Farming & Rural Life
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Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture
$20.00 Add to cartRosemary Morrow
Hepburn: Melliodora, 2006.
“Rosemary Morrow’s fully revised and expanded second edition shows how to repair and restore the earth with permaculture design. A straight-forward manual and a good introduction to practical permaculture, it is full of advice about measuring, monitoring and reducing our ecological footprints, that can be practiced by everyone. A popular text used by permaculture teachers for their students.” (publisher’s blurb) -
From Mandarins to Mangoes: A History of Farming in Bowen, North Queensland
$30.00 Add to cartJan Rees
Brisbane: Jan Rees, 2007. -
Bee-Keeping in Victoria
$50.00 Add to cartDepartment Of Agriculture, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne: J. J. Gourley, Government Printer, 1949. -
Speak to the Earth
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First Edition.
25cm x 18.5cm. ix, 215 pages, frontispiece, [24] pages of black and white illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, no jacket.
Non fiction work by Australian writer, cattlewoman, and championship skier, Elyne Mitchell (1913-2002) on her farming days in the Australian alpine region. More commonly known for her children’s novels, this sought after volume is scarcely available in the trade.
Minor soiling and foxing. Bookseller’s label of Canty’s, Canberra. Very Good Condition. -
Water For Every Farm Using the Keyline Plan
$80.00 Add to cartP. A. Yeomans
Sydney: Murray Book Distributors, 1978.
Combined edition of Water for Every Farm (1965) and The Keyline Plan (1954). Yeoman’s Keyline systems of land development has been adopted by farms in almost every country in the world. -
Soil, Grass and Cancer: Health of Animals and Men is Linked to the Mineral Balance of the Soil
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Second Edition.
23cm x 15cm. xxviii, 370 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
Notable farming text on soil and grass health by French farmer and pioneer of Rational Grazing Andre Voisin (1903-1964). Includes discussion of soil effects on Australian sheep. The Second Edition in English with a new foreword by Charles Walters
Creasing to spine. Good Condition. -
Farming in the Darling Downs Region
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. iii, 49 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Native Pastures in Queensland: The Resources and Their Management
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. xv, 284 pages, colour map frontispiece. Illustrated wrappers.
Minor shelf wear. Minor foxing to edges. Previous owner’s name. Very Good Condition. -
Soil, Grass and Cancer: Health of Animals and Men is Linked to the Mineral Balance of the Soil
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Second Edition.
23cm x 15cm. xxviii, 370 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
Notable farming text on soil and grass health by French farmer and pioneer of Rational Grazing Andre Voisin (1903-1964). Includes discussion of soil effects on Australian sheep. The Second Edition in English with a new foreword by Charles Walters
Spine slightly cocked and creased. One dog-eared page. Good Condition. -
Bush Tucker: Australia’s Wild Food Harvest
$40.00 Add to cartTim Low
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1992. -
Restoring Farm Woodlands for Wildfire
$40.00 Add to cartDavid Lindenmayer; Damina Michael; Mason Crane; Daniel Florance; Emma Burns
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. -
Australia’s Role in Feeding the World: The Future of Australian Agriculture
$40.00 Add to cartTor Hundloe; Sarah Blagrove; Hannah Ditton
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. -
The Clifton Park System of Farming and Laying Down Land to Grass
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Fourth Edition, Fifth Impression.
20.5cm x 13cm. 261 pages, frontispiece, [6] pages of black and white illustrations, 1 folding map. Brown cloth, gilt lettering, lettered jacket.
A guide to landlords, tenants, and land legislators. With an introduction by Sir R. George Stapledon. First published as Agricultural Changes in 1898.
Moderate shelf and handling wear. Previous owner’s name. Tanning and minor insect damage to jacket. Good Condition. -
Clark King Catalogue of Equipment & Medicines
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24cm x 18cm. 20 pages (including wrappers), black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
Catalogue of chicken farming equipment and supplies by Melbourne firm Clark King & Co. of 324 William Street, Melbourne.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition. -
Water For Every Farm Using the Keyline Plan
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23.5cm x 15.5cm. 251 pages. Illustrated cloth, illustrated jacket.
Ex-Tamworth Technical College Library, stamps and sticker. Minor general wear. Good Condition (ex-library). -
On the Nature and Property of Soils: Their Connection with the Geological Formation on Which They Rest
$100.00 Add to cartJohn Morton
London: James Ridgway, 1840.
The Best Means of Permanently Increasing Their Productiveness, and on the Rent and Profits of Agriculture. -
The Making and Improvement of Wheats for Australian Conditions
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First Edition.
25cm x 16cm. 58 pages, 1 folding plate. Rebound green cloth, gilt letting.
Miscellaneous Publication, No. 206.
Rebound in green cloth, original title page mounted on thin card. Tanning and minor soiling. Very Good Condition. -
Rothamsted Experimental Station Library: Catalogue of the Printed Books On Agriculture Published Between 1471 and 1840: With Notes on the Authors
$60.00 Add to cartMary S. Aslin
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2002. -
Bulletin 201 – January 1939
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29.5cm x 21cm. 64 pages, black and white illustrations, map. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Minor tanning to wrappers. Very Good Condition. -
Spraying
$120.00 Add to cartDavey Institute of Tree Surgery
Kent, Ohio: Davey Institute of Tree Surgery, 1929.
Information on spraying trees against pests and diseases. Unrecorded in OCLC. -
Fish Stream Improvement Handbook 1952
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25.5cm x 20.5cm. [iv], 21 pages, black and white illustrations. Side-stapled self covers.
Covers foxed, chipped, torn, and creased. Crown fore-edge corner bent. Very minor tanning to pages. Good Condition. -
The Strength and Elasticity of New South Wales Timbers of Commercial Value
$200.00 Add to cartW. H. Warren
Sydney: Charles Potter, Government Printer, 1887.
“Written to accompany the timber exhibits in the New South Wales Courts at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition and the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition.” (from preface). Plates show the testing machine, diagrams showing loads and defections in cross breaking and diagrams showing loads and compression. FERGUSON 18203. -
Letters from Orange and Lemon Growers in the Tulare County Citrus Belt
$80.00 Add to cartCalifornia Grove Planting Company
Los Angeles: California Grove Planting Company, 1914.
Eight letters from citrus growers in the Tulare County area that verify the output and recommend the purchase of citrus orchards in the district. Unrecorded in OCLC. -
Land of Plenty: The Fruits of Freedom and Farm Machinery
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First Edition.
23cm x 15cm. 64 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
A history of farming life, particularly relating to the development of machinery for farming and the beneficial outcomes from their use.
Very minor wear and tanning to wrappers. Near Fine Condition. -
Veterinary Research Report Number 1-7
$80.00 Add to cartH. R. Seddon; Wm. L. Hindmarsh
Sydney: Alfred James Kent, Government Printer, 1925-1938.
The first 7 numbers of the Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, Veterinary Research Reports. Covers research into the management of sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, horses and poultry, including the treatment of diseases and the effects of poisonous plants. Also includes research into pests like rabbits and grasshoppers, and the Annual Reports of the Director of Veterinary Research. -
Dairying in all its Branches: With Special Reference to Australian Conditions.
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First Edition.
26cm x 16.5cm. xiv, 361 pages, black and white illustrations. Green cloth, gilt lettering and decorations.
With an Additional Note on Cheddar Cheesemaking by W. Graham.
Ex-Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Club, Toowoomba, some cracking and shaking, still intact, 4cm split to lower joint at crown. A & R written in ink on upper board. Booksellers label of Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Minor foxing to front and rear pages. Piece 8cm x 3.5 cm torn from top of rear endpaper. Fair Condition. -
A Collection of Sketches: The Wool Trade
$200.00 Add to cartE. Pearce
Brisbane: The Carter-Watson Co., No date.
Cartoon portraits of buyers and others connected with the Australian wool industry, mostly from Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, though also featuring a bevy of English characters. ANB 34155 dates [191-?], though a Barcaldine newspaper, The Western Champion Saturday Morning, March 22, 1924, ran a short story on the publication’s issue: “An event of some local interest has been the issue during the week of a collection of sketches by an old and very popular member of the wool trade, Mr. E- Pearce. The book consists of about 100 cartoons of people prominent in the wool trade. Mr. Pearce, whose skill as a cartoonist had hitherto been known only to a select circle of friends, has been prevailed on to publish in book form a series of sketches which had previously only a private circulation amongst friends. As a combination of technical skill and delightful humor the publication is unique.” -
Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Investigation Under The Land and Water Resources Development Acts, 1943 to 1946 (for the Year 1947)
$80.00 Add to cartJ. R. Kemp
Brisbane: A. H. Tucker, Government Printer, 1948.
Results of surveys and investigations of land and water resources in Queensland. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. -
Strawberry Pests
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First Edition.
24.5cm x 17.5cm. x, 61 pages, illustrations, some colour. Pictorial wrappers.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Near Fine Condition. -
The Honey of Australian Native Stingless Bees
$25.00 Add to cartDean Haley
Brisbane: True Blue Bees, 2021.
Including guidance on Extraction and Processing.