Agriculture Books

The honey-bee: its nature, homes and products

William Hetherington Harris

Far back in historic time there are records that man had learnt the value of the bee. The book of Job—probably the oldest of our sacred Scriptures—contains a reference to honey. The Pentateuch, the Ch..

Modern Whaling and Bear-Hunting

W. G. Burn Murdoch

The publication of the above-mentioned book, and lectures by Dr Bruce and Mr Burn Murdoch, revived both at home and abroad interest in the Antarctic regions, and in 1897 the Belgica expedition followe..

The Bee Keeper's Guide

J. H. Payne

Since the first appearance of this little Treatise I am most happy in being able to state that Apiarian Science has in this neighbourhood and in the adjoining Counties, made very considerable advances..

Bee-keeping for the Many

J. H. Payne

Is of very stout glass, with an opening at the top of about 2 inches diameter, over which a small glass may be placed when necessary. The large, or stock hive, stands on a mahogany floor-board, with a..

The Book of Alfalfa: History, Cultivation and Merits

F. D. Coburn

The author believes in alfalfa; he believes in it for the big farmer as a profit-bringer in the form of hay, or condensed into beef, pork, mutton, or products of the cow; but he has a still more abidi..

The Bee Keeper's Guide (Fourth Edition)

J. H. Payne

Since the first appearance of this little Treatise I am most happy in being able to state that Apiarian Science has in this neighbourhood and in the adjoining Counties, made very considerable advances..

Good hunting; in pursuit of big game in the West

Theodore Roosevelt

This series of articles upon big-game hunting was written for Harper’s Round Table, and published therein in 1897. The picture of ranch life which forms the closing chapter appeared in Harper’s Round ..

Bee-keeping for profit

W. S. Morley

The budding bee-keeper, as he reads one or other of these great works on the bee and its ways, may begin to wonder if it is not all too wonderful for him to deal with, and if he may ever hope to becom..