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March 18, 2008.


Agricultural Book Titles at the Victory Horticultural Library

Title Author Keywords & Notes Publisher Pub Date ISBN Lib. Of Congress
100 vegetables and Where They Came From William Woys Weaver   Algonquin Books 2000 1-56512-238-0  
A - Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants Edited by Christopher Brickell and Judith D. Zuk   DK Publishing 1996 0-7894-1943-2  
A Manual of Home Vegetable Gardening Frances C. Coulter gardening Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. 1942    
A Million Hogs Can't Be Wrong   hog, swine, pig American Poland China Record Association      
A Miscellany of Garden Wisdom Bernard Schofield lore, hints, gardening Running Press 1990 0-89471-891-6  
A Professor's Story of Hybrid Corn Herbert Kendall Hayes corn, history Burgess Publishing Company 1963   63-18592
Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin for the Year Ending June 30, 1902   AES, Ag Report Democrat Printing Company, State Printer 1903    
Agriculture of Massachussetts - 1876 Annual Report C. L. Flint   Albert J. Wright, Boston 1877    
American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century Ann Leighton   Houghton Mifflin Company 1976 0-395-24764-0  
Animals in the Service of Man Edward Hyams   J.B. Lippincott 1972 0-397-00780-9 71-147890
Annual Flower Garden, The   flowers W. Atlee Burpee, Co.      
Asparagus F. M. Hexamer asparagus
First book in America devoted to the subject.
Orange Judd Company 1901    
A.S.T.A. Informational Pamphlet No. 1 (1948)
Yearbook and Proceeding of the 65th Annual Conference
  ASTA, seed trade American Seed Trade Association 1949    
A.S.T.A. Informational Pamphlet No. 2 (1949)
Yearbook and Proceeding of the 66th Annual Conference
  ASTA, seed trade American Seed Trade Association 1950    
A.S.T.A. Informational Pamphlet No. 3 (1950)
Yearbook and Proceeding of the 67th Annual Conference
  ASTA, seed trade American Seed Trade Association 1951    
Audel's Do-It_Yourself Encyclopedia - repairs, electrical, troubleshooting Theo. Audel & Co. 1963    
Audel's Home Appliance Service Guide Edwin P. Anderson repairs, electrical, troubleshooting Theo. Audel & Co. 1958    
Bean Bible, The Aliza green beans Running Press 2000 0-7624-0689-5  
Bean Culture E. V. Hardenburg beans Macmillan 1927    
Bean Culture Glenn C. Sevey beans Orange Judd Company 1917    
Best Gardening Ideas I Know, The Editors of Organic Gardening and Farming gardening Rodale Press 1974    
Best Gardening Ideas I Know, The Robert Rodale gardening Rodale Press 1975    
Best Ways to Improve Your Soil - soil, composting Rodale Press 1981    
Book of the New Alchemists, The Edited by Nancy Jack Todd culture, ecology, environment, aquaculture E. P. Dutton 1977 0-525-47465-X  
Botany of Desire, The Michael Pollan history, biotech Random House 2002 0+375-76039-3  
Cabbages and Cauliflowers James J. H. Gregory cabbage, cauliflower S. J. Parkhill & Co. 1908    
Care and Feeding of Trees, the Richard C. Murphy and William E. Meyer trees Crown Publishers 1969    
Carrots, Mangold Wurtzels and Sugar Beets James J. H. Gregory carrots, beets, mangold J. J. Arakelyan 1900    
Celery Culture W. R. Beattie celery Orange Judd Company 1916    
Colonial Merchant: Sources and Readings, The Stuart Bruchey   Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. 1966   66-12918
Combustion Engineering:  A Reference Book on Fuel Burning and Steam Generation Otto de Lorenzi, M.E. engineering Combustion Engineering-Superheater, Inc. 1952    
Complete Book of Growing Plants from Seed, The Elda Haring   Hawthorn Books 1967    
Complete Vegetable Garden Guide, The Leonard D Topoleski, PhD. gardening Service Communications, Ltd. 1975   757742
Corn: Growing, Judging, Breeding, Feeding, Marketing M. L. Bowman and B.W. Crossley corn   1911    
Corn: Its Origin, Evolution and Improvement Paul C. Mangelsdorf corn, history Harvard University Press 1974 0-974-17175-6 72-15454
Country Flower Drying Beverly Olsen & Judy Lazzara flower Sterling Publishing 1988 0-8069-6746-3  
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 1 - Principles of Electric Circuits   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1929    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 2 - Magnetic Circuits   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1929    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 3 - Batteries and D. C. Generators   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 4 - Electric Generators   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 5 - Alternating Current Circuits   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 6 - Transformers   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 7 - Electric Motors   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 8 - Measuring Instruments   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 9 - Protective Devices and Methods   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Course in Practical Electricity: Lesson 10 - Central Station Electric Systems   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Course in Practical Electricity: Mathematics Supplement   electricity, electrical, wiring National Electric Light Association 1930    
Cultural Directions for Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Fruit Trees, Small Fruits   fruit, tree, perennials Oscar H. Will & Co. ?    
Short Outline of Danish Agriculture Through the Last Generation, A   Presented to British journalists on their visit to Denmark in August 1919 by the Union of Danish Agriculture   1919    
Dairying in Kansas - Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture - Quarter Ending September, 1923 J. C. Mohler, Secretary Kansas, dairy
3 copies - two are in original mailing wrappers
Kansas State Printing Plant 1924    
Destructive and Useful Insects: Their Habits and Control C. L. Metcalf and W. P.  Flint
R. L. Metcalf
insects, entomology McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1951    
Early Gardening Catalogues John Harvey early seed lists Phillimore 1972    
Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening J. I. Rodale and Staff organic, gardening Rodale Books, Inc. 1971    
Essentials of the New Agriculture Henry Jackson Waters   Ginn & Co. 1924    
Everything for the Smoker   tobacco Hargraft and Sons 1925    
Faith in a Seed Henry David Thoreau   Island Press 1993 1-55963-181-3  
Fall Bulb Planting Guide   bulbs   1960    
Farm Conveniences   farm Orange Judd Company 1914    
Farm Crops Charles Burkett farming. Horticulture Orange Judd Company 1913    
Farm Machinery and Equipment Harris Pearson Smith, A.E. farm McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1948    
Fertilizers and Crop Production Dr. Lucius L. Van Slyke, PH. D. fertilizer, crop Orange Judd Company 1392    
Field and Garden Vegetables of America Fearing Burr varieties, history
reprint of 1865 edition
The American Botanist Booksellers 1994 0-929332-00-8  
First Aid for Dairy Cows   dairy, cow, cattle Dairy Association Company, Inc.
Lyndonville, Vt
1934    
First Book of Farming, The Charles L Goodrich   Doubleday, Page & Co. 1905    
First Principles of Soil Fertility Alfred Vivian soil, fertilizer Orange Judd Company 1917    
Five Acres and Independence M. G. Kains homesteading, farming Greenberg, New York 1944    
Garden of Gourds, The L. H. Bailey gourds The Macmillan Company 1937    
Garden Seed Inventory, 1st Edition     SSE 1985    
Garden Seed Inventory, 2nd Edition     SSE 1988    
Garden Seed Inventory, 3rd Edition     SSE 1992    
Garden Seed Inventory, 4th Edition     SSE 1995    
Garden Seed Inventory, 5th Edition     SSE 1999    
Garden Seed Inventory, 6th Edition     SSE 2004 1-882424-60-3  
Gardeners Handbook L. H. Bailey   The Macmillan Company 1945    
Gardening for Pleaure Peter Henderson   Orange Judd Company 1880    
Gardening for Profit Peter Henderson Reprint of 1867 edition plus a biography The American Botanist Booksellers 1997 0-929332-09-1  
Gardening for Profit Peter Henderson   Orange Judd Company 1878    
Gardening When It Counts Steve Solomon gardening, food production, personal sovernty New Society Publishers 2005 0-86571-553-X  
Genetic Studies in Lycopersicum: The Heredity of Fruit Shape in the Garden Tomato Paul Alanson Warren tomato, genetics Michigan Academy of Science 1925    
Gentle Art of Smoking, The Alfred Dunhill tobacco G. P. Putnam's Sons 1954   54-10495
Genus Nicotiana : Origins, Relationship and Evolution of its Species I the Light of their Distribution, Morphology and Cytogenetics, The T. H. Goodspeed tobacco A. J. Reprints Agency 1982    
Gold Mine In Your Cellar, The J. Harold Booth mushroom United Mushroom Company 1937    
Good Life, The Helen and Scott Nearing homesteading, farming Schocken Books, Inc. 1989 89-43162 0-8052-0970-0
Great American Tomato Book, The Robert Hendrickson tomato Doubleday and Company 1977 0-385-11437-0 76-23767
Growing Fruits and Vegetables Richard Bird vegetables, gardening Hermes House 2002 1-84309-242-5  
Growing Up Green Alice Skelsey & Gloria Huckaby   Workman Publishing 1973    
Growing Up With Corn Bill Funk corn, history Benton Review Publishing Company, Inc. 1990    
Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744-1900 Lawrence B. Romaine catalogs Dover Press 1990 486264750  
Guide to Better Lawns and Gardens       1956    
Handbook of Fertilizers A. F. Gustafson soil, fertilizer Orange Judd Company 1928    
Handy Farm Devices Rolfe Cobliegh Paperback reprint of the 1909 Orange Judd edition The Lyon's Press 1996 1-55821-432-1  
Handyman: Complete Guide to Home Maintenance   home, maintenance Banner Press 1975    
History of Agriculture in the State of New York U. P. Hedrick Paperback reprint of the 1933 edition Hill & Wang, NY 1966 SBN 8090-0082-2  
History of Horticulture in America to 1860 U. P. Hedrick horticultural history Timber Press 1989 0-88192-102-5  
Holland Bulbs for a Lovlier Spring   bulbs   ?    
Home Vegetable Garden, The Adolph Kruhm vegetables, gardening Orange Judd Company 1919    
Hortus Third L. H. Bailey taxonomy The Macmillan Company 1976    
How the Farm Pays William Crozier and Peter Hendersoon farming, gardening Algrove Publishing 2001 1-894572-25-4  
How to Grow Cucumbers, Squashes and Pumpkins   cucurbits, gardening, culture W. Atlee Burpee 1908    
How To Make a Better Victory Garden   victory gardening, 20 pages Vigoro      
How to Plant     Zilke Brothers Nursery 1957    
Humanure Handbook, The Joseph Jenkins compost, toilet, poop Chelsea Green Publishing 1999 0-9644258-9-0 99-94237
Hybrid Corn-Makers, The Richard Crabb corn, history, signed by the author West Chicago Publishing Co. 1992   92-83752
Hybrid Corn Seed Enterprises: A Brief History Curtis Norskog corn, history Curtis Norskog 1995   95-077149
Hybrid Seed Production in Vegetables Amarjit S. Basra, editor seed production Haworth Press 1999 1-56022-075-9  
Indian Corn Culture C.S. Plumb corn, history Breeder's Gazette 1908    
Inoculated Legumes for Better Farming   legume The Nitragin Company 1947    
Its Not A Home Until It's Planted   trees, shrubs Oscar H. Will & Co.      
It Pays to Plant Soy Beans   soy Sioux Brand 1946    
Kansas State Agricultural College Course Catalogue, Fifty-fifth Session, 1905-1906   Complete listing of staff, facilities, departmental missions, requirements, equipment, course descriptions Kansas State Printing Office 1906    
Kansas State Agricultural College Course Catalogue, Fifty-fifth Session, 1917-1918   Complete listing of staff, facilities, departmental missions, requirements, equipment, course descriptions Kansas State College 1918    
Kansas State Board of Agriculture, (Report of the) for the Quarter Ending March, 1917 J. C. Mohler, Secretary Containing the addresses, papers, and discussions at the boards forty-sixth annual meeting, January 10-12, 1917 Kansas State Printing Plant 1917    
Land of the Crooked Tree U. P. Hedrick An interesting book not fistion, not strictly autobiographical, yet describing the early years of U. P. Hedrick and his pioneering upbringing. Wayne State Univ Press 1986 814318347  
Lords of the Harvest Daniel Charles biotech, GMO Perseus Publishing 2001 0-7382-0291-6  
Low-Cost, Energy-Efficient Shelter for the Owner and Builder Eugene Eccli shelter, energy efficiency, design Rodale Press 1975 0-87857-116-7 75-38886
Manual of Oregon Trees and Shrubs Warren R. Randall, Robert F. Keniston, Dale N. Bever tree, guide Oregon State University Book Stores, Inc. 1976 0-88246-092-7  
Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada Henry A. Gleason and Arthur Cronquist   Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. 1963 0-442-02722-2  
Merck Veterinary Handbook, The   veterinary, animals, medicine Merck & Co., Inc. 1961   61-12679
New Garden Encyclopedia, The Edited by E. L. D. Seymour gardening William H. Wyse & Co. 1945    
New Onion Culture T. Greiner onion Orange Judd Company 1916    
Odyssey of Tobacco, The Robert Lewis Fisher Tobacco history.  Contents include: Mayan heritage of tobacco, the Portuguese connection, Raleigh, war and commerce, the Conquistadores, the Far North, Forms and Fashions. 94 pages. The Prospect Press, Litchfield Connecticut 1939    
Ohio Agricultural Report - 1866 Annual Report     Ohio State Board of Agriculture 1867    
Ohio Agricultural Report - 1874 Annual Report   A. W. Livingston won many awards for produce at the 25th Ohio State Fair (pgs 202-205) Ohio State Board of Agriculture 1875    
Ohio Agricultural Report - 1889 Annual Report LN Bonham (Secretary)   Ohio State Board of Agriculture 1890    
Ohio Agricultural Report - 1891 Annual Report LN Bonham (Secretary)   Ohio State Board of Agriculture 1892    
Orange Judd 1911 Catalog of Rural Books   book catalog Orange Judd Company 1911    
Organic Fertilizing: Secret of Garden Experts Editors of Organic Gardening and Farming gardening, fertilizer Rodale Press 1962    
Organic Gardening Harvest Book Editors of Organic Gardening and Farming gardening Rodale Press 1975    
Origin and Nature of the Ear of Maize, The Paul C. Mangelsdorf corn, history, maize Botanical Museum of Harvard University 1945    
Origin of Indian Corn and Its Relatives P. C. Mangelsdorf and R. G. Reeves corn, history, maize
Texas AES Bulletin 574.  May 1939.  315 pages
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas 1939    
Origin of Maize: Present Status of the Problem, The P. C. Mangelsdorf and R. G. Reeves corn, history, maize Reprint from the American Anthropogist, Vol. 47, No. 2, April-June 1945    
Ortho Garden Book for Florida   Promoting hardcore use of chemical - fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, fungicide California Spray-Chemical Corporation 1956    
Ortho Garden Digest       1953    
Pioneer American Gardening Compiled by Elvenia Slosson   Coward-McCann 1951    
Plant Bulbs in the Fall for Flowers in Spring   bulbs Published for General Motoers Men andd Women by the Employee Relations Staff GM Information Rack Service ?    
Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices Hudson t. Hartmann and Dale E. Kester propagation Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1975 0-13-680991-X  
Plant Virology M.K. Corbett and H.D. Sisler virus, virology, disease University of Florida Press-Gainesville 1967    
Plants in the Service of Man Edward Hyams   J.B. Lippincott 1971   71-147891
Popular Mechanics Complete Manual of Home Repair and Improvement Richard E. Nunn home, repair Avon Books 1975 0-380-00431-3  
Popular Pond Plants Philip Swindells aquaculture, pond Howell Book House