AGRESTIS [PSEUD. JOHN ALSTON ? ] .

Thoughts on population and the means of comfortable subsistence : with suggestions regarding an increased supply and lessened cost of food for childhood and the industrial classes .

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 . 0. Scarce first edition. 8vo. pp.8/pp.206 [+ Erata slip]. Original green cloth covered boards. Gilt title to front board and spine. Edges rubbed and corners bumped. Endpapers browned, otherwise clean text throughout. VG.

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Book number: 45063

Catalogue: Farming: : 19th Century

Keywords: 46543 Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, Farming: : 19th Century

BARRON, TOM & LEIGH, J.N.

The Daily Mail Poultry Book.

London: Associated Newspapers Ltd, 1922. Second edition. "The simple single purpose of this book is to show the consumer how he or she may produce eggs at home..It is only by the multiplication of small poultry keepers that we can hope to reduce, and perhaps finally eliminate, the imports of foreign eggs, which now cost us so many millions of pounds annually." (Foreword by editor J.W. Hurst). 18.7cms x 12cms x 1.5cms. Pp.viii/168, occasional figure illustrtions, pages tanned. Green illustrated boards. Good.

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Book number: 51599

Catalogue: Farming

Keywords: Barron Leigh Daily Mail Poultry Book Hurst Chickens Eggs Pullets Breeding Laying Diseases Prevention Cure 52990 Farming

FUR & FEATHER.

Profitable Rabbit Keeping.

Idle, Bradford; and London: Fur and Feather, nd. (c.1949). Published during post-World War Two rationing, advocating profitable rabbit keeping to "Increase the Nation's Food Supply". 18cms x 12cms. Pp.92, occasional black & white photo and figure illustrations, staples rusted . Paperback, spine with small tears and losses to top and tail. Scarce. G.

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Book number: 50887

Catalogue: Farming

Keywords: Fur Feather Profitable Rabbit Keeping Breed Hutch Building Feedng Breeding Carcase Dressing Ostend Fur Wool Exhibition Varieties 52325 Farming

MCINTOSH, KATHIE ( KATHLEEN NORAH MCINTOSH 1936 - 2019 ) / NORTON, LIBBY .

Echoes Of Enterprise By Kathie McIntosh. Edited By Libby Norton. A History Of The Enterprise District .

Harare Zimbabwe: Enterprise Farmers' Association, 1989 . 0797407952. Scarce first edition with dustwrapper. pp.xviii/pp.19-232. Illustrated dustwrapper, very scuffed. Edges strengthened with clear adhesive tape. Brown leatherette covers, with gilt titles to both front board and spine. Illustrated with black & white pictures and a double-page map. Slight rippling to page edges. Clean text and illustrations throughout. G/G+ . ** Excerpts from an Obituary: "Kathleen Norah McIntosh passed away peacefully on September 7, 2019 . Kathie was born 9 June 1936 in South Africa and grew up in Chinhoyi. She married Robin McIntosh and had two daughters. In addition to her other activities she was the primary author of a book that chronicled the early history of Enterprise Farming District, Echoes of Enterprise. Kathie leaves behind her a generation which greatly impacted the cause for farming, conservation, and supporting the needy in our country.".

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Book number: 48083

Catalogue: Farming

Keywords: 49558 Harare Zimbabwe, Enterprise Farmers' Association, Farming

REBANKS, JAMES.

The Illustrated Herdwick Shepherd.

London: Particular Books, 2015. 9781846148903. Bringing us into the world of shepherd's baking competitions, sheep shows and moments out on the fell watching the sheep run away home, James Rebanks interweaves thoughts and reflections on the art of shepherding with his photographs of the valley, people and animals that make up the daily life of the fells. A life lived by the three hundred surviving fell farming families, this is a book of photos and words filled with reverence and love. 22cms x 14cms x 1.5cms. Pp.176, many colour photo illustrations throughout. Beige paper-covered boards with colour photo inset to front board. VG.

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Book number: 49155

Catalogue: Farming

Keywords: James Rebanks Illustrated Herdwick Shepherd Matterdale Lake District Sheep Farming Countryside 50643 Farming