Search Results: Farming from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

An absolutely unique document, this is a bound collection of documents relating to the New York State Boys' Working Reserve. The Working Reserve was a program set up before World War I to help alleviate a farm worker shortage as people migrated from farm to city and then as men were drafted for WWI. High school students, mainly boys and many city boys, were recruited to work on upstate farms. This report documents the achievements of the program and includes production statistics as well as summary letters from the boys and the farmers they worked for. This is not a typical printed book but rather a collection of hand typed pages and 2 pages with photographs. The binding is firm. Red cloth boards are rubbed and lightly soiled. There is the remains of a sticker on the front cover. One photograph has been removed tearing the page to which it was attached. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sF2

1919 hardcover as pictured. Ex-library with only markings to identify it as such are stamps on endpapers and several internal pages. binding is firm. Embossed green cloth boards with gold stamping are lightly worn. Endpapers and text lightly tanned but otherwise clean. Includes many illustrations and patterns for a number of structures as well as an extensive index. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1914 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm.Blue cloth boards with green, tan and gold stamping are lightly soiled and rubbed with light edge wear. Two small tears along front hinge. Endpapers mottled. Pencil notation on REP. Text is clean and unmarked. An interesting volume covering all aspects of gardening with many recipes and formulas for home made treatments. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Published by the author in 2012. Paperback, cover as shown, 62pp. Signed by author. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

Assumed first edition, copyright shown as 1912 & 1915, published 1915. 378pp including front matter and index. Unjacketed hardback, cover as shown with this listing is rubbed, bumped and scuffed. Binding is loose and cover is lifting away from front and back hinges. Edges aged, text is tanned. Many black and white plates printed on glossy paper. Compliments slip from author pasted to blank page in the front matter. A rare copy, price reflects condition. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

1892 hardcover as pictured. The agriculture report for 1891 including sections on weather, fruits and vegetables, forestry and diseases of plants. The highlight of the volume is a section on apple varieties with 8 beautiful full color drawings by William Prestele. Also includes many other illustrations and a number of fold out maps. Binding is intact.Black cloth boards are soiled and worn with fraying at corners. Pencil writing on endpapers front and rear. Text is tanned but appears unmarked. The top edge of text block is water stained. The stain extends about one half inch into the page but does not intrude into text or the above mentioned illustrations. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1913 hardcover as pictured. An interesting look at small homestead farming in the early 20th century with many practices still applicable today. Binding is firm. Green cloth boards with black stamping are lightly soiled with some edge wear. Endpapers mottled with pencil notation at fore. Text tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR