Do I....Stack ...Or Combine? The Problem Analysed.

Tamworth Staffs, J W Woolley & Co. Ltd, May 1954 Paperback, stapled, deep yellow covers, Good, a little soiled, marked 'M. A. 14' at top corner, contents clean and tight, document holder at rear with advertisements for products from J W Woolley, pp27. Chapters include: What does combine-harvesting involve?; Why is drying necessary and how can it be kept to a minimum?; What are the various methods of drying grain?; What is the best means of handling the grain?; How do we tell the moisture content of grain?; Can the grain dryer be used to dry grass, etc.?

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Book number: 9875

Catalogue: agriculture

Keywords: farming history combine harvester stack drying grain moisture content handling grain dryer arable agriculture problems

Ford Tractor Major 4000 and Super Major 5000, Operator's Manual.

Ford Motor Company Ltd, 1964 Paperback, heavy creases and a bit marked/dusty otherwise Good, stapled, title a bit grubby otherwise contents clean and bright with b/w plates, pp108. Contents headings incl.: Controls and Instruments; Operation; Servicing Schedule; Mechanical Maintenance; General specifications.

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Book number: 13336

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: Ford tractor Major 4000 Super Major 5000 operator's manual controls instruments operation operating servicing schedule maintenance mechanical adjustment replacement procedures maintenance spec

Report on Test of The N.I.A.E. (Prototype) Potato Harvester.

Silsoe, Bedfordshire, The British Society for Research in Agricultural Engineering, National Institue of Agricultural Engineering, 1956 No. 123, slim pbk, white wraps with b/w picture to front wrap, Good, small mark to rear, stapled, contents clean and tight, pp26, b/w plates, charts, diagrams etc...

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Book number: 15033

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: National Institue of Agricultural Engineering test prototype potato harvester farming machinery agriculture quality dimensions data construction driving machine picking rate of work potato damage

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries:

Tripod Haymaking. Advisory Leaflet 415.

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, no date (1953) White pbk, stapled, staples a little rusted, neat pencil name to top of title, pp6 + rear wrap, VG, pge 3/4/5 has b/w pictures to show how to make the tripod and moving it with a buckrake.

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Book number: 14042

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: agriculture tripod haymaking rick Dutch type Hurdle type crop hay making cock building side-raked stack proctor type weight carrying

The Murphy Chemical Co. Ltd:

Chemical Soil Sterilization 1965.

Wheathampstead, St Albans, The Murphy Chemical Co. Ltd, 1965 Slim pbk, grey pict. covers, stapled, VG+, staples rusty, contents fine and tight, pp19. Includes: Vapam; Formaldehyde; Novo; E.C.A.; DD; Dithane A-40; control of eelworms; use on tomatoes etc...

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Book number: 14045

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: soil sterilization farming agriculture vapam novo eca formaldehyde soil fumigant murphos parathion eelwors mushrooms dithane A40 chrysanthemums carnations cucumbers botrytis

C. A. V. Ltd:

Keep It Clean!

London, C. A. V. Ltd, Agricultural Department, no date Paperback, pale green/white card covers, slim volume, Good, stapled, staples rusted, contents clean and tight with lovely b/w period pictures poss. 1950s or 60s, pp12, Publication No. 503/2. "A few hints on tractors - and about C. A.V. Fuel Injection and Electrical Equipment in particular."

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Book number: 11424

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: C. A. V. tractors farming fuel injection oil engine electrical equipment maintanance agricultural machinery tractors 000000000

Phillip Keller, W.:

Splendour From The Land.

London, Jarrolds, 1963 1st Ed., hard cover navy cloth bds, VG, unclipped dust jacket, a little scuffed at spine ends and corners otherwise VG, contents clean and tight, pp331, with drawings by the author.

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Book number: 14519

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: farmer farming Africa Canada autobiography Masailand cattle milk agriculture agronomy rances crop production research nature soil

Peter Standen:

Peter Standen & Precision.

Ely, F A Standen & Sons Ltd, no date Landscape green pictorial pbk, slim booklet, unpaginated, Good, a little scuffing to lower edge and corners, stapled, contents clean and tight, b/w drawings and plates, occas. two tone illustrations, a look across the years at the growth of the company, its progress from "forge to factory...a precision story shaped over almost 120 years."

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Book number: 15032

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: Peter Standen F A Standen & Sons Ltd growth history Hereward Works Ely precision roots design service export wheels farming agriculture hoe hoes cultivators harvesters beet solobeet rapide tanker

Watson, Sir James Scott (Ed):

The Agricultural Review: Vol. 1 No. 1 June 1955

London, Hulton Press Ltd, 1955 Pbk, wear and tearing to spine and to cover edges, Fair+, contents coming away from front hinge but holding at rear, contents clean and tight, b/w plates, very shallow 1cm closed tear to first 11 pges near top of leading edge, very light stain to top of pges 7-14, includes a letter from Malcolm Messer, signed by him, referring to this as a 'complimentary copy', pp96. Includes articles: Our Place in the Field; Selective Herbicides - Prof R L Wain; Sugar Beet - Dr P S Hudson; Management The Farm as a Business - S R Wragg; Trace Elements A Gap In Nature - Dr D P Cuthbertson; Additives in Silage-Making - John C Murdoch; Antibiotics in Poultry and Pigfood - K L Robinson; Potato Virus Control by Insecticides - L Broadbent and P Burt etc...

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Book number: 15216

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: agriculture farming agricultural review farmers volume 1 June 1955 herbicides weed control Wain sugar beet Hudson farm business wragg Hybrid poultry Dr R Coles Chlorosis fruit French Machinery Show

Willan, R. L.:

A Guide To Forest Seed Handling With Special Reference To The Tropics.

Rome, Danida, Forest Seed Centre, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1985 Oversized pbk, Good, a little scuffing, spine faded, upper wrap lifts a little, contents fine and tight, incl. a Danida Forest Seed Centre Compliment Slip typed 'Dr Gordon with regards from R L Willan' signed by someone else (could be Minister Olexu?), pp379. Includes chapters on Seed and Fruit Development Germination, Dormancy; Planning Seed Collection; Seed Collection; fruit and Seed Handling Between Collection and Processing; Seed Processing; Seed Storage; Seed Pretreatment etc...

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Book number: 12993

Catalogue: Agriculture

Keywords: forest seed handling Tropics Danida guide forestry pollination fertilization development Angiosperm dispersal gymnosperm species provenances quantities crop seedfall shaking collection extraction 9251022917