Adams, John Greenleaf; Sweetser, Paul H.; Parker, J.N.; and Brooks, Rev. E.G., D.D.

Fifth Annual Report of the Corresponding Secretary of the Universalist General Reform Association. Submitted May 26, 1852. Together with a Report on the Use of Tobacco.

Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1852. 1852. - Octavo, 8-3/8 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover pamphlet bound in self-wraps removed from a larger collection of bound pamphlets with paper remnants along the spine. There are stab marks along the left edge with a tiny piece out from the bottom inner corner of the cover page where is is starting to pull away. There is also a small hole near the bottom center of the cover page. 36 pages, including the cover page. Very good.

Founded as The New England Universalist General Reform Association in 1846, the words "New England" were dropped from the name in 1847. The UGRA had an ambitious agenda seeking reform in many areas of society. Indeed, the UGRA's report by the Rev. E.G. Brooks, D.D. touches on many subjects including "Peace", "Capital Punishment", "The Colored Man", "Slavery", "Temperance", "Idiots", etc.

The last 11 pages is a "Report on Tobacco" authored by the Committee consisting of John Greenleaf Adams, Paul H. Sweetser and J.N. Parker.

RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 98203

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; AMERICANA; TOBACCO; EXPORT; IMPORT; PRODUCTION; FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSALIST GENERAL REFORM ASSOCIATION; NEW ENGLAND; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE REV. E.G. BROOKS, D.D.; JOHN GREENLEAF ADAMS

(Akenhead, L.P.).

William C. Moore & Company: Square Deal Trees, Fruits, Shrubs for Home and Orchard: Plate Book. [an Original Plate Book Trade Catalog for the Use of Traveling Salespeople].

Newark, New York: William C. Moore & Company, (1953). (1953). - Quarto, 11-7/8 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, brown wraps titled and decorated in silver. The edges of the covers are rubbed with staining to the bottom corner of the rear cover. 116 pages, profusely illustrated in color. There is some occasional soiling and minor foxing. Very good.

A substantial brightly illustrated sample book which includes garden plans for decorating one's home and offering "A Complete Selection of Landscape Materials, Fruit Bearing Trees and Plants".

As per the publisher's information: "Copyright 1953 by L.P. Akenhead. This Plate Book is issued solely for the individual use of our salespeople in booking nursery stock orders for this company.."

In the latter part of the 19th and early 20th century, nursery firms hired salespeople to travel and take orders for trees and shrubs to be delivered in time for the growing season. Beautifully illustrated nurserymen's "sample books", also referred to as "Plate Books", were used by the traveling sales force to help customers design and place their orders. As with the Jackson & Perkins Company, famous for its roses, the William C. Moore Company was also based in Newark, New York.

RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 96772

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: TRADE CATALOG; SAMPLE BOOK; PLATE BOOK; AGRICULTURE; WILLIAM C. MOORE & COMPANY: SQUARE DEAL TREES, FRUITS, SHRUBS FOR HOME AND ORCHARD: PLATE BOOK; SALESPEOPLE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; NURSERY; NEWARK, NEW YORK; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; F

(Chambers, Robert; Beebe, James; Grandstaff, Terry B. and Grandstaff, Somluckrat W.; et al.).

Proceedings of the 1985 International Conference on Rapid Rural Appraisal. Khon Kaen University.

(Khon Kaen, Thailand): Rural Systems Research and Farming Systems Research Projects, 1987). 1987). - Octavo, softcover bound in printed black wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & slightly bumped. viii & 357 pages. Illustrated with tables, charts & maps. Very good.

"Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), an emerging new methodology, is a distinctive 'process of learning about rural conditions in an intensive, iterative and expeditious manner.' Specifically designed to improve quality and timeliness and to reduce the cost of rural development research" [From the rear wrap copy]. Very good .

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Book number: 22945

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: RURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURE; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL; KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY; THAILAND; PAPERS; RESEARCH; RRA: METHODOLOGY; FIELD STUDIES; AGRARIAN SOCIETY; FARMING; FARMERS; ROBERT CHAMBERS; JAMES BEEBE;

(Jackson & Perkins Co.).

The Parade of Modern Roses and Perennials. Fall 1947 Jackson & Perkins Co. Catalog Introducing the "Diamond Jubilee" Rose.

Newark, New York: Jackson & Perkins Co. 1947. 1947. - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled pictorial wraps with a photographic illustration of the "Diamond Jubilee" rose on the front cover. The covers are slightly creased with a short tear along the bottom edge of the spine. 48 pages, including the covers, with profuse color illustrations of the roses offered for sale by Jackson & Perkins with descriptions and prices. Very good.

Laid in is a promotional card with envelope, together with two 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide order forms for the Fall 1947 catalog and a "Christmas Gift" order form. Also laid in is an advertisement for the firm's "World's Most Modern Rose Garden" in Newark, NY.

This catalog introduced 2 new roses: The "Rosa 'Diamond Jubilee'", a light yellow Hybrid tea rose developed in the Unites Stated in 1947 by Gene Boerner. Boerner was director of the rose breeding program for the firm and created the Diamond Jubilee rose to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary. The cultivar's stock parents are the Noisette, 'Marechal Niel' and Hybrid tea rose, Feu Pernet-Ducher. This rose won the All-America Rose Selections award in 1948. The other new rose, also bred by Boerner in 1947, is the "New Yorker" rose, a medium red fragrant Hybrid Tea rose.

The Diamond Jubilee rose is depicted and described on page 2 of the catalog and the New Yorker rose on page 3. Very good .

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Book number: 96753

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; TRADE CATALOG; THE PARADE OF MODERN ROSES AND PERRENIALS. FALL 1947 JACKSON & PERKINS CO. ; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; MEW ROSES; THE DIAMOND JUBILEE ROSE; THE NEW YORKER ROSE; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; PRICES; DESCRIPTION; NEWARK

Fussell, G. E.

More Old English Farming Books / from Tull to the Board of Agriculture 1731-1793.

London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd. (1950). (1950). - Octavo, brown cloth. The binding is bumped & rubbed. The spine is faded with the head lightly chipped. The front joint is rubbed with slight tears. vii, [ii] & 186 pages plus colophon. 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The pastedowns & endpapers are stained. There is very light foxing to the top & bottom edges of the book. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 29624

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; MORE OLD ENGLISH FARMING BOOKS from Tull to the Board of Agriculture 1731-1793; books on farming; history of farming; history of agriculture; horticulture; jethro tull; william ellis; arthur young; william marshall; illustrations; bibliograph

Harris, Joseph.

Harris on the Pig. Breeding, Rearing, Management, and Improvement. By Joseph Harris, Moreton Farm, Rochester, N.Y. Illustrated.

New York: Orange Judd and Company, (1870). (1870). - Octavo, 7-1/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green pictorial cloth with the image of a pig stamped in gilt on the front cover and titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed, bumped & soiled. 250 pages & 2 pages of ads, with 15 full-page & 38 textual illustrations, including architectural plans. The hinges are cracked and the chipped front endpaper is nearly detached. A discreet "Western Methodist" bookseller's label is mounted at the top of the front pastedown. A few pages are lightly soiled and there is a tiny tear to the top edge of the ad leaf. Good.

First edition.

"Joseph Harris came from England where he had trained in experimental farming. He settled on a farm in the town of Gates, west of Rochester, New York in 1849. Harris bought the Genesee Farmer from James Vick in 1856 and had a widely popular column called 'Walks and Talks on the Farm' in which he publicized the results from his experimental / seed farm. In 1863, Harris bought the 141-acre farm in Gates and named it Moreton Farm. In December 1865, Harris sold Genesee Farmer to Orange Judd & Company of New York, who merged it with the American Agriculturist. Harris continued his column. In 1879, he opened the Harris Seed Co. at Moreton Farm, published a 44-page catalog and sent out 30,000 copies. A year later he built his first seed house." - from an article published by the Victory Horticultural Library. Good .

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Book number: 98427

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; JOSEPH HARRIS; HARRIS ON THE PIG. BREEDING, REARING, MANAGEMENT, AND IMPROVEMENT; WALKS AND TALKS ON THE FARM; MORETON FARM; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; PIGS; HARRIS SEED COMPANY; ROCHESTER NEW YORK; ILLUSTRATED; ARCHITECTURAL PLANS; FIRST EDITION; NAT

(Patrons of Husbandry).

Twenty-Ninth Session of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. Worcester, Mass. 1895. Journal of Proceedings.

Worcester, MA: F. S. Blanchard & Co. Printers, 1895. 1895. - Small octavo, boards backed & edged with brown cloth tape with a printed tan label on the front board & a plain tan label on the rear board. The front board is darkened & soiled with an owner's faded name along the bottom edge. The rear board is slightly darkened & lightly soiled with a small stain. 261 pages. There is a light vertical crease to the title with a chip out of the top corner & the bottom corner is lightly creased. Good. Good .

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Book number: 5753

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY; NATIONAL GRANGE; TWENTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY; FARMING; FARMERS; WORCESTER, MASS.; JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Jenifer, Daniel; Triplett, Philip; Jones, Benjamin; Committee of Tobacco Planters.

Tobacco Trade: Memorial of the Committee of Tobacco-Planters. May 11, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade. 26th Congress, 1st Session. Ho. Of Reps. Doc. No. 198.

[Washington, DC]: Blair & Rives, printers, 1840. 1840. - Octavo, printed self-wraps. 13 pages, partially unopened. The first page is stained, foxed & partially detached. The bottom edge of page 6 & the front edge of page 7 are creased & chipped. Several page corners are creased & there is scattered foxing throughout. Good only.

Daniel Jenifer of Maryland, Philip Triplett of Kentucky and Benjamin Jones of Virginia were appointed by the convention of tobacco planters held in Washington on May 1 and 2, 1840 "to memorialize Congress in relation to the high duties and restrictions upon the staple of tobacco in foreign countries". Pages 9-13 consist of a section of tobacco statistics. Good .

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Book number: 17018

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: FOREIGN TRADE; COMMERCE; EXPORTS; AGRICULTURE; TOBACCO TRADE; TOBACCO PLANTERS; MEMORIAL OF THE COMMITTEE OF TOBACCO-PLANTERS; DUTIES; TARIFFS; RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE; REPORT TO CONGRESS; TOBACCO STATISTICS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(McCormick, Cyrus H.; Hussey, Obed.). Langworthy, Lyman B.; Jewett, S. B.; Norton, H. P.; et al.

To the Congress of the United States. Remonstrance of the Citizens of New York, Against the Renewal of Letters Patent Granted to Cyrus H. Mccormick, June 21, 1834, for Improvements in the Reaping Machine.

[New York?]: n.p. circa [1852]. [1852]. - Octavo, softcover. Printed self-wraps sewn with white cord. 20 pages. Illustrated in black & white with 4 engravings of reaping machines & with diagrams. There are 3 light horizontal creases to the pages where the pamphlet has been folded. The page corners are bumped. Very good.

A note is penciled along the top of the first page: "Not for presentation to Congress but please read!"

The four engravings of reapers are signed "Miller-Mix", that is John Miller and Lucius C. Mix.

A group of New York citizens protests to Congress against the renewal of Cyrus McCormick's patent for improvements to his reaping machine. The citizens claim that improvements to the machine for which McCormick claims credit were the work of others, in particular of Obed Hussey whose reaping machine was agreed to perform much better than McCormick's. "Mr. Hussey is a modest man, as well as a man of genius, and consequently the public ear has not been deafened with bombastic accounts of his success. Probably very few persons in this country have ever heard of this final trial between his machine and that of McCormick."

Behind this conclusion to the Remonstrance lies the sad story of Obed Hussey [1790-1860], born in Maine to Quaker parents, who was the inventor of a reaping machine. Hussey tested and patented his reaper in 1833, which placed him in competition with the formidable Cyrus H. McCormick of Chicago, Illinois. Both men made several patented improvements to the reaper, until Hussey was finally driven out of business. He sold the rights in his reaper to McCormick in 1858. Two years later, while attempting to board a train in Exeter, NH, he fell beneath the cars and died.

Rare. WorldCat locates three copies. Very good .

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Book number: 32293

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; FARM MACHINE; REAPER; HARVESTER; PATENTS; REMONSTRANCE TO CONGRESS; OBED HUSSEY; CYRUS H. MCCORMICK; IMPROVEMENTS TO REAPER; PATENT DISPUTE; ENGRAVINGS; JOHN MILLER; LUCIUS C. MIX; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(McLean, D. V.; Durant, Charles F.; Finelli, Lewis). Seward, William H.

Message from the Governor, on the Subject of the Culture of Silk, and the Manufacture of Sugar from the Beet Root. State of New-York. No. 134. In Assembly, February 12, 1840.

(Albany, NY: 1840). 1840). - Octavo, printed self-wraps. 34 pages. Possibly lacks 1 folding leaf of plates. There is foxing to the title & the last page with scattered lighter foxing & staining throughout. There are 2 tiny stains to the bottom margin of the last page. Good.

Attempts to introduce sericulture to the United States had been sporadic and largely unsuccessful. In 1831 a manual on sericulture by J. H. Cobb was distributed to members of Congress. A determined effort to establish silk culture then led to the "Mormus multicaulis craze". Thousands of individuals bought and planted mulberry plants of this species on large areas of valuable land. The investments far exceeded possible returns and when heavy frosts destroyed plantations of the trees, the many failures and disappointments led to silk culture being more or less abandoned in the States. A later attempt to develop a hardy race of silk-producing insects by crossing the gypsy moth with the silkworm moth resulted in the gypsy moth becoming one of North America's most serious forest pests.

On pages 16-17 McLean suggests that silk farming will offer employment to "indigent females and children" who are suffering as a result of the industrial revolution.

Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 16680

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AMERICANA; AGRICULTURE; SERICULTURE; SILKWORKS; SUGAR; BEET ROOT; MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE CULTURE OF SILK, AND THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR FROM THE BEET ROOT; GOVERNOR; WILLIAM H. SEWARD; D. V. MCLEAN; CHARLES F. DURANT; LEWIS FINELL

Patterson, James W., A.M.

An Address Delivered Before the Grafton County Agriculture Society, at Their Annual Fair Held at Haverhill New-Hampshire, October 1 & 2, 1857. Published by Request.

Hanover, NH: Printed at the Dartmouth Press, 1857. 1857. Hanover, NH: Printed at the Dartmouth Press, 1857. 1857. Good. - Octavo, unbound, removed at some time in the past from a larger bound volume of pamphlets. 20 pages sewn with cream cord. There is occasional light foxing, especially to the last page, & the top 2 inches of the last 2 leaves are detached. There are a few light pencil underlinings in the text. Good.

James W. Patterson, Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College, addresses the question of how to achieve the full development of America's agricultural resources. Good .

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Book number: 33712

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; AMERICA'S AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES; AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE GRAFTON COUNTY AGRICULTURE SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNUAL FAIR; COUNTY FAIR OCTOBER 1857; NEW HAMPSHIRE; JAMES W. PATTERSON; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Swift, R. B.

Who Invented the Reaper? an Answer to the Protest Statement Said to Have Been Filed at the Treasury Department.

Published by the author, (1897). (1897). - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt. The covers are bumped. The edges of the front cover are a bit faded & there is some dampstaining to its bottom corner. 54 pages. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece with a tissue guard & with textual illustrations & diagrams. The book is cracked at the first text page. There is some soiling to the title page & the pages are very slightly rippled, probably from humidity. Good.

The book is an argument supporting the long held assertion that Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper. Good .

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Book number: 13944

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: MECHANICS; AGRICULTURE; WHO INVENTED THE REAPER?; REAPING MACHINE; INVENTOR; INVENTION; OBED HUSSEY; CYRUS H. MCCORMICK; R. B. SWIFT; ILLUSTRATIONS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Thompson, Homer C.

Vegetable Crops.

New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1931. 1931. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed, bumped & soiled with slight fraying to the corners of the covers. The spine is somewhat darkened. ix & 560 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & tables. There is some light soiling to the prelims & there is an ink notation on the rear pastedown. Good.

Second edition.

From the library of geographer Vincent Kotschar with his book label on the front pastedown. Good .

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Book number: 12075

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; VEGETABLE CROPS; HOMER C. THOMPSON; SOIL; MANURE; FERTILIZATION; CULTIVATION; GROWING; INTERCROPPING; DISEASE CONTROL; MARKETING; STORAGE; VEGETABLES; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Tibbits, George.

Essay on the Expediency and Practicability of Improving or Creating Home Markets for the Sale of Agricultural Productions and Raw Materials, by the Introduction or Growth of Artizans and Manufacturers.

Philadelphia: Printed by J.R.A. Skerrett, 1827. 1827. - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Unbound, removed in the distant past from a larger collection of bound pamphlets. The darkened and foxed cover title page is detached. 56 pages. There is dampstaining to the top front corner of most of the pages with some occasional foxing. There are stab marks along the inner edge of the pages and several of the signatures (group of pages) are pulled and likely to come loose. A good complete copy.

This work was first published by Packard and Van Benthuysen in 1825 in an edition with only 39 pages. That edition's title began with the word "Memoir" instead of "Essay". Good .

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Book number: 97529

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: AGRICULTURE; FARMING; GEORGE TIBBITS; ESSAY ON THE EXPEDIENCE AND PRACTICABILITY OF IMPROVING OR CREATING HOME MARKETS FOR THE SALE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS AND RAW MATERIALS, BY THE INTRODUCTION OR GROWTH OF ARTIZANS AND MANUFACTURERS; ARTISANS; BUSIN