Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement


Lu par KHand

(4.7 stars; 5 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

Introduction 13:44 Lu par KHand
The Need of Lime 13:47 Lu par KHand
Applying Lime 16:12 Lu par KHand
Organic Matter 11:14 Lu par KHand
The Clovers 14:58 Lu par KHand
Alfalfa 14:07 Lu par KHand
Grass Sods 10:51 Lu par KHand
Grass Sods (Continued) 11:18 Lu par KHand
Sods for Pastures 10:03 Lu par KHand
The Cowpea 10:52 Lu par KHand
Other Legumes and Cereal Catch Crops 13:33 Lu par KHand
Stable Manure 11:01 Lu par KHand
Care of Stable Manure 11:26 Lu par KHand
The Use of Stable Manure 12:29 Lu par KHand
Crop-rotations 12:56 Lu par KHand
The Need of Commercial Fertilizers 13:36 Lu par KHand
Commercial Sources of Plant-food 20:29 Lu par KHand
Purchasing Plant-food 11:29 Lu par KHand
Home-mixing of Fertilizers 13:07 Lu par KHand
Mixtures for Crops 13:23 Lu par KHand
Tillage 11:39 Lu par KHand
Control of Soil Moisture 8:10 Lu par KHand
Drainage 11:33 Lu par KHand

Critiques

Very Technical


(4.5 stars)

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.