RARE❤️AMERICAN FARMER'S HAND-BOOK_BEES WINE HORSE HOME ARCHITECT_NO OTHER'S W/W

Description: due to ebay raising the book fees to 12 %, including the shipping costs I have some books posted in either an antique, art, or a collectible category, but you can......... CLICK HERE to see my other rare antique books. I ALWAYS HAVE a great selection -- and PLEASE CLICK HERE; To see my son's old books NO OTHER COPY AVAILABLE- when posteda complete farm book! it's got everything! Title : - American Farmer's Hand-bookauthor: - "an association of practical agriculturists" Published: - New York, R Worthington --1880- 1st editionsize= apx 8.25" x 5.75" with 724 pagesbinding: -full leather - much darker than it appears in my picture ILLUSTRATED WITH nearly 400 ENGRAVINGSmore pictures down below - keep scrolling -below condition report Contents - title continues: CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR CLEARING, DRAINING, AND FERTILIZING LAND : SOWING AND HARVESTING EVERY DESCRIPTION OP CROPS; TREATS OF THE MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OP DOMESTIC ANIMALS ; DESCRIBES THE BEST MANNER OP MANAGING DAIRIES, PRODUCING HONEY. SUGAR, WINE, CIDER, ETC., ETC. TO WHICH IS ADDED MANY TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. FULL CONTENTS AT THE END OF THE LISTING - it's long!Condition: Please zoom in on photos carefully as they are part of the description. I am human and sometimes miss a thing or 2, but I try to mention the book's main faults. all of my books are VERY OLD and have 100+ years of wear to varying degrees good + condition....for its ageboards /covers - very secure, speckled/spotted and with some weartextblock- very good - no loose pagesspine - chipped top & bottom with small hole at joint areatips- bit worn, not too bad for its age outer joints - good for ageinner hinges- very goodpages- generally very clean but some pages have water staining [mostly the full page plates]- I would say apx 14 pages got hit hard, and another 25% with very, very light and thin line of water staining / one page with a bad bit of spotting [ shown]writing- nonerips /folds- none that I sawother- this book smells very musty [ read about smells at the end of the listing - there's help!] // the covers are spotted and darker than in my picture, leather is still soft but I am not sure what caused the spots---- #0016-A4 Quite rare, even bookfinder could not locate another copy the following images are from archive.org's bookand are only a small sample of the 400 pictures KEEP SCROLLING FOR FULL CONTENTS please Add me to your Favorites list AND check back now and then to see what's new! I do combine ship, but only if you "request total from seller" BEFORE YOU PAY -otherwise I can't send you a new invoice. Place the items you want in your shopping cart, then "Request total from seller", when you get the new invoice, then pay. If you have trouble, contact me. I am occasionally out of town for a day or 2, don't panic, I'll get to it ASAP media mail SHIPPING TO LOWER 48 USA ONLY - It can take up to 14 days to get back East, it's rare, but it does happen. I use recycled packing materials to save the planet and to save you $ -this will be padded well for shipping - the weight ebay's makes me fill in down below may not be the book's true weight.thanks! #0016-A416-A4refund policy - due to the excuses used for returns/ refunds - I do except returns BUT - I do not refund any shipping costs or paypal's % if they don't refund me -so please ask questions if you are unsure or I missed anything. THANKS for understanding -- and remember smells -this book is very old and may have accumulated bad smells along the way [musty basement/ mildew/ smoke] - I have found that dryer sheets in them for a few months makes a world of difference! some of my books get sold right away so please consider using this trick before deciding to return it! I am old, & my nose doesn't work as good as it should --As far as I can tell -this book smells bad /musty, even for my nose - I will put extra dryer sheets in it, but you may have to change them out a few times before the smell dissipates. LIFE IS SHORT -and there are better things to do than type, feel free to copy my text if it saves you time! PROBABLY HAS SOME TYPOSCHAPTER I. SOILS:— THEIR NATURE AND TREATMENT. the Composition of Soils — Their Classification — Analysis — Relation between the Soil and Subsoil — Means of increasing their Productive Powers, and rendering them fit for Cultivation, viz. — Altering the proportion of their Ingredients — Clearing — Ploughing — Harrowing — Rolling — Manuring — Draining — Irrigating — Rotation of Crops CHAPTER II. THE HEAVY OR FIELD CROPS. Wheat — Barley — Rye — The Oat — Indian Corn — Buckwheat — The Potato — Sweet Potato — Sugar-Beet — Sugar-Cane — Chinese Sugar-Cane — African Sugar-Cane — Cotton — Tobacco — Rice — Tea — Broom-Corn — Millet — Hemp — Flax — Lucern — Sainfoin — The Tare — Clover — The Grasses — Motive Powers for Farm Purposes CHAPTER III. PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR USES IN THE ARTS, AND FOR THEIR OILS. Indigo — Madder — Weld — Woad — Tuimeric — Sumach — Bastard SafTron — Teasel — Colza — Rape — Sun-Flower — Castor-Oil Plant CHAPTER IV. THE KITCHEN GARDEN. Vegetables : — Artichoke — Asparagus — Borage — Bean — Beet — Borecole — Broccoli — Cabbage — Cardoon — Carrot — Cauliflower — Celery — Chive — Corn — Corn-salad — Cress — Cucumber — Dandelion — Egg-plant — Endive — Garlic — Hop — Horse-radish — Leek — Lettuce — Morel — Mushroom — Mustard — Onion — Okra — Parsnip — Pea — Pepper — Pumpkin — Radish — Rape (edible-rooted) — Rhubarb — Salsify — Scorzonera — Sea-kale — Shallot — Skirret — Spinach — Squash — Tomato — Turnip. Herbs, etc.: — Anise — Balm — Basil — Caraway — Camomile — Coriander — Chervil — Dill — Fennel — Foxglove — Horehound — Hyssop — Lavender — Liquorice — Marjoram — Mint — Parsley — Pennyroyal — Peppermint — Purslane — Rosemary — Rue — Saffron — Sage — Savory — Tansy — Thyme : — With a Monthly Calendar of Operations CHAPTER V. THE DAIRY. Dairy Implements — Management — Milk — Butter-making — Cheese-making — Including all the most celebrated and esteemed Modes FRUITS, FRUIT-TREES, VINES, ETC. Standard Kinds: — Apple (including Cider Making) — Apricot — Barberry — Blackberry — Cherry — Cranberry — Currant — Gooseberry — Grape (including Vineyards and Manufacture of Wine) — Medlar — Melon — Mulberry — Nectarine — Peach — Pear — Plum — Quince — Raspberry — Strawberry. Miscellaneous Kinds : — Almond — Blueberry — Butternut — Chestnut — Fig — Filbert — Lemon — Lime — Olive — Orange — Pome- granate — Sheilbark — Walnut — Whortleberry — With a Monthly Calendar of Operations CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC OR FARM ANIMALS. • The Rearing, Breeding, Diseases, and General Care of — The Bull — The Ox— The Cow— Sheep — Swine — The Horse- The Ass— The Mule— The Goat — The Dog, — in all their Standard Varieties — With a Monthly Calendar of Operations CHAPTER VIII. POULTRY, OR THE VARIOUS DOMESTIC FOWLS. The Raising, Breeding, Diseases, and Treatment of the common Barn Fowls: — Caponizing — also The Turkey — The Goose — The Duck — in all their important Varieties CHAPTER IX. BEES AND SILK-WORMS. Different Classes of Bees — Position of the Apiary — Hives and Boxes — Obtaining Stock — Swarming — The Honey Harvest — Management during Winter and Early Spring — How to treat the Produce of the Honey Harvest — The Enemies and Diseases of Bees: — Silk-worms and Mulberry Trees CHAPTER X. FLOWERS, ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL TREES, ETC. The Culture of Flowers — Plans for Flower-Gardens — Description of Standard Varieties of Flowers — Ornamental Shrubs — Ornamental and Useful Trees — With a Monthly Floricultural Calendar CHAPTER XI. RURAL ARCHITECTURE. The Construction of Farm Dwellings and Cottages — Dairies — Barns — Stables — Cart-Sheds and Implement-Houses — Granaries — Cattle-Sheds — Ice-Houses — Sheep-Folds — Piggeries — Poultry-Houses — Arrangement of the Farmery — Green-Houses — Fences and Gates — Hedges CHAPTER XII. HORTICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC OPERATIONS. The Improved Modes of Grafting — Budding — Pruning — Training CHAPTER XIII. THE GREAT DISEASES OF PLANTS. Blight or Blast — Canker or Caries — Consumption — Contortion — .Dropsy — Ergot — Honey -Dew — Curl — Mildew — Potato Rot — Smut — Cotton Rot — Cotton Rust— Cotton Blight— Sore-Shin CHAPTER XIV. NOXIOUS INSECTS AND ANIMALS. Insects which live constantly on or in Domestic Animals, and propagate on them — Insects which injure Grain — Insects injurious to Culinary Vegetables — Insects injurious to Fruits, Fruit-Trees, Shrubs, and Vines — Insects injurious to Flower-Plants — Insects injurious to Meadows — Insects injurious to the Cotton Plant — Animals injurious to Cultivated Fields APPENDIX, Containing Tables, by the use of which a Farmer may be greatly assisted in his Calculations Definitions of words, — Scientific, Technical, and Peculiar, commonly USED IN CONNECTION WITH AGRICULTURAL AND KINDRED SUBJECTS.. Index CLICK HERE to see it

Price: 449 USD

Location: Sherwood, Oregon

End Time: 2024-07-30T01:46:51.000Z

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