Isbn: 9780859055178 (2 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. A fine copy. Pp. x, 310. Ted Lefroy managed and developed Cranmore Park, a newly acquired block of virgin land near Moora that he took over in 1909. He transformed it into a successful farming property while building a major Merino stud. He kept carbon copies of thousands of typed letters over roughly 40 years, creating an unusually detailed contemporary record of his work, ideas, and interactions. The selected letters describe the practical challenges of developing the property from bush, including land clearing, pasture improvement, rabbit control, sheep diseases, and the scientific improvement of Merino sheep through progeny testing and genetics. Lefroy collaborated with scientists and institutions; although not a professional scientist himself, he served on the CSIR (later CSIRO) Council and the Senate of the University of Western Australia. He strongly advocated applying scientific methods to farming and published articles on the subject.…

Pictorial Wraps. Etat : Fine. First Edition. The Letters of Edward Henry Bruce Lefroy (1887-1966). Selected by his son Richard Lefroy. This copy is SIGNED & briefly inscribed by Richard Lefroy in black ink on title page: "With best wishes, Rick Lefroy". Foreword by Alan Robson. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Includes notes, references, timeline, plus index. With Erratum sticker to inside front cover. Scarce title, with Trove showing only 1 library in Australia holding a copy (State Library of WA). Book summary from Trove: "A biography with embedded selections from the letters written by E.H.B. Lefroy, known as Ted Lefroy. Ted was an excellent farmer with diverse property interests mainly around the Moora area in the Midlands, and in the Murchison pastoral area. Some of E.H.B. Lefroy's letters have been selected by one of his sons, Dr Richard Lefroy, and compiled into quite an amazing collection of letters from a very astute farmer who was highly regarded by scientific institutions". Heavy volume. Printed in Australia. A very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 310pp. Uncommon title, scarce signed copy. RARE. SB-3.…