Science Works for the Farmer
Author | : Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 45 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 45 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : Agricultural experiment stations |
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Author | : Sarah Flack |
Publisher | : Chelsea Green Publishing |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1603586113 |
Grazing management might seem simple: just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in The Art and Science of Grazing, the pasture/livestock relationship is incredibly complex. If a farmer doesn't pay close attention to how the animals are grazing, the resulting poorly managed grazing system can be harmful to the health of the livestock, pasture plants, and soils. Well-managed pastures can instead create healthier animals, a diverse and resilient pasture ecosystem, and other benefits. Flack delves deeply below the surface of "let the cows eat grass," demonstrating that grazing management is a sophisticated science that requires mastery of plant and animal physiology, animal behavior, and ecology. She also shows readers that applying grazing management science on a working farm is an art form that calls on grass farmers to be careful observers, excellent planners and record-keepers, skillful interpreters of their observations, and creative troubleshooters. The Art and Science of Grazing will allow farmers to gain a solid understanding of the key principles of grazing management so they can both design and manage successful grazing systems. The book's unique approach presents information first from the perspective of pasture plants, and then from the livestock perspective--helping farmers understand both plant and animal needs before setting up a grazing system. This book is an essential guide for ruminant farmers who want to be able to create grazing systems that meet the needs of their livestock, pasture plants, soils, and the larger ecosystem. The book discusses all the practical details that are critical for sustained success: how to set up a new system or improve existing systems; acreage calculations; paddock layout; fence and drinking water access; lanes and other grazing infrastructure; managing livestock movement and flow; soil fertility; seeding and reseeding pastures; and more. The author includes descriptions of real grazing systems working well on dairy, beef, goat, and sheep farms in different regions of North America. The book covers pasture requirements specific to organic farming, but will be of use to both organic and non-organic farms.
Author | : Shawn Jadrnicek |
Publisher | : Chelsea Green Publishing |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 1603585885 |
The Bio-Integrated Farm is a twenty-first-century manual for managing nature's resources. This groundbreaking book brings "system farming" and permaculture to a whole new level. Author Shawn Jadrnicek presents new insights into permaculture, moving beyond the philosophical foundation to practical advanced designs based on a functional analysis. Holding his designs to a higher standard, Jadrnicek's components serve at least seven functions (classical permaculture theory only seeks at least two functions). With every additional function a component performs, the design becomes more advanced and saves more energy. A bio-integrated greenhouse, for example, doesn't just extend the season for growing vegetables; it also serves as a rainwater collector, a pond site, an aquaponics system, and a heat generator. Jadrnicek's prevalent theme is using water to do the work. Although applicable in many climates, his designs are particularly important for areas coping with water scarcity. Jadrnicek focuses on his experience as farm manager at the Clemson University Student Organic Farm and at his residence in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. These locations lie at the cooler northern edge of a humid subtropical climate that extends west to the middle of Texas and north along the coast to New Jersey. He has created permaculture patterns ranging from raising transplants and field design to freshwater prawn production and composting. These patterns have simplified the operation of the 125-share CSA farm while reducing reliance on outside resources. In less time than it takes to mow his two-acre homestead, Jadrnicek is building a you-pick fruit farm using permaculture patterns. His landscape requires only the labor of harvesting, and the only outside input he buys is a small amount of chicken feed. By carefully engaging the free forces of nature--water, wind, sunlight, convection, gravity, and decomposition--Jadrnicek creates sustenance without maintenance and transforms waste into valuable farm resources. The Bio-Integrated Farm offers in-depth information about designing and building a wide range of bio-integrated projects including reflecting ponds, water-storage ponds, multipurpose basins, greenhouses, compost heat extraction, pastured chicken systems, aquaculture, hydroponics, hydronic heating, water filtration and aeration, cover cropping, and innovative rainwater-harvesting systems that supply water for drip irrigation and flushing toilets.
Author | : Lisl H. Detlefsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781948898003 |
A delicious celebration of food and farming sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute! Here are the stories of what farmers really do to bring food to the table.
Author | : Mauricio R. Bellon |
Publisher | : CIMMYT |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Agricultural research managers |
ISBN | : 9706480668 |
An introduction to farmer participatory research; An overview of the projects used as examples in this manual; Participation: identifying the places, people, and procedures for research; Diagnosis of farmers conditions; Evaluation of current and new technological options; Assessing the impact of new technologies.
Author | : William Jasper Spillman |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781016801799 |
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.
Author | : William Jasper Spillman |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2017-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780259525943 |
Excerpt from Farm Science: A Foundation Textbook on Agriculture The aim of this book is to explain to the farm boy the facts about farming that have puzzled him. There are many mysteries that are not mysteries to the average boy, for the simple reason that he has never recognized their exist ence. No attempt is made in these pages to introduce the student to new mysteries except such as are necessary in connection with a proper explanation of those he has actually met in his experience on the farm. The primary idea under lying the book is to enable the farm boy to understand the reasons for the things he has observed but does not under stand. 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.
Author | : Debbie S. Dougherty |
Publisher | : Troubador Publishing |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781848763845 |
There are few social issues more pressing than the seemingly disparate issues of social class and safe food. At this point in history, food production, work, and social class are intertwined in a way that puts our collective health at risk, and discourse about food production has become ‘classed language’, designed to show one’s place in the social stratosphere. Consequently, this shift in the function of discourse about food production has focused attention away from the three major issues facing the farming industry. First, farmers need to concern themselves with feeding the world’s hungry populations. Second, farmers need to produce healthy food. Third, farmers need to be able to feed their own families.To illustrate the relationship between social class, work, and food production the author uses her own experience as an academic and a farmer, as well as interviews with a family farmer, an organic farmer, and a family who are agribusiness farmers. The author concludes that farming needs to be more diverse in order to feed hungry people around the world, and produce high quality, healthy food for the regional population where the food is produced. Several suggestions are provided that can be used to help farmers achieve this.The writer’s gentle sense of humour and story telling approach make the book accessible to a wide range of readers. First, it would be a useful book for advanced undergraduates studying social justice, social class, or organizational communication. Second, the book will provide the material for the high level of conversation necessary in a graduate level course. Third, the book will be valuable to intelligent people concerned about both social justice and healthy food production.
Author | : Joseph E. Wing |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2015-06-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781330087008 |
Excerpt from Farm Science "Farm Science" has been compiled for the particular purpose of assisting American agriculturists in the work of farm management. With this end in view the highest authorities in their respective fields of research were asked to prepare special articles setting forth the results of extended experiments involving every important operation on the farm. The subjects treated cover a wide range of thought, and deal with every branch and phase of modern agriculture. Marvelous as have been the achievements in other fields of human activity, the greatest forward strides in the United States have been made in agriculture. Particularly was this true during the last half century. The primitive implements and methods of pre-historic times were retained through the centuries of man's strenuous struggle to master the forces of nature. From the reaping hook and cradle to the modern self-binder is a far cry, but it has all been accomplished within the memory of men now living. As recently as 1845 the United States did not produce enough breadstuffs to supply the needs of home consumption. Now this country, with a population increased many fold, is the largest exporter of breadstuffs and other food products, the yield from American farms rivaling the production of all Europe. The wonderful progress made in modern American agriculture is due in large part to our unlimited agricultural resources, and to the intelligence of the American farmer who has been materially assisted in his work by the inventors who recognized the necessity of improved methods on the farm, and have supplied machines and implements to lighten labor and transform drudgery into a pleasurable pastime. If a careful perusal of "Farm Science" suggests any method of improving the quality or yield of crops, any method of making the dairy more profitable, or any method of securing larger results with less work, the purpose of this book will have been fulfilled. 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.