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	BISHOP C F H AND MAUNDER W F Potato Mechanisation And cStorage Farming Press Limited, U.K. 1980. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 256 pages, size 8.75 inches tall by 5.5 inches with an index. Illustrated with a fold out frontispiece, black and white plates and figures and diagrams in the text. 'The last two decades have seen dramatic changes in the mechanisation and storage of the potato crop. This timely book by two advisers from the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service describes the latest techniques and machinery available for potato growers. The authors follow the complete cycle of the crop from receiving seed on the farm to market preparation. Different sprouting techniques are explained. Cultivations, stone removal, planter types and seed handling methods are covered in detail. Importance is attached to the correct choice of irrigation equipment and chemical application methods for the potato crop. Harvesting is treated as an engineering problem with emphasis placed on damage prevention and separation of the tubers from the vast quantity of soil, clod and stones. A quality product that fulfils the market requirements is, to a great extent, determined by successful storage. The authors discuss in detail features of store design such as ventilation requirements, the use of refrigeration, humidification and the choice of insulation material and the levels of insulation required. The latest control systems and store monitoring equipment are explained fully in the book. Potato Mechanisation and Storage will assist the farmer to make his choice from amongst the most up-to-date equipment and techniques now available to enable him to maximise saleable yields and returns from his particular situation. It will also providean excellent reference manual for the potato machinery trade and forcollege students.' Book - in Near Fine [better than Very Good blue boards with gilt lettering - light bumping to the top edge of the front board, extreme corners and extreme ends of the spine. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Very Good - light marking and light creasing to the edges. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Agriculture ISBN: 0852361092 Inventory No: 004883. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 004883 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	DAVID A J G [WOODS OF COLCHESTER LIMITED] Crop Drying And Storage Woods Of Colchester Limited, U.K. 1970. Card Covers. Good/No Jacket. A Paper Presented To The Union Of Agricultural Societies In Finland Helsinki, Finland 20th January 1970 by H W Prosser, Woods Of Colchester Limited, Colchester England. 42 pages, size 11.75 inches tall by 8.25 inches in card covers with a free page between each page of type. Book - in stained card covers with a brown cloth spine. Contents, some staining to the edge of the rear free end paper, light marking to the title page otherwise clean and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 004875. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 004875 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	GAMBA CHARLES National Union Of Plantation Workers :The History Of The Plantation Workers Of Malaya 1946-1958 Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press Ltd, Singapore, 1962. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 'xii, 292 pages, size 8.5 inches tall by 6 inches. 'This book is concerned with the evolution of the trade union movement in Malaya and Singapore during the formative years 1946-1950. It is the first full-length study of its kind to deal with such a subject within the framework of post-war Malayan politics, history, sociology, race relations, and labour economics. Its sub-title, A Study In Colonial Labour Unrest, indicates the theme which pervades the book from its first to its last page. To some extent, it also adds a new facet to the demand for self government by the Malayan people. Deliberately written in a non-technical style, so that it may be read with equal interest by the layman, economist, sociologist, and political scientist, the book offers new knowledge to further the understanding of the general un-rest which permeated the Malayan labour movement soon after World War II. It also indicates a further aspect of what came to be known as "the Emergency" the bitter struggle between the Malayan Government and the Malayan Communist Party. This book ......describes the origins, growth and development of a trade union movement in the plantations industry of Malaya. Rubber has always been the mainstay of the Malayan economy and the rubber tappers have been the human instrument to collect such natural wealth. The tappers came originally as contract labour from South India. The rubber estates became their new home; even their village. The plantation workers whether rubber tappers, tea pickers or palm oil estates labour found their economic position always linked to the fluctuations of the world price of rubber. Social, economic and even political problems had to be faced by these people. They experienced hardship and loneliness. Their lot was later shared with smaller groups of Chinese and Malays. In this book it is shown how these men and women faced up to their difficulties and how eventually, through unionization and under the dynamic leadership of the National Union of Plantation Workers, solved many of their human, social and economic problems, to become the most highly organized plantation workers in Asia. Trade unionism here shows itself not only as an instrument to improve upon the wages of labour, but also how it can be a beneficial force for social change.' Book - [SEE SCAN] - in Fine [much better than Very Good bright blue boards with gilt lettering. Contents, some browning to the front and rear free endpaper, light speckling to the extreme top page edges and faint spotting to the pastedowns otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - There 2 dust wrappers - the first has been protected by the second and so is in Near Fine [better than Very Good] condition with just some minor closed tears to the edges and the orange colouring to the wrapper remains bright and distinct [which usually fades but has been protected by the second wrapper]. The second dust jacket has a piece missing to the back top edge, repaired to verso, minor loss to the extreme corners, fading to the orange colouring and some browning. A Rare Title. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Agriculture Business & Finance Countries & Travel Economics History Inventory No: 004877. GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 138.75 US$ 207.63 \| JP¥ 18343] Book number: 004877 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	JOHNSON GEORGE W [CONDUCTED BY] Cottage Gardener : A Practical Guide In Every Department Of Horticulture Volume III Wm S Orr and Co, U.K. 1850. Hard Cover. Good Plus Plus/No Jacket. VOLUME III ONLY. October 1850-March 1851. viii, 360 pages, size 10.5 inches tall by 7.5 inches. Illustrated with black and white line drawings and diagrams. Book - in Good Plus Plus green boards with blind stamped decoration and gilt decoration and lettering to the spine - some marking to the boards but the detail to the spine is lovely and bright, some bumping and rubbing to the extreme corners and extreme ends of the spine. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Food & Drink Gardens Inventory No: 004460. GBP 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 36.25 US$ 53.98 \| JP¥ 4769] Book number: 004460 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	MCLEAN K A Drying And Storing Combinable Crops Farming Press Limited, U.K. 1980. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Good Plus. 281 pages, size 8.5 inches tall by 5.5 inches with an index. Illustrated with a fold out frontispiece, blackand white plates, figures and diagrams in the text. 'The cost of growing 'combinable' crops and their high potential value when marketed in good condition has outlawed guesswork during the drying and storage process. With the introduction of Intervention Standards has come the realisation that failure to meettheir precise requirements can be costly. Ironically the factor which causes most difficulty is reducing the moisture content of combined crops to intended levels and the author considers that this is one quality factor over which farmers should have complete control. Repeated requests to speak at conferences and meetings on this subject provided him with a unique opportunity to identify the problem areas. A farmer asking where he could read about these matters brought about the realisation that no book on the subject was currently published in this country. Ken McLean decided to resolve this situation and this book is the outcome. It is a reference book containing practical and fundamental details of the grain drying and storage process written for farmers, students and consultants who are involved with drying and storing combinable crops.' Book - in Fine [much better than Very Good] bright brown boards with gilt lettering - light bumping to the extreme bottom of the spine. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Good Plus - some wear to the extreme top of the spine and top corner both repaired to verso, light creasing to the extreme bottom of the spine, the jacket has sunned [usual for red], the spine completely except for the 'a Farming Press Book' to the bottom of the spine. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Agriculture ISBN: 0852361084 Inventory No: 004882. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 004882 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHEREIES Collected Leaflets on Weeds HMSO, U.K. 1926. Third Edition, Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. Sectional Volume No 6. 86 pages, size 8.5 inches tall by 5.5 inches, and a 2 page catalogue to the rear in card covers. Illustrated with black and white and coloured plates and black and white line drawings. Contents : Introduction; Leaflet Number 112. Weeds And Their Suppression; 297. Seed Testing; 226. Broom-Rape 63. Destruction Of Charlock 194. Coltsfoot 249. Couch Or Twitch 180. Dodder 222. Meadow Saffron 386. Ragwort 387. Spurrey 166. Some Common Thistles 251. Some Common Weeds 326. Injurious Weed Seeds in Grasses and Clovers Harvested for Seed In Great Britain. Book - Very Good - minor browning and minor marking to the card covers. Contents, small neat reference number to the top corner of the title page, otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 002794. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 002794 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES Herbs Bulletin No 76 HMSO, U.K. 1936. Reprint, Card Covers. Good Plus/No Jacket. v, 61 pages, size 9.5 inches tall by 6 inches, in card covers. Illustrated with black and white plates and line drawings. Contents : Culinary Herbs; Aromatic herbs Used In Perfumery and Confectionery; Medicinal Herbs. Book - in Good card covers with some marking/browning and a small closed tear to the top edge, small amount of loss to the top of the spine with a neat repair, other light wear to the spine. Contents, some scattered browning, otherwise clean and tightly bound. A nice early copy. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 002197. GBP 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 20.75 US$ 30.73 \| JP¥ 2715] Book number: 002197 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	RUSSELL E J Manuring for Higher Crop Production Cambridge at the University Press, U.K. 1921. Third Edition, Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 94 pages with an index. Illustrated with diagrams and black and white plates. Contents : The Improvement Of The Soil, The Manure Heap, Artificial Manures, The Manuring Of Arable Land, The Manuring Of Grass Land, The Breaking Up Of Grass Land. E J Russell was based at the Rothamsted Experimental Station Harpenden. Book - Good - some marking and bumping to edges of brown boards, browning to front and rear free endpaper, and previous owner' sinscription to free front endpaper, nice clean text. Dust Jacket - None. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 9999345. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 9999345 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	SIMONS PAUL Action Plant : Movement and Nervous Behaviour in Plants Blackwell, U.K. 1992. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. xi, 323 pages, size 9.25 inches tall by 6 inches. 'The Action Plant is a radical new way of looking at plants as sensitive moving creatures, more like primitive animals than vegetables, and is based on a wealth of research, brought together in one place for the first time. Paul Simons examines the animal-like behaviour of plant movements and shows that movements are not peculiar to a famous few 'weird' species. Many leaves can search for light like miniature satellite dishes tracking the sun, insects can be bludgeoned into cross-pollination, and one fungus seems to have the habits of a triffid by spearing passing creatures with a harpoon. But the book is not simply a catalogue of these extraordinary natural phenomena. Simons reveals that all plants have a 'muscle' and nerve-like system which they and the animal kingdom evolved from ancient one-celled creatures. The revelation that these seemingly simple creatures have sensors, signals and motors all rolled into one cell shows that 'nervousness' is probably universal to almost all living things '. Book - in Fine [much better than Very Good] green boards with gilt lettering. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - Fine. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture ISBN: 0631138994 Inventory No: 002227. GBP 38.50 [Appr.: EURO 42.75 US$ 63.95 \| JP¥ 5650] Book number: 002227 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	SOMERVILLE JOHN LORD System Followed During the Last Two Years By the Board of Agriculture Printed for W. Miller, U.K. 1800. Second Edition, Leather Binding. Good Plus Plus/No Jacket. Signed by Author. 'Further Illustrated With Dissertations on the Growth and Produce Of Sheep And Wool, As Well Spanish As English. Also , Observations Upon Laws. To Which are Added, Remarks On The Modes Of Culture And Implements Of Husbandry, Used In Portugal. And An Inquiry Into The Causes Of The Present Scarcity, And Means Proposed To Remedy It In Future. John Lord Somerville,' President of the Board of Agriculture, and founder of the Smithfield Club. This being the Corrected Second Edition, 300 pages, size 8.5 inches tall by 5.25 inches. Illustrated with tables & 8 fold out plates: Plough - showing 'movable mould-plate; Man+Bull & Knife (Removal of Horn?) Windmill (cloth not wooden sails); Portuguese Hoe; Ducket's Hoe x 4; Carter with Double Ox Cart; French Method of Yoking Oxen, 3 views; A One Ox Cart which by three Screw & Nuts a.a.a. changes to a Horse cart; Book - in Good original leather binding with a black leather label and gilt lettering and gilt decoration to the spine - light marking and darkening to the brown leather binding, light bumping and rubbing to the extreme corners, usual cracking to hinges but binding & boards still tight. Contents, in original/contemporary endpapers, light browning to some pages, early previous owner's neat annotations to a couple of the pages, previous owner's bookplate with his coat of arms, otherwise clean, and tightly bound. DEDICATION TO THE FREE FRONT ENDPAPER 'W. MILLS 1ST MARCH 1801 THE GIFT OF THE AUTHOR'. An excellent copy of this important agricultural study, complete with it's beautifully executed plates. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Rare & Antiquarian Signed by Author. Inventory No: 001347. GBP 617.50 [Appr.: EURO 685 US$ 1025.67 \| JP¥ 90614] Book number: 001347 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	SUMMERFIELD R J & BUNTING A H [EDITED BY] Advances in Legume Science Royal Botanic Gardens, U.K. 1980. First Edition, Card Covers. Fine/No Jacket. PLEASE EMAIL FOR SHIPPING RATES, HEAVY BOOK APPROX 1.5KG. xvi, 668 pages, size 9.5 inches tall by 6 inches, with an index in card covers. Volume One of the Proceedings of the Internation Legume Conference, Kew, 31 July-4 August 1978. In 10 Sections : Diversity, Adaptation and Yield; Rhizobium, Nitrogen Metabolism and Plant Nutrition; Biochemical Composition and Nutritional Factors; Pests, Diseases, Resistance and Breeding; Glycine; Phaseolus and Psophocarpus; Vigna; Arachis; Fodder, Forage and Cover Legumes; Other Taxa; Index. Book - in Fine [much better than Very Good] card covers. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture ISBN: 0855212233 Inventory No: 002246. GBP 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 36.25 US$ 53.98 \| JP¥ 4769] Book number: 002246 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	THOMPSON H S Agricultural Progress and the Royal Agricultural Society Printed By W Clowes And Sons, U.K. 1864. First Edition, Paper Covers. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author. From The Journal Of The Royal Agricultural Society Of England Vol XXV Part I. 54 pages, size 8.75 inches tall by 5.5 inches in paper covers. Book - [SEE SCAN] - in Good original paper covers - some wear to the top edge to the front cover and some creasing to the bottom corner, some wear to the spine but repaired with archival tape and so now nice and tight, some marking to the back cover. Contents, light browning to the page edges otherwise clean and tight. Signed to top edge of front cover 'From the author.' Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Agriculture Signed by Author. Inventory No: 004778. This book is lighter than the average upon which international charges are based and so will be sent Airmail as standard. GBP 38.50 [Appr.: EURO 42.75 US$ 63.95 \| JP¥ 5650] Book number: 004778 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	TURNER P D AND GILLBANKS R A Oil Palm Cultivation And Management Incorporated Society of Planters, Malaysia, 1974. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. PLEASE EMAIL FOR SHIPPING RATES OUTSIDE THE UK. 672 pages, size 9.5 inches tall by 7 inches with an index. Illustrated with coloured and black and white plates. 'This important publication is written primarily for the practical planter but includes extensive references to more detailed information if this is required. Whilst the emphasis is on planting techniques used in Malaysia, coverage of the subject is world-wide, bringing together an extensive range of publications and information into a single up-to-date volume.' Book - [SEE SCAN] -in Fine [much better than Very Good] cream boards with black lettering. Contents, previous owner's name to the free front endpaper and neat stamped 'Revertex (Malaysia) P.S.P. 508 Kluang Johor" to endpapers, title & introductory page, rear pastedown and extreme page edges, light spotting to the extreme page edges otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Good Plus - some tears and wear to edges and corners, repaired to verso, some spotting to the back of the jacket and creasing to the top edge. A Rare Title & A Complete Work On Oil Palm Cultivation And Management. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 004872. THIS BOOK IS HEAVIER THAN THE AVERAGE UPON WHICH CHARGES ARE BASED AND SO WILL INCUR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR SHIPPING TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE THE U.K.. GBP 199.00 [Appr.: EURO 220.75 US$ 330.54 \| JP¥ 29202] Book number: 004872 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	VANSTONE ERNEST Soil and the Plant Macmillan, U.K. 1947. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good Plus Plus/Very Good. vii, 71 pages with an index. ' Dr R.Vanstone is Head of the Chemistry Department [at the time of publication] in the Scale Hayne Agricultural College, and is an authority on soils in special relation to plants. This book forms a simple introduction to the study of soil, fertilisers and manures, for students in Farm Institutes and Agricultural College's, and will be welcomed by many young farmers and gardeners. The subject material is as much as such readers will require, and has been carefully chosen from the practical point of view '. Book - in Good green boards with black lettering, some irregular fading to the front board and a small patch to the back board. Contents, Very Good, clean, and bright with just some faint browning to the front and rear free endpaper. Dust Jacket - Very Good, faint browning to the spine. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 99912037. GBP 27.08 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 US$ 44.98 \| JP¥ 3974] Book number: 99912037 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	WATT ROBERT D Romance of the Australian Land Industries Angus & Robertson, Austalia, 1955. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. viii, 271 pages, size 8.75 inches tall by 5.5 inches. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps.Contents : Part I : 1788-1900 I. An Unpromising Start; II. The First Settlers; III. Macarthur and the Wool Industry; IV. Exploration and Pastoral Expansion; V. New Colonies Arise; VI. The Era of Squatting; VII. Progress Gains Momentum; VIII. A Disastrous Invasion and an Epoch-making Discovery; IX. The Role of the Stud-breeders; X. Progress of the Beef-cattle Industry; XI. The Dairying Industry in the Nineteenth Century; XII. Pastoral Progress up to the Time of Federation; XIII. Early Agriculture; XIV. The First Free Immigrants; XV. Crops Grown in Early Days; XVI. South Australia and the Wheat-growing Industry; XVII. Agricultural Progress in Victoria; XVIII. Fruit Culture and Viticulture; XIX. Miscellaneous Crops; XX. At the End of the Century; Part Ii : 1901-51 XXI. Science Takes a Hand; XXII. The Sheep and Wool Industry in the Twentieth Century; XXIII. The Beef-cattle Industry Since Federation; XXIV. Advances in Dairying; XXV. Other Branches of Animal Husbandry; XXVI. Pasture Improvement; XXVII. General Agricultural Progress; XXVIII. The Romance of Wheat; XXIX. The Rise of the Sugar Industry; Water Supply and Irrigation;I. Some Miracles of Science; II. Hopes for the Future. Book - in Very Good green boards with gilt lettering, light fading and bumping to the extreme corners and extreme ends of the spine. Contents, Very Good, clean, bright and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Australia Inventory No: 001098. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 001098 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	WOOD BRIAN J [ENTOMOLOGIST CHEMARA RESEARCH SENDIRIAN BERHAD] Pests Of Oil Palms In Malaysia And Their Control Incorporated Society of Planters, Malaysia, 1968. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author. xviii, 204 pages, size 9.5 inches tall by 7.25 inches with an index. Illustrated with black and white and coloured plates. With a Foreword by E O Pearson. Contents : Pest Damage to Oil Palms and a Guide to Tracing the Culprits; Ecology of Insects in Oil Plants; Principles of Insect Pest Control; Insecticide Application; Assessment of Insect Pest Populations By Census Techniques; Insects of Oil Palms; Molluscs (Snails and Slugs); Nematodes (Roundworms, Eelworms); Vertebrates (Birds and Mammals). Book - [SEE SCAN] - in Near Fine (better than Very Good] light green boards with green lettering - minor marking to the boards and light bumping to the extreme corners and extreme end sof the spine. Contents, previous owner's inscription, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Very Good - browning to the edges and spine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Countries & Travel Signed by Author. Inventory No: 004878. GBP 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 88.75 US$ 132.88 \| JP¥ 11739] Book number: 004878 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.

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	BISHOP C F H AND MAUNDER W F Potato Mechanisation And cStorage Farming Press Limited, U.K. 1980. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 256 pages, size 8.75 inches tall by 5.5 inches with an index. Illustrated with a fold out frontispiece, black and white plates and figures and diagrams in the text. 'The last two decades have seen dramatic changes in the mechanisation and storage of the potato crop. This timely book by two advisers from the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service describes the latest techniques and machinery available for potato growers. The authors follow the complete cycle of the crop from receiving seed on the farm to market preparation. Different sprouting techniques are explained. Cultivations, stone removal, planter types and seed handling methods are covered in detail. Importance is attached to the correct choice of irrigation equipment and chemical application methods for the potato crop. Harvesting is treated as an engineering problem with emphasis placed on damage prevention and separation of the tubers from the vast quantity of soil, clod and stones. A quality product that fulfils the market requirements is, to a great extent, determined by successful storage. The authors discuss in detail features of store design such as ventilation requirements, the use of refrigeration, humidification and the choice of insulation material and the levels of insulation required. The latest control systems and store monitoring equipment are explained fully in the book. Potato Mechanisation and Storage will assist the farmer to make his choice from amongst the most up-to-date equipment and techniques now available to enable him to maximise saleable yields and returns from his particular situation. It will also providean excellent reference manual for the potato machinery trade and forcollege students.' Book - in Near Fine [better than Very Good blue boards with gilt lettering - light bumping to the top edge of the front board, extreme corners and extreme ends of the spine. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Very Good - light marking and light creasing to the edges. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Agriculture ISBN: 0852361092 Inventory No: 004883. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 004883 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	DAVID A J G [WOODS OF COLCHESTER LIMITED] Crop Drying And Storage Woods Of Colchester Limited, U.K. 1970. Card Covers. Good/No Jacket. A Paper Presented To The Union Of Agricultural Societies In Finland Helsinki, Finland 20th January 1970 by H W Prosser, Woods Of Colchester Limited, Colchester England. 42 pages, size 11.75 inches tall by 8.25 inches in card covers with a free page between each page of type. Book - in stained card covers with a brown cloth spine. Contents, some staining to the edge of the rear free end paper, light marking to the title page otherwise clean and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 004875. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 004875 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	GAMBA CHARLES National Union Of Plantation Workers :The History Of The Plantation Workers Of Malaya 1946-1958 Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press Ltd, Singapore, 1962. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 'xii, 292 pages, size 8.5 inches tall by 6 inches. 'This book is concerned with the evolution of the trade union movement in Malaya and Singapore during the formative years 1946-1950. It is the first full-length study of its kind to deal with such a subject within the framework of post-war Malayan politics, history, sociology, race relations, and labour economics. Its sub-title, A Study In Colonial Labour Unrest, indicates the theme which pervades the book from its first to its last page. To some extent, it also adds a new facet to the demand for self government by the Malayan people. Deliberately written in a non-technical style, so that it may be read with equal interest by the layman, economist, sociologist, and political scientist, the book offers new knowledge to further the understanding of the general un-rest which permeated the Malayan labour movement soon after World War II. It also indicates a further aspect of what came to be known as "the Emergency" the bitter struggle between the Malayan Government and the Malayan Communist Party. This book ......describes the origins, growth and development of a trade union movement in the plantations industry of Malaya. Rubber has always been the mainstay of the Malayan economy and the rubber tappers have been the human instrument to collect such natural wealth. The tappers came originally as contract labour from South India. The rubber estates became their new home; even their village. The plantation workers whether rubber tappers, tea pickers or palm oil estates labour found their economic position always linked to the fluctuations of the world price of rubber. Social, economic and even political problems had to be faced by these people. They experienced hardship and loneliness. Their lot was later shared with smaller groups of Chinese and Malays. In this book it is shown how these men and women faced up to their difficulties and how eventually, through unionization and under the dynamic leadership of the National Union of Plantation Workers, solved many of their human, social and economic problems, to become the most highly organized plantation workers in Asia. Trade unionism here shows itself not only as an instrument to improve upon the wages of labour, but also how it can be a beneficial force for social change.' Book - [SEE SCAN] - in Fine [much better than Very Good bright blue boards with gilt lettering. Contents, some browning to the front and rear free endpaper, light speckling to the extreme top page edges and faint spotting to the pastedowns otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - There 2 dust wrappers - the first has been protected by the second and so is in Near Fine [better than Very Good] condition with just some minor closed tears to the edges and the orange colouring to the wrapper remains bright and distinct [which usually fades but has been protected by the second wrapper]. The second dust jacket has a piece missing to the back top edge, repaired to verso, minor loss to the extreme corners, fading to the orange colouring and some browning. A Rare Title. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Agriculture Business & Finance Countries & Travel Economics History Inventory No: 004877. GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 138.75 US$ 207.63 \| JP¥ 18343] Book number: 004877 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	JOHNSON GEORGE W [CONDUCTED BY] Cottage Gardener : A Practical Guide In Every Department Of Horticulture Volume III Wm S Orr and Co, U.K. 1850. Hard Cover. Good Plus Plus/No Jacket. VOLUME III ONLY. October 1850-March 1851. viii, 360 pages, size 10.5 inches tall by 7.5 inches. Illustrated with black and white line drawings and diagrams. Book - in Good Plus Plus green boards with blind stamped decoration and gilt decoration and lettering to the spine - some marking to the boards but the detail to the spine is lovely and bright, some bumping and rubbing to the extreme corners and extreme ends of the spine. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Food & Drink Gardens Inventory No: 004460. GBP 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 36.25 US$ 53.98 \| JP¥ 4769] Book number: 004460 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	MCLEAN K A Drying And Storing Combinable Crops Farming Press Limited, U.K. 1980. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Good Plus. 281 pages, size 8.5 inches tall by 5.5 inches with an index. Illustrated with a fold out frontispiece, blackand white plates, figures and diagrams in the text. 'The cost of growing 'combinable' crops and their high potential value when marketed in good condition has outlawed guesswork during the drying and storage process. With the introduction of Intervention Standards has come the realisation that failure to meettheir precise requirements can be costly. Ironically the factor which causes most difficulty is reducing the moisture content of combined crops to intended levels and the author considers that this is one quality factor over which farmers should have complete control. Repeated requests to speak at conferences and meetings on this subject provided him with a unique opportunity to identify the problem areas. A farmer asking where he could read about these matters brought about the realisation that no book on the subject was currently published in this country. Ken McLean decided to resolve this situation and this book is the outcome. It is a reference book containing practical and fundamental details of the grain drying and storage process written for farmers, students and consultants who are involved with drying and storing combinable crops.' Book - in Fine [much better than Very Good] bright brown boards with gilt lettering - light bumping to the extreme bottom of the spine. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Good Plus - some wear to the extreme top of the spine and top corner both repaired to verso, light creasing to the extreme bottom of the spine, the jacket has sunned [usual for red], the spine completely except for the 'a Farming Press Book' to the bottom of the spine. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Agriculture ISBN: 0852361084 Inventory No: 004882. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 004882 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHEREIES Collected Leaflets on Weeds HMSO, U.K. 1926. Third Edition, Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. Sectional Volume No 6. 86 pages, size 8.5 inches tall by 5.5 inches, and a 2 page catalogue to the rear in card covers. Illustrated with black and white and coloured plates and black and white line drawings. Contents : Introduction; Leaflet Number 112. Weeds And Their Suppression; 297. Seed Testing; 226. Broom-Rape 63. Destruction Of Charlock 194. Coltsfoot 249. Couch Or Twitch 180. Dodder 222. Meadow Saffron 386. Ragwort 387. Spurrey 166. Some Common Thistles 251. Some Common Weeds 326. Injurious Weed Seeds in Grasses and Clovers Harvested for Seed In Great Britain. Book - Very Good - minor browning and minor marking to the card covers. Contents, small neat reference number to the top corner of the title page, otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 002794. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 002794 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES Herbs Bulletin No 76 HMSO, U.K. 1936. Reprint, Card Covers. Good Plus/No Jacket. v, 61 pages, size 9.5 inches tall by 6 inches, in card covers. Illustrated with black and white plates and line drawings. Contents : Culinary Herbs; Aromatic herbs Used In Perfumery and Confectionery; Medicinal Herbs. Book - in Good card covers with some marking/browning and a small closed tear to the top edge, small amount of loss to the top of the spine with a neat repair, other light wear to the spine. Contents, some scattered browning, otherwise clean and tightly bound. A nice early copy. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 002197. GBP 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 20.75 US$ 30.73 \| JP¥ 2715] Book number: 002197 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	RUSSELL E J Manuring for Higher Crop Production Cambridge at the University Press, U.K. 1921. Third Edition, Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 94 pages with an index. Illustrated with diagrams and black and white plates. Contents : The Improvement Of The Soil, The Manure Heap, Artificial Manures, The Manuring Of Arable Land, The Manuring Of Grass Land, The Breaking Up Of Grass Land. E J Russell was based at the Rothamsted Experimental Station Harpenden. Book - Good - some marking and bumping to edges of brown boards, browning to front and rear free endpaper, and previous owner' sinscription to free front endpaper, nice clean text. Dust Jacket - None. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 9999345. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 9999345 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	SIMONS PAUL Action Plant : Movement and Nervous Behaviour in Plants Blackwell, U.K. 1992. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. xi, 323 pages, size 9.25 inches tall by 6 inches. 'The Action Plant is a radical new way of looking at plants as sensitive moving creatures, more like primitive animals than vegetables, and is based on a wealth of research, brought together in one place for the first time. Paul Simons examines the animal-like behaviour of plant movements and shows that movements are not peculiar to a famous few 'weird' species. Many leaves can search for light like miniature satellite dishes tracking the sun, insects can be bludgeoned into cross-pollination, and one fungus seems to have the habits of a triffid by spearing passing creatures with a harpoon. But the book is not simply a catalogue of these extraordinary natural phenomena. Simons reveals that all plants have a 'muscle' and nerve-like system which they and the animal kingdom evolved from ancient one-celled creatures. The revelation that these seemingly simple creatures have sensors, signals and motors all rolled into one cell shows that 'nervousness' is probably universal to almost all living things '. Book - in Fine [much better than Very Good] green boards with gilt lettering. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - Fine. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture ISBN: 0631138994 Inventory No: 002227. GBP 38.50 [Appr.: EURO 42.75 US$ 63.95 \| JP¥ 5650] Book number: 002227 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	SOMERVILLE JOHN LORD System Followed During the Last Two Years By the Board of Agriculture Printed for W. Miller, U.K. 1800. Second Edition, Leather Binding. Good Plus Plus/No Jacket. Signed by Author. 'Further Illustrated With Dissertations on the Growth and Produce Of Sheep And Wool, As Well Spanish As English. Also , Observations Upon Laws. To Which are Added, Remarks On The Modes Of Culture And Implements Of Husbandry, Used In Portugal. And An Inquiry Into The Causes Of The Present Scarcity, And Means Proposed To Remedy It In Future. John Lord Somerville,' President of the Board of Agriculture, and founder of the Smithfield Club. This being the Corrected Second Edition, 300 pages, size 8.5 inches tall by 5.25 inches. Illustrated with tables & 8 fold out plates: Plough - showing 'movable mould-plate; Man+Bull & Knife (Removal of Horn?) Windmill (cloth not wooden sails); Portuguese Hoe; Ducket's Hoe x 4; Carter with Double Ox Cart; French Method of Yoking Oxen, 3 views; A One Ox Cart which by three Screw & Nuts a.a.a. changes to a Horse cart; Book - in Good original leather binding with a black leather label and gilt lettering and gilt decoration to the spine - light marking and darkening to the brown leather binding, light bumping and rubbing to the extreme corners, usual cracking to hinges but binding & boards still tight. Contents, in original/contemporary endpapers, light browning to some pages, early previous owner's neat annotations to a couple of the pages, previous owner's bookplate with his coat of arms, otherwise clean, and tightly bound. DEDICATION TO THE FREE FRONT ENDPAPER 'W. MILLS 1ST MARCH 1801 THE GIFT OF THE AUTHOR'. An excellent copy of this important agricultural study, complete with it's beautifully executed plates. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Rare & Antiquarian Signed by Author. Inventory No: 001347. GBP 617.50 [Appr.: EURO 685 US$ 1025.67 \| JP¥ 90614] Book number: 001347 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	SUMMERFIELD R J & BUNTING A H [EDITED BY] Advances in Legume Science Royal Botanic Gardens, U.K. 1980. First Edition, Card Covers. Fine/No Jacket. PLEASE EMAIL FOR SHIPPING RATES, HEAVY BOOK APPROX 1.5KG. xvi, 668 pages, size 9.5 inches tall by 6 inches, with an index in card covers. Volume One of the Proceedings of the Internation Legume Conference, Kew, 31 July-4 August 1978. In 10 Sections : Diversity, Adaptation and Yield; Rhizobium, Nitrogen Metabolism and Plant Nutrition; Biochemical Composition and Nutritional Factors; Pests, Diseases, Resistance and Breeding; Glycine; Phaseolus and Psophocarpus; Vigna; Arachis; Fodder, Forage and Cover Legumes; Other Taxa; Index. Book - in Fine [much better than Very Good] card covers. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture ISBN: 0855212233 Inventory No: 002246. GBP 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 36.25 US$ 53.98 \| JP¥ 4769] Book number: 002246 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	THOMPSON H S Agricultural Progress and the Royal Agricultural Society Printed By W Clowes And Sons, U.K. 1864. First Edition, Paper Covers. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author. From The Journal Of The Royal Agricultural Society Of England Vol XXV Part I. 54 pages, size 8.75 inches tall by 5.5 inches in paper covers. Book - [SEE SCAN] - in Good original paper covers - some wear to the top edge to the front cover and some creasing to the bottom corner, some wear to the spine but repaired with archival tape and so now nice and tight, some marking to the back cover. Contents, light browning to the page edges otherwise clean and tight. Signed to top edge of front cover 'From the author.' Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Agriculture Signed by Author. Inventory No: 004778. This book is lighter than the average upon which international charges are based and so will be sent Airmail as standard. GBP 38.50 [Appr.: EURO 42.75 US$ 63.95 \| JP¥ 5650] Book number: 004778 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	TURNER P D AND GILLBANKS R A Oil Palm Cultivation And Management Incorporated Society of Planters, Malaysia, 1974. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. PLEASE EMAIL FOR SHIPPING RATES OUTSIDE THE UK. 672 pages, size 9.5 inches tall by 7 inches with an index. Illustrated with coloured and black and white plates. 'This important publication is written primarily for the practical planter but includes extensive references to more detailed information if this is required. Whilst the emphasis is on planting techniques used in Malaysia, coverage of the subject is world-wide, bringing together an extensive range of publications and information into a single up-to-date volume.' Book - [SEE SCAN] -in Fine [much better than Very Good] cream boards with black lettering. Contents, previous owner's name to the free front endpaper and neat stamped 'Revertex (Malaysia) P.S.P. 508 Kluang Johor" to endpapers, title & introductory page, rear pastedown and extreme page edges, light spotting to the extreme page edges otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Good Plus - some tears and wear to edges and corners, repaired to verso, some spotting to the back of the jacket and creasing to the top edge. A Rare Title & A Complete Work On Oil Palm Cultivation And Management. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 004872. THIS BOOK IS HEAVIER THAN THE AVERAGE UPON WHICH CHARGES ARE BASED AND SO WILL INCUR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR SHIPPING TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE THE U.K.. GBP 199.00 [Appr.: EURO 220.75 US$ 330.54 \| JP¥ 29202] Book number: 004872 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	VANSTONE ERNEST Soil and the Plant Macmillan, U.K. 1947. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good Plus Plus/Very Good. vii, 71 pages with an index. ' Dr R.Vanstone is Head of the Chemistry Department [at the time of publication] in the Scale Hayne Agricultural College, and is an authority on soils in special relation to plants. This book forms a simple introduction to the study of soil, fertilisers and manures, for students in Farm Institutes and Agricultural College's, and will be welcomed by many young farmers and gardeners. The subject material is as much as such readers will require, and has been carefully chosen from the practical point of view '. Book - in Good green boards with black lettering, some irregular fading to the front board and a small patch to the back board. Contents, Very Good, clean, and bright with just some faint browning to the front and rear free endpaper. Dust Jacket - Very Good, faint browning to the spine. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Inventory No: 99912037. GBP 27.08 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 US$ 44.98 \| JP¥ 3974] Book number: 99912037 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	WATT ROBERT D Romance of the Australian Land Industries Angus & Robertson, Austalia, 1955. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. viii, 271 pages, size 8.75 inches tall by 5.5 inches. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps.Contents : Part I : 1788-1900 I. An Unpromising Start; II. The First Settlers; III. Macarthur and the Wool Industry; IV. Exploration and Pastoral Expansion; V. New Colonies Arise; VI. The Era of Squatting; VII. Progress Gains Momentum; VIII. A Disastrous Invasion and an Epoch-making Discovery; IX. The Role of the Stud-breeders; X. Progress of the Beef-cattle Industry; XI. The Dairying Industry in the Nineteenth Century; XII. Pastoral Progress up to the Time of Federation; XIII. Early Agriculture; XIV. The First Free Immigrants; XV. Crops Grown in Early Days; XVI. South Australia and the Wheat-growing Industry; XVII. Agricultural Progress in Victoria; XVIII. Fruit Culture and Viticulture; XIX. Miscellaneous Crops; XX. At the End of the Century; Part Ii : 1901-51 XXI. Science Takes a Hand; XXII. The Sheep and Wool Industry in the Twentieth Century; XXIII. The Beef-cattle Industry Since Federation; XXIV. Advances in Dairying; XXV. Other Branches of Animal Husbandry; XXVI. Pasture Improvement; XXVII. General Agricultural Progress; XXVIII. The Romance of Wheat; XXIX. The Rise of the Sugar Industry; Water Supply and Irrigation;I. Some Miracles of Science; II. Hopes for the Future. Book - in Very Good green boards with gilt lettering, light fading and bumping to the extreme corners and extreme ends of the spine. Contents, Very Good, clean, bright and tightly bound. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Australia Inventory No: 001098. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 001098 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.
	WOOD BRIAN J [ENTOMOLOGIST CHEMARA RESEARCH SENDIRIAN BERHAD] Pests Of Oil Palms In Malaysia And Their Control Incorporated Society of Planters, Malaysia, 1968. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author. xviii, 204 pages, size 9.5 inches tall by 7.25 inches with an index. Illustrated with black and white and coloured plates. With a Foreword by E O Pearson. Contents : Pest Damage to Oil Palms and a Guide to Tracing the Culprits; Ecology of Insects in Oil Plants; Principles of Insect Pest Control; Insecticide Application; Assessment of Insect Pest Populations By Census Techniques; Insects of Oil Palms; Molluscs (Snails and Slugs); Nematodes (Roundworms, Eelworms); Vertebrates (Birds and Mammals). Book - [SEE SCAN] - in Near Fine (better than Very Good] light green boards with green lettering - minor marking to the boards and light bumping to the extreme corners and extreme end sof the spine. Contents, previous owner's inscription, clean, bright and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Very Good - browning to the edges and spine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Agriculture Countries & Travel Signed by Author. Inventory No: 004878. GBP 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 88.75 US$ 132.88 \| JP¥ 11739] Book number: 004878 Click here to order or inquire at John T. & Pearl Lewis.