Washington DC: GPO, 1917. First edition. Soft cover. USDA Bulletin 487. 31p, 16 photos and line ills. Written for the use of secondary school teachers of agriculture. Teaching judging, classroom discussion, practice judging, estimating age and unsoundness, comparative judging, and demonstrations. The horse in the demonstration photos is a full..... More
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New York; North Brunswick, NJ: Boy Scouts of America, 1936, 1970. No stated edition. Soft cover. Animal Industry: 66p, many photos and line ills. Horsemanship: 56p, several photos and line ills. Introductions to breeds (horses, cattle, sheep, swine), care and handling, the livestock industry, and riding. Sold as a group..... More
No place: [Bradley], n.d. [1883 or later]. No stated edition. Soft cover (self wrappers), sewn with light cord. 11p, many line ills. Fragile (chipped, covers stained), but complete. . An instruction manual for farmers that will save "money, horse flesh and your temper" if you follow its directions. First, "open the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. Brown, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. 156p, many ills. + jacket by Paul Brown. Jacket is unclipped; some edge tears. Children's biography of the inventor of the mechanical reaper (now International Harvester Company). An excellent copy of one of Brown's lesser-known books. Can be sent outside the..... More
London: Cable Printing and Publishing Co., 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 285p + several pls. of photos. Month-by-month account of all manner of farming and what goes into it--beef and dairy cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, various crops, pasture management, equipment, the weather, etc. Lots of long-lost firsthand farming details here. Despite..... More
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1988. Reprint (1st pub. 1862). Soft cover. 192p, no ills. Sheldon's reminiscences, covering his years of farming, various business transactions, road and railroad building, etc., in Massachusetts. Originally self-published, one of many such American biographies of the 19th century. Emphasizes his trading and..... More
