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Agriculture
This collection includes books on crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry, for food and non-food products
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The transformation of rural Scotland: social change and the agrarian economy 1660-1815
John Donald Publishers Ltd
1999
A detailed exploration of the process of transition in the rural lowlands of Scotland from peasant to capitalist agriculture
ABC of poultry keeping
Cassell and Company, Ltd.
1949
An attempt to explain, in the simplest possible terms, the basic information needed for keeping poultry successfully.
A history of Scottish farming
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
1952
A history of Scottish farming showing how Scotland's farmers struggled to copy but then surpassed English farming methods.
The Scottish country miller 1700-1900: a history of water-powered meal milling in Scotland
John Donald Publishers Ltd
1981
A history of the production of the chief element of the Scottish diet of the Scottish people until Victorian times.
The Scottish countryside: its changing face, 1700-2000
John Donald in association with the National Archives of Scotland
2007
Published to accompany an exhibition organised by the National Archives of Scotland.
The shepherd's guide to the prevention and control of the diseases of the sheep
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1951
The first guide to sheep diseases since 1807 by the director of the Moredun Institute. Gift inscription by the author to front free endpaper. Loosely inserted publicity photograph of the author at work.
The drove roads of Scotland
House of Lochar
1995
A reprint of Haldane's classic work on the development of the droving trade and the routes used.
Farmer's progress: a guide to farming
Faber and Faber Limited
1950
An introduction to farming as profession and as a business.
Fragrant earth: an autobiography of a land girl
Epworth Press
1947
The true story of a girl who was plunged from a comfortable city life into the rigours of farm labouring.
The gamekeeper at home: sketches of natural history and rural life
Smith, Elder & Co.
1879
An account of a gamekeeper's life at home and in the field.
A gamekeeper's note book
Edward Arnold
1910
A synthesis of day-by-day account of a gamekeeper's experiences over ten years.
Ten years of game-keeping
Edward Arnold
1909
A synthesis of day-by-day account of a gamekeeper's experiences over ten years.
Thirty years farming on the Clifton Park system : how to supply humus, texture, and fertility by the aid of deep-rooting grasses
Faber and Faber Limited
1944
An explanation by a working farmer as to how we can best retain the fertility in our soil.
Glory Hill Farm epilogue : one hundred acres farmed by an amateur - fourth year 1943-4
John Lane the Bodley Head
1948
The final volume in a series charting the challenges faced by an amateur farmer in war-time Britain.
Water power in Scotland 1550-1870
John Donald Publishers Ltd
1984
Establishes the spatial and chronological development of the water mill in Scotland, and then rise of steam power.
Round the year on the farm
Oxford University Press
1942
An introduction to how and why a farmer's work was planned and performed, from month to month, beginning in October.
This farming business
Faber and Faber
1944
An introduction to farming as a business and the reforms needed to improve production.
Milk and cream testing and grading dairy products for school, farm and factory
Crosby Lockwood & Son
1911
Based on techniques developed by a government dairy expert in Australia.
Agriculture and society in seventeenth century Scotland
John Donald Publishers Ltd.
1979
An analysis of the transition from mediaeval to more modern conditions in rural Scotland.
