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1. ADAM-SMITH  PATSY The Shearers. with illus.  e/papers  &  profusely  illus. with plates t/out. some full page &  col. pub. Melb. Nelson 1982 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XII.416. Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine. Price: $40.00

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2. ANDERSON  A.J. D SPENCER  Molybdenum  In  Nitrogen Metabolism  Of Legumes And Non-Legumes. illus. with 2  full page  plates  pub. Commonwealth Scientific  and  Industrial Research  Organization Report 1950 or.wps.  cr.4to.  pp.22. Loosely   inserted  3  typewritten  pages  on  the  use   of Molybdenum as Fertilizer.    Price: $25.00
3. ANDERSON  A.J. MARGARET P. THOMAS Plant  Responses  To Molydenum As A Fertilizer. illus. with 6 full page  plates t/out.  &  numerous text dgms. pub. Melb. for  Council  for Scientific  and Industrial Research bulletin No.198  (1946) or.wps. 8vo. pp.52.     Price: $25.00

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4. ASHTON  L.G. (Ed.)  Dairy Farming In Australia.  History  of Dairy Farming  in Australia and  information  on  Breeding Feeding  etc.  with illus. t/out. pub.  Syd.  1949  1st.ed. or. light blue cl. cr.4to. pp.556. spine sl. soiled & rubbed.   Price: $40.00
5. AUSTIN N. The Top Paddock. Profusely illus. in both colour and b/w. pub. Adelaide: Produced by A.P. Garnett, 1987 or.cl. d./w. Folio. pp.224. The history of Collinsville Merino Stud, Wayville, South Australia. Signed by author & producer. Fine.   Price: $75.00

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6. AUSTRALIAN  Environment-The.  Handbook  Prepared  for  the British Commonwealth Specialist Agricultural Conference  on Plant and Animal Nutrition in relation to Soil and Climatic Factors held in Australia. illus. with maps, plates, tables pub. Melb. 1950 or.cl. roy.8vo. pp.184. chipped d/w.   Price: $40.00
7. AUSTRALIAN FARMING For The Farmer and his Family.  April 16 1924 Vo.7 No.4 Royal Easter Show. (10/6 per year, single copy 1/- on front cover). illus. with photo plates, advts. Includes: pedigree draught horses, G&N High grade seeds, Case Tractors, Fordson tractor, 'Sundercut' Disc Cultivation Plough, Clipping machine, 'Wallaby' petrol engine etc. pub. Melbourne, Richmond Australian Farming Newspaper Ltd. 1924 (periodical) or. black grey/orange wrappers 4to. pp.144-192. Articles on: Picking wheat, the new dry method, The Large Black Pig, Ouyen to Murrayville Men, Methods and problems, Dairying in Australia, The Future of Farming, Cotton Culture, Subterranean Cover, Victorian Farmers' Parliament, Motoring Fashion, Boys' Girls' Pages, etc. Blue crayon crosses in margin of 188-9, loose covers else fine.   Price: $45.00
8. AUSTRALIAN The Australian Sugar Year Book 1941 endorsed by the Queensland Cane Growers Association and the Australian Sugar Producers Association. Foreword by Hon. W. Forgan Smith Premier of Queensland. profusely illus. with col.  frontis. two colour historical plates, advts. maps, t/out. some full page pub. Brisbane Strand Press 1941 or. dec. boards green cloth to spine 4to. pp.284. Interesting early photos of farm machinery & towns, advts. Old tape marks to top of some pages. A very good copy.   Price: $100.00
9. AUSTRALIAN The Australian Sugar Year Book 1942-1943 endorsed by the Queensland Cane Growers Association and the Australian Sugar Producers Association. Foreword by Hon. F.A. Cooper Premier of Queensland. profusely illus. with col.  frontis. and historical plates, advts. t/out. some full page pub. Brisbane Strand Publishing 2^nd volume (wartime issue) or. dec. boards green cloth to spine 4to. pp.284. Interesting early photos of farm machinery & towns, advts. Old tape marks to top of some pages, some n/paper cuttings loosely inserted. A very good copy.   Price: $100.00
10. AUSTRALIAN-The  Farm And Home. Complete run 1948-1953. vols. bound yearly. illus. with advts., photo plates t/out. pub.  Melb.  half-bound  in red leather and  cl.  4to.  pp. approx. 750 per vol. almost fine.    Price: $250.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
11. BARKER H.M. Droving Days. illus. with frontis. 12 full-page plates, and a fold. map. pub. Melbourne Pitman 1966 1st ed or.cl. d/w. 8to. pp.X,148. The author's many and varied experiences of cattle droving. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
12. BAXTER PAUL   Growing Fruit In Australia  Growing Fruit in Australia the Complete Guide to Berries, Fruits, Nuts and Vines for Garden, Farm and Orchard; profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Melbourne, Thomas Nelson, 1982 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.200. Clear contact plastic adhered to d/w. else fine.    Price: $50.00
13. BAIER JIRI Mushrooms & Toadstools An Illustrated Guide. illus. with numerous coloured illustrations from paintings by B. Vancura. pub. London Sunburst Books, 1995 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.184. Provides a complete illustrated guide for the collector to help in distinguishing between poisonous mushrooms and their edible look-a-likes. There is a detailed description of appearance, season and site of growth, showing where confusion may arise. Very fine.   Price: $45.00
14. BOAS  M.S. The Commercial Timbers  Of  Australia.  Their properties and uses. illus. with maps, 20 full page plates, tables, diagrams and a text-map, pub. Melb. Govt. Printer & Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. 1947 1st. ed. or. grey cl. roy.8vo. pp.344. Very good copy.   Price: $75.00

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15. BROMBY  ROBIN The Farming Of Australia.  profusely  illus. with plates many full page pub. Syd. Doubleday 1986 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w.  4to.  pp.240. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, else near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
16. BROWN ALAN  &  NORMAN HALL Growing  Trees  On  Australian Farms.  The use of trees for ornament, shade,  shelter  and timber  production  in the coastal and tableland  areas  of temperate Australia, including planting in streets,  roads, parks and reserves; together with a chapter on rural  fire control.  illus. with 56 plates some col. fig. tables  &  6 maps  one  folding  pub.  Canberra  Commonwealth  of  Aust. Forestry  and  Timber  Bureau  1968  1st.ed.  or.cl.   d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XXVI.398. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
17. BROWN E.T.    The Poultry-Keeper's Text Book  illus. with 150 photographic illustrations, 3 fold out large scale plans; pub. London Ward, Lock & Co., nd.c. 1940’s 4^th ed. or. grey/brown cloth, cr. 8vo. pp.320. Covers many important issues including housing, feeding, breeding, hatching and rearing and more. Interesting weights and measures list at rear. Lower for-edge, front board has slight watermark else very good copy.    Price: $45.00
18. CAPPER A.H. Poultry Breeding For Egg Production. illus. with one advt. pub. London The Technical Press 1931 or. red cl. 12mo. pp.92. Fine.   Price: $20.00
19. CARTER H.B.  His Majesty's Spanish Flock.  Sir Joseph  Banks and  the  Merino's of George III of England.  with  e/paper maps  col. frontis. & 12 full page plates t/out. pub.  Syd. Angus &  Robertson 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo.  pp.520. Fine copy in the chipped d/w. Price: $60.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
20. CHERRY THOMAS Victorian Agriculture.  A Textbook of the Principles and Methods Underlying the Pastoral and Agricultural Industries of South-Eastern Australia. illus. with maps, b /w. plates, some full page, and index pub. Melbourne D. W. Paterson, 1913 1st ed. pp.XIX.301. This was No.1 in the `Australian Settlement' series. Very good copy in and flecked boards, rust mark to front free e/paper & free e/paper.   Price: $100.00
21. CLUNE FRANK Search For The Golden Fleece. The Story of the Peppin Merino. illus. with 20 full page plates t/out. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1966 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XIV.226. Near fine copy.   Price: $50.00
22. COMMONWEALTH  OF AUSTRALIA Materials Handling In The  Wool Industry.  illus. with frontis. & many plates, dwgs,  dgms. t/out. pub. Canberra Dept. of National Development,  Report 1952 or.wps. 4to. pp.70. Near fine.   Price: $35.00

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23. CRAMSIE  J.B. Ed. by. Management And Disease Of  Sheep  In Australia. profusely illus. with text plates, advts. t/out. pub. Syd. Butterworth & Co. 1920 or.illus.bds. 8vo. pp.168. some rubbing to spine otherwise v/good copy.    Price: $75.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
24. C.S.I.R.O.  The  Australian Environment.  illus.  with  5 folding  maps, b/w. text plates dgms. t/out. pub.  CSIRO  & M.U.P. 1960 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.152.   Price: $25.00
25. COUNTRY Woman's Association Of Victoria. Twenty One  Years. A  brief history of the Association since it was formed  in 1928. illus.  with 16 full page plates t/out.  pub.  Melb. 1949 or.lt. & dk. grn. wps. d/w. cr.4to. pp.52. sl.  insect damage to rear page margin otherwise almost fine copy.    Price: $35.00
26. COX E.W. The Evolution Of The Australian Merino. illus. with frontis. & 20 full page plates t/out. and pp.11 of photos of past champions (1895-1936) pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1936 1st ed. or. dark blue cl. cr.4to. pp.XX.160,22 plates at rear. Slight tear to top of spine and slight browning, foxing to page edges, else very good copy.   Price: $150.00
27. CRAMSIE B. (ed.) Management And Diseases Of Sheep In Australia illus. with numerous  b/w. plates  t/out.   advertisements, index, pub. Sydney Butterworth & Co Ltd. 1920 or. grey boards with blue cloth spine,8vo. pp.99.390,100-170, advts. Chapters on various aspects of sheep management by Robert Paton, Donald MacFarlane, H. W. Potts, David J. Gordon, and J. Wrenford Matthews. Little rubbed and edgewear otherwise good.   Price: $50.00
28. CULLITY   MAURICE A  History  Of  Dairying  In   Western Australia. illus. with 18 full page plates t/out. pub. W.A. Uni. of W.A. Press 1979 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXIV.466. The development of the dairying industry in Western Australia covers the industry from land settlement and development to State farms and Research Stations, to various butter factories and modern day milk processors. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
29. DANDENONG RANGES REPORT-THE Project Directors: Penelope  A Goldin  &  Christopher  R. Coorham illus.  with  maps text plates t/out. pub. Melb. Vic Public Interest Research Group 1974 1st.ed. illus. wps. sm.4to. pp.XI.271. Fine.   Price: $25.00
30. DAY  G. J. JESSUP Ed. by. The History Of The Australian Merino.  illus.  with  plates t/out. 16 full  page  &  col. e/paper  dwgs. index, bibliography, appendices, pub. Melb. Heinemann 1984  or. brown cl. with  slip-case 8vo. pp.XII.180. A team of authors provides the first comprehensive history of the Merino from its origins in Europe and the Middle East through its refinement by breeders from 1788 to the present day. They trace the development of the different strains of Merino and such influential studs as Camden Park, Wanganella, Boonoke, and many more. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
31. DEPARTMENT   Of   Agriculture  Victoria.  Bee-Keeping   In Victoria.  illus. with plates, dgms. t/out. some full  page pub.  Melb.  nd.1945 or.illus.wps.  roy.8vo.  pp.168.  good copy.    Price: $40.00

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32. DEPARTMENT Of Lands And Agriculture Victoria Second Annual Report of the Secretary For Agriculture. illus. with frontis. (engraving) title page vign. Folding map, and other engravings t/out. some full page (39), errata-slip. some botanical illus. pub. Melb. Govt. Printer 1874 or. dark green cl. glt.ltg. to spine, glt. emblem to front board, pp.364. Very good copy.   Price: $125.00 
33. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF VICTORIA-The Journal Of   (The issues),  9th  July, 1906; Nov., Dec.,  1918  April,  May, August,  Sept.,  1919. illus. with plates,  advts.,  charts t/out. pub. Melb. or.illus.wps. roy.8vo. pp. approx. 90 per issue, all fine.    Price: $65.00

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34. EASTERBY  H.T.   The Queensland Sugar Industry. An historical review. illus. with portrait, and num. illusts. pub. Brisbane n.d. (ab.1930). or. illus. wrapper. 8vo. pp.XIV.226.    Price: $275.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs

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35. ENTWISLE W. F.   Bantams.  illus. plates throughout with some full page; notes, bibliography, index, pub. England Hindhead; Saiga; 1981 reprint of the 1894 version; or. green cloth with gilt; d/w. 4to. pp.116. Fine copy.   Price: $85.00
36. FALKINER SUZANNE Haddon Rig. The First Hundred Years. Foreword by Malcohm Fraser. illus. with e/paper maps & many plates t'out. some full page and col. pub. South Aust. Valadon pub 1981 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to.obl. pp.168. The story of a merino stud iin NSW that has been owned and managed by the same family for over one hundred years. Fine.   Price: $45.00
37. FARRELL  J.  Apple Culture In Victoria.  illus.  with  text plates,  dgms.,  maps.  t/out. index;  pub.  Melb.  Department  of Agriculture 1924 or.lt. brown .cl. roy.8vo. pp.296. Slightly flecked to cloth otherwise fine.  Price: $55.00

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38. GARRAN  J.C. L. WHITE Merinos,  Myths  And  Macarthurs. Australian graziers and their sheep, 1788-1900. illus. with map  & b/w. text plates t/out. three appendices, notes, bibliography, index, pub. N.S.W. ANU  Press  1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XVI.288. The origins and development of sheep in Australia. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
39. GIBBONS  FRANK  R. R.G. DOWNES Report. A Study  Of The Land  In South-Western Victoria. illus. with 45 photo plates,   many fold-out dgms. t/out. fold-out chart in pocket  at  rear  pub. Melb. Soil Conservation Authority 1964 or. grey  cl.  4to. pp.290.   Price: $45.00
40. GILLESPIE  J.  LEITH  Pasture  Development  In  Australia. illus.  with many text plates t/out. & several tables  pub. Melb. Sunshine  Harvester  Press  nd.1932-?  or.wps.  4to. pp.68.    Price: $45.00
41. GILLESPIE  LEITH J.  Profit In Peas. illus. with 11  plates one full page pub. Melb. Sunshine Harvester Press  nd.192-? or.wps. 8vo. pp.40. fine.    Price: $40.00
42. HADLINGTON JAMES    Poultry Farming In New South Wales.  with 117 b/w plates & illus. pub. Sydney Alfred James Kent, Govt Print.Dept. ot Agriculture 1927 (5th ed.) or. dark blue cloth, 8vo. pp.206. rubbed to front board, a good copy.   Price: $35.00
43. HADLINGTON  JAMES Hadlington's Australian  Poultry  Book. illus.  with frontis. & numerous text plates, dgms.  t/out. some  full page pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1944  or.  grey bds.  8vo.  pp.VIII.176.  Very sl. water  marked  to  lower pages, little sunned to bds. otherwise v/good.   Price: $35.00
44. HARDY J.G.  Laying Batteries In Australia. illus.  with  10 plates t/out. pub. Syd. Poultry Newspaper Book Series  1954 or. crm. b/w. illus. wps. 8vo. pp.80. almost fine copy.     Price: $30.00
45. HARMSWORTH T.B. J. PAGE-SHARP Sheep And Wool Classing. An Introduction to Sheep & Wool Improvement. illus. with 32 full  page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cheshire  1970  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.210. Covers all aspects of wool and wool classing; chapters include wool fibre, breeds of sheep, shearing shed, wool classing (2 parts), sheep management, wool marketing, wools districts (in Australia), scouring and carbonizing, wool testing, fellmongering, producing, etc. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
46. HEATHCOTE, R. L. - Back Of Bourke. A Study of Land Appraisal and Settlement in Semi-arid Australia. illus. with Maps, bibliography and index; pub. Melbourne University Press 1965 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XV.244 fine copy.    Price: $45.00
47. HENDERSON A. E.    Growing Better Wool  illus. with b/w. and col text plates t/out. pub. Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1968 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.108. fine coy in sl. chipped d/w.    Price: $30.00
48. HENDERSON  ALEXANDER   Compiler. J Wright J. &  Sons  P/L. (Timber  Merchants  Footscray West). A  Century  In  Timber 1853-1953. illus. with title page vign. & 16 tipped-in text plates  pub. Melb. 1953 or.lt.blu. cl. roy.8vo. pp.36.  ed. is  limited  to two thousand & fifty numbered  copies  this copy being un-numbered. Very sl. flecked to cloth, else very good.   Price: $40.00

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49. HURD LOUIS M. Author was prof. at Cornell Univ. Modern Poultry Farming [Rural Science Series] illus. with b/w photos, graphs. pub. NY Macmillan, 1952 7^th printing or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.600.Contents: 1. The business of poultry-keeping. 2. Starting a poultry enterprise. 3. Choosing a breed. 4. Investment, returns and expenses in poultry farming. 5. Poultry-house construction. 6. A house for laying hens.7. Hatching the eggs. 8. Requirements for brooding chickens. 9. Brooding, feeding and rearing chickens. 10. Choosing a ration. 11. Feeding the laying stock. 12. Vitamins. 13. Artificial illumination as a means of increasing egg production. etc. etc. Light edgewear, else near fine.   Price: $35.00
50. INGPEN  ROBERT Pioneers Of Wool. Many illus.  by  author. pub.  Melb. Pioneer Settlement Press 1972  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 4to. oblong pp.56. Robert Ingpen has captured the romance of wool within Australia's culture through both commentary and sketches Very good copy.   Price: $30.00
51. JOURNAL Of The Department Of Agriculture-The. 24 issues. illus. with numerous  b/w. plates  t/out.  maps, advts. (Neptune, Gargoyle, Atlantic, Sunshine etc.) Farming notes, articles, pests, general running of farms in the 40's. pub. Melbourne. pp. approx. 60 per magazine. Issues for: Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., 1947 full year of 1948 (12 issues) Jan., Feb., April, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., 1949. Very good condition.   Price: $200.00
52. KELLY R.B.  Sheep Dogs.  Their Breeding  Maintenance  and Training. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1947 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.216. assoc. clippings loosely inserted.     Price: $75.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
53. KENNEDY MALCOLM J. Hauling The Loads. A History of Australia's Working Horses and Bullocks. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. MUP 1996 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.222. The role that beasts of burden played in Australia's development. It discusses the settlers' use of the horse as a secret weapon against the Aborigines; the growth of droving; Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
54. KILLEBREW J. B. (Joseph Buckner) and Herbert Myrick. Tobacco Leaf. Its Culture and Cure, Marketing and Manufacture. A Practical Handbook on the Most Approved Methods in Growing, Harvesting, Curing, Packing and Selling Tobacco, Also of Tobacco Manufacture. illus. with plates incl. front. (2 port. ) illus. (incl. ports. ); pub. New York, Orange Judd, 1903 or. brown cl. Cloth stamped in gilt on the cover and lettered in gilt on the spine index; XIV 506.[6]. Very good copy.   Price: $155.00
55. KRONBORG JAMIE  Big Willandra A Pastoral History of the Willandra Estate. profusely illus. with plates throughout, some full page and col. maps, index. pub. NSW Willandra Merino Stud 1986 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.160. Near fine copy. Signed by author.   Price: $55.00
56. LA  POLLASTRE  MAMMOTH HATCHERY Price  List  and  Valuable Hints on Rearing of Chicks. 1940 Season Catalogue.  illus. with  3 text plates pub.  Melb.  or.lt.blu.wps.  16mo.obl. pp.16. fine.     Price: $45.00

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57. LINCOLN H. B.  Farm Water Supplies For Domestic And Stock Purposes. illus. with several  plates, diagrams of tanks, dams etc. pub. Melb. State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1946 or. dark blue/cream wrappers 8vo. pp.78. Slight age wear else very good.    Price: $30.00  
58. LINCOLN H.B. Farm Irrigation And Drainage. illus. with several  plates, dgms. pub. Melb. State Rivers and Water Supply Comm.  1949 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.88. Very good copy.   Price: $30.00

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59. McARDLE ALLAN A   (Senior Poultry Adviser, Department of Agriculture, South Australia; Poultry Production Adviser, Food and Agricultural Organization for the United Nations, India) Poultry Management And Production illus. 195 figures and diagrams, with index to Authors of References Made to Books or Articles. Agricultural and Livestock Series. pub. Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1961 1st.ed. or. green cl. 8vo. pp.XIV,634.  Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
60. VCAH- Longerenong, 1989 1st. ed. or. white/sepia pictorial card covers oblong 8vo. pp.100 Daily Life at Longerenong Agricultural College 1889 – 1989. Fine.   Price: $35.00
61. MAKIN J.  The Big Run. The Story Of Victoria River Downs Station. illus. with 16 full-page plates, text-illus., maps, and end-paper maps. pub. Sydney Weldon 1992 rev. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.192. A huge tract of the Northern Territory, its hardships and difficulties, the savage native, white ruffians, tremendous distances, political neglect, and a sometimes savage climate, the station passed from hand to hand. Fine   Price: $35.00
62. MANT GILBERT The Big Show. 150^th Anniversary of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW. illus. with 30 b/w. illus. indexed. pub. Sydney: Horwitz Publications, 1972 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.136 The story of the R.A.S. and its showpiece event, Sydney's Royal Easter Show, from colonial times to the early 1970's. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Fine copy.     Price: $35.00
63. MATHEWS V.A.H. The Cocker Spaniel. Standard, Care, Showing and Breeding. illus. with frontis. illus. with 26 full page plates  t/out. & 5 dgms. pub. Lond. Oxford Uni. Press  1950 or.dk. blu.cl. 8vo. pp.224. cloth little flecked.    Price: $45.00
64. MAYNARD  RALPH  S.  Australian  Dairyman's  Handbook. contributions by many of the most eminent dairy experts  in Australia.  illus. with col. frontis. & 6 full page  plates t/out., pedigree charts, numerous other plates some folding pp.60,advts.  at  rear. pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson  1934 or.cl. thick roy.8vo. pp.XX.738. covers sl. flecked.    Price: $150.00
65. MAZADE MARCEL  First Steps In Ampelography: A Guide To Facilitate The Recognition Of Vines. Translated by Raymond Dubois and W. Percy Wilkinson. illus. with 43 drawings, decorated endpapers, pub. Melbourne Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, 1st. Australian Edition; 1900. original red cloth, title lettered in black on front board, 8vo; pp.96; staining to cloth, good copy.     Price: $225.00
66. MITCHELL  GEORGE  H. Compiler & Ed. Growers  In  Action. Official  History of the Victorian Wheat  and  Woolgrowers' Association,  1927-1968.  illus. with 4  full  page  plates t/out.  pub. Melb. Hawthorn Press 1969 1st.ed.  or.  maroon cl. 8vo. pp.VI.356. The Victorian Wheatgrowers' Association later the Victorian Wheat and Woolgrowers' Association was born of The Great Depression of the late 1920's. The Association's forty years span the most turbulent in Australian farming history. Growers In Action tells how the Association fought for Wheat Stabilisation, orderly marketing of wool and meat, and generally in the interests of growers. Cloth slightly flecked else very good.   Price: $35.00
67. MOORE MILTON R. Ed. by. Australian Grasslands. illus.  with 5  folding  maps, text maps, numerous figures throughout, & plates tables, references, index. pub.  Canberra A.N.U. 1973 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XVIII.456. Double column. The Environment. The Grazing Lands and Pastures. Factors in Productivity. Fine.   Price: $45.00
68. MORGAN A. Clovers & Allied Species. Their  Characteristics and  Identification.  with text illus.  t/out.  pub.  Melb. Dept. of Agriculture nd.194-? or.illus.wps. cr.4to. pp.32. tear in rear wrapper otherwise fine.   Price: $25.00
69. MUSHROOM GROWING For Profit.  illus. with many plates, dwgs. t/out.  pub. Syd. R. Mas 1935 or.b/w. pict. wps.  16mo.obl. pp.16. fine.   Price: $25.00
70. NICHOLSON B.M. A Study of the Land in the Gippsland Lakes Area many text plates, diagrams, tables t/out. pub. Melbourne Soil Conservation Authority 1978 or. light brown cl. 4to. pp.132. Fine.    Price: $40.00

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71. NOBLE F.H. R. MORGAN Speed The Plough. A  History  of the  Royal  Agricultural Society of Victoria.  with  illus. e/papers & profusely illus. with plates t/out. 8 full  page and col. pub. Melb. 1981 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XVI.208. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
72. PALMER JOAN AUSTIN From Plough To Porterhouse. A Hereford History. illus. with 6 full page plates t/out. e/paper maps, 3 appendices, index, pub. Melbourne, Cheshire 1966 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.156. A history of the Hereford breed of cattle in England and Australia. Fine.   Price: $60.00
73. PARSONS  W.T. Noxious  Weeds Of  Victoria.  illus.  with e/paper  maps col. frontis. & profusely illus. with  plates t/out.  many  col. some full page pub. Melb.  Inkata  Press 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XII.300.    Price: $50.00

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74. PARSONSON  IAN M.  The Australian Ark. A history of domesticated animals in Australia. illus. with text plates t/out. pub. Melbourne, Csiro Publishing; 1998 1st ed. or. laminated bds. 4to. pp. 296. "The ships of the first fleet brought less than five hundred animals of various kinds and put up an appearance which naturally enough excited the idea of Noah's Ark". Fine copy.   Price: $75.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
75. PASTORALISTS  Graziers And Dairy Farmers  Guide  1931-1931. Containing  Anatomical Charts of the Sheep, Cow and  Horse. Australian and British Breeds of Sheep, Hints to  Sheepmen, Pasture  Top-Dressing,  Shearers'  Hut  Accommodation  Act., Sheep Blowfly,  Summer Fodder Crops,  Vermin  and  Noxious Weeds Act. &c., &c. illus. with numerous  advts.,  t/out. some  full page pub. Melb. Federated Press 1931 or. crm.  & brn. illus.wps. roy.8vo. pp.104. sl. silverfished to  front lower wrapper otherwise good v/copy, internally clean  and sound.    Price: $35.00

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76. PEARSE  E.H. Sheep Farm & Station Management.  illus.  with many  dgms.  line drawings & plates t/out.  pub.  Syd.  The Pastoral   Review   1944  5th  ed.  or.   dk.blu.cl.   8vo. pp.XVI.588,16 advts. Gilt to titles little faded else near fine.   Price: $35.00
77. PEARCE HELEN R   The Hop Industry In Australia  illus. with 16 full-page plates, tables, figures, notes. bib. index. pub. Melbourne University Press, 1976 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI,264 . History of hop industry in Australia. Fine.   Price: $35.00
78. PITT  A.J.  A Study Of The Land In The Catchments  Of  The Otway  Range  And Adjacent Plains. profusely  illus.  with plates, dgms.  t/out. 3 full page & col. pub.  Melb.  Soil Conservation Authority   1981  or.lt.  brown   cl.   4to. pp.VIII.168. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, otherwise fine.   Price: $40.00
79. POLLARD JACK Wild Dogs Working Dogs Pedigrees & Pets.&  Man  in  Australia  and New  Zealand  life.  Stories  by prominent  Australian  writers. illus. with  14  full  page plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb. Lansdowne  Press  1968  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.298.    Price: $35.00
80. POTTS H.W. Pigs And Their Management. With chapters on Construction of Sites ... and, Diseases of the Pig. illus. with num. photo plates, diagrams; pub. Sydney N.S.W. Dept. Agriculturre 1917 or. illus. boards roy.8vo. pp.192. Little rubbed & soiled, front board creased, closed tear to title page, else very good.   Price: $40.00
81. POULTRY NEWSPAPER Book Series. Brooders Brooder Houses  And Chick Appliances. A Practical book for Poultry farmers  and Backyarders.  illus.  with many dwgs.,  dgms.  some  plates t/out.  pub. Syd. 1940 or.lt. grey grn. wps.  8vo.  pp.128. sl. sunned to spine else fine.    Price: $35.00

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82. PRITCHARD G.B.  Old Yarra History. As told by the...Geology of Burnley, Heyington, Tooronga. illus. with 10 plates &  6 dgms. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1944 or. stapled crm.wps. cr.8vo.  pp.32.   Price: $45.00
83. QUEENSLAND BRANDS DIRECTORY-The for 1945-48. illus. with two pages of examples of brands iin red and black; pub. Brisbane Registra of Brands Office 1948 or stiff canvas wrappers, 4to. pp.1074. Contains a complete listing of all registered stock brands in Queensland for the years 145-48 and includes an alphabetical list of all owners of registered brands. Paper is flimsy being old newsprint, and has been well handled. Title page is delicate and badly chipped, well thumbed. Lower for-edge is also chipped effecting the text to that corner. Text at corner fore-edge is only slightly effected, as is title page. Covers curled at cornes a little otherwise good. Overall a good copy and complete.   Price: $150.00
84. QUINN GEORGE  Fruit Tree  And  Grape  Vine  Pruning. Handbook  for  Fruit And Vine Growers.  Working  under  the Climatic  and  Economic Conditions Prevailing  in  Temperate Australia.  profusely illus. with plates t/out. pub.  Melb. Govt. Printer 1940 or. dark pink wps. 8vo. pp.278. Little chipping to spine, else good copy.   Price: $35.00
85. RAYMENT  TARLTON  Money In Bees In Australia.  A  practical treatise  on the profitable management of the Honey Bee  in Australiasia.  illus.  with plates pub. Melb.  Whitcombe  & tombs nd.192-?  or.dec.cl.  8vo.  pp.294.  lacks   f/free e/paper. some text soiling, occasional tear, spine rubbed.    Price: $155.00

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86. RICEMAN D.S.  Mineral Deficiency In Plants On The Soils  Of The  Ninety-Mile Plain In South Australia. Part IV.  Effect of  cover  crops  and  phosphate  on  subterranean  clover, lucerne,  and phalaris sown with zinc and copper on  laffer sand, near Keith. illus. with 14 full page  plates  t/out. dgms. pub.   Melb.  1949  Commonwealth   Scientific   and Industrial  Research Organization bulletin  No.249  or.wps. cr.4to. pp.46.    Price: $30.00
87. RICEMAN D.S. J.K. POWRIE  A Comparative Study Of  Pism, Vicia,  Caahyrus And Lupinus Varieties Grown In  Buckingham Sand In The Coonalpyn Downs, South Australia. illus. with 3 full  page  plates pub. Melb. Commonwealth  Scientific  and Industrial Research Organization 1952 or.wps. 4to. pp.36.   Price: $30.00

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88. ROLLS ERIC A Million Wild Acres 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest. illus. with b/w. photographic illustrations, 4 double-page maps. pub. Melbourne; Nelson; 1981 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.466. Story of men and their passion for land; of occupation and settlement; of destruction and growth. By following the tracks of these pioneers who crossed the Blue Mountains into northern New South Wales, Eric Rolls - poet, farmer and self-taught naturalist - has written the history of European settlement in Australia. The story of the Pilliga scrub before and after 200 years of white man's settlement. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, which is dark brown, & bookplate else fine copy.   Price: $95.00
89. ROWEN J.N. and R.G. DOWNES A Study Of The Land In  North-Western Victoria. illus. with 8 tables 33 plates &  folding map at rear pub. Vic. Soil Conservation Authority 1963 wps. 4to. pp.116. Fine.   Price: $30.00
90. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Of Victoria. Grand Annual Day and Night Exhibition 22nd Sept. to 1^st Otc. 1938 To be held at the Show Grounds, Flemington. (67th Grand Annual Exhibition) illus. with advts. pub. Melb. 1938 or. green, blue blue, yellow & brown wrappers; 8vo. pp.366. fine copy.    Price: $95.00
91. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of Victoria Royal Melbourne Show Olympic Year 20th to 29th September, 1956 Dog Catalogue illus. with advts to covers, pub. np. (Printed by H. Hearne & Co., Melbourne) 1956, or. green/red wrappers, 4to. pp.420-530. Slight foxing to lower front wrapper else fine.   Price: $55.00
92. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of N.S.W. Royal Easter Show. 2oth to 31^st march 1948 Daily Ring Souvenir Programme. (one shilling on front cover) illus. with advts. plan of showgrounds, b/w. photo plates, drawings, portraits, highlights of the ring; pub. Sydney, Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. or. col. illus. wrappers, 4to. pp.72. Wood chopping feature, advt. for axes, examples of exhibits etc. Very fine.    Price: $100.00

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93. RUMSEY  HERBERT  J.  Australian Nuts And  Nut  Growing  In Australia. illus. with b/w. frontis. & 18 full page  plates t/out. of which 3 are col. pub. Syd. Herbert J. Ramsay Ltd. 1927 or.crm. & col.pict. illus.wps. cr.12mo. pp.120.    Price: $45.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
94. RUMSEY  HERBERT J. The A To Z Of Australian  Fruit Growing. illus. with frontis. & 4 full page plates. text dgms.  pub. N.S.W.  Herbert  J. Rumsey & Sons 1932 2nd edition or.col.  pictorial  wrappers (white spine) 12mo. pp.208. Near fine copy.   Price: $60.00
95. RUMSEY  HERBERT J. The New A To Z Of Australian  Vegetable Growing.  illus. with several text dgms. pub. N.S.W. Herbert J.  Rumsey  & Sons 1941 or.col. pict.  wps.  (white  spine) 12mo. pp.186. fine.    Price: $40.00
96. RUMSEY HERBERT J. Publication. Profitable Poultry Farming. illus. with several  plates, dgms. t/out. pub. Melb. The Shell  Co.  of Aust. nd.194-? or. yell. red blk. pict.wps.  12mo.  pp.84.    Price: $45.00
97. RUSKIN Publishing 'All-About Books' Souvenir Guide to the  Royal Show 1955. illus. with map, many advts, b/w. photo plates, events, list of Office Bearers, lists, etc. pub. Melbourne Ruskin Pub. 1955 or. col. illus. wrappers, (pic. of tractor and animals with flowers and hats on their heads) 2/6 on front wrapper, 4to. pp.64. Fine.   Price: $40.00

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98. SEYMOUR G. Late potato expert, Vic. Dept. of  Agriculture. Potato Growing In Australia. illus. with frontis. &  plates dgms. pub. Melb. Whitcombe & Tombs nd.1920? Australian Practical Handbooks (series) or. card wrappers, (paperback), cr.8vo. pp.124. Wrappers sl. frayed, spine cracked with chipping top and bottom of spine, overall a good firm copy.   Price: $30.00
99. SHAW  MARY  TURNER On Mount Emu Creek. The story  of a nineteenth century Victorian sheep station. illus.  with e/paper maps, frontis. 31 plates. pub. Sydney, Robertson  & Mullens 1969 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.208. Dustwrapper little rubbed else v/good.   Price: $45.00
100. SILK W.H.  Bantams And Miniature Fowl. illus. with with numerous b/w. illustrations index, pub. London Poultry World 1951 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.172. Covers types of breeds and varieties, housing, appliances, hatching and rearing, feeding adult stock, preparing for show, parasites and diseases and related topics. V/good in the chipped & torn d/w.   Price: $60.00 
101. SMART OSCAR The Inheritance Of Fecundity In Fowls. illus. with 15 full page plates t/out. (line drawings of breeds) pub. U.K. Sunbury-On-Thames, Middlesex: Oscar Smart, 1917. or. dark purple cloth lettered in black brown cloth to spine; 8vo. square, pp.98 directory of suppliers, breeders and products at rear. Light edgewear, else very good copy.   Price: $85.00
102. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN  Coloured Sheep Owner's Society. Breeding Coloured Sheep  and using Coloured Wool. Papers presented at the National Congress, Adelaide, South Australia January 30 to February 3, 1979. illus. with text plates and diagrams pub. Adelaide 1979 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.X.230. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
103. STACE H.C.T., G.D. Hubble, R. Brewer, K.H. Northcote, M.J. Mulcahy, and E.G. Hallsworth. A Handbook Of Australian Soils  illus. with many plates t/out. some full page & col. folding map in pocket at rear; pub. S.A. Rellim Technical Pub. 1972 or. brn. cl. 4to. pp.XIV.436. Very good copy.   Price: $60.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
104. STEVENSON THOMAS The Modern Culture Of Sweet Peas.  illus. with col. frontis. & 11 full page plates t/out. of which  5 are col. pub. Lond. The Cable Printing & Pub. Co.  nd.1911? dates in the ads. indicate published about 1911 or.blu.cl. 8vo. pp.86. Front free e/paper cut else very good.   Price: $75.00
105. STOCKOWNER'S GUIDE-The.  Appliances and Improvements. illus. with plates, diagrams, drawings t/out. two folding plans, pub. Syd, The Pastoralists Review PL. nd. 1911? (Advt. Dated 1911) 1st ed. or. grey/green cl. 8vo. pp.VIII.252,20 advts. Very good copy.   Price: $100.00
106. STROM H.G. River Control In New Zealand  And  Victoria. profusely illus. with plates, dgms. t/out. pub. Vic.  State Rivers  and  Water  Supply  Commission.  1941  or.cl.  8vo. pp.132. Very good copy.   Price: $45.00

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107. STROM  H.G.  River Improvement And Drainage In Australia And New  Zealand. illus. with plates, dgms. dwgs.  t/out.  pub. Vic. State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Vic. 1962 or.cl. roy.8vo. pp.378.    Price: $45.00
108. TAYLOR  GRIFFITH Australia. A study of  warm  environments and  their  effect  on British Settlement.  illus.  with  4 half-ton  plates,  142 text illus. and  e/paper  map.  pub. Lond. Methuen 1966 revised & reprinted or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XV.490. Study of the geography of Australia: its regions, the effects of settlement, and industry. Includes chapter on islands of the Pacific, and New Zealand. Very good copy.   Price: $40.00
109. TAYLOR J.K. B.P. Thomson & R.G. Shepard. The Soils And Geology Of Adelaide Area. Bulletin No. 46 illus. with b/w. illustrations and maps, colour plates, large colour map in pocket at rear; pub. Department Of Mines Geological Survey Of South Australia 1976 or. red cl. 4to. pp.84. Fine.   Price: $35.00
110. TAYLOR PETER    Pastoral Properties of Australia. Profusely illus. in colour and b/w. plates; pub. Allen and Unwin Sydney 1987 or.cl. d/w. folio pp.240 A detailed study on 20 of Australia's leading sheep & beef properties. Gift inscription to front free endpaper else fine copy.    Price: $50.00
111. TURNER  FRED Australian Grasses And Pasture  Plants. With notes on  Native  fodder Shrubs  and  Trees.  illus.  with frontis.  & 12 full page b/w. drawings by Mary I. Turner  pub. Melb. Whitcombe & Tombs 1921 or. crm. dk.grn. & yell.  bds. 12mo. pp.112. Guide to grasses and pasture plants for stock owners. Fine.   Price: $65.00

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112. VACUUM OIL COMPANY PTY.LTD. Information On How To Beat The Codling.  illus.  with many dwgs. t/out.  pub.  Melb.  1945 or.illus.wps.  8vo.  pp.32.  sl.  stained  to  lower  pages otherwise good.    Price: $20.00
113. VICTORIA Department   Of  Agriculture.   Bulletin   No.43 Preserving  Fruits  And Vegetables. illus. with  b/w.  text plates  t/out. pub. Melb. nd.193-?  or.col.illus.wps.  8vo. pp.104.    Price: $35.00
114. VICTORIA Dept. Of Agriculture. The Sheep Industry.  illus. with plates, dwgs. dgms. t/out. some full page & col.  pub. Melb. 194-? or.illus.wps. cr.4to. pp.186.    Price: $35.00

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115. WADHAM  S.M.  & G.L. WOOD Land Utilization  In  Australia. illus.  with  maps, charts, text plates t/out.  pub.  Melb. M.U.P. 1964 Fourth edition, revised, first published 1939 or.cl. cr.4to. pp.XIX.360. Natural factors controlling the use of land; the sheep industry; wool markets; the wheat industry; the dairying industry; the meat industry; the sugar industry; the fruit industries; other crops; irrigation; forestry; effects of World War II on land utilisation and post-war trade trends; land utilisation & settlement. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
116. WADHAM  S.M. G.W. LEEPER & R.I. HERRIOT Climate And  Soils In Relation To Agriculture. pub. Melb. Ministry of Post-War Reconstruction 1949 or.wps. 8vo. pp.102. Slight chipping to top and bottom of spine else very good.   Price: $30.00
117. WEBBER HORACE The Greening Of The Hill. Re-vegetation around Broken Hill in the 1930's. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub. Melb. Hyland House 1992 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.X.150. How Albert Morris persuaded the Zinc Corporation that it could control Broken Hill's dust problem by revegetating the surrounding countryside. Fine.   Price: $35.00
118. WHEELHOUSE  FRANCES Digging Stick To Rotary Hoe.  Men  and machines in rural Australia. with e/paper illus. & numerous text  plates t/out. bibliography, index; pub. Melb. Cassell 1966 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222. Chapters included are: Conquering The Soil (plough & the stump jump plough); Scattering The Seed (the Spring Tyne Drill Cultivator); Stripping The Grain (mechanical reaping machines); The Chaff From The Grain (winnowers, stripper harvesters, threshing machines), The Young Genius ( V. J. McKay); the Header Harvester; the shearing machine; wire fences; the advent of steam power etc. Slight silverfishing to d/w. else very good copy.   Price: $35.00
119. WHITTET  J.N.  Compiled by. Pastures.  illus.  with  dwgs. plates  t/out.  37  and map full page pub.  Syd.  Dept.  of Agriculture  of  New South Wales A Volume in  The  Farmer's Handbook Series 1969 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.662. A reference book for grasses, pasture legumes, saltbushes, fodder trees and weeds. Near fine copy.   Price: $30.00
120. WHITTET J.N. compiled by. Weeds.  illus. with col.  frontis. & profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub. Syd. Dept. of Agriculture of N.S.W. Farmer's Handbook Series 1968 reprint or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.488. Comprehensive work on weed identification and control. Fine copy.  Price: $45.00
121. WILLEY KEITH The Drovers. illus. with plates t/out. 8 full page  & col. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1982 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.154. Near fine copy.    Price: $35.00

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122. WOODWARD G. The International Poultry Book. illus. with plates t/out. some full page, many advts. business directory, pub. Melbourne Brown, Prior, 1930 or. red cloth boards 8vo. pp.250 Extra typed page inserted in front. Slight fade mark to lower fore-edge of front board else very good copy.   Price: $65.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
123. WOOL   Materials Handling In The Wool Industry. illus. with frontis., num. plates, col. text-figs., and plans. pub. Sydney Commonwealth, Dept of National Development; 1952 Folio or. limp cl. pp.VIII.70. fine.    Price: $40.00
124. WRIGHT L.  The Practical Poultry Keeper  illus. with  8 colour litho plates, plus numerous engravings. pub. Cassell. London preface 1885 (20th edition), publisher's advertisements dated 1891. First edition of the work was published in 1867; or green cl. endpapers printed with advertising, gilt titles on spine, and embossed black pictorial of rooster on front cover. cr.8vo. pp.247. Described as "..a complete and standard guide to the management of poultry whether for domestic use, the markets, or exhibition. Covers show edgewear and surface soiling, flecking. Rear e/paper torn lacking piece to corner, otherwise good.   Price: $200.00
125. WRIGHT, STEPHENSON & CO (Aust) Pty.Ltd. Blue Ribbon Seeds. Agricultural Seed Merchants.   A Guide To Better Pastures. profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some full page pub. Melbourne 1947 or. stiff cream/green wrappers; 4to. pp.74. Fine copy.     Price: $35.00
126. YEOMANS  P.A. The Australian Keyline  Plan.  Revolutionary method  of  soil fertility. illus. with 16 full  page  b/w. plates,  16 full page col. plates 5 maps, 4  sketches  pub. Syd. P.A. Yeomans 1954 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.136. fine  in chipped d/w.    Price: $65.00
127. YEOMANS  P.A. The Challenge Of Landscape. The development and  practice of Keyline. Farming under the  Keyline  plan. illus.  with many dgms. t/out. 32 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Syd. Keyline Pub. 1958 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.306. Very good copy in the torn d/w. some very slight foxing to edges of some plates.   Price: $100.00