Farming from Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Maine: Down East. VG Hardback. (2011). 1st prntg. Blueberry, fresh or frozen, or straight from the bush, one of the most delicous and super-healthy foods in the world. .

Woodstock, VT: Woodstock Foundation. G lg oblong PB. (1983). Activities by which a farmer supported and sustained himself and his family in East Central Vermont in 1890. Inscribed by . author on fep "To Jack & Diane Barnes with the author's compliments. Scott D Hastings Jr" Jack Barnes was a Hiram, ME author .

Pittsboro, N. Carolina: American Livestock Breeds. VG large size PB. (1997). 70 breeds of livestock in America are rare. What if they became extinct? .

NY: Simon & Schuster. VG in VG DJ. (1989). library stamp fep, no other exlib markings or defects, book has been little read and there is no wear or markings. .

Brattleboro, VT: Hand & Foot Ltd. VG PB. 1982. Mowing hay, cutting weeds, and harvesting small grains with hand tools. Slight soil on binding. .

np: Stellar Classics. VG lg sz PB (7-1/2 x 10). nd. Reprint. A parody of D. H. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy's earthy writing. When Flora Poste descends on her relatives in Sussex she finds . them in need of organization and takes the task upon herself. A spoof of rural melodramas. .

NY: McGraw-Hill. VG. 1955. 7th ptg. Text for students of a general course in farm structures. Green binding, dark green title box on spine with gilt lettering. . Excellent condition. .

Toronto, Canada: McClelland and Stewart Ltd. VG ex-library. (1972). In honor of the last three centuries in N. America, with great traditions behind them in Europe, they nevertheless evolved . a barn structure that was of their own time and place, and dependent from thumb latch to ridge pole on the labor of the hands of the farmers and carpenter… Read more about this item

Scranton, PA: ICS. G PB. nd (ca 1931). Listing of various courses provided by the school plus examples of various students and their farms, photos of their animals. . Edge wear. .

White River Jct, VT: Chelsea Green Pub Co. VG PB ex-library. (1994). 3rd ptg. Logsdon believes the answer for the decline in family farms and the domination of chemical-intensive factory farming is cottage . farming, farming part time for fun and profit. Combines the virtues of a manual for the practicing farmer with eloquent meditation in praise of work… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: USDA. G. 1882. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, edge wear. Owner name front endpaper, paper adhering to front cover along edges. .

Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Ptg Co. VG. 1887. With returns of the finances of the agricultural societies. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, owner name fore edge. . Nick to page edge of front endpaper. .

Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Ptg Co. G. 1888. With returns of the finances of the agricultural societies. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, edge wear. . List of agricultural exhibitions, 1888. .

Washington, D.C.: USDA. VG. (1929). Green cloth, slight discoloration along bottom of binding covers. .

Iowa City: Univ of Iowa Press. VG PB. (2000). Archetypal character Swehn, the upright honest mensch who personified the German public. This farmer hero planting and . harvesting his Iowa acres, joking with his neighbors during the snowy winters, building a church with his own hands, gives readers a sense of the perils and pleasures of immigrant life a century… Read more about this item

Amherst, MA: Cooperative Extension/USDA. G PB. (1968). Pamphlet on Fertilizing Home Fruits by same authors laid in. .

NY: Viking. G in G DJ ex-library. (1993). 1st ptg. The daughter of a psychoanalyst father and novelist mother, Nora Seton graduated from Harvard with a degree in classics and . art history and decided to become a farmer. How she prepared for that dream is just the bare bones of a tale populated by the animals she adores… Read more about this item

Albany, NY: Luther Tucker & Son. G. 1886. ...improving and planting grounds, fruit and flowers, domestic animals. Maroon binding, gilt basket of product on ft cover. . gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Edge wear, spine faded. .

Boston, MA: Park & Pollard Co. G. (1912). How to increase the efficiency of chicken farmers from 10 to 50%. Paste down pictorial cover on red buckram binding. . Fading toward edges and on spine, edge wear, owner name on front endpaper in pencil. Entertaining drawings throughout. .

np: Privately published. VG lg sz PB signed by author. (2009). Inscribed by author "Together we are recreating true community." Your local farmer is an important professional . in your life. .