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Text Box: New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 26, Friday, January 15, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: John B. Russell. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Lead story: Milk of the Cow Tree from Colombia; Deathly poem by farmer's boy for New Year 1830; Great Yield of Potatoes by Mr. William Thurlow of West Newbury, MA; Stupendous Undertaking of the new Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The farmers who read this paper got themselves very well educated! Paper periodical, worn, good. (3531) $39.00. Educational/Agricultural/Botany. New England Farmer, The, Friday, February 5, 1830, Vol. VIII No. 29 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor 1830 Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Guard against the canker worm--use whale oil; Potatoes were raised in New England (in Lynn, MA) as early as 1717, introduced to Ireland by Sir Francis Drake in 1610. 8 pp. 24 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, dampstain. Good. (3739) $26.00. Farm/History/Educational New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 34, Friday, March 12, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor 1830 Boston, MA: John B. Russell Article praising hemp--there is non equal in excellence and durability to hemp shirting. Grafting native grape vines. Kalmia. Azalea. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, good. (3817) $24.00 Educational/Agricultural/Botany New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 36, Friday, March 26, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Illus.: Improved rings for breaking steers; The plough (wooden, wrought iron, share and coulter,cast iron; comparison of shipping freight by canal and lake or rail. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, very good. (3893) $24.00. Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 38, Friday, April 9, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Report of meeting of Mass. Horticultural Society: Palm cabbage, violet colored carrot, cardoons, tragone, twisted radish; blight on barley; The way to poverty: avoid speculation. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, very good. (3894) $24.00. Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 39, Friday, April 16, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Natural history of the blight; apple and pear trees that produce fruit without having any blossom; new idea for rolling a field; Breeds of English horses; plant potatoes near your hog-sty. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, very good. (3895) $24.00. Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 40, Friday, April 23, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Early spring: the asparagus; Yellow Spanish cherry; On the culture of hemp; Misery and crime: many wretched souls are miserable slaves of Rum. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, very good. (3896) $24.00. Farm/Educational/Agricultural. New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 42, Friday, May 7, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: John B. Russell. On the bleeding of the vine, from Andrew Parmenier's MS Essay; More on the culture of hemp; Ideas for making more manure; Philadelphia Silk; Discussion on the Militia system. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, spine torn, good. (3898) $24.00. Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, Friday, May 14, 1830, Vol. VIII No. 43 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street. Sketch of vegetable anatomy: Epidermis, cortex, cellular integument, pith, etc.; Railroads--can travel at 20 mph perfectly well; Cow Cabbage; Mammoth Ox weighed 3000 lbs. 8 pp. 24 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, front page lightly soiled. Two interesting leaves have been inserted and dried in pages. Good. (4054) $19.00. Farm/Agriculture New England Farmer, Friday, May 21, 1830, Vol. VIII No. 44 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street. More on vegetable anatomy; :Leghorn Wheat; Anecdote about man afraid of his firearm; Recipe for Gombo; Different breeds of English horses; The White Mulberry; Rice Flour. 8 pp. 24 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, front page lightly soiled. Good. (4055) $19.00. Farm/Agriculture New England Farmer, Friday, May 28, 1830, Vol. VIII No. 45 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street. Continuation of Vegetable anatomy; External structure of the horse; Case of a sow devouring her offspring; Apple tree in Wallingford, VT has circumference of 8 ft. 4 inches. 8 pp. 24 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, front page lightly soiled. Good. (4056) $19.00. Farm/Agriculture New England Farmer, Friday, June 4, 1830, Vol. VIII No. 46 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street. List of classes and orders of plants; Making butter; Pulmonary Consumption; Garden Walks; New method of preserving butter-- press it into a stone pot; Apple tree in Raynam, MA is 13 ft. 5 inches circumference. 8 pp. 24 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, tiny tears in folds. Good. (4057) $19.00 Farm/Agriculture. New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 47, Friday, June 11, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Search for gold in Cherokee territory, much drunkenness; we hope gold is never found in New England! Diseases of Horses: Stomach staggers, mad staggers, tetanus; Observations on making butter. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn ink stains on top front page, good. (3953) $21.00. Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 48, Friday, June 18, 1830 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor. Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Remarks on the canker worm; Mildew on gooseberries; Importation of pigs; More on horse diseases; Mr. Pierpont's sermon before the Ancient and Honorable. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, good. (3954) $21.00 Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 50, Friday, July 2, 1830 Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Origin of the Bartlett pear; Nasturtium; Onions, a cure for dropsy; Swiss immigrants coming to America have capital, energy and agricultural skills; Poem, the Tea-table. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, good. (3956) $21.00 Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No. 51, Friday, July 9, 1830 Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Natural history of insects; All about barns; Bird shooting; Report from Brighton market; Kenrick's native Grape; Orwigsburgh Grape; Population of Lowell, MA is now 6477. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, good. (3957) $21.00. Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, Vol. VIII, No.52, Friday, July 16, 1830 Boston, MA: John B. Russell. Culture of Lucerne grass, richer than oat grass; An Anaconda and a Boa Constrictor are now at Peale's Museum in New York. Rev. Mr. Pierpont's hymn. 8 pp. 23 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, worn, good. (3958) $21.00 Farm/Educational/Agricultural New England Farmer, an Independent Journal devoted to Agriculture and General Intelligence, Boston, Saturday, March 5, 1853, Vol. VIII No. 10 Boston, MA: Raynolds & Nourse. Drawing of Clark's Excelsior Butter Churn. President Fillmore and General Pierce visited the caloric ship Ericsson at Alexandria, accompanied by Washington Irving. Will contract with Captain Ericsson to build a caloric frigate of 2000 tons. Story on Women's Home Duties (avoid ennui, do your own housework!) Story of attentive son in church. 4 pp. 48 x 68 cm. Newspaper, very good. (4974) $19.00. Farming New England Farmer, The, Wednesday evening, August 27, 1834, Vol. XIII No. 7 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor. Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street. Lead article discusses feeding and fattening of swine; experiment of Charlemont, MA farmer in fattening pigs; New Bake Stove, invented by Dr. Nott--requires just 3 quarts of charcoal to bake half a dozen loaves of bread. 8 pp. 24 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, tiny tears in folds. Good. (2131) $19.00. Printed matter/Ephemera. New England Farmer, And Gardener's Journal, Wednesday evening, April 8, 1835, Vol. XIII No. 39 Fessenden, Thomas G., Editor 1835 Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street. Cultivating a piece of swamp, by John Conant, Jaffrey, NH; Preservation of bacon using charcoal; Cultivation of Madder; Cure for Whooping Cough; Cheap method of raising potatoes. 8 pp. 24 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, tiny tears in folds. Good. (4053) $19.00. Farm/Agriculture New England Homestead, Vol. XXII, Saturday, October 13, 1888 1888 Springfield, MA: The Phelps Publishing Co. Agricultural newspaper; View of Horticultural Hall at Bay State Fair; The Implement Exhibit at the Bay State Fair; A grand display of poultry. 8 pp. 36 x 54 cm. Paper periodical brittle, tears along folds, good. (3821) $15.00 Educational/Agricultural. New England Poultryman, The; and Northeastern Breeder, Vol. XXI No. 1, July 15, 1935 Boston, MA: The New England Poultryman Publishing Co. Mass. Fresh Egg bill signed by Gov. Curley; Poultry and Egg Production, 1935; feeding your chicks; Cage Bird Department; Egg Laying Contest Reports. 27 pp. 21 x 29 cm. Paper periodical, cover printed in Red with rooster logo, photo of roosting shed on range with chickens. Good. (2783) $15.00. Educational/Agriculture New York Produce Review and American Creamery, New York, Wednesday, December 20, 1916, Vol. 43 No. 8 New York, NY: Urner-Barry Co. De Laval Separator Ad on cover, Sharples Separator Co. ad on back cover. Shortage Fine Butter--prices advanced sharply. These are days of restless butter markets. The Butter situation. The Cheese situation. That bright Dandelion Hue in Butter--Dandelion Brand Butter Color ad. South Dakota Dairymen's and Buttermakers' Convention in Watertown. 38 pp. 23 x 30 cm. Periodical, very good. (5768) $20.00. Farming/Advertising New York Produce Review and American Creamery, New York, Wednesday, November 29, 1916, Vol. 43 No. 5 New York, NY: Urner-Barry Co. De Laval Separator Ad on cover, Jensen Creamery Machy Co. and C.H. Zinn Co. ads on back cover. Wicks Investigating Committee has been holding hearings at the Woolworth Building --there have been 93 arrests in the city for the sale of unwholesome eggs. Long story on tracing a shipment of June eggs, from cold storage to Martin, then to Rouchwaker, then to Titman, then to Wheeler, then to Martin, then back to Titman. Lynch bought the June eggs in October and sold them to Albert & Gerber, who .....and so on. 38 pp. 23 x 30 cm. Periodical, very good. (5769) $20.00. Farming/Advertising New York Produce Review and American Creamery, New York, Wednesday, December 20, 1916, Vol. 43 No. 8 New York, NY: Urner-Barry Co. De Laval Separator Ad on cover, Sharples Separator Co. ad on back cover. Shortage Fine Butter--prices advanced sharply. These are days of restless butter markets. The Butter situation. The Cheese situation. That bright Dandelion Hue in Butter--Dandelion Brand Butter Color ad. South Dakota Dairymen's and Buttermakers' Convention in Watertown. 38 pp. 23 x 30 cm. Periodical, very good. (5768) $20.00. Farming/Advertising New York Produce Review and American Creamery, New York, Wednesday, November 20, 1918, Vol. 47 No. 3 New York, NY: Urner-Barry Co. De Laval Separator Ad on cover, Sharples Separator Co. ad on back cover. Butter prices climb another one cent during past week. All former records broken. The Butter situation. The Cheese situation. If the country goes dry, then what? Buttermilk. Effect of Pasteurization. Observations by the Egg Man. 38 pp. 23 x 30 cm. Periodical, very good. (5767) $20.00. Farming/Advertising Newton's Home Pug Kennels and Poultry Yards, First Annual Catalogue, 1892 West Toledo, OH: Newton's Home Stock Farm. English Pug Dog Banker, A.K.C.S.B. 23637 genealogy chart. Fee to approved bitches, $10.00. He would have gone to the New York show except for the distemper. English Pug Dog Grover, A.K.C.S.B. 23177. Also Ruby N. English Pug Bitch; Lady Bonsor, English Pug Bitch; Flossie C., English Pug Bitch; Nero, English Grey Hound, whelped in 1888. 18 pp. 14 x 21 cm. Paper booklet, back cover missing, thus poor. (7025) $16.00. Farming/Advertising Northern Farmer, The; Devoted to Miscellaneous Literature, Agriculture, Poultry, Bees, etc. vol. II No. 10, October, 1855 Utica, NY: T.B. Miner, Editor and Proprietor. Account of trip back to Connecticut, from which editor left in 1824 at age of 16, 31 years ago.Ladies' Dept: Wash your own laces. Leached ashes as a top dressing on meadows. 48 pp. 17 x 26 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3108) $19.00. History/Educational/Agricultural Outdoor Enterprises and Domestic Pets; A Monthly Journal, June, 1919, vol. 3, no. 10 Kansas City, MO: Outdoor Enterprise Publishing Co. Ads for rabbits, rabbit vaccination, rabbitries; Fur Farming; Rat and Mouse Department; Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits. 72 pp. 17 x 25 cm. Paper periodical, cover has stains on it. Good. (3439) $15.00. Educational/Agricultural/Rabbits Park's Floral Magazine, 1899, bound copy of 12 monthly issues; A Monthly Magazine of Floriculture 1899 Libonia, PA: Park's Floral Magazine. ~432 pp. 14 x 24 cm. Marvelous collection of offerings for flowers and advertisements. Tuberous Begonias and Hybrid Gloxinias, Acalypha Sanderiana, Fragrant Calla and St. Brigid Anemone, Golden-Rayed Japan Lily, Tulips, Pompom Hyacinths, Roemer's Giant Prize Pansies, and much more. Ads offer women with weak lungs to get help, thin women to get fat, weak women made strong, bright and hearty; buy a Wing Concert Grand Upright Piano, New Cure for Kidney and Bladder Diseases, Order the Slocum System of Treatment now for cure of consumption, grip and all lung diseases; Dr. Rice's Cure for Rupture; Send one dollar for 100-piece vitreous white china dinner set from Sears, Roebuck & Co. Send for this wonderful shrub--cures kidney and bladder diseases, rhoumatism, Gravel, Bright's disease, dropsy, too frequent passing water, & c. from Church Kidney Cure Company. Cloth on board, 12 issues of Park's bound, very good. (2232) $46.00. Farming/Gardening/Advertising Poultry Keeper, The; A Journal for every one interested in making poultry pay. Devoted particularly to practical poultry keeping. Vol. XIX No. 9, December 15, 1902 Quincy, IL: Poultry Keeper Publishing Co. Poultry and eggs for market; A start with broilers; Raising squabs; Barred Plymouth Rock; White Plymouth Rocks; hayseeds are best litter in poultry house. Feed green food in winter. 48 pp. 22 x 29 cm. Paper periodical, spine frayed, cover dampstained. Good. (3732) 17.00. Farm/Agriculture Poultry Post: National in character; Devoted to Pure Bred Poultry for the Fancier and Farmer of America, Vol. 9, No. 9, November-December 1916 Elkader, IA Poultry Post, the Great American Poultry Journal. A Pullet and her product; September report of National Egg Laying Contest: Hens have laid 6,232 eggs so far, or avg. of 12 each. Poultry hints. Sensible use of grit. 32 pp. 22 x 29 cm. Paper periodical, good. (3729) $16.00. Farm/Agriculture Poultry Primer; The Massachusetts Agricultural College Extension Service, Junior Extension Series, No. 11, May 1922 Amherst, MA: The Massachusetts Agricultural College. For Poultry Club Members: rules for success; hatch chicks early, select eggs carefully; feed young chicks often and a little at a time; feed layers well; chart of diseases. 16 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (3802) $15.00. Farm/Educational/Agriculture Poultry Supply Dealer: devoted to the interests of the dealer selling to the poultry industry, September, 1927 Chicago, IL: Robel Publishing Co., Inc. Ads for hatcheries, incubators, cod liver oil, feeders, brooders. How to "speed up" the biddies, and get the eggs? Poultry-related humor and comment. 48 pp. 12 x 20 cm. Paper booklet, good. (3724) $15.00. Farm/Agriculture Poultry Troubles; a brief treatise clearly describing the diseases which which poultry raisers are most likely to meet ©1930 Waterloo, IA: Walker Remedy Co. Advertisements for Walko Poultry Remedies, Walko Worm Tablets, Walko Tonix, Walko Special Lice Powder. Advice and testimonial letters. 12 pp. 12 x 17 cm. Paper booklet, fair. (5711) $10.00. Farming/Advertising Practical Poultry Culture; a concise and practical treatise on the management of poultry for profit by Davison, R.W. 1898 Indianapolis, IN: The Epitomist Publishing Co. Book is intended "for those who are about to embark on the troubled seas of poultry raising." How to start. Varieties. What breeds to use. Hatching. Artificial insemination. Dressing for market. Diseases of poultry and treatment. Caponizing. Keeping accounts. Keeping eggs. Cold storage. 152 pp. 12 x 17 cm. Paper booklet, edgesworn and slightly nibbled by bibliopredators. Good. (6471) $16.00. Farming/Poultry Practical Treatise on Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening all kinds of Domestic Poultry, Pheasants, Pigeons, and Rabbits and Instructions for the Private Brewery. Sixth Edition by Bonington Moubray, Esq. (=John Lawrence) 1830. London, England: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, Paternoster-Row. John Lawrence, using the pseudonym Bonington Moubray, Esq. Devotes nearly 80 pages of this book on livestock to making beverages like mead, beer, porter, perry, stout and cider. This edition adds more wood cuts and articles on cheese and cider. In discussion on gamecocks, Moubray tells about Ardesoif of Tottenham whose famous cock refused to fight, so he roasted the bird alive. His friends objected, which made Ardesoif so agitated that he died on the spot. Note Moubray's advice on the dairy: "The dairy must be the seat of the most exquisite and punctilious cleanliness, in every part of its management. Hence all sluts, snuff-takers, and daudles -- away to the dust-hole and cinder heap!" 368 pp. 11.5 x 19.7 cm. Cloth on board, title label pasted on spine, back cover sunfaded, some pages unopened, very good. (2528) $160.00. Farming/Brewing/Veterinary Premium List of the New England Agricultural Society for their fourteenth Annual Exhibition, Presumpscot Park and at City Hall, Portland, ME 1877. Portland, ME: W.S. Jones, Publisher. All the points used in judging cattle; premiums to be paid for best watermelon, best Ayrshire cow, best corn, etc. etc. Ads for barbed wire, cows, boot blacking, and pianos. 88 pp. 13 x 21 cm. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, light wear, 1 cm dogear. Very good. (2336) $15.00. Printed Matter