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Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement

Gelesen von KHand

(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)

Chapters

Introduction

13:44

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The Need of Lime

13:47

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Applying Lime

16:12

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Organic Matter

11:14

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The Clovers

14:58

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Alfalfa

14:07

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Grass Sods

10:51

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Grass Sods (Continued)

11:18

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Sods for Pastures

10:03

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The Cowpea

10:52

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Other Legumes and Cereal Catch Crops

13:33

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Stable Manure

11:01

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Care of Stable Manure

11:26

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The Use of Stable Manure

12:29

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Crop-rotations

12:56

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The Need of Commercial Fertilizers

13:36

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Commercial Sources of Plant-food

20:29

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Purchasing Plant-food

11:29

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Home-mixing of Fertilizers

13:07

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Mixtures for Crops

13:23

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Tillage

11:39

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Control of Soil Moisture

8:10

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Drainage

11:33

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Bewertungen

Very Technical

(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.