Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement


Leído por 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)

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

Reseñas

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.