Author: Lawrence Root WaldronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Some Principles of Dry Farming
Author: Lawrence Root WaldronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Dry-farming
Author: William MacdonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dry farming
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Agriculture in Dry Lands
Author: I. ArnonPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0444599568
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Throughout history, man has, by over-use, consistently reduced the productive capacity of dry lands. This degradation of one-third of the land area of the globe is, unfortunately, increasing. In recent years, world interest has turned to the problems of pollution of the environment and the impending food shortage as world population grows explosively. Thus the attention of international and other agricultural bodies has turned to the need for preserving and developing more effectively the agricultural potential of these areas. This book provides a comprehensive review of present knowledge of the agriculture of dry lands, with special emphasis on measures for conserving their natural resources. Management practices are described which aim at optimizing productivity of rainfed and irrigated agriculture without adverse effects on sustainability. Land use in the dry regions, and its evolution throughout history is described and analysed, and the lessons to be learnt from destructive technologies are stressed. In particular, current proposals for an alternative agriculture are discussed and their justification is questioned. This is a generalist work, which specialists can also find interesting, not only in their own discipline but as a concise way of acquainting themselves with the state-of-the-art in associated fields. Increasing specialisation with each discipline using its own vocabulary leads inevitably to communication problems, and the need for multi-disciplinary teams makes inter-discipline communication indispensible.
Some Principles of Dry Farming
Author: North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Dry-Farming
Author: William MacDonaldPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016465182
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Dry-farming
Author: John Andreas WidtsoePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Principles and Practices of Dryland Farming
Author: K. G. BrenglePublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 9780870810954
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Dry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall
Author: John Andreas WidtsoePublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Written by John Andreas Widtsoe, noted author, scientist, and an academic, this work is the first attempt to gather and arrange the known facts of science in their link to the production of plants, without irrigation, in areas with very little rainfall. The needs of genuine farmers have been kept in mind, those farmers who must first understand all the regulations, before their procedures can be completely satisfactory. It is hoped that the enlarging group of dry-farm investigators will also be helped by this representation of the principles of dry-farming. Widtsoe states in the preface. "The subject is now growing so rapidly that there will soon be room for two classes of treatment: one for the farmer, and one for the technical student." This book was written with help from large libraries, and the material was drawn from the available sources of that time. Widtsoe became the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Utah State Agricultural College in 1900.
Dry-farming
Author: William MacdonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dry farming
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Dry-Farming
Author: John A. WidtsoePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781532865343
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The book now offered is the first attempt to assemble and organize the known facts of science in their relation to the production of plants, without irrigation, in regions of limited rainfall. The needs of the actual farmer, who must understand the principles before his practices can be wholly satisfactory, have been kept in view primarily; but it is hoped that the enlarging group of dry-farm investigators will also be helped by this presentation of the principles of dry-farming.