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A Checklist Of Economic Plants In Australia (including plants of importance to farmers, graziers and foresters, but excluding ornamental and garden plants) -compiled by- W Hartley (CSIRO, Melbourne, reprint, 1980) ISBN 0643025510. Used softcover book. 214 pages. Covers are sunned on edges and have insect damage. Rear cover is grubby. Half title page has been neatly torn out. Page edges have tanned. Else pages are very good.
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A Handbook For Jackeroos And Others by L A Pockley. Written in layman's language by a successful father, grazier & rural education administrator, this book is about many things an Australian country father thought he had told his children but probably had not (Bay Books, Sydney, no date) ISBN 0858355302. Used hardcover book in d/j, 267 pages, previous owner's name stamp on fep, light soiling on page edges, else in very good condition.
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A Manual Of Australian Agriculture -edited for- The Australian Institute of Agricultural Science -by- R L Reid, Fourth Edition (William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, reprint of 4th ed, 1983) ISBN 0855610476. Used hardcover book in d/j. 850 pages. D.j faded on spine, worn on edges with small chips at both ends of spine. Shelfwear to lower edges of boards. Foxing on edges of pages, else pages are very good. Weighs 1.5 kilograms.
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A Manual Of Safe Practice In The Handling And Use Of Pesticides (Document PB377) prepared by Pesticides Section, Department of Primary Industry, Canberra (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, reprint, 1980) ISBN 0642048096 /0-642-04809-6. Used softcover book, 253 pages. Covers are worn, and bumped on corners. Foxing on edges of pages. All else is good.
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A Textbook of Dairy Chemistry -by- Edgar R Ling Volume One: Theoretical. Third Edition revised. Covers the constituents of milk; milk acidity and some physical properties of milk; the composition of milk; the effects of heat on milk and the action of milk on metals; dairy detergents; chlorine sterilisation; cream, butter and margarine; cheese, annatto, and soft curd milk; condensed milk and milk powder; dairy by-products and miscellaneous subjects; name index; subject index. (Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. 1956) Used hardcover book. no dust jacket. Very good green cloth covers with silver lettering on spine. 227 pages. Name whited out on front endpaper. Foxing and some stains on endpapers and edges of pages. Else very good.
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All Creatures Great and Small: First Herriot Omnibus Edition -by- James Herriot. Contains "If Only They Could Talk" and "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" with three chapters from "Let Sleeping Vets Lie" (Pan Books, London. 11th printing. 1982) ISBN 0330250493. Used softcover book. 428 pages. Foxing on edges of pages. Else good.
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All Things Bright and Beautiful: Second Herriot Omnibus Edition -by- James Herriot. Contains the majority of chapters from "Let Sleeping Vets Lie" and "Vet in Harness" (Pan Books, London. 9th printing. 1982) ISBN 0330255800. Used softcover book. 378 pages. Foxing on edges of pages. Else good.
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All Things Wise and Wonderful: Third Herriot Omnibus Edition -by- James Herriot. Contains "Vets Might Fly" and "Vet in a Spin" (Pan Books, London. 1979) ISBN 0330258842. Used softcover book. 398 pages. Foxing on edges of pages. Else good.
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Australia and New Zealand Sires '83. Horse Breeding. Equine Bloodlines. (KLK Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Sydney. 1983) Used softcover book. 336 pages.Light wear to edges of covers. First page has been neatly torn out. Pages ripped at bottom. Else very good.
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Australian Sheep Dogs: Training And Handling, Including a Complete Guide to Commands -by- Rod Cavanagh (Rod Cavanagh, Whittlesea, Vic, First Edition, 1990) ISBN 0731689178 /0-7316-8917-8. Used hardcover book in d/j, 112 pages. ight wear to edges of d/j, else very good.
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Australian Small Farms Handbook: Service Supplies Equipment -compiled by- Mark Pearson. (Second Back Row Press, Leura, NSW, 2nd edition, 1986) ISBN 0909325499. Used softcover book, 170 pages. Ex-library with the usual stamps and a sticker on spine. Corners bumped. Pages tanned on edges. All else is very good.
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Australian Soil And Land Survey Field Handbook -by- Mcdonald, Isbell, Speight, Walker & Hopkins (Inkata Press, Melbourne, 1984) ISBN 0909605327. Used softcover book in clear plastic jacket. 160 pages. Very good.
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Big Charlie -by- J H Williams (known as 'Elephant Bill"). "Captain Williams has devoted more than 20 years of his life to elephants and has written a book which ... these thoughtful animals would themselves approve ..." - Arthur Ransome (Quality Book club Edition, London. 1959) Used hardcover book in dust jacket. 222 pages. Dust jacket is torn and chipped on edges with small piece missing from bottom of spine. Name written on front endpaper. Foxing on endpapers and on edges of pages. Else good.
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Dairy Cattle Research Techniques edited by J H Ternouth (Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Miscellaneous Publication 82017) (Queensland Government, Brisbane, 1983) ISBN 0724220798. Used softcover book, 365 pages. Covers lightly soiled, pages uncut on lower edge, else very good.
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Discovering Soils No. 1: Soils: An Outline of Their Properties and Management (CSIRO Division of Soils, reprint, 1982) ISBN 064302042X. Used softcover booklet, 40 pages. Covers sunned on edges, underlining in blue pen on some pages, else very good.
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Discovering Soils No. 3: Composting: Making Soil Improver From Rubbish (CSIRO Division of Soils, no date) ISBN 064302168X. Used softcover booklet, 19 pages. Covers creased. Rear cover is soiled. Foxing inside front and back covers. Creased down centre. All else is very good.
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Discovering Soils No. 7: Organic Matter And Soils (CSIRO Division of Soils, 1979) ISBN 0643024182. Used softcover booklet, 51 pages. Rear cover soiled and is missing some surface laminate. Front page is creased in corners. Foxing on rear page. All else is very good.
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Discovering Soils No. 7: Organic Matter And Soils (CSIRO Division of Soils, 1979) ISBN 0643024182. Used softcover booklet, 51 pages. Covers are worn and creased. Note written in title page. Pages 2 and 3 have been stuck together resulting on loss of text in one paragraph. Else pages are good.
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Discovering Soils: Earthworms For Gardeners and Fishermen. Earthworm species of Australia; effects of earthworms on soils; likes and dislikes; increasing earthworm numbers; cultural methods; vermicompost and worm castings; earthworm biology; identifying earthworms (CSIRO Australia Division of Soils, reprint, 1991) ISBN 0643042377. Used softcover booklet, 31 pages. Marks on rear cover. Name and address stamp of previous owner on title page. Else in very good condition. (2)
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Dog Training My Way, and Difficult Dogs by Barbara Woodhouse (Barbara Woodhouse, Rickmansworth, Herts, UK, reprint, 1981) SBN 900819081, excellent hardcover book, no d/j, 112pp.
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Electric Fencing Manual (Daken Electric Fencing, Sydney, no date) Used softcover stapled booklet. 33 pages. Light wear to covers. Pages are very good.
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Horticulture, in English, French, Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, Spanish, Italian & Latin compiled under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, The Hague, The Netherlands edited by J Nudam & A De Jong. 4240 terms; the basic table is in English, followed by their equivalents in the 8 other languages; separate alphabetical indexes are supplied for each of these languages (1970 Elsevier Pub Co) SBN 444408126 hardcover in d/j, covered with clear contact, 561pp, foxing on page edges, text is good. Weighs 1.2 kilograms.
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Farm Machinery And Tractors: A Practical Handbook For Farmers -by- R H Cochrane. The principles, operation and maintenance of farm machinery and tractors, including the many different implements used in cultivating the soil and harvesting crops, as well as milking machines, shearing machines, orchard-spraying equipment and pumps; illustrated with clear diagrams (Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2nd edition, 1954) Used hardcover book in dust jacket. 214 pages. Dust jacket is poor: worn, torn, with pieces torn from edges and corners. Name written on front endpaper. Light foxing on edges of pages. Book is very good.
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Floods And Droughts: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium in Hydrology. September 11-13, 1972 at Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (Water Resources Publications, Fort Collins, Co, 1973) Used hardcover book, no d/j, 679 pages. Good green cloth worn on corners. Good gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ex-library. Library stamp and sticker on fep. Light foxing on edges of pages. Else very good. Weighs 1.2 kilograms.
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From Strength to Strength: An Autobiography -by- Sara Henderson. Sara writes of her life at Bullo Station, a million-acre cattle station in the red dust of the Northern Territory with her husband, American war hero and shipping magnate Charles Henderson III (Sun/Pan Macmillan Publishers. Sydney. Reprint. 1995) ISBN 0725107251. Used softcover book. 337 pages. Marks on upper edge of pages. Else very good.
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Fruit And Nut Crops, A Disease Management Guide (Information Series Q188018) edited by Denis M Persley, Ken G Pegg, Jim R Syme, co-ordinated by Plant Pathology Branch. Information on the symptoms, importance, source, spread and control of diseases that affect 19 fruit and nut crops either before or after harvest; the emphasis is on an integrated approach to disease control, combining chemical, cultural and biological methods for efficient management and use of resources, while ensuring the safety of the consumer (AGDEX 202/633, Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government, Brisbane, 1989) ISSN 0727-6273. ISBN 0724225552/0-7242-2555-2. Used softcover book, 68 pages, covers are creased and have some insect damage to edges, pages are very good.
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Fruit Gardening In New Zealand by Ralph & John Ballinger (The Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1981) 090856306X. Used softcover book, 120 pages, one tear in cover at bottom (closed with tape), light wear and creasing to covers, corners bumped, pages are very good.
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Gardening With The Experts: Organic -by- Moira Ryan (Weldon Publishing, Sydney, reprint, 1991) ISBN 1875410074. Used softcover booklet, 48 pages. Staples rusted. All else in very good condition.
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Green Manuring Principles And Practice by Otto Schmid & Ruedi Klay, Research Institute for Biological Husbandry, Switzerland, translated from the German by William Brinton, Jr., with additional comments from Woods End Agricultural Institute (Woods End Agricultural Institute, Temple, ME, 2nd ed, 1984) ISBN 0960355421/0-9603554-2-1. Used spiral-bound softcover book, 50 pages, very good.
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Growing Media For Ornamental Plants And Turf by K A Handreck & N D Black (NSW University Press, Sydney, reprint with minor amendments, 1986) ISBN 0868491773 /0-86849-177-3. Used hardcover book, no d/j, 401 pages. Spine sunned, light foxing to edges of pages, else very good. Weighs 1.1 kilograms.
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Growing Nuts In Australia by Anthony Allen. A book for the gardener, farmer and investor; establishing a nut grove; propagation of nut trees; covers walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pistachios, pecans, and macadamias (Night Owl Publishers, Shepparton, First edition, 1986) ISBN 0947065008 /0-947065-00-8. Used softcover book, 160 pages. Corners knocked, foxing and some stains on edges of pages, some highlighting in text, else good.
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Growing Trees On Australian Farms by Alan Brown & Norman Hall. Deals with the use of trees or ornament, shade, shelter & timber production in rural coastal & tableland areas in temperate Australia (First Edition, 1968, Dept of National Development, Forestry & Timber Bureau, Canberra) very good hardcover in good d/j chipped on edges, 397pp, names blacked out on fep & title page, stamp of previous owner on half title page.
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Handy Farm And Home Devices And How To Make Them, Hundreds of Time, Labour and Money Saving Hints for Farm, Station and Home compiled & designed by J V Bartlett, A facsimile edition of the original 1945 edition; reproduced with a minimum of alterations (Cornstalk Publishing, Angus & Robertson, Australia, reprint, 1982) ISBN 0207141975 /0-207-14197-5. Used softcover book, 303 pages. Covers creased, spine sunned, corners curled, foxing on edges of pages, insect damage to edge of last page, else good.
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Harnessing The Energy From Nature: A Complete Guide to Independent Energy Systems -compiled by- Peter Pedals. Fifth Edition (Rainbow Power Company, Nimbin, NSW, 5th ed, no date) Used softcover book. 130 pages. Covers are marked, grubby and worn. pages are very good.
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Hobby Farming: The First Steps edited by Allan Humphries, based on the ABC Radio Series (Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1983) ISBN 0642973830, very good softcover book, 103pp, light soiling on edges of pages. (2)
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Horticulture, Principles And Practical Applications by Raymond P Poincelot (Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1980) ISBN 0133948099 /0-13-394809-9. Used hardcover book, no d/j, pictorial covers, 652 pages. Covers lightly knocked on corners, foxing on page edges, else very good. Weighs 1.2 kilograms.
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Introduction To Tropical Agriculture by J A Sutherland (McGray-Hill Book Company, Sydney, 3rd edition, 1981) ISBN 0070935483 /0-07-093548-3. Used softcover book, 270 pages. Spine sunned, corners bumped, foxing on edges of pages, else very good.
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Managing Water In Plant Nurseries, A Guide To Irrigation, Drainage And Water Recycling In Containerised Plant Nurseries, edited by Chris Rolfe, Anne Currey & Ian Atkinson (published jointly by Horticultural Research and Development Corporation, Nursery Industry Association of Australia & NSW Agriculture, 1994) ISBN 0731032144 /0-7310-3214-4. Used oversize softcover book, 163 pages. Name and number of previous owner written  on half title page, covers worn on edges, corners bumped, else very good.
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Medical and Veterinary Aspects of Plant Poisons in New South Wales -by- E J McBarron. Over 1,000 poisonous plants in relation to humans, domestic animals and bees likely to occur in NSW are described, as well as selected examples of exotic plant species; 960 bibliographic references; also deals with environmental factors concerned with the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of plant poisonings, and a chemical classification of toxins, symptomatology and animal species involved (Department of Agriculture New South Wales, 1976) Used softcover book. 243 pages. Covers worn on edges. Foxing on first and last few pages and edges of pages. Else good.
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Modern Mushroom Growing -by- P J C Vedder, Director of the Mushroom Growers' Training Centre in Horst (L), The Netherlands (Stanley Thornes, Cheltenham, First English Edition, 1978) Used softcover book. 420 pages. Covers are creased, soiled and have insect damage to edges. Foxing and some soiling to edges of pages. Else pages are very good.
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Modern Potting Composts, A Manual on The Preparation and Use of Growing Media for Pot Plants by A C Bunt (George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, First edition, 1976) No ISBN. Used hardcover book, no d/j, 277 pages. Good brown cloth covers lightly worn on corners and top and bottom on spine. Foxing and some marks on eps, foxing on upper edge of pages, else very good.
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Owning Training and Racing Horses by Captain Edward Parsons. Ppersonal inscription signed by author on fep (self-published, Edward Parsons, Auckland, NZ, undated) Used hardcover book, no d/j, fine green cloth with fine gilt lettering on spine, 82 pages. Fine.
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Pasture Legumes And Grasses, A Guide to The Identification of Selected Species Used in Pasture Improvement (Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, 1961) No ISBN. Used softcover booklet, 67 pages. Name on cover, light wear to edges and corners of covers, spine worn, pages are very good.
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Pastures And Pasture Plants -edited by- R H M Langer (A H & A W Reed, Wellington, 1973) ISBN 0589607475. Used hardcover book in d/j, 428 pages. D/j is worn and torn on edges and corners. Name stamp on fep. Foxing on edges of pages, else pages are very good. Weighs 1.1 kilograms.
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Pests Of Stored Grain And Grain Products by Richard T Cotton (Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis, 2nd printing of 3rd ed, 1960) No ISBN. Used hardcover book, no d/j, 306 pages. Stained and soiled orange cloth covers. Foxing inside covers and on edges of pages, else good.
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Pig Management And Production, A Practical Guide For Farmers And Students by Derek H Goodwin, Pig Farming. (Hutchinson Educational Ltd, London, First edition, 1973) ISBN 009110890X /0-09-110890-X. Used hardcover book in price-clipped d/j, 203 pages. D/j is worn on edges with one small tear at top. Bookshop bookplate inside cover. Light foxing on eps and edges of pages. All else is very good.
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Pine Planting In New South Wales, issued under the authority of the Hon. Jack G Beale, Chapters are: Pine plantation establishment; Pinus radiata - Monterey or Radiata Pine; Pinus elliottii - Slash Pine; Pinus taeda - Loblolly Pine; Notes on other pine species; Preparation of the site for planting; Raising nursery seedlings in readiness for  planting; Planting, replanting and refilling; Scrubbing, pruning and thinning; Fire protection; The measurement of trees and forest stands; Plantation establishment and management costs; Volume yield from pine plantations; The value of merchantable standing timber; financial returns from large plantations; Financial returns from small plantations; Loans for private afforestation in NSW (prepared by The Division of Forest Management, Forestry Commission of NSW, Sydney, no date) Used softcover book, 59 pages, corners creased, else very good.
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Plant Growing In The Tropics And Subtropics -by- G V Ustimenko-Bakumovsky. Translated from the Russian -by- M K Viktorova. A study guide for agricultural students; eight chapters cover grains, legumes, tubers, oil producers, textile plants, textile plants, sugar producers, narcotic producers, and seed science (Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1983) Used hardcover book in d/j. 391 pages. D/j is creased, torn and chipped on edges. Book itself is very good.
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Practical Guidelines for Nursery Hygiene by Olga M Goss (reprint 1983 Australian Nurserymen's Assoc, Parramatta, N.S.W.) ISBN 0959541810 softcover, stiff boards, 77pp, colour photos, line drawings, slight insect damage to edges of pages, else in very good condition.
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Practical Hints For Budding And Grafting Fruit And Nut Trees by D McE Alexander (CSIRO Australia, reprint, 1990) ISBN 064304269 /0-643-0426-9. Used softcover booklet, 31 pages. Covers worn on edges and soiled, pages are very good.
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Principles of Turfgrass Culture by John H Madison, maps, b/w photos, tables, diagrams (reprint 1982 with corrections & supplementary material, Robert E Krieger, Malabar, Florida) ISBN 0898741971 hardcover, no d/j, 431pp, green cloth with gilt lettering, light foxing on eps, in very good condition.
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Proceedings Of The Second Australian Macadamia Research Workshop, Bangalow Palms Resort, Bangalow, NSW, 15-19 September 1987 edited by T Trochoulias & I Skinner (Australian Macadamia society Limited, Brisbane, 1987) Used large format softcover book, 332 pages, marks on covers, corners bumped, foxing on first and last pages, edges of pages are soiled, else good.
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Reader's Digest Back To Basics: A Practical Guide to Old-Fashioned Self-Sufficiency -edited by- Phillip Rodwell (Reader's Digest, Sydney, 1997) ISBN 0864490283. Used hardcover book. No d/j. 464 pages. A few marks on edges of pages, else in fine condition. Weighs 1.7 kilograms.
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Self-Sufficiency: The Science and Art of Producing and Preserving Your Own Food by John & Sally Seymour (1977, Faber and Faber, London) ISBN 0571106358, good softcover, 250pp, rear pages water-stained, pages tanned.
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Small-Scale Irrigation, A Manual Of Low-Cost Water Technology by Peter Stern. Chapters cover the technology of soils, soil and water relationships, crop water requirements, water source development and the simple design of open channels, pipelines and water lifting methods; the appendices include information on methods for measuring climatic data, mapping and survey and gauging water sources; written primarily for farmers in rural areas who do not have ready access to much of the technical know-how and paraphernalia usually available to professionally-trained staff. (Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, London & International Irrigation Information Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, 1979) ISBN 0903031647. Used small softcover book, 152 pages, covers are soiled and worn on edges, spine cocked, light soiling to edges of pages, else pages are very good.
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Small-Scale Irrigation, A Manual Of Low-Cost Water Technology by Peter Stern. Chapters cover the technology of soils, soil and water relationships, crop water requirements, water source development and the simple design of open channels, pipelines and water lifting methods; the appendices include information on methods for measuring climatic data, mapping and survey and gauging water sources; written primarily for farmers in rural areas who do not have ready access to much of the technical know-how and paraphernalia usually available to professionally-trained staff. (Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, London & International Irrigation Information Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, 1979) ISBN 0903031647. Used small softcover book, 152 pages. Light wear to edges of covers, number and name stamp on title page and last page, else very good.
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Soils Or Spoils, The Chemical Dilemma, A Practical Insight Into Organic Sustainable Agriculture by David Alan Hall (Hawthorn Press, Perth, WA, 1990) No ISBN. Used softcover booklet, 56 pages. Marks on edges of pages at bottom, else very good.
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Some Tree Fruits For Tropical Australia by D McE Alexander, P B Schofield & A Frodsham. Covers avocado, Cashew, carambola, Chinese jujube, date palm, durian, guava, jaboticaba, jackfruit, langsat and duku, litchi, longan, mango, mandosteen, pummelo, rambutan, sapodilla, soursop, sweetsop, West Indian lime, fruit storage and preservation (CSIRO Australia, 1982) ISBN 0643029300 /0-643-02930-0. Used softcover book, 56 pages. Spine is worn. Else very good.
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Some Tree Fruits For Tropical Australia by D McE Alexander, P B Schofield & A Frodsham. Covers avocado, Cashew, carambola, Chinese jujube, date palm, durian, guava, jaboticaba, jackfruit, langsat and duku, litchi, longan, mango, mandosteen, pummelo, rambutan, sapodilla, soursop, sweetsop, West Indian lime, fruit storage and preservation (CSIRO Australia, 1982) ISBN 0643029300 /0-643-02930-0. Used softcover book, 56 pages. Covers creased, corners bumped, red pen underlining on text on most pages, else good.
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Soybean Growing (Agfact P5.2.6) -by- R T Cotton, Principal Agronomist (Fibres and Oils); Division of Plant Industries; NSW Dept of Agriculture (Agdex 162/20. NSW Dept of Agriculture. First Edition. 1987) Used softcover book. 42 pages. Stamp on cover. Edges of covers are worn. Corners bumped. Two holes neatly punched for binder. Pages are good.
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Special Pathology And Therapeutics of The Diseases of Domestic Animals. 3 Volumes -by- Dr. Franz Hutyra & Dr. Josef Marek. Third Authorized American Edition from the Sixth Revised and Enlarged German Edition. Edited -by- John R Mohler & Adolph Eichhorn. Veterinary Science. Volume I: Infectious Diseases; 1091 pages; 259 illustrations in the text and 19 plates. Volume II: Diseases of The Digestive Organs, Respiratory Organs and Circulatory Organs; 850 pages; 165 illustrations in the text and 3 plates. Volume III: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Blood and Blood producing Organs, Spleen, Metabolism, Nervous System, Organs of Locomotion, and Skin; 835 pages; 185 illustrations in the text and 6 plates. (Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, Covent Garden. 1926) 3 Volumes. Hardcover books. No dust jackets. Ex-library with the usual stamps, stickers and marks. Good green cloth with embossed lettering on front covers and good gilt lettering on spine. Covered with clear contact. Foxing on edges of pages. Very good. The 3 volumes together weigh 7.5 kilograms. Please email us for a Shipping information for this item quote stating your location.
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Surviving In The Eighties -by- Michael Boddy & Richard Beckett. Illustrated -by- Janet Dawson Boddy. Shows how you can achieve a degree of self sufficiency whilst living in the city; information that is just as relevant today as it was in the 1980s (George Allen & Unwin Publishers, London, reprint, 1984) ISBN 086861114. Used softcover book. 196 pages. Light wear to covers. Corners bumped. Heavy foxing and some insect damage on the edges of pages. Some pages have tanned. Else good.
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Temperate Fruit, Postharvest Diseases Of Horticultural Produce Vol. 1 edited by B B Beattie, W B McGlasson & N L Wade (NSW Agriculture & Fisheries, CSIRO Australia, Melbourne, 1989) ISBN 0643050515 / 0-643-05051-5. Used softcover book, 84 pages, spine sunned, else very good.
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Temperate And Subtropical Fruit Production by David Jackson (Butterworths Horticultural Books, Butterworths Of New Zealand Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand, First edition, 1986) ISBN 0409701491 /0-409-701-491. Used hardcover book, no d/j, pictorial laminated boards, 294 pages. Spine sunned, insect damage to edges of fep, else very good. Weighs 1.1 kilograms.
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The ABC Of Stud Breeding. Published by Group Members of Stud Stock (International) Pty Limited, namely: Aldersend, of Tarrington, Herefordshire, England; Brewarrana, of Narrandera, NSW, Australia; and Castle Bend, of Bowral, NSW, Australia; not a treatise on breeding stud stock, rather this is a history of these prize stud properties (circa 1965) Black embossed leather-bound booklet, colour photos, in very good condition.
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The American Standard Of Perfection Illustrated, A Complete Description of All Varieties of Fowls (The American Poultry Association Inc, Davenport, Iowa, 1947) Used hardcover book, no d/j, 492 pages. Good light brown covers with good black emblem and lettering on front cover and spine, with some marks, worn on edges and corners. Heavy marking on edges of pages. All else is very good.
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The Classic Encyclopedia Of The Horse -by- Dennis Magner. Animal Care. An encyclopedia of everything about horses, including the principles and secrets of training; history and breeding; the personality of the horse; horsemanship; stabling, shoeing and care of horses; includes a 200-page medical section - a "Gray's Anatomy" of the horse with detailed anatomical drawings (Bonanza books, New York, 1980) ISBN 0517321688. Used hardcover book in d/j, 643 pages. D/j is sunned on spine. Foxing on first and last few pages and on edges of pages. All else is very good.
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The Farm, The Story Of One Family And The English Countryside by Richard Benson. Richard Benson travels home to Yorkshire to attend the sale of his family's farm; the Bensons have been farmers for over 200 years, but now modern economics have made it impossible for the family to continue; setting the story of the sale, its aftermath and the family's recovery against a background of cataclysmic change in the British countryside, Benson uses memoir, anecdote, reportage and personal insights to explore many social and personal issues; this is a book about childhood, families, change, death, food, alienation and belonging - and about the bond between people and the land and each other (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Books, London, 2005) ISBN 0241142229. Used hardcover book in d/j, 230 pages, d/j is lightly soiled and worn along upper edge, else very good.
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The Farmer's Dog by John Holmes (Popular Dogs Publishing Co Ltd, London, 10th edition, 1985) ISBN 0091561213 /0-09-156121-3. Used softcover book, 161 pages. Foxing on reverse of covers, else very good.
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The First Earth Garden Book (Third Edition Updated) -edited by- Keith & Irene Smith. A guide to self-sufficiency and natural living in Australia (Thomas Nelson Australia, Sydney, reprint of 3rd ed, 1981) ISBN 0170054446. Used softcover book. 256 pages. Cover sunned on spine and upper edge of front cover. Foxing on edges of pages. Else very good.
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The Second Earth Garden Book (First Edition) -edited by- Keith & Irene Smith. A guide to self-sufficiency and natural living in Australia (Thomas Nelson Australia, Sydney, First Edition, 1978) ISBN 0170059231. Used softcover book. 256 pages. Cover sunned on spine. Covers are grubby. Foxing on edges of pages. Pages tanned. Else very good.
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The Third Earth Garden Book (First Edition) -edited by- Keith & Irene Smith. A guide to self-sufficiency and natural living in Australia (Thomas Nelson Australia, Sydney, First Edition, 1981) ISBN 0170060411. Used softcover book. 256 pages. Cover sunned on spine and rear cover. Foxing on edges of pages. Else very good.
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining, and Other Affairs of Plain Living -edited by- Eliot Wigginton. Mountain wisdom. Self Sufficiency. Measurements in feet and inches (Anchor Books, Anchor Press, Garden City NY, 1972) ISBN 0385073534. Used softcover book. 384 pages. Covers have tanned and are worn on corners and edges. Bookshop bookplate inside front cover. Hinge has split between pages 146 and 147. Else very good.
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The Keyline Plan by P A Yeomans. A system of soil improvement by saving all the rain that falls on the land; 27 plates (self published by P A Yeomans, Sydney, 1954) Used hardcover book, no d/j, 120 pages + supplement. Marked green coth covers with good gilt lettering, foxing on eps and edges of pages, rear pages are lightly stained on edges, else very good.
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The Koehler Method Of Dog Training, Certified Techniques By Movieland's Most Experienced Dog Trainer by William Koehler, illustrated by R T Yankie (Howell Book House Inc, New York, 33rd printing, 1988) ISBN 0876056575. Used hardcover book, no d/j, 208 pages, stamp of previous owner on fep, light wear to edges of cover, some marks and light foxing on eps and edges of pages, else very good.
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The Potential Of Aquaculture In Australia: Australian Fisheries Paper No. 21 prepared by J L Maclean. Is aquaculture, or fish farming, practical in Australia?  How much does it cost to establish a farm? This book is not a handbook or a 'do it yourself' manual - it discusses the broad principles and describes some of the operations currently being undertaken in Australia, and outlines the possibilities while listing the difficulties facing aquaculturalists (Australian Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries Division, AGPS, Canberra, 1975) ISBN 0642007268. Hardcover book in d/j, 133pp. D/j is marked and worn along edges. Book is very good.
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Tropical Agriculture, An Abridged Field Guide by Donald S Hubbell. The author is recognised throughout the world as an expert in tropical agriculture; this book is a compilation of his own copious notes over 25 years of direct experience in the tropical and sub-tropical regions (Howard W Sams Int'l, Kansas City, first edition, 1965) No ISBN. Used hardcover book in d/j, 294 pages, d/j is fairly tattered, book itself is very good with just a little foxing.
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Tropical Tree Crops by Lawrence K Opeke, University of Ife, Ife-Ife, Nigeria. The author, Chief Lawrence K Opeke, Bamwasan of Ile-Oluji, has spent a considerable amount of time researching into the genetics and plant breeding requirements of specific tree crops; in this book he introduces the basic principles of ecology for a wide variety of tropical tree crops, and discussed the principles and practices involved in the cultivation of such crops; written in clear, simple, and non-technical language, the book has been designed primarily for students of agriculture, botany, and biological sciences throughout Tropical Africa (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, 1982) ISBN 0471100668 /0-471-10066-8. Used softcover book, 312 pages. Covers are grubby, marked and worn on edges, corners knocked, foxing on edges of pages, some pen underlining, else good. Rare.
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Yield Regulation In South Australian Pinus Radiata Plantations (Bulletin No. 23) by N B Lewis, A Keeves & J W Leech. Signatures of all 3 authors on  title page (Woods and Forests Department, South Australia, 1976) Used softcover in a hardcover vinyl sleeve, 173 pages, in excellent condition.
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Your Own Resources: A Practical Book For Self-Sufficient People In Australia -compiled by- Michael Richardson. Covers self-sufficiency in shelter, tools, commodities, bushcraft, heat and light, food, drink, transport, health, cloth and clothes, craftwork, woodwork, metals (Doubleday Australia, Sydney, First ed, 1978) ISBN 0868240087. Softcover book, 377pp, in very good condition.
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