This early work is a fascinating read for any small-holding enthusiast or historian of small-scale farming, which contains a wealth of information that is still useful and practical today. Contents Include: Introduction - The Laws of Nature - Proportional Allocation of the Farm - Flower, Vegetable and Fruit Growing - Manures and Manuring - The Poultry Plant - Milk Production - The Indispensable Goat - Home-grown Pork and Bacon - Some Intensive Side-lines - Horse or Motor-car? - Planning and Erecting the Farm Buildings - Repairs and Renovations - The Ins and Outs of Marketing - Book-keeping As Applied to the Small Farm - Diseases of Farm Stock and their Treatment - and an Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

Originally published in 1895. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents include: The Wild Rabbit. - Demand for rabbits as Food. - Weight and Condition of Warren rabbits. - Causes of Failure of Rabbit Warrens in the past. - Number of Rabbits which one acre of grass will feed. - How Rabbits Feed. - Stock required for Breeding purposes. - How to lay out a Warren. - The Wortley rabbit- trap- fence. - Care and Culture of Pasture. - Exterminating Rabbits in Plantations. - Enemies and Diseases of Rabbits. - Special Chapter for Farmers. - For Allotment Holders. - Valuation of Rabbit Damage. etc. A book for all Landowners, Sportsmen, Land Agents, Naturalists, Farmers, Gamekeepers and Smallholders. Contains much interesting and valuable information on the habits of the rabbit, well worth the the attention of anyone seeking to profit from rabbits.

The Scent Hound Vol. I. - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breeds from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a comprehensive range of books, many of them now rare and much sought-after works, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. These books are treasure troves of information about the breeds - The physical points, temperaments, and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of each breed and pedigrees of famous champions are also provided. The contents were well illustrated with numerous photographs of leading and famous dogs of that era and these are all reproduced to the highest quality. Books used include: My Dog And I by H. W. Huntington (1897), Dogs Of The World by Arthur Craven (1931), Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopaedia by Walter Hutchinson (1935) and many others. The breeds included in this Volume are: The Basset Hound, the Beagle Hound, the Bloodhound and the Coon Hound.

The countryside is cherished by many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, so integral to our national identity, is rarely seen as having anything to do with British colonialism. Where the countryside is celebrated, histories of empire are forgotten. In Our Island Stories, historian Corinne Fowler brings rural life and colonial rule together with transformative results. Through ten country walks, roaming the island with varied companions, Fowler combines local and global history, connecting the Cotswolds to Calcutta, Dolgellau to Virginia, and Grasmere to Canton. Empire transformed rural lives for better and for worse: whether in Welsh sheep farms or Cornish copper mines, it offered both opportunity and exploitation. Fowler shows how the booming profits of overseas colonial activities, and the select few who benefited, directly contributed to enclosure, land clearances and dispossession. These histories, usually considered separately, continue to shape lives across Britain today. To give an honest account, to offer both affection and criticism, is a matter of respect: we should not knowingly tell half a history. This new knowledge of our island stories, once gained, can only deepen Britons' relationship with their beloved landscape.

George Stow was a Victorian man of many parts--poet, historian, ethnographer, artist, cartographer, and prolific writer. A geologist by profession, he became acquainted, through his work in the field, with the extraordinary wealth of rock paintings in the caves and shelters of the South African interior. Enchanted and absorbed by them, Stow set out to create a record of this creative work of the people who had tracked and marked the South African landscape decades and centuries before him.
"Unconquerable Spirit "reveals the scope and the beauty of his labors. Stow's paintings are more than just copies of what he found on the rocks. They are interpretations of the art of the San, informed by his own understanding of a particularly turbulent time in South African history and his sense of the tragic demise of the San way of life. This book celebrates his pioneering achievement and reminds us, too, of the richness of the imaginative universe of the San.

The Samoyed - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a comprehensive range of books, many of them now rare and much sought-after works, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. These books are treasure troves of information about the breed - The physical points, temperaments, and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of the breed and pedigrees of famous champions are also provided. The contents were well illustrated with numerous photographs of leading and famous dogs of that era and these are all reproduced to the highest quality. Books used include: The Kennel Encyclopaedia by J. Sidney Turner (1910), Dogs Of The World by Arthur Craven (1931), Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopaedia by Walter Hutchinson (1935) and many others.

Originally published in 1904. A fascinating and well illustrated collection of hunting reminiscences with much on working terriers and the Blackmore Vale Hunt. Contents include: Early Hunting Reminiscences - First Days in Hants and Berks - Working Terriers - The Blackmore Vale - Over Bank and Timber - Otter Hunting in the Lyd - The Bloodhound in the Vale - Good Sport - The Old Black and Tan Terrier - The Blackmore Vale Hounds - Echoes of the Chase - Masters and Huntsmen of the Blackmore Vale Hunt - A Hunting Poem. Many of the earliest hunting books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This early works on Bee-Keeping for all is extensively illustrated with 40 illustrations and will appeal greatly to anyone with an interest in early bee-keeping with much of the information still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Saluki - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a comprehensive range of books, many of them now rare and much sought-after works, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. These books are treasure troves of information about the breed - The physical points, temperaments, and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of the breed and pedigrees of famous champions are also provided. The contents were well illustrated with numerous photographs of leading and famous dogs of that era and these are all reproduced to the highest quality. Books used include: The New Book Of The Dog by Robert Leighton (1907), Dogs Of The World by Arthur Craven (1931), This Doggie Business by Edward C. Ash (1934) and many others.

Mystery of the Walls is a novel about a veteran game warden named Terry Scroggins. Terry is the grandson of Ben and Mary Ann Scroggins, who were introduced in the previous novels Vengeance Is Mind and Love Is Forever. Terry becomes involved in a drug investigation in northeast Texas. His instincts take him behind the walls of a 2000 acre ranch that is protected by an eight-foot high game fence. The more he snoops around, the more twist and turns the story takes. If you like the "who done it" type stories, then this novel is a must. Like the other Scroggins family novels, before the story ends, you will feel like you are a part of the Scroggins family. One of the heartwarming features about this book, as well as the previous published books, is the heart felt family devotion, loyalty and values.