by Peter Henderson

Orange Judd and Company, 1869

vintage hardcover -  252 pages

toning inside covers due to age of book

spine shows some wear

our price:   $34.95 plus media mail shipping

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture - 1896

Washington Printing Office, 1897

vintage hardcover -  686 pages

our price:   $32.95 plus media mail shipping

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture - 1896

Washington Printing Office, 1897

vintage hardcover -  686 pages

our price:   $32.95 plus media mail shipping

Poultry Profit Guide

by John P. Weeks

Vulcan Press, 1952

antique hardcover, 393 pages

good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Plant Propagation

Greenhouse and Nursery Practice

by M.G. Kains

Orang Judd Company, 1920

antique hardcover,  322 pages

good condition considering age of book

former owner’s name on front endpage

our price:   $25.95  plus media mail shipping

Fanton Farm - American Life Series

A Story of Country Life

by George Philip Krapp

pictures by Philip Von Saltza

Rand McNally & Company, 1928

antique hardcover, 178 pages

shows wear but in good condition

considering age of book

rare collector’s item - former school book

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

The Handbook for Practical Farmers

by Hugh Findlay

D. Appleton and Company, 1920

antique hardcover, 558 pages

shows wear but in good condition

considering age of book

rare collector’s item -

our price:   $34.95 plus media mail shipping

 
 

Farm Crops

by Charles William Burkett

Farm Life Series

Orange Judd Company, 1913

vintage hardcover -  272 pages

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

United States Department of Agriculture -

Yearbook 1921

Washington Government Printing Office, 1922

vintage hardcover -  885 pages

cover is slightly soiled as shown in photo

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $29.95 plus media mail shipping

Agriculture Yearbook - 1925

United States Department of Agriculture -

Washington Government Printing Office, 1926

cover is slightly soiled as shown in photo

interior pages - good condition

vintage hardcover -  1537 pages

our price:   $29.95 plus media mail shipping

Agriculture Yearbook - 1924

United States Department of Agriculture -

Washington Government Printing Office, 1925

cover is slightly soiled as shown in photo

interior pages - good condition

vintage hardcover -  1252 pages

our price:   $29.95 plus media mail shipping