Ontario Agricultural Commission : Report of the Commissioners 1881. (together with) Appendix Q - Evidence Relating to Meteorology in Connection with Agriculture, With a Map.
Toronto, ON: Ontario Agricultural Commission, 1881. Third Edition. Hardcover. "Printed by C. Blackett Robinson, 5 Jordan Street. 1881.'' printed at foot of title page, "Third Edition" stamped in gilt at foot of spine. Green cloth in 3/4 leather, title stamped in gilt onto spine, small 4to (9-5/8 inches [24.4 cm] tall), pp. [i-iii], iv-vii, [viii - blank], [1 - Premier, Ministers, etc.], [2 - blank. N.B. This leaf misbound at front], [3], 4-563, [564 - blank], [i - index], ii- xxxiii, [xxxiv - blank], [1 - appendix Q title page], [2 - blank], [3] - 23, [24 - blank], illustrated throughout with line drawings, tables, 2 colored fold-out maps of Ontario and 4 animal fold-outs. Volume with light wear to edges, text edges dusty with some foxing, front hinge cracked, 2 leaves (p. 381-4) with bottom corners torn away [one affecting text], occasional finger soil, p.o. name and date (1883) in pencil to ffep, else complete and tightly bound. Large colored fold-out map of Ontario at front with some misfold lines, a few short closed tears and a 6 inch closed tear at stub. Map bound with Appendix Q has some edge browning with a single hole near top edge taking most of the "A" from "MAP..." in title. Engraved fold-outs of a model steer and 3 of prize-winning horses with some toning, minor misfolds and the occasional brief closed tear. Very Good. Item #2613
Fold-out plates include those of a Model Steer and 3 prize-winning horses. Chapters include : Fruit Culture; Grape Culture and Native Wine Making ; Forestry and Arboriculture ; Insects, Injurious and Beneficial ; Insectivorous Birds ; Bee Farming ; General Farming ; Dairying ; Horse Breeding ; Poultry and Eggs ; Salt in Connection With Agriculture ; Gypsum, Bone, and Phosphates ; Special Crops ; Agricultural Education and Farm Accounts ; Meteorology ; Muskoka, Parry Sound and Manitoulin ; Diseases of Stock - Stock Registers ; Stock Laws and Concluding Remarks together with Appendix Q. Evidence Relating to Meteorology in Connection with Agriculture, With a Map.
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