Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
Gelesen von KHand
Alva Agee
(4,7 Sterne; 5 Bewertungen)
This book is not a technical treatise and is designed only to point out the plain, every-day facts in the natural scheme of making and keeping soils productive. It is concerned with the crops, methods, and fertilizers that favor the soil. The viewpoint, all the time, is that of the practical man who wants cash compensation for the intelligent care he gives to his land...Experiment stations and practical farmers have developed a dependable science within recent years, and there is no jarring of observed facts when we get hold of the simple philosophy of it all. Summary from the Introduction (4 hr 51 min)
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Very Technical
Phxjennifer
(4,5 Sterne)
This book, written sometime between the great advances of chemistry, but before the day of the tractor, is packed with practical information about crop rotation, nitrogen/phosphorus/potassium balance, relative nutrient values of various livestock feeds, mulching, best practices for manure spreading, etc. Most interesting, and unexpected, he gives farmers the tools to figure out what to plant when, how to amend the soil so the nutrients don't wash away, and how to balance the needs of cash crops, livestock, and the soil so the farmers need not end up in debt. I think much of this information is still valuable for today's family farmers.