Traditional American Farming Techniques - Tapa blanda

Traditional American Farming Techniques remains as valuable today as when first published in 1916. Its thousand pages brim with information, including many organic techniques. Topics covered range from crop rotation, raising vegetables, and maximizing yields to making butter, managing farm animals, maintaining tractors, and dealing with pests. With an inspiring new introduction from Mary Jane Butters, who praises the book as a "farming bible."

Traditional American Farming Techniques remains as valuable today as when it was first published in 1916. More than one thousand pages brim with information - everything from the science behind crop rotation to the specifics of breeding better hogs; from raising perfect celery to maximizing yields in subtropical citrus groves; from improving farm soils to dealing with insect infestations and diseases of crops and livestock using methods today's organic farmers would recognize and approve of.In addition to the author's clear, insightful, and all-inclusive text, there are addtional chapters written by the leading specialists of the day, including information about: Soils, manures, fertilizers, lime, drainage, irrigation, weeds Vegetables, medicinal plants, orcharding, fruits, nut culture, floriculture Livestock, dairying, feeds and feeding, animal diseases Farm buildings, fences, engines, tractors, machinery, sanitation Copiously illustrated, Traditional American Farming Techniques was the most useful book of its kind in the early twentieth century. Small-scale farmers will find it just as useful - even invaluable - today. |Traditional American Farming Techniques remains as valuable today as when it was first published in 1916. More than one thousand pages brim with information - everything from the science behind crop rotation to the specifics of breeding better hogs; from raising perfect celery to maximizing yields in subtropical citrus groves; from improving farm soils to dealing with insect infestations and diseases of crops and livestock using methods today's organic farmers would recognize and approve of.In addition to the author's clear, insightful, and all-inclusive text, there are addtional chapters written by the leading specialists of the day, including information about:Soils, manures, fertilizers, lime, drainage, irrigation, weedsVegetables, medicinal plants, orcharding, fruits, nut culture, floricultureLivestock, dairying, feeds and feeding, animal diseasesFarm buildings, fences, engines, tractors, machinery, sanitationCopiously illustrated, Traditional American Farming Techniques was the most useful book of its kind in the early twentieth century. Small-scale farmers will find it just as useful - even invaluable - today.