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The Gardener-Smallholder for Profit" is a 1946 guide to gardening concentrating on making money from selling the produce. Contents include: "Crops that Really Pay", "How to Market your Produce", "Local Markets", "Local Shops", "Covent Garden", "Private Customers and how to Get Them", "Advertising", "Planning the Holding", "Tools", "Appliances", "Stock", "What About Capital?", "Soil", "Breaking up New Ground", etc. "The Gardener-Smallholder for...

Cabbages and Cauliflowers" is a vintage guide to planting and growing cabbages and other vegetables by James J. H. Gregory. Written in simple, clear language and profusely illustrated, this volume includes simple instructions for growing cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and kale intended for the beginner or home gardener. Contents include: "Object of this Treatise", "The Origin of the Cabbage", "What a Cabbage Is", "Selecting...

Fertiliser refers to any material which can be introduced to soil to provide nutrients essential to the growth of plants, either natural and industrially produced. This vintage book contains a complete handbook on the subject, offering the reader information on where they come from, how they are produced, made, used, and much more. Contents include: "Difference Between Barn Manure and Commercial Manure", "What is Barnyard Manure?", "Humus", "A...

This volume contains a comprehensive guide to the propagation and pruning of various trees, plants and shrubs. Written by an expert, it includes simple explanations and step-by-step instructions that will appeal to gardeners and others with a practical interest in the subject. Contents include: "Plant Physiology", "Propagation", "Pruning", "Transplanting", "Manuring", "Fruit Trees", "Hardy Deciduous Trees", "Hardy and Half-hardy Deciduous Tree...

First published in 1923, this volume contains a fantastic guide to gardening, with chapters on everything from constructing rose and rock gardens to adding water features, soil and seasonal considerations, landscaping, and much more. Written with the beginner in mind, it contains step-by-step instructions and expert tips to guide the reader towards their perfect garden. Contents include: "The House", "The Bulb Garden", "The Rock Garden", "The ...

First published in 1939, "Your Garden's Flowers Illustrated" as a wonderful pictorial guide to some of the most commonly grown flowers in the British Isles. The author has aimed to show and describe many varieties of flowers in simple and clear terms, including helpful pictures and offering details relating to habitat, seasons, method of planting, and more. This accessible reference guide is ideal for those with an interest in flower identific...

Wildfowling is an ancient pastime whereby game birds, especially wild ducks, geese, or swans, are hunted for their various reasons including sport, population control, and for their meat. This vintage book contains a complete guide to wildfowling, dealing with the varieties of wildfowl common to the British isles and covering different techniques, equipment and guns, employing gun dogs, and everything else a wildfowler needs to know about thei...

Written in simple, clear language and profusely illustrated, this vintage book contains a wealth of timeless information pertaining to wasps, with chapters on their habits, habitat, enemies, society, species, uses, and much, much more. "Wasps Social and Solitary" is highly recommended for those with an interest in these fascinating insects, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Communal...

First published in 1913, Oswald H. Latter's "Bees and Wasps" is a fantastic guide to the common varieties of bees and wasps, providing detailed descriptions of their habit, habitat, natural history, anatomy, and much more. This comprehensive handbook contains a wealth of timeless information and is not to be missed by those with an interest in the bee keeping and entomology. Contents include: "Introduction", "Fossores or Digger-Wasps: Pompilid...

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to keeping poultry, domesticated birds kept for their eggs, their meat or their feathers. Written for beginners, it offers simple and illustrated chapters on selecting, housing, feeding, rearing, and generally managing various types of fowl, including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and more. C. A Flatt's "Poultry-Keeping" will be of of utility to anyone with a practical interest in the subject...

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to breeding a variety of farm animals, including horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry. It focuses mainly on the breeding and breaking of horses, with historical information as well as chapters on veterinarian aspects and more. Although old, it contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of considerable use to farmers and breeders alike. Not to be missed by collectors of vint...

Sheep Breeds and Breeding" is a definite guide to breeding sheep, dealing with all aspects of the subject including selection, feeding, management, housing, illnesses and ailments, and much more. Concentrating on the sheep of the British Isles, it will be of considerable utility to British farmers and those occupied with breeding sheep for profit or pleasure. Contents include: "Breeds and Breeding", "The Importance of Sheep Farming", "Classifi...

The Curiosities of Bees" is a vintage article on bee keeping, with sections on the queen bee, cell production, honey, and much more. This interesting and informative little volume offers the reader a broad introduction to the topic, exploring bee-society and natural history with handy tips and information that will be of utility to the bee keeper. Contents include: "The Commonwealth of Bees", "The Sting of the Bee", "A Strange Queen", "Enemies...

This vintage book contains an exhaustive guide to cattle farming for meat and diary products. It explores in detail the various breeds of the British Isles, looking at their history and origins, notable breeders, etc., as well as offering a wealth of practical information on diary farming, with sections on selection, housing, feeding, diseases and their treatment, and much more. "Farming Cattle for Meat and Dairy" is a timeless handbook that w...

This book contains a classic guide to dairy farming by J. Prince-Sheldon. Dairy farming is a type of agriculture used for the long-term production of milk, which is processed (at a dairy) for the sale of a dairy product. This volume concentrated on cheese production, looking at different varieties and how they are traditionally produced. "Dairy Farming and the Traditional Methods of Cheese and Butter-Making" will appeal to anyone with an inter...

J. Prince-Sheldon's "Live Stock in Health and Disease" is a comprehensive and definitive guide to livestock keeping which deals with the breeding and management of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry. It also contains chapters on dairy farming, as well as a section on related veterinary subjects. This profusely-illustrated handbook will be of considerable utility to farmers and others with a practical interest in breeding and keepi...

This is the fifth part of f J. Prince-Sheldon's "Live Stock in Health and Disease", which looks at the breeding and management of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry. It also contains chapters on dairy farming, as well as a section on related veterinary subjects. This instalment concentrates on farriery, which refers to horse shoeing and the various diseases and ailments of the horses foot. This particular volume will be of conside...

This is the fourth part of f J. Prince-Sheldon's "Live Stock in Health and Disease", which covers in detail the breeding and management of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry. It also contains chapters on dairy farming, as well as a section on related veterinary subjects. This instalment concentrates on sheep and agronomy-which refers to the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, fibre, and land reclam...

This is the third part of J. Prince-Sheldon's "Live Stock in Health and Disease", focusing on the breeding and management of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry. It also contains chapters on dairy farming, as well as a section on related veterinary subjects. This comprehensive and profusely-illustrated handbook contains a wealth of timeless information related to cattle, as will be of considerable utility to farmers and others enga...

This is the second part of J. Prince-Sheldon's "Live Stock in Health and Disease", which looks at the breeding and management of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry. It also contains chapters on dairy farming, as well as a section on related veterinary subjects. This instalment contains a wealth of timeless information related horses, exploring their uses for sport and transportation, health, training, and much more. It will be of ...