Malaysia - Agriculture from The Penang Bookshelf

George Town, Penang: Consumers' Association of Penang, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Good. 31-8-15. A booklet highlighting industrial pollution of rice fields in Kedah. 44 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has browned with age and there is a crease on one corner. The binding is tight,… Read more about this item

Kuala Lumpur: Forest Department, 1953. Paperback. Very Good. The contents are listed on the cover. Please see the photo. 61 pages plus advertisements. With black and white plates, tables and figures. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The volume has been rebound with a plastic cover. There is a bump on the top right corner and the first… Read more about this item

Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 11-8-15. The book was written to fill a gap in literature of the time on the rice industry, the most important food processing industry in Malaysia. It aimed to deal with the 'salient technical and economic aspects' of rice production and deals with milling, storage, drying, techniques used and… Read more about this item

Singapore: University of Malaya Press, 1955 & 1957. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7-8-15. The two surveys arose out a response to worries about declining padi (rice) cultivation at a time when other cash crops, such as rubber and oil palm, were becoming more attracive to cultivators. The purpose of the studies was to determine who worked the… Read more about this item

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The Incorporated Society of Planters, 1939. Hardcover. Good. 28-7-15. This textbook serve as a reference and guide book for students facing surveying examinations. Topics covered are linear measurement, compass surveying, plan drawing, levelling, roadmaking, trigonometry, logarithms and major surveys. 189 pages with line drawings, tables of square and linear measurement and a glossary Weight:… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Although this book was written based on experiences of rubber growing in West Africa, it was used as one of the main works of reference in Malaya at the time of publication. The book was designed so as to inform the merchant as well as the producer. 245 pages… Read more about this item