Author: V. E. WilkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Agricultural Research and the Farmer
Author: V. E. WilkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Agricultural Research and the Farmer. A Record of Recent Achievements
Author: V. E. WilkinsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781018322025
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Agricultural Research and the Farmer
Author: V. E. WilkinsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330328385
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Excerpt from Agricultural Research and the Farmer: A Record of Recent Achievements British Agriculture is passing through hard times. No single panacea will cure the ills from which it is suffering, but I have the best reason to think that the leaders of the industry would agree with me in looking hopefully to the development of research as a powerful agency of restoration. I need only point to their recent action in asking and obtaining from the Government the grant of one million pounds for Agricultural Education and Research, in consideration of the repeal of the Corn Guarantees. There are at least three parties that are closely concerned to know what agricultural research is doing and proposing - the farmer, for whose benefit the work is primarily done; Parliament, which largely provides the cost; and the public, which pays the bill and will, I believe, ultimately receive a full return for the expenditure. But it has been urged on me that the efforts and results of agricultural research are largely unknown to these three interested parties. They are often published in scientific journals or proceedings of learned societies to which the ordinary farmer or layman does not readily turn, and they are described in technical language which conveys little or nothing to the reader without a considerable scientific training. There is a fault in the line of communication between the research worker on the one side, and the farmer and the general public on the other. The institution of advisory officers in agriculture at the Agricultural Colleges, and other similar measures, have done something and may do more to remedy this failure of communication. But towards the end of last year I determined to try another solution of the problem, namely, the experiment of issuing a general account of agricultural research in Great Britain - not exactly a popular account, but at least one which with a little trouble an educated farmer or even townsman might understand. Mr. V. E. Wilkins, B.Sc., of the Intelligence Department of the Ministry, was chosen to collect the materials for this purpose, and to reduce them into a compact and intelligible form. I venture to think that he has done his work admirably. I hope that both the farming community and the general public will show by the practical test of buying this volume that the experiment is a success: if so, I should propose to issue a similar, though smaller, volume each year. In that hope, I commend it to the attention of all who have an interest in agriculture or in the sciences on which agriculture rests. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Agricultural Research and the Farmer
Author: V. E. WilkinsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332487724
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Excerpt from Agricultural Research and the Farmer: A Record of Recent Achievements The soil investigations now being conducted at Rothamsted centre round two main problems which have a vital bearing on practical agriculture. In the first place, how to provide the soil with that supply Of organic matter which we know to be Of such great importance secondly, how to cultivate the soil so that it will provide the most efficient medium for the growth Of crops. To solve the former problem, a knowledge Of the exact constitution Of the soil and Of the precise part played by organic matter in the supply of food to the growing crop is the first essential to solve the latter, we need to know what the physical properties Of the soil are, how they are affected by varying conditions of climate, and what are the respective influences Of weather and Of soil constituents in producing that necessary preliminary to successful crop production which is known to the farmer as tilth. Bound up with this problem also is the question of implements Of cultivation, for in the absence Of an exact knowledge of the physical properties Of the soil, the agricultural engineer cannot be supplied with the information which he requires in order to construct the ideal implements for carrying out the various processes of tillage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Agricultural Research and the Farmer. A record of recent achievement. By V. E. Wilkins
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and FisheriesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Agricultural Research and the Farmer. a Record of Recent Achievements - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: V E WilkinsPublisher: Scholar's Choice
ISBN: 9781297429163
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture
Author: Experiment Station Record
Author: United States. Office of Experiment StationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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