Guides: Subject Guide: Agriculture: Books/DVDs

Agriculture According to Dewey

Our Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system to group items of similar subject matter together. Use the following DDC numbers to browse the Library shelves for information resources such as print books and Audio Visual materials on your subject.

333.7 Environmental issues
363.6 Conservation
630 Agriculture
631.4 Soils
631.45 Land care
631.53 Plant propagation
631.58 Permaculture
631.7 Water and irrigation
632 Pest control
632.9 Pests and pest control
634 Fruit growing
634.4 Land management

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Australian farming and agriculture by Justin Healey
Call Number: 630 AUS

ISBN: 9781925339444

Publication Date: 2017
Australian Native Bees by Anne Dolling, Tim Heard, Katja Hogendoom, et al.
Call Number: 638.1 DOL

ISBN: 9781760586140

Publication Date: 2022

"This AgGuide provides a wealth of advice on how you can support and enjoy our native bees, whether you use them for pollination or you have a small backyard garden and collect their delicious honey. Combining the expertise of Australia's leading native bee researchers." -- publisher website.
Backyard Poultry - Naturally, 3rd edition by Alanna Moore
Call Number: 636.5 MOO

ISBN: 9780975778289

Publication Date: 2014

Now in it's 3rd edition, Backyard Poultry - Naturally has become the bible for the chemical-free raising of your feathered friends. From housing to feeding, from selection to breeding, from pets to production, from the best lookers to the best layers, this book covers everything the backyard farmer needs to know about poultry husbandry - including preventative and curative herbal medicines and homeopathic remedies for common problems.
Bee Agskills : a practical guide to farm skills
Call Number: 638.1 BEE

ISBN: 9780731306039

Publication Date: 2022

This book "provides a basic guide to some of the skills and practices of bee production. The book contains step-by-step instructions, diagrams and full-colour pictures. Some of the skills included are: - using a bee smoker, - opening a hive, - requeening, - removing and extracting honey, - bee health and pests, - buying equipment." -- back cover.
The Bee Friendly Garden : Easy Ways to Help the Bees and Make Your Garden Grow by Doug Purdie
Call Number: 638.13 PUR

ISBN: 9781743367568

Publication Date: 2016

The Bee Friendly Garden is a guide for all gardeners great and small to encouraging bees and other good bugs to your green space.
Essential Guide to Calving by Heather Smith Thomas
Call Number: 636.2089892 THO

ISBN: 9781580177061

Publication Date: 2008

Whether you keep a single milk cow or care for a large herd, you'll benefit from this comprehensive guide to calving. With expert advice gained from decades of hands-on experience, Heather Smith Thomas shows you how to effectively handle a variety of common situations likely to arrive before, during, and after calving. From spotting pregnancy issues and monitoring routine births to easing difficult deliveries and treating postpartum complications, you'll gain the knowledge and confidence to safely handle a wide variety of calving procedures.
Feedpads for Grazing Dairy Cows by John Moran; Scott McDonald
Call Number: 636.21420994 MOR

ISBN: 9780643097681

Publication Date: 2011

This book is the first detailed and comprehensive guide to the use of feedpads in the dairy industry, from planning and construction to day-to-day management, written especially for farmers. With ongoing droughts and access to water driving up the cost of conserved forages and feeding concentrates, feedpads offer flexible and efficient systems to maximize returns on feeding expensive supplements to grazing dairy cows, and form part of the risk management strategy for dairy farms.
Healthy Bees : managing pests and other disorders of the honey bee
Call Number: 638.15 HEA

ISBN: 9781742566009

Publication Date: 2021

Pests and diseases can attack specific stages in the lifecycle of the honey bee. The vigilant apiarist understands the range of diseases and disorder and take preventative and remedial measures to manage the hive. This book describes the structure of the colony and what to do when things go wrong. This publication covers the management of pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee.
Honey : Harvesting and Extracting by Douglas Somerville, Bill Winner and Elizabeth Frost.
Call Number: 638.16 SOM

ISBN: 9781760580193

Publication Date: 2020

This book informs beekeepers of best practices so that their hard work results in a product of optimum quality. It also informs beekeepers of the threats to honey quality which can occur through poor handling skills or poor design of facilities. It includes references to legislation about food production, where relevant. It shows the way to document procedures so that they can be used as evidence of best practice.
Humane Livestock Handling by Temple Grandin
Call Number: 690.892 GRA

ISBN: 9781603420280

Publication Date: 2008

Discover how humanely handling your livestock can improve the day-to-day operation and profitability of your farm. Stressing the importance of understanding livestock behavior, Temple Grandin shows you how to develop a respectful working relationship with your animals to promote their health and productivity.
Pollination using honey bees by Douglas Somerville, Elizabeth Frost, Editor, Jennifer Laffan.
Call Number: 638.14 SOM

ISBN: 9781760582029

Publication Date: 2018

This AgGuide provides guidelines for beekeepers on a range of subjects including hives, bee nutrition, pollination, pesticides, the welfare of bees and contracts and agreements. These guidelines will ensure a professional, business approach to the industry involved with the pollination of various crops in New South Wales.
Products of the Hive by Douglas Somerville, Elizabeth Frost, Bill Winner, et al.
Call Number: 638.1 SOM

ISBN: 9781760584900

Publication Date: 2021

This AgGuide is about more than honey production. The complex behaviour of bees results in other products such as wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and, for older bees, bee venom.

This book has been compiled for experienced beekeepers to give them ideas about how they might diversify their income from beekeeping activities.
What Makes a Good Farm for Wildlife? by David Lindenmayer
Call Number: 333.95160994 LIN

ISBN: 9780643100312

Publication Date: 2011

Based on 13 years of intensive research, What Makes a Good Farm for Wildlife?is the first book to bring together extensive scientific learning on what makes a good farm for biodiversity. The work encompasses information on vertebrates and invertebrates on farms and their relationships with key vegetation and environmental assets. These assets cover specific areas--woodland remnants, plantings, paddocks, rocky outcrops and waterways.
Wildlife Conservation in Farm Landscapes by David Lindenmayer (Editor); Damian Michael (Editor); Mason Crane (Editor); Sachiko Okada (Editor); Daniel Florance (Editor); Philip Barton (Editor); Karen Ikin (Editor)
Call Number: 639.90994 LIN

ISBN: 9781486303106

Publication Date: 2017

Wildlife Conservation in Farm Landscapes communicates new scientific information about best practice ways to integrate conservation and agriculture in the temperate eucalypt woodland belt of eastern Australia. Richly illustrated, with chapters on birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and plants, this book illustrates how management interventions can promote nature conservation and what practices have the greatest benefit for biodiversity.