Search Results: Agriculture from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Morrow/Avon, 1976. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1976 First Edition, 2nd Printing. Gilt embossed brown linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light edge wear. History/chronicle of Post World War II rise of California wines. 320 pgs, illustrated w/color plates, photos & maps, in two parts. Part I describes wineries & vineyards in Napa Valley, Sonoma & Medicino Counties, the Central Coast, San Joaquin Valley & Southern California; and Part II, a review if produced wines produced at the time. Fine historical reference/resource.

Berkeley, CA: USDA/Univ of CA, 1984. First Thus . Soft Cover/Stapled. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/New. Illustrated soft cover/VG; PO name strike-out on upper front corner. Pamphlet shows faint creasing to lower portion. Guidelines for use of insecticides in the prune orchard for control of black scale, mites, aphids, peach twing borer, etc.

Columbia Missouri: Univ of Mo/College of Agriculture, 1984. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Text/VG; bracketing to pgs 76, 84, 87 & 88, else As New. Softcover/VG; strong w/shelfwear & PO name sticker to upper front corner. Mexican agricultural economics. Analysis of the rapid rise in consumption of animal protein during the 1970s & early 1980s through the Animal Feed Industry --- inputs into the poultry, dairy, & swine production sectors in response to consumer demands. Reliance on imports in cereal & oilseed in the face of declining petroleum prices led to the demise of the Mexican Food System (or SAM), the self-sufficiency goals of which proved unrealistic. 128 pgs. Text in 3 parts: I, Introduction; II, The Feed Grain & Oilseed Complexes; and III, The Animal Feed Industry.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED copy. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards/NF. DJ/NF; under library mylar. The world of insects. Fascinating anatomy, behavior & social organization of the dominant African --- or "killer" --- bees. First introduced to Brazil in the 1957 followed by rapid migration north. A species w/hives hunted by native Africans for honey, their source for sugar. Distinguished by aggressive swarming behavior, these feisty bees have impacted North American beekeeping practices, causing consequent agricultural issues. 162 pgs w/line drawings, 9 chapters in 2 parts: Part I, Biology & Habits; and II, Impact & Control.