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Author | : Edward H. Faulkner |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2015-01-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0806148756 |
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When Plowman’s Folly was first issued in 1943, Edward H. Faulkner startled a lethargic public, long bemused by the apparently insoluble problem of soil depletion, by saying, simply, “The fact is that no one has ever advanced a scientific reason for plowing.” With that key sentence, he opened a new era.
Author | : Edward H. Faulkner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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As the ruinous Dust Bowl settled in the early 1940s, agronomist Edward Faulkner dropped what Nature magazine termed "an agricultural bombshell" when he blamed the then universally used moldboard plow for disastrous pillage of the soil. Faulkner's assault on the orthodoxy of his day will stimulate today's farmers to seek out fresh solutions to the problems that plague modern American agriculture. Plowman's Folly is bound together here with its companion volume A Second Look.
Author | : Edward Hubert Faulkner |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 1943-01-01 |
Genre | : Conservation tillage |
ISBN | : 9780806101248 |
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Author | : Edward Hubert Faulkner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Plowing |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jaideep Kumar Bisht |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2016-11-15 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9811025584 |
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This book showcases a compilation of case studies presented by scientists, teachers and academics and covers contemporary technologies for combating climate change, including sustainable agricultural management practices and conservation agriculture. It highlights the situations that future generations in the Indian Himalayas will face, and addresses the major challenges for tomorrow’s generations in their efforts to ensure sufficient food production for the global population. It also sheds light on the factors that are routinely ignored in connection with agricultural management practices for sustainable food production and risk assessment. Lastly, it illustrates the need to develop a comprehensive master plan for strategic planning, including conservation agriculture practices that address poverty and food security in the wake of climate change impacts.
Author | : Edward H. Faulkner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-04-25 |
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ISBN | : 9780806162300 |
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Edward H. Faulkner startled the agricultural world--all of it, on six continents--when he published Plowman's Folly in 1943. As almost everyone knows, he launched a vigorous attack on the plow and dseveloped in a masterful way the advantages of surface incorporation of organic material. The Readers Digest summed up American interest at the time in the statement, "Probably no book on an agricultural subject has ever prompted so much discussion in this country." A Second Look is a sequel to Plowman's Folly. In it Mr. Faulkner answers his critics and re-examines the theories expressed earlier, in the light of extensive investigations he subsequently made in visiting experiment stations, soil scientists, and farmers in many parts of the country. Finally, in simple, straightforward language, he gives the lie to "soil impoverishment." Highly condensed, here is his thought: The soil which the gardener or farmer works is made up of tiny crystalline fragments. The action of soil acids, principally those released through the decay of organic matter, unlocks the minerals required for healthy plant growth. If this is true, then the indiscriminate and continuous use of commercial fertilizer is a mistake. In fact, says Mr. Faulkner, the "bank account" theory of soil is bankrupt. It holds that whatever we take from the soil in the growing of crops must be put back--usually in the form of prepared fertilizers. What the soil needs, on the contrary, is the gentle chemistry described above. If a man cannot learn this, he will pay and pay, ultimately to his ruin. If Plowman's Folly dealt a body blow to deep plowing, then A Second Look sets in revolutionary perspective the whole problem of soil impoverishment. Whether you cultivate a backyard garden or a thousand acres of wheat, this is a book you can hardly afford to miss.
Author | : Kimberly K. Smith |
Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2014-01-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0700619690 |
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Farmer and conservationist Wendell Berry has published more than thirty books, making his name a household word among environmentalists. From his Kentucky farm, Berry preaches and practices stewardship of the land as he seeks to defend the value and traditions of farm life in an industrial capitalist society. A central figure in the greening of American agrarianism, Berry has been an advocate of small farming and traditional values who has tirelessly reminded readers that sustainable agriculture is more than a catchphrase. Kimberly Smith now reveals the depth of his ideas and their relevance for American social and political theory. Berry's central teaching focuses on the fragility of our natural and social worlds; Smith's timely book revisits the problem of living a meaningful life in a world filled with both deadly perils and unimagined possibilities. Hers is the first book to explore the implications of this central tenet and other key aspects of Berry's thought, as well as his overall contribution to environmental theory and politics. Smith shows how the many strands of Berry's thought can be woven together into a coherent agrarian philosophy. Focusing on his relationship to the American agrarian and environmental traditions, she examines how Berry's ecological agrarianism derives from the concept of "grace," or living in concert with nature and society. Along the way, she defends his social theory against accusations of utopianism, shows how his moral theory subverts the notion of rugged individualism usually associated with farming, and reviews his political theory's argument for decentralized democracy. By assessing Berry's reformulation of democratic agrarianism, Smith goes beyond any previous critiques of his writing, and her exploration of Berry's moral vision shows that such vision is more relevant as America continues to move further away from its agrarian past.
Author | : National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Committee on Roadside Development |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Roadside improvement |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1134 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Soils |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 647 |
Release | : 1973-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0080869696 |
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