Controlling Plant Pests in Southern Africa - a handbook for the Fruitgrower, Orchardist, Gardener and Grower of Field Crops

Published by Cooper & Nephews, Johannesburg, 1932, hardcover, illustrated, index, 200 pages, water marks to RH margins (not affecting text or images), overall condition: good.

William Cooper (r 1813   1885) was a veterinary surgeon, agriculturalist and industrialist who specialised in the manufacture of agricultural insecticides for livestock. He is credited with developing the first successful sheep dip, Cooper's Dip, in 1852.

William Cooper formed a business partnership with his two nephews, Henry Herbert Cooper and Richard Powell Cooper, and the firm took on the name Cooper & Nephews. The Coopers firm. later known as Cooper, McDougall & Robertson, continued to trade for many years until it was bought in 1973 by the pharmaceuticals company Wellcome.