Natural Way of Farming: The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy
see notes for publisher info, January 1985. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Agriculture
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics)
NYRB Classics, June 2009. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Call it "Zen and the Art of Farming" or a "Little Green Book," Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food.....
Foxfire 3 (Foxfire (Paperback))
Anchor Books. Doubleday, 1975. Trade Paperback. 511 pages. Very good in wrappers (paperback). First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the.....
Storey's Basic Country Skills : A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance
N/A, August 1999. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Whether you live on a small suburban lot or have a many acres in the country, this inspiring collection will empower you to increase your self-sufficiently and embrace a more independent lifestyle. A variety of authors share their specialized knowledge.....
American Sheep-Breeder and Wool-Grower: An Illustrated Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 2, February, 1903
American Sheep-Breeder and Wool-Grower, 1903. Trade Paperback. Issue offered complete, pp. 65-128. B/W illustrations. 9.25 x 12 inches. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated blue wrappers (paperback). Mild edge wear.
The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry
Counterpoint, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 330 pages. A collection of twenty-one essays, published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Berry’s book The Unsettling of America. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Minor edge wear. This volume features 21 essays by Wendell Berry on agrarianism.....
Hilgardia: A Journal of Agricultural Science (Vol. 3, No. 8, 10; Vol. 4, No. 15, Vol 5, No. 1, 9, 12; Vol. 6, No. 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17; Vol. 7, No. 9; Vol. 8, No. 1, 4; Vol. 10, No. 5; Vol. 11, No. 1, 5, 9; Vol. 12, No. 1; Vol. 13, No. 1, 3, 9, 10; Vol. 14, No. 8, 10; Vol. 16, No. 5, 6; Vol. 17, No. 3; Vol. 18, No. 12; Vol. 19, No. 19; Vol. 20, No. 2, 5, 14, 15; Vol. 21, No. 14; Vol. 29, No. 10, 11, 15; Vol. 30, No. 2, 14; Vol.31, No. 2. California Agricultural Experimental Station. (42 issues). With: List of available Hilgardia, January, 1962. (total 41 items)
University of California, 1928-1962. Trade Paperback. 40 individual monographs on a variety topics related to California agricultural pests, diseases and plants. First editions (first printings). Very good copies in uniform gray printed wrappers (paperback). Some light tanning at edges of some issues. Numbers in black ink by prior owner on.....
Living on a Few Acres : The Yearbook of Agriculture 1978
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 432 pages. Color and B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in illustrated paper over board covers. No dust jacket as issued.
Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living
Anchor, 1973. Trade Paperback. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage.....
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics)
NYRB Classics, June 2009. Trade Paperback. Call it "Zen and the Art of Farming" or a "Little Green Book," Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it.....
Humboldt Herd: First Annual Sale Calalogue
B. F. Rush and William Pierce, 1905. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 40 pages. B/W illustrations. Sale of the 'famous Humboldt Herd' of short-horns, once owned by Joseph Marzen of Lovelock, Nevada. Sale will be held at Willota Ranch, Suisun Valley, October 19, 1905. First edition (first printing). Very good in.....
Catalogue of Broodmares, Property of W. O'B Macdonough, Esq., at Auction, Friday, January 13, 1899
Killip & Co., 1899. Trade Paperback. 13 pages. 12 broodmares are described in extensive details. Auction to be held at 10 a.m. at Salesyard, cor. Van Nessve, and Market St. Macdonough was an important breeder and horseman. He owned 'Ormonde,' horse of the century, for which he paid $150,000 in.....
The California Wool Grower. Vol. VIII, No. 1-42, 44-50.
California Wool Growers Association, 1932. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition (first printing). Very good copies of the weekly periodical housed in black cloth 2-hole expandable binder.
A Country Romance
H. H. Yewdale & Sons Co., 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 138 pages. 4-1/2 by 6 inches. A story to promote the J. I. Case threshing machine. Dedicated to the 'progressive farmer.' First edition (first printing). Green cloth with gold lettering. A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Two small stains.....
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
Harper Perennial, December 2015. Trade Paperback. In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Population: 485 gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country. Living in a ramshackle Wisconsin farmhouse--faced with thirty-seven acres.....
Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
Univ Of Minnesota Press, August 2013. Trade Paperback. When the hail starts to fall, Atina Diffley doesn't compare it to golf balls. She's a farmer. It's "as big as a B-size potato." As her bombarded land turns white, she and her husband Martin huddle under a blanket and reminisce: the.....
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
Skyhorse Publishing, April 2010. Trade Paperback. Go back to basics--compost, raising chickens, water and irrigation, dealing with pests, and much more--with this unique, full color bestseller (over 400,000 sold). Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average.....
Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier
Chelsea Green Publishing, August 2016. Trade Paperback. Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia--one of the worst urban slums in North America--who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood.....
Backyard Farming: Fruit Trees, Berries & Nuts
Hatherleigh Press, October 2015. Trade Paperback. Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here! Add Fresh Fruit, Berries, and Nuts to Your table with Your Own Backard Orchard! Backyard Farming: Fruit Trees, Berries & Nuts shows you how to add an abundant orchard to your homestead so you can effectively expand your.....
Maxiculture: Beyond Agriculture
Adelaide, 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 67 pages. 5 by 7 inches. The Australian author's approach to ecologically sustainable land use. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Eat Your Yard: Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers For Your Landscape
Gibbs Smith, March 2010. Trade Paperback. Eat Your Yard! has information on 35 edible plants that offer the best of both landscape and culinary uses. Edible plants provide spring blossoms, colorful fruit and flowers, lush greenery, fall foliage, and beautiful structure, but they also offer fruits, nuts, and seeds that.....
Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1895
Government Printing Office, January 1896. Hardcover.
Report upon an Examination of Wools and Other Animal Fibers
Government Printing Office, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 613 pages. Part I: Examination of the fiber, its strength and elasticity with 26 tables and 37 plates. Examination of wools of the commercial grade with 16 tables. Part II: Supplemental report upon examination of wools with 5 tables; thoroughbred American merino wools.....
Organic Manifesto: How Organic Food Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe
Rodale Books, March 2011. Trade Paperback. Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale's Organic Manifesto irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment. She traces the genesis.....
Intensification of Hill Country Farming
New Zealand Grassland Association, 1984. Trade Paperback. 223 pages. This book consolidates into one publication some of the papers which have been presented at conferences of the New Zealand Grassland Association that are relevant to hill country farming. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).