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New York, Canton

ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 1885 PREMIUM LIST AND REGULATIONS FOR THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL FAIR: To be held September 15th, 16th and 17th, 1885, at Canton, N.Y.

Canton. NY: St. Lawrence County Agricultural Society, 1885. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp. Printed green wrappers; separated at spine, back cover chipped at edges. 8" x 5.25" The Premiums are dollar amounts for many classes and grades of farm animals as well as cheese, grains, vegetables, mechanic's work, farming implements, domestic..... More

Price: $20.00

New York, Ithaca

TOMPKINS COUNTY ANNUAL FAIR: LIST OF PREMIUMS AND REGULATIONS OF THE 48TH ANNUAL FAIR....; Tompkins County Agricultural and Horticultural Society ... Sept. 14, 15, 16, 17, 1887.

Ithaca, NY: Journal Book & Commercial Printing House, 1887. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 60pp; occasional woodcut illus in text and ads. 9" x 6" Contains the programme of the four-day Fair; instructions to judges; list of premiums for all classes of livestock, domestic crafts, fresh and preserved foods, &c..... More

Price: $60.00

Niagara Top Co.

TWO (2) RECEIPTS ON THE ENGRAVED BILLHEADS OF THE NIAGARA TOP CO., MANUFACTURERS OF CARRIAGE TOPS & TRIMMINGS

Buffalo, NY: Niagara Top Co., 1894. Original documents. Printed forms, accomplished by hand, dated Nov. 15, 1894 and June 13, 1895. Itemized sales: 1 dash 30x11 nick; 1 half dash 34x14 with wrap ft. The documents are 7" x 8.5" and 5.5" x 8.5" These billheads include an engraved view..... More

Price: $25.00

North Carolina / Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company

THE NEW TOBACCOLAND, U.S.A. Right Combination. World's Best Tobaccos.

Durham, North Carolina: Liggett & Myers, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Folio. (40)pp; illustrated throughout from photographs (8pp in full color). Bound in color-pictorial wrappers, linen spine covering. 14" x 10.25" Contains information on and pictures of tobacco farmers, harvesting aromatic Turkish tobaccos, world's finest cigarette paper, Chesterfield's vast plant at..... More

Price: $60.00

Norton, John P.

ELEMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE, OR THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THE ART OF PRACTICAL FARMING. Prize Essay of the New York State Agricultural Society.

New York: A.O. Moore, 1858. copyright 1850. Hardcover. pp: x, 208, (2)ad for this title, 6 recommendations, 12 publisher's catalogue. Bound in blind-stamped purple cloth, tanning at spine and edges; half-inch nick in rear joint. 7.5" x 4.75" Provenance: Endpaper signatures of Richard D. Cou, Crosswicks, Burlington, NJ, and Thomas..... More

Price: $40.00

Patten & Stafford

THE WHY AND WHEREFORE OF WHEEL RAKES

Canastota, NY: Patten & Stafford, circa 1900. First Edition. Softcover. 12pp; 5pp illustrations: three full-page drawings showing a steel rake, wood rake, and New 20th Century Improvement, followed by two pages of parts and a two-page price list. Also includes testimonials and a list of dealers in New York Champion..... More

Price: $45.00

Pennsylvania, Reamstown

EIGHTH ANNUAL EAST COCALICO COMMUNITY FAIR: Reamstown, Lancaster County, PA, Oct. 19,20 & 21, 1933.

Reamstown, Pennsylvania: East Cocalico Community Fair Committee, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp. Contains the names of all committeemen and judges. The program includes: vocal and instrumental music; a toy pageant; three one-act plays; prizes for field crops, fancy work, vegetables, poultry and eggs, fruits and nuts, canned goods, baked goods;..... More

Price: $20.00

Pennsylvania, Reamstown

NINTH ANNUAL EAST COCALICO COMMUNITY FAIR: Reamstown, Lancaster County, PA, October 4&5, 1934.

Reamstown, Pennsylvania: East Cocalico Community Fair Committee, 1934. First Edition. Softcover. 20pp. Contains the names of all committeemen and judges. The program includes: solo musical performances; two one-act plays; prizes for field crops, fancy work, vegetables, poultry and eggs, fruits and nuts, canned goods, baked goods; and ads for local..... More

Price: $20.00

Pennsylvania, Elk Lick / Public Sale broadside

PUBLIC SALE...LATE RESIDENCE OF LEWIS J. MILLER, DECEASED, ONE MILE NORTH OF GRANTSVILLE, MD...SATURD. DEC. 7, 1907

Elk Lick, PA: Somerset County Star Press, 1907. First Edition. Broadside, lower right corner wrinkled. 11.5" x 8.75" J.L. Durst, Auctioneer. Mary A. Miller, Administratrix. Lists items to be sold: Three-year-old Draft Mare, 2 Jersey Cows (one fresh); 25 Sheep, Hogs and Pigs, Hens and Pullets--Barred Rocks (Grable Strain) and..... More

Price: $35.00

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia / Centennial Exposition

STEREOSCOPIC VIEW CARD SHOWING AGRICULTURAL HALL, LOOKING EAST, A LARGE WINDMILL IN THE FOREGROUND.

Philadelphia: John Trenwith, 1876. Original photographs. One card containing two albumen images of the Agricultural Hall. Labeled "Centennial Views, Phila. - New Excelsior Series." On the verso: "Manufactured by John Trenwith, Stationer and News Dealer, No. 608 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia." 3.5" x 7" to fit into a stereoscope for viewing..... More

Price: $20.00

Perry, J. Frank

KENNEL SECRETS: HOW TO BREED, EXHIBIT AND MANAGE DOGS. By "Ashmont".

Boston: J. Loring Thayer, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. pp: xiii, 348 with index, (41) ads for dog-related products and services; many plates from photographs. Bound in blue cloth, lettering and cover picture in gilt, patterned endpapers; prior owner's book slip and small stamp, occasional breeder's notes in margins..... More

Price: $60.00

Philadelphia Bird Food Company

[cover title] No. 1, FANCIERS' HAND BOOKS. THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF CAGE BIRDS: How to Breed the Different Varieties, and Instructions for Keeping Them in Health and Constant Song.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Bird Food Co., 1925. Softcover. (120)pp; color frontispiece, full-page and text illustrations in black & white, including various birds, eight pages of cages, etc. Bound in pictorial yellow wrappers. 6" x 4.75". Laid in is a one-page list of prices for live birds and cages... More

Price: $35.00

Pittsburgh Steel

"THE WELD THAT HELD" MEMORANDUM BOOK (and 1908 almanac):; with Valuable Tables and Information.

Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Steel Co., 1908. First Edition. Original wraps. 32pp. This unused memo book has blank pages with headers and footers about Pittsburgh Perfect Fencing. 5.75" x 3" Shows and describes various types of fencing, and contains a 1908 almanac, population data, planting advice, and business briefs... More

Price: $15.00

Potter, Seneca

1823 HANDWRITTEN RECEIPT TO ROBERT CROSBY FOR $3 PAYMENT "IN FULL FOR A LEAP TO HIS MARE OUT OF THE HORSE CALLED YOUNG HIGHLANDER IN 1822"

Crawford, NH: 1823. Original manuscript. One page, written in sepia ink on old, heavy paper; docketed on verso. 3"x 8" More

Price: $25.00

Prairie State Incubator Co.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE: PRAIRIE STATE INCUBATOR COMPANY

Homer City, PA: Prairie State Incubator Co., 1897. First Edition. Softcover. pp: 144, (2); 21 chromolitho color illustrations, many full-page, plus b&w illustrations from photographs and drawings. Contains detailed descriptions, testimonials, and prices. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers, with a birds-eye view of the company plant on the back cover. 9"..... More

Price: $175.00

Pratt, C.S.

NORTHERN GROWN PLANTS GROWN FOR NEW ENGLAND TRADE, 1870 - 1928.

Athol. Mass. C.S. Pratt Co., Sunnyside Fruit Farm, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp; text illustrated from drawings and photographs. Features "Strawberry Pratt" and his Sunnyside Fruit Farm, telling how it came about and how they produce the best strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, hydrangeas, gladioli, and grapes. Testimonials, including a full-page poem..... More

Price: $35.00

Purvis, Miller, editor

SUCCESSFUL FARMING BY SUCCESSFUL FARMERS, INCLUDING NATURE STUDY AND COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE CHAUTAUQUA INDUSTRIAL ART DESK.

Chicago: Powers, Higley & Company, (1900). First Edition. Softcover. pp: 264, (ii), (iv)index; illustrations from photographs and drawings. Covers the many aspects of planning and running a productive farm. Bound in textured wrappers, decorated cover; faint dampmark along spine, minor spots on cover, text block is clean. 7.75" x 5.25"..... More

Price: $45.00

Putnam, Allen

THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER, AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. Containing Essays, Original and Selected. relating to Agriculture and Domestic Economy, with the Prices of Country Produce. Vol. XIX--New Series Vol. IX [complete in 52 issues], July 8, 1840 - June 30, 1841 + index.

Boston: Joseph Breck and Company, 1840-1841. First Editions. Softcover. Broadsheets, folded to quarto, pp: 1 to 416 + 4-page index [8 to 16 pages per issue]. Includes many agricultural articles, including: Ayershire cattle, Shaker barns, beach grass, Brother Jonathan's wife's advice, cattle shows, cheese in Ohio, docking horses, Englishman's account..... More

Price: $225.00

Putnam, Allen, editor

NEW ENGLAND FARMER, AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. Vol. XX, Nos. 1-4, July 7-28, 1841.

Boston: Joseph Breck & Co., 1841. First Editions. Softcover. Four issues, small folio, 8pp each, iillustrated ads near end of each issue. Printed as a broadsheet on rag paper, partly unopened, folded to 12" x 10". Slight wear at margins, no text loss. Name of C.H. Phelps written in fore-margin..... More

Price: $60.00

Ransom, D., Son & Co.

RANSOM'S FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK, 1891.

Buffalo, N.Y. D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1891. First Edition. Softcover. 32pp; woodcuts in text, including one of the label for Dr. A. Trask's Magnetic Ointment. Bound in printed, pink wrappers; edges of covers chipped, text block tanning. 6.25" x 4" "It contains, besides cooking receipts, pages for invalids...painting...antidotes for..... More

Price: $15.00

Raw Silk Bureau

RAW SILK

NY: Raw Silk Bureau, Circa 1940. First Edition. Broadsheet, folded to 8 panels; illustrated throughout from photographs. 9" x 16" This brochure shows and tells about the breeding and care of silkworms and the production of raw silk. Among the many facts, it is noted that Japan's production of raw..... More

Price: $15.00

Reichard, Robert A.

ANIMAL BASE FERTILIZERS [pocket notebook]

Allentown, Pennsylvania: Robert A. Reichard, (1952). First Edition. Softcover. (17)pp text, 31pp of unused pages for memoranda; 8 photographs of farmers in their fields, birdseye views of office and plant inside covers. The text includes: features on successful farmers; soil conditions for various crops; plant food requirements; etc. Bound in..... More

Price: $25.00

Reichard, Robert A.

REICHARD'S RECORDS OF BUMPER CROPS FOR THE PAST SEASON: What the Winners Have to Say.

Allentown, PA: Robt. A. Reichard, Inc., (1938). First Edition. Softcover. (24)pp, including nine unused leaves for memoranda; 16 illustrations from photographs. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 5.75" x 2.75" [Unrecorded by OCLC.]. More

Price: $25.00

Reliable Incubator and Brooder Company

TURN LOSSES INTO GAINS--DO IT THE OLD RELIABLE WAY.

Quincy, Illinois: Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., 1928. First Edition. Broadsheet, 12" x 32", folds to pocket-size (6" x 3.5").. Contains descriptions and photographs of products. Printed throughout in black and red. More

Price: $15.00

Richardson Manufacturing

THE WORCESTER BUCKEYE LINE, FARM IMPLEMENTS

Worcester, Mass. Richardson Manufacturing Co., circa 1890s. First Edition. Softcover. 32pp; engraved illustrations throughout the text. Detailed descriptions of: Lime and Fertilizer Sower; Curtis Easy-pull Manure Spreader; High Frame Harrow; Five Shovel Cultivator; Soil Pulverizer; Land Roller; Sprint-tooth Cultivator; Two-row Riding Hoe; One-horse Mower; Bullard Tedder; Simplicity Engine; Mounted Saw..... More

Price: $50.00

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