232pp, , several charts and tables and two fold out diagrams. Printed card covers, 6 colour photographs on front, black titles on front and spine. 8vo. Covers moderately soiled, one corner curling. Shelf number sticker held with tape at spine heel. Lender's rubber stamps on front and fore text block edges. Lender's stamps and markings inside covers and on title page. Internally neat, bright and tight.
With parts on field handling and drying, paddy loss to microorganisms, paddy loss to insects, grading, storage, impact of deterioration on milling and training Foreword by Peter Muller.