Old Pond publishing days

Cattle Lameness and Hoofcare - forthcoming book

Lameness and overgrown feet are a major welfare and economic problem in the modern dairy industry. The aim of Roger Blowey's book is to help prevent these conditions and treat outbreaks. It deals with both theory and practice.

Cattle Lameness and Hoofcare 2nd Edition by Roger Blowey BSc., BVSc., FRCVS. Hardback book, 136 pages including 198 illustrations. ISBN 978-905523-28-3. £19.95, now in stock, Old Pond.

The chapters in this book cover: 1. The incidence and cost of lameness; (2) Foot structure, function and inflammation (laminitis); (3) Weight-bearing surfaces and hoof overgrowth; (4) Hoof trimming; (5) Common diseases of the foot and their treatments; (6) The causes and prevention of lameness.

The second edition is a complete revision. Roger has provided more information about the impact on lameness of changes that occur at the time of calving. He describes new conditions such as toe necrosis and heel ulcers. In particular he draws on the findings published at the two-yearly Symposia of Diseases in the Ruminant Digit. The book is considerably enlarged and includes many new illustrations.

Roger Blowey, a practising veterinarian, is an RCVS specialist in cattle health. Among his many honours is the BVA Dalrymple-Champneys medal for work of outstanding merit in the advancement of veterinary science. His other publications include A Veterinary Book for Dairy Farmers.

The Rural World of Eric Guy - forthcoming book

From the 1930s to the 1960s commercial photographer Eric Guy apture the rural world from his base at Basingsoke and Reading. Guy was a countryman through and through, working almost exclusively on agriculture and country life. He operated mainly in Berkshire, south Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, north Hampshire and south and west Buckinghamshire. When he retired in 1963, the Museum of English Rural Life, Reading, bought his negatives and copyrights.

Jonathan Brown, Honorary Fellow of the museum, has selected 176 images from the 2,000 held there. The topics these portray include: farms and estates; cereals and sheep on the Downs; cattle, dairying, pigs and poultry, working horses and the change to mechanization; the Second World War; the village scene and crafts. Dr Brown has supported the photographs with a knowledgeable text and captions.

The Rural World of Eric Guy by Jonathan Brown, paperback 128 pages including 176 photographs. ISBN 978-1-905523-87-0. Now in stock, £9.95.

Massive Earthmoving Machines Part One

Massive Earthmoving Machines Part 1, DVD by Keith Haddock, approx 70 minutes, now in stock at £15.95.

Filmed in 2007 at Belle Ayr mine, Gillette, Wyoming and Beener Coal, Barton, Maryland. Shows a wide range of exceptionally large machinery at work in these open-cast coalmines.

The detailed narration is scripted by Keith Haddock, retired mining engineer and author of many books and articles about earthmoving equipment.

The following is a list of the main machines which appear. The machines are not in running order.

1. Belle Ayr mine, Gillette, Wyoming

Electric shovels

P&H 4100XPB, 82 cu yd dipper

Bucyrus 495HR, 82 cu yd dipper

Marion 301-M, 54 cu yd dipper

Bucyrus-Erie 295-B, 46 cu yd dipper

Haul trucks

Caterpillar 797B, 380 ton capacity

Terex/Unit Rig MT5500, 360 ton capacity

Caterpillar 793B, 240 ton capacity

Unit-Rig MT4000, 240 ton capacity

Other equipment

Caterpiller 24H motor grader

Caterpillar 854G rubber-tyred dozer

Caterpillar 5130 hydraulic backhoe

Unit-Rig MT3700 water tanker

Drilltech D55SP diesel-powered drill

Conveyors, silo and coal train.

2. Beener Coal, Barton, Maryland

Diesel shovel

Bucyrus-Erie 295B series II, 35 cu yd dipper

Haul trucks

Euclid R-120 and R-100, 120- and 100-ton capacities

Bulldozer

Komatsu D575A, 1,150 flywheel horsepower

Other equipment

Fiat-Allis 945-B wheel loader

Tri-axle trucks

Rock crushing and screening plant.

Plant Names Simplified - book

"Dahlia, dah-le-a; named after Andreas Dahl, a Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus. Originally (and still in America) pronounced dah-le-a and not day-le-a as commonly heard. All dahlias usually grown are hybrids from species rarely seen in gardens. Half-hardy tuberous herbaceous plants.

COCCINEA, kok-sin-e-a, scarlet

IMPERIALIS, im-peer-e-a-lis, powerful

JUAREZII, ju-a-re-zei, after Juarez

MERCKII, merk-ei, after Merck

VARIABILIS, var-e-ab-il-is, variable coloured

ZIMAPANII, zim-ap-a-nei, after Zimapan."

This glossary contains over a thousand entries like the one above, the aim of the authors being to remove the 'awkward obstacle' that these names can present. In recent years this classic aid for the gardener and plant lover has been published by Landsmans Bookshop. Old Pond has agreed to take the book over.

Plant Names Simplified, A.T. Johnson & H.A. Smith, paperback 180 x 120 mm, 128 pages. ISBN 978-1-905523-82-5. £7.25. NOW IN STOCK.

Know Your Tractors - advance information

If you were asked to choose 41 tractors to represent a fair sample of those most likely to be seen at work on Britain's arable farms today, which would you select? This was the task we set tractor enthusiast and photographer Chris Lockwood.

Know Your Tractors by Chris Lockwood is a paperback, 88 pages including 41 illustrations. ISBN 978-1-905523-91-7. NOW IN STOCK. £4.99.

Chris's selection includes examples from 25 marques from Case to Zetor. Most of the machines are modern - but there are some classics too. The majority of the tractors are shown at work in the east of England. A concise text gives basic information about the tractors and the equipment with which they are operating. Enthusiasts will enjoy the book - but it is really an introduction for visitors to rural shows,farm parks and country bookshops.

Chris Lockwood is from an East Anglian farming family. He has a library of over 100,000 tractor and machinery images and one of the most popular tractor photograph websites: midsuffolkagriphotos. The site is continually being updated with new shots.