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

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

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