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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. sl. torn d/w.     Price: $45.00
2. ALPINE STUDY AREA-Report On The. History, Gelogy, Climate, Physiography, soils. illus. with plates, dgms. t/out.  pub. Melb. Land Conservation Council Of Vic. 1977  or.illus.wps. 4to.obl. pp.XII.480.     Price: $35.00

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3. 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
4. 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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5. 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
6. 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. Fine. The history of Collinsville Merino Stud.     Price: $110.00  

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7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. AUSTRALIAN  WOOL BOARD-The. Concerning Wool.  illus.  with plates,  charts t/out. one foild-out at rear pub.  Canberra the Aust. Wool Board 1951 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.108.    Price: $30.00.
11. AUSTRALIAN Jersey Herd Soc.- Jersey Stud Book Of Australia. Vol. XXXIV, 1947 illus. with full page two-tone plates  t/out.   pub. Sydney The Australian Jersey Herd Society. or. burgundy cl. binding, gold titles 8vo. pp.552. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00
12. 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.    Price: $40.00
13. 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
14. 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. Very fine.   Price: $45.00
15. BELSCHNER H.G.  Sheep Management And Diseases (Agricultural And Livestock Series) illus. with numerous  b/w. plates  t/out.  some full page and colour, index, pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson in 1959 (completely revised) or. green cl. 8vo. pp.814. A complete guide and reference for the sheep industry. Very good copy.    Price: $35.00
16. BOAS  M.S.  The Commercial  Timbers  Of  Australia.  Their properties and uses. illus. with maps, plates, tables, pub. Melb. Govt. Printer & Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. 1947 or.cl. roy.8vo. pp.344.     Price: $125.00

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17. 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.  loosely  inserted,  publishers advertising brochure of 16 pages, fine.    Price: $70.00
18. 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.    Price: $45.00
19. BROWN E.T.    The Poultry-Keeper's Text Book  illus. with 150 photographic illustrations, 3 fold out large scale plans; pub. LondonWard, 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
20. 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
21. 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: $95.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
22. 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: $115.00
23. 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.     Price: $40.00

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24. COWLEY CLARENCE EDWARD   Classing The Clip: A Handbook On Wool-Classing illus. with frontis. & 8 photo plates, text illus. tables; pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson, 1944 revised and enlarged 4^th ed. or. olive/green cl. 8vo. pp.XII.164,4 advts. slightly rubbed else very good copy.     Price: $35.00

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25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. COX  E.W.  The Evolution Of The Australian Merino. illus. with frontis. & 20 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1936 1st ed. or. dark blue cl. cr.4to. pp.XX.160,22 plates at rear. sl. tear to top of spine and fading else very good copy.    Price: $550.00

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29. 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.    Price: $45.00
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. pub. Melb. Heinemann 1984  or.brn.cl.  slip-case 8vo. pp.XII.180.    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. 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
35. EDWARDS RON  Bushcraft. 1   Australian Traditional Bush Crafts. Furniture, Simple Buildings, Domestic Crafts, Dams & Fencing,  Leather Work, Saddlery.  profusely illus. with dwgs.  t/out.  pub. Syd. Summit Books 1978 or.cl. d/w.  4to. pp.144. fine.    Price: $40.00

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36. ENTWISLE W. F. -  Bantams. illus. plates throughout with some full page; 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
37. FARRELL  J.  Apple Culture In Victoria. illus.  with  text plates,  dgms.,  maps.  t/out.  pub.  Melb.  Department  of Agriculture 1924 or.lt.brn.cl. roy.8vo. pp.296. sl. flecked tocl. 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. pub. N.S.W. ANU  Press  1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XVI.288.     Price: $45.00  
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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: $40.00
42. 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: $40.00
43. HALLSWORTH  E.G. J.T. WOODCOCK (Ed.) Land And  Water Resources  Of Australia. Symposium held in Sydney  on  30th Oct.  to 1st Nov. 1978. illus. with many dgms. & maps  pub. Melb. Aust. Academy of Technological Sciences 1979  or.cl. 4to. pp.404.    Price: $40.00
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.    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

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48. HOLMES J.M. - The Murray Valley. illus. with With 14 fold. maps 7 of which col., and num. text-illus. pub. Sydney Angus and Robertson 1948 1st ed. . or. green cl. roy.8vo pp.XVI.280. geographical reconnaissance of the Murray Valley and a new design for its regional organization. Very good copy.   Price: $50.00
49. 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
50. 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
51. KRONBORG JAMIE  - Big Willandra profusely illus. with plates throughout, some full page and col. Indexed, pub. NSW Willandra Merino Stud 1986 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp. 160pp. A Pastoral History of the Willandra Estate. Signed by author     Price: $45.00
52. 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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53. LAZENBY  ALEC  & E.M. MATHESON Australian Field Crops 1. Wheat and other Temperate Cereals. illus. with 32 full  page plates  t/out.  text  dgms. & tables,  pub.  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.552.      Price: $45.00
54. 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  
55. LINCOLN  H.B.  Farm Irrigation. illus. with several  plates, dgms. pub. Melb. State Rivers and Water Supply Comm.  1949 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.88.    Price: $35.00
56. MACKENZIE DAVID  Goat Husbandry illus. with b/w photo & other illustrations, tables, graphs, bibliography, appendices, index; pub. London Faber 1974 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.366. Pressed flower remnants to f/free e/paper else v/good.   Price: $25.00

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57. 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.    Price: $40.00
58. McWATERS VIVIAN   Good Times profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, (staff and students), appendices; pub. Dooen, Victoria VCAH- Longerenong, 1989 1st. ed. or. white/sepia pictorial card covers oblong 8vo. pp.100 Daily Life at Longerenong Agricultural College, 1889 – 1989.     Price: $35.00
59. MacKENZIE  TONI A Small Place In The Country. A  practical guide to buying and living in the country. illus. with line dwgs. by the author pub. Syd. Collins 1978 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.240.    Price: $30.00
60. 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 fine    Price: $35.00
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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

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65. MITCHELL ELYNE   Soil And Civilization illus. with pub. Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1946 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.X.142 Elyne Mitchell discusses the menace of soil erosion and argues for the intelligent preservation of the land. Has self wear to edges and corners with some chipping at d/w. ends of spine. Very good copy.   Price: $30.00 
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. fine.   Price: $40.00
67. MOORE MILTON R. Ed. by. Australian Grasslands. illus.  with 5  folding  maps, text maps, dgms. & plates  pub.  Canberra A.N.U. 1973 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XVIII.456.    Price: $45.00

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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.   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 pub. Melbourne, Cheshire 1966 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.156. Fine.    Price: $50.00  
73. PALMER  JOAN DAVID SYMES The Great Days Of Wool  1820-1900. profusely illus. t/out. with plates & dwgs. by  David Symes some full page pub. Adel. Rigby 1980 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.184.    Price: $35.00
74. 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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75. 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.    Price: $90.00         Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
76. 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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77. PEARSE  E.H. - Sheep, Farm & Station Managment.  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. fine.    Price: $35.00
78. 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 . Fine.    Price: $45.00
79. 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.     Price: $35.00
80. POLL HEREFORD SOCIETY -  Poll Herefords In Australia A Handbook for Beef Cattle Breeders. illus. with b/w. text plates, maps; pub. Sydney Australia: F.H.Johnston Publishing Company, 1952 1st ed. or. dark brown cl. 8vo. pp.144. list of members, a history of the breed in Australia, articles on the breed by various authors, photographs of show winning cattle with their pedigree and also the owners details etc. title to spine worn else fine copy.    Price: $45.00
81. 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
82. 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
83. POULTRY BREEDERS GUIDE And Year Book. Practical Articles on Plans for laying sheds, Incubator and Brooder Houses.  How to select a Laying type of Fowl. Feeding. Judging  Poultry. Anatomy  of  a Fowl. Structure and Composition of  an  Egg. Common  Poultry Diseases. illus. with plates, advts.  dgms. t/out.  pub.  Melb.  Horticultural Press  1942  or.  red  & dk.blu. illus.wps. roy.8vo. pp.72.   Price: $25.00

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84. 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
85. 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
86. 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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87. 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
88. 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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89. 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
90. 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
91. 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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92. 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
93. 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 or.col.  pict.  wps. (white spine) 12mo. pp.208. fine.    Price: $40.00
94. 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
95. RUMSEY HERBERT J. The Australian Tomato Book. Treating  on the cultivation, treatment and disposal of tomatoes for the market or home garden, from experience at home and  abroad. illus. with frontis. (portrait) & dgms. plates t/out.  pub. Syd.  1930 or. red grn. & white wps. 12mo.  pp.160.  v/good    Price: $75.00
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. 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 
99. 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. purple and brown cloth lettered in black 8vo. square, pp.98 directory of suppliers, breeders and products at rear. Very good copy.    Price: $85.00
100. 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.    Price: $45.00
101. SOUTH GIPPSLAND  Study Area-Report  On -The.  District  2  Nature  Of  The Land, Structural History,  Climate,  Soils, Vegetation,  Fauna, History. illus. with plates, maps,  dgms. t/out. & 14 folding maps in pocket at rear pub. Melb.  Land Conservation council 1980 or.illus.wps. 4to.obl. pp.X.362.    Price: $35.00
102. 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. pub. S.A. Rellim Technical Pub. 1972 or. brn. cl. 4to. pp.XIV.436.    Price: $60.00      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
103. 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.190-? or.blu.cl. 8vo. pp.86. fine.    Price: $150.00
104. STOCKOWNER'S GUIDE-The. Appliances and Improvements. illus. with plates, diagrams, drawings t/out. 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
105. 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.    Price: $45.00

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106. 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
107. TAYLOR  GRIFFITH Australia. A Study Of  Warm  Environments And Their Effect Of British Settlement. illus. with e/paper maps, 142 text illus. & 4 plates pub. Lond. Methuen  1945 or.cl. 8vo. pp.456.    Price: $45.00
108. 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
109. TRUMBLE H. C.  Blades Of Grass illus. with 25 full page plates t/out. of various types of grass; pub. Melbourne: Georgian House nd. c. 1946 or. green boards 8vo. pp.294 A fascinating look at grass - its history and its place in the Australian environment by the eminent grass observer H. C. Trumble, who made the study of grass his life's work. Very good copy.     Price: $40.00
110. TURNER  FRED  Australian Grasses And Pasture  Plants. notes  on  Native  fodder Shrubs  and  Trees.  illus.  with frontis.  & 12 full page b/w. dwgs. by Mary I. Turner  pub. Melb. Whitcombe & Tombs 1921 or. crm. dk.grn. & yell.  bds. 12mo. pp.112. fine.    Price: $55.00

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111. 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
112. 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
113. 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
114. VICTORIA- Soil  Erosion In. A Symposium arranged  by  the Victorian  Institute of Surveyors. pub. Melb. Dept. of  Lands and Survey 1940 or.cl. 8vo. pp.176.    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. 1939 or.cl. cr.4to. pp.XIX.360. sl. wear to spine  & underlining in pencil.    Price: $30.00
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.    Price: $30.00
117. WHEELHOUSE  FRANCES Digging Stick To Rotary Hoe.  Men  and machines in rural Australia. with e/paper illus. & numerous text  plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cassell 1966 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222.    Price: $40.00
118. 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.    Price: $45.00  
119. 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 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.488.     Price: $45.00
120. 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.     Price: $35.00

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121. WOODBRIDGE  HARRY S. Shearing Shed Management.  pub.  Syd. Angus & Robertson 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.  pp.X.268.    Price: $40.00
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 8vo. pp.250 Extra typed page inserted in front. Very good copy.    Price: $65.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
123. WOODWARD GEO. The International Poultry Book illus. with plates t/out. some full page, many advts. business directory, pub. Australia, Ballarat, (no date) circa 1910 8vo, or. dec. bd. (wattle dec. in glt.) pp.446 A very good copy in. partly soiled boards, lacks f/free e/paper. one page torn, all print legible, good solid copy and quite scarce.    Price: $250.00

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124. 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
125. WRIGHT L.  The Practical Poultry Keeper illus. with Illustrated (8 color litho plates, plus numerous woodblocks). pub. Cassell. London: 1885 (20th printing.) 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. Rear e/paper torn.    Price: $200.00
126. 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
127. 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
128. 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. v/good copy in the torn d/w. some very sl. water staining to edges of some plates.    Price: $70.00