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Barrett, Otis Warren

The Topical Crops; A popular treatment of the practice of agriculture in tropical regions, with discussion of cropping systems and methods of growing the leading products

1928

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Year of publication
1928
Place of printing
New York. The Macmillan Company
Author
Barrett, Otis Warren
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Agriculture
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

12mo [19 x 13.5 cm]; xviii, [i], 445 pp, 24 plates from photos, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edges with barely noticeable wear, fine, clean and tight copy, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Covering all tropical regions with information on insect control, diet for the topics, living conditions, electrical equipment, etc, the work provides details on growing coffee, cacao, tea, sugar cane, citrus, pineapple, bananas, coconut, oil palm, other palms, rubber, tropical fibers, grains, root crops, spices, with a large chapter on less common crops such as breadfruit, durian, passiflora, cactus, etc.
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