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#160324 - 01/13/12 05:08 PM How Viable is an One Acre Farm
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I can usually find hard-to-find books, but I have been unsuccessfully looking for the following book for several years. I'm not even sure how good it is, but I would like to find out. So now I'm taking a chance that someone here has heard of it or might know where I can get my hands on a copy. Of course I am willing to pay a fair price. Either edition is fine.


How Viable is an One Acre Farm? (1983)
ISBN-10: 0836409299
ISBN-13: 9780836409291

How Viable Is an One Acre Farm
(1982, Hardcover): B. N. Chatterjee
Hardcover, 1982

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#160326 - 01/13/12 05:38 PM Re: How Viable is an One Acre Farm [Re: PerryMK]
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One acre truffle farm? One acre of endive? One (watery) acre oyster farm? What else is very high margin?

Any way, good luck!

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#160338 - 01/13/12 09:11 PM Re: How Viable is an One Acre Farm [Re: aimless]
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Perry-try Google Books, Couldn't find any for sale, but they have a list of libraries that have it. Looks like the closest one to you is at Duke in NC.



Edited by TomD (01/14/12 06:36 PM)
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#160370 - 01/14/12 03:55 PM Re: How Viable is an One Acre Farm [Re: TomD]
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Duke U. is kind of far. I'm still looking though. What would really suck is I find the book and it turns out to be a dud. I like to think I learn something from everything though; even duds have something of value.

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#160377 - 01/14/12 06:33 PM Re: How Viable is an One Acre Farm [Re: PerryMK]
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I was able to see one page from it on Google Books. From what I could figure out, it is short -59 pages, written 30 years ago and is about the economics of a one acre farm in India. I'm not sure how relevant it would be, even in India today.

Btw Aimless, surely you can figure out what else is high margin (if not particularly legal).


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#160611 - 01/18/12 03:38 PM Re: How Viable is an One Acre Farm [Re: TomD]
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this can be a useful site: http://www.bookfinder.com/

it shows a copy in france and one in germany. couldn't tell if those were translations or not.

good luck.

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#160612 - 01/18/12 04:22 PM Re: How Viable is an One Acre Farm [Re: tybee]
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Thanks, I hadn't used bookfinder in a while.

Both copies are in English
-Livres anglais et étrangers
-englische bücher

And both are out of stock
-Temporairement en rupture de stock
-Derzeit nicht auf Lager

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#162849 - 02/27/12 01:57 PM Re: How Viable is an One Acre Farm [Re: PerryMK]
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Will your local library do an inter-library loan? I have had incredible experiences every time I have talked to a librarian about tracking down a hard to find reference. Most librarians have a masters degree and they love answering the tough questions... they didn't get into the business to put books on shelves.

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#162857 - 02/27/12 03:12 PM Re: How Viable is an One Acre Farm [Re: BZH]
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BZH is right--Interlibrary Loan is your best bet!
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