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
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
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
![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.](/pictures/040278_2.jpg?v=1540503733)
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
Waukesha, Wisconsin: Dr. David Roberts Veterinary Co., 1940. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp; illustrated from photographs and drawings, printed in red and black. Topics include: Never Drench Cattle; Care at Freshening Time; Slow Breeders; etc., followed by descriptions, pictures and prices of Robert prescriptions for animal ailments: Genito-wash, Udder Balm, Herd..... More
Medina, Ohio: A.I. Root Co., 1903. First Edition. Softcover. 37pp; illustrations in the text. Contains detailed descriptions and prices of many different forms of hives, along with honey boxes, wax extractors, honey extractors, honey knives, smokers, honey jars and cans, beekeeping books, live bees and queens, &c. Bound in pictorial..... More
Dayton, Ohio: Roselawn Poultry Farms, (1935). First Edition. Softcover. 31pp; illustrated throughout from photographs, including a centerfold birdseye view of the Roselawn Farm. Discusses methods of pedigree breeding, high egg production, big pullets lay big eggs, baby chicks, hatching eggs, customer service, testimonials, etc. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers; small tip..... More
Norfolk, Virginia: F.S. Royster Guano Co., 1934. First Edition. Softcover. (48)pp, including 32 unused pages for memoranda; map locating Royster's Baltimore factory. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 5.25" x 3" [Unrecorded by OCLC.]. More
Randolph, Vermont: Sargent, Osgood & Roundy Co., circa 1920. First Edition. Softcover. pp: 90, (5) index; illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings. Describes and prices several hundred items: plows, spreaders, harrows, seeders, cultivators, weeders, rakes, balers, sprayers, saw rigs, carts, etc. Bound in pictorial blue wrappers. 9" x 4.5", With..... More
Kindersley, Canada: Kindersley Farm Lands Limited, 1912. Original document. Engraved debenture, No. B0866, made out to James Buchanan, Esq. of Lavington Park, Petworth, Sussex, for the principal sum of 100 pounds at the rate of 2-1/2% interest , etc. Signed by Director M. Marking[?] and Assistant Secretary G. Cockburn. Highly..... More
New York: De Laval Separator Co., circa 1908. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Savage of Cornell University gives detailed instructions for raising healthy veal calves. Bound in pictorial wrappers, printed throughout in black and blue. 6.25" x 3.5" [WorldCat locates only the Iowa State holding of..... More
Glens Falls, NY: J.E. Sawyer, 1896. Original documents. Printed forms, accomplished by hand, dated April 4 and April 28, 1896. Both receipts are for sets of carriage axles sold to E.E. Holmes. The documents are 5.5" x 8.5" The company were wholesalers of iron & steel carriage & saddlery hardware..... More
Portland, Maine: Marcian Seavey, 1852. First Edition. Softcover. 64pp; masthead vignette, illustrated ad for Maine Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store. Topics include: Care of Fruit Trees; Currants and Gooseberries; Culture of Onions; Metheglin (how to make it "for weak lungs"); Carrots for Feeding Stock; Good Husbandry; Coating Metals; Water Proof..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1884. Third Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxi, (i), 464 with index; 13 folding maps, plates. Bound in polished calf, panelled spine with gilt decorations, gilt cover rules and rosettes, dentelles, marbled endpapers and edges; top of spine just slightly chipped. 8.5" x 5.5" More
Columbus, Ohio: J.H. & F.A. Sells Co., circa 1910. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp; illustrated throughout, with descriptions and prices. Includes a wide variety of harnesses and horse collars, along with bridles, halters, wagon covers, horse covers, blankets, saddles, etc. Bound in printed orange wrappers. 10.75" x 7.5" "When you use..... More
Rockford, Illinois: R.H. Shumway, Seedsman, [1920s?]. Early edition. Softcover. 60pp; few illustrations from photographs, planting-zone map. Detailed guide to the culture of vegetables and fruits, arranged alphabetically. Bound in pictorial tan wrappers. 7" x 5" Pioneer American Seedsmen, established in 1870. More
Aberdeen, S.D. News Printing Co., 1910. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 16pp. Contents: Area and Topography; Productions; Comparisons with Other States; Wheat; Live Stock; Dairying; Sheep; Fruit Growing; Forestry; Artesian Wells; Minerals and Mining; Foreigners; Occupations; Public Schools; Native Grasses; &c. Bound in printed, pale-green wrappers; little foxing to covers, not..... More
South Reading, Vermont: 1841. Original manuscript. One page, quarto, pencil in a legible hand. Anna likes news from home. "You said while you was writing Mother was scraping guts and I filled my guts that night" [making sausages]. Indeed, she filled "8 of em, and I think they are superior..... More