Humus and the farmer
1949
Sykes, Frank
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Humus and the farmer
Publisher Pa., Rodale Press | Emmaus, Pa., Rodale Press, 1949
Publisher
Rodale Press
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Soils
Language
English
Note
by Friend Sykes.
Will there be a second black death?-Why the English farmer does not make and use compost-Some scientific records at Chute, Wilts-Hedgerow fertility: comparisons between compost and artificials, fowl paralysis-Making a new pasture-Renovating an old pasture-Land reclamation-Intro-molecular respiration of the enzymes-Harvesting methods examined-Subsoiling-Cultivations and their purposes-Comparisons of manures-Mycorrhizal association-Livestock on the farm-The value of grazing ; the relationship of clovers to grasses ; the ability of clovers to feed the grasses with nitrogen ; the interdependence of many species of stock-9,000 guinea bulls; income tax ; artificial insemination-Greatest scourge of the farming industry-Reactions: medical opinion-Questions at my lectures-Reactions: landowners-Reactions: voices from: New South Wales ; California ; Western Australia ; South Africa-Reactions: the rape of the earth-Mixed farming and reforestation-A brief survey of British agriculture-Agricultural reconstruction-Co-operative buying and selling-Water supply-Whole-wheat grain (bread) ; wheat: health porridge ; Medical opinion ; British wheat the best in the world-The earthworm: man's great benefactor-Compost making by mechanization-Anxieties of the makers of artificial fertilizer-The threat to the Lincolnshire potato industry-A Hungarian interlude-Farming comparisons: Britain and the United States-Land nationalization-Summarizings-Why I am disappointed in Rothamsted-The pablum-The conservation of liquid manure on every farm throughout Britain-The black harvest-Rapier-Priestman ditch-cleaning grab.
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