[Scpg] Health begins in the soil. amazing webpage of resourses
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Sat Aug 3 12:52:30 PDT 2002
hi everyone
Below is a list of Out of Print Books and Articles that have been
made available for reading on line. Go to the Soil and Health Webpage below
to read copies and excerpts of these amazing books that have contributed
to the many of the ideas that permeate
and also provide the hands on knowledge that works it's way in Permaculture
Principles and Design
wes
Health begins in the soil.
http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html
Welcome To The
Holistic Agriculture Library
Albrecht, William A. "Loss Of Soil Organic Matter And Its Restoration".
Soils and Men: USDA Yearbook of Agriculture.
Washington, D.C., United States Department of Agriculture, 1938.
Each year, the practice going on for for several decades, the United
States Department of Agriculture published a
yearbook. This particular Yearbook of Agriculture, Soils and Men, is
widely considered the best of the lot. And
this article by William Albrecht may well be la crème de la crème. It
is our hope to eventually present the entire
yearbook online. PUBLIC DOMAIN
Albrecht, William A. Soil Fertility And Animal Health. Webster City, Iowa:
Fred Hahne Printing Co, 1958. Reprinted by
Acres, USA as The Albrecht Papers, Vol. II, currently in print. To contact
Acres, click here.
If only this book could be offered online in its entirety it would be
clear to the online reader that here is one of the
most important books in the Soil And Health Library. As it is,
Australian copyright law allows presentation of only
a small portion, so the best and perhaps most famous of Albrecht's
statements was chosen, "Chapter 8, Cows Are
Capable Chemists." COPYRIGHTED, IN PRINT, SAMPLE ONLY.
Albrecht, William A. A collection of journal and magazine articles,
experiment station and other government publications.
For starters find herein what probably is Albrecht's single most
important statement connecting soil fertility with
animal and human health.
Balfour, Lady Eve. "Toward a Sustainable Agriculture--The Living Soil". A
talk about the Haughley Experiment, given by Lady
Balfour at an IFOAM conference in Switzerland, 1977.
Balfour, Lady Eve. The Living Soil: London: Faber and Faber, 1948
An organic classic. Among other things this book narrates how Lady
Balfour organized a farm, Haughley, where
comparative experiments were done to prove the superiority of organic
methods. It also states the organic case as
thoroughly and passionately and reasonably as could be done. OUT OF PRINT
Burbank, Luther. Partner of Nature. Ed. Wilbur Hall. New York: D.
Appleton-Century Co., 1939.
Burbank, a brilliant and self-educated plant breeder wrote
voluminously about his work. One day more of his
writings may be found on this site. Meanwhile, this abridgment by
Wilbur Hall will have to suffice. Written for the
person of good intelligence but a non-specialist; Burbank's intention
here was to both romanticize his profession
while inspiring the young to follow in his footsteps. OUT OF PRINT.
Cato, On Farming. A classic of farming lore and practice from the golden
era of the Roman Empire. Scholars usually call this
book De Re Rustica (On Agriculture). A Critical English Translation by
Andrew Dalby, author of Siren Feasts, a book on
classic Greek cuisine.
Cato has information for everyone: on planting and maintaining olive
groves, on supervising the staff, on making
various loaves or gruels out of grains, on the manifold curative
properties of cabbage, on getting good prices at
market, and much, much more. Although modern translations exist, this
is better: more readable, more accurate,
more alert. The sensitive translation of this text and the
translator's notes, and the work of putting it online were all
cheerfully contributed to this library by Tom Jaine
<kal69 at dial.pipex.com>, who creates a small publishing
company called Prospect Books. We hope you will visit their website
and perhaps purchase an in-print paper
copy of Cato or other books whose focus is on food. Anyone interested
in working on a project to add other
farming classics such as Varro, Columella, Ibn al Awam's Book of
Agriculture, Jethro Tull's Horse-Houghing
Husbandry, etc., please contact us. WITH PERMISSION OF COPYRIGHT HOLDER.
Darwin, Charles. The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the action of
worms with observations of their habits.
London, 1881.
A classic in naturalist observation. A grasp of the common
earthworm's importance is essential to a full
understanding of soil fertility and plant health. Thanks to David
Price, "David Price" <ccx074 at coventry.ac.uk>,
for doing such an accurate scan of this book. Contains an interesting
introduction by Sir Albert Howard, taken
from a Faber & Faber edition, published about 1945. PUBLIC DOMAIN
(INCLUDING HOWARD'S INTRODUCTION)
Dale, Tom and Veron Gill Carter. Topsoil and Civilization. Norman,
Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, 1955.
This classic survey of world history should never have been allowed
to fall out of print. It demonstrates how every
civilization from Mesopotamia to Rome has destroyed its agricultural
resource base and thus destroyed itself.The
book also looks at modern-day Europe and the United States with
considerable uncertainty about the
sustainability of our own system. OUT OF PRINT
Elliot, Robert. The Clifton Park System Of Farming. London, Faber & Faber,
1943.
Originally published in 1898 as Agricultural Changes, this book's
thesis was broadened by Sir Albert Howard,
Newman Turner, Louis Bromfield, etc. Elliot developed a system of
laying down land to grass, dependent on little
input but a complex mixture of deep-rooting pasture seeds. The
pasture rotations would be broken after four to
eight years, row crops grown until the humus levels declined to a
threatening level, and then the field would be
restored to grass/clover/herbal mixtures. There is a very interesting
forward by Sir R. George Stapledon. PUBLIC
DOMAIN
Ernle, Lord. English Farming Past and Present. Fifth Edition. London:
Longmans, Green & Co., Ltd. 1936.
THE classic of English Farming History. Helpful, among other things
to understand the development of modern
farming systems. Also great writing, in the class of Gibbon. PUBLIC
DOMAIN
Faulkner, Edward H. Plowman's Folly. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943.
Downloads as a single long file.
Faulkner's book created a flurry of popular interest in alternatives
to "scientific" agriculture. It is probably most
important for what happened in American consciousness because of the
interest it created rather than because of
what the book says. OUT OF PRINT.
Fukuoka, M. One Straw Revolution.
A most interesting book describing an unusual approach to farming.
This book is not available through normal
publishing channels in North America. Take a look at it here. If
you'd like to find out how to obtain a copy of this
title or of Fukuoka's Natural Way of Farming, click the link.
COPYRIGHTED, IN PRINT, SAMPLE ONLY.
Graham, Michael. Soil and Sense. London, Faber & Faber, 1941.
Graham wrote before there was an understanding of the vital
importances of both micorhizzal associations and
production of phytamins by soil bacteria. But he still did a very
good job of explaining the essences of sustainable
holistic farming to the general public. This book can be considered a
popularized companion to Elliot's Clifton
Park System and may be valuable to gardeners seeking a better
understanding of broad-acre farming. OUT OF
PRINT.
Henderson, George. Farmer's Progress: A Guide to Farming. London: Faber and
Faber Limited, 1950.
The writer, a very successful and sagacious livestock farmer with a
facility for the literary, provides excellent
advices to the young who may wish to enter farming as a life-work,
instructions for the existing farmer that they
might be more successful, and suggestions for the general public in
that they might more wisely avoid interfering
with the proper conduct of farming thorugh absurd bureaucratic
regulation. Henderson was a crusty, enjoyable
person well worthy of spending a few hour's time with. Downloads as a
single PDF file of about 1.5 mb; if any
client finds the PDF format unworkable for their PC please advise
Steve Solomon, the librarian, and this valuable
book will shortly be also offered in html format. OUT OF PRINT
Henderson, George. The Farming Ladder. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1944.
Henderson's first book, the story of his own youth and farming
career. Contends that the farmer must also be a
sagacious businessperson, personnel manager, etc., and provides
sagely advice on how to so do. Great guide to
creating a success as a farmer--or in any other business. Downloads
as a single PDF file of 1.25 mb.
Hopkins, Cyril G. The Farm That Won't Wear Out. Champaign, Ill,
self-published, 1913.
Originally a series of four magazine articles appearing in The
Country Gentleman, and later, responding to
popular demand, published as a small book by the author himself.
Explains in very few pages the way to achieve a
permanent agriculture. PUBLIC DOMAIN
Hopkins, Cyril G. The Story of the Soil. Boston, Richard G. Badger, 1910.
One of the best "made-simple" holistic soil manuals ever written, all
wrapped up as a romance about a bright
young man with a solid ag-school education, going out to buy a farm
and falling in love. WARNING. This book
expresses views on race that in its day were considered quite
acceptable but in our day are viewed as quite
incorrect, perhaps even shocking. Those who cannot view such
expressions as "historical documents," should not
read The Story of the Soil. PUBLIC DOMAIN
Hopkins, Donald P. Chemicals, Humus and the Soil. Brooklyn, NY: Chemical
Publishing Company, 1948.
Hopkins makes the point that chemical fertilizers are effective and
positive to the degree that humus remains in
the soil; that the real problem with chemicals has been with some who
suggest that chemicals can replace
farmyard manure.
Hopkins takes on the Howardites point by point and demolishes
many of their positions. The book's arguments
are cogent and largely correct, though Hopkins "scientific" biases
distort his objectivity in areas relating to human
health. This book should by carefully read by anyone that considers
themselves "organic." COPYRIGHTED, OUT OF
PRINT.
Howard, Sir Albert and Yeshwant D. Wad. The Waste Products Of Agriculture:
Their Utilisation As Humus. London:
Oxford University Press, 1931.
Howard's most important scientific publication, detailing the nature
and practice of Indore composting. As I
understand Australian copyright rules, this book is considered public
domain material in Australia because the
principal author has been deceased for over fifty years, but it may
be illegal for anyone located in many countries
outside of Australia to download this book.
Howard, Sir Albert. Farming And Gardening For Health Or Disease. London:
Faber and Faber, 1945.
This book is also known by the title it was given by Rodale--The Soil
and Health. It chronicles Howard's story
and outlines his complete understanding. Under Australian rules, this
book is considered public domain material in
Australia because the principal author has been deceased for over
fifty years, but it may be illegal for anyone
located in many countries outside of Australia to download this book.
Howard, Sir Albert. Miscellaneous Papers.
Articles from periodicals by and about Sir Albert Howard. These have
been supplied by numerous patrons and
friends of the library. If you have any, or library access to any of
Howard's agricultural journal articles (references
to them can be found in his larger works) not yet available here,
please contact Steve Solomon.
Howard, Sir Albert. An Agricultural Testament. London: Oxford University
Press, 1943.
Howard's first book aimed at the general public, again in print and
available for purchase through the Rodale
Institute. If you buy the book please tell Rodale Institute you saw
it here first and our site led you to them. Under
Australian copyright rules we are allowed to reproduce the book in
its entirety, but out of courtesy and to support
Rodale Institute's educational efforts, we offer here only the book's
front matter plus one complete chapter, which
you can read by clicking the link, above.
Howard, Louise E. The Earth's Green Carpet. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 1947
A poetic and concise statement of the beliefs behind the Organic
Farming system. Helps to understand the spirit
and passions of the early organicists as well as to better comprehend
the entire cycle of soil fertility and the
creation of a permanent agriculture and permanent civilization. Home
gardeners reading this book (and the
Howards' other books) should keep in mind that these books are
primarily intended for farmers, and that what is
recommended in these books may be a workable system of mixedfarming
but without stronger stuff than average
compost may not work so well when market gardening or
vegetable-gardening is contemplated. OUT OF PRINT
Howard, Louise E. Sir Albert Howard in India. London: Faber & Faber, 1953.
A thorough and scholarly review of Albert and Gabrielle Howard's
scientific career encompassing all the scientific
literature and journal articles that would otherwise be virtually
unobtainable. Following the print-on-paper book's
style, the extensive quotations from the Howards' other publications
are in smaller type; the serious reader of this
book is advised to reset their web browser program to display type a
few point sizes larger. (Louise Howard was
the sister of Gabrielle, and became Howard's second wife and ardent
supporter after the death of Gabrielle.) OUT
OF PRINT
von Liebig, Justus. Chemical Letters, 2nd corrected edition. London: Taylor
and Walton, 1844.
A few years after publication of the Chemical Letters, Liebig
presented Chemistry and its applications to
Agriculture and Physiology . It goes into much more detail about soil
fertility, manures, etc.; eventually it is
hoped to include this book too in Soil and Health Library. Our thanks
to Peter Childs, for making this fine scan of
the Chemical Letters available. Peter publishes Chemistry In Action,
a chemistry magazine for secondary school
teachers. PUBLIC DOMAIN
King, F.H. Farmers of Forty Centuries: or Traditional Agriculture in China,
Korea and Japan. 1911.
A famous classic in holistic agricultural literature. King was a
masterful observer of farming; this is, if nothing else, a
great travel book. In the interest of faster loading we have
reproduced this book without its many illustrations.
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Koepf, H. H., B. D. Petterson and W. Shaumann. Bio-Dynamic Agriculture: An
Introduction. Spring Valley, NY:
Anthroposophic Press, 1976.
A complete introduction to the history, philosophy, techniques, and
benefits of the Bio-Dynamic school of farming
and gardening, which has its origins in two of Germany's creative
geniuses: Goethe and Rudolf Steiner. If you are
not already familiar with the B-D approach, give this book a read.
Bio-Dynamics lies somewhere between
Fukuoka and Findhorn, between Perelandra and Indore's piles. If you
already know about B-D, this book will
undoubtedly provide fresh insight. The chapters seem a bit uneven in
quality and cover a broad range of topics;
feel free to jump around by using the table of contents. OUT OF PRINT.
Krasil'nikov, N.A. Soil Microorganisms and Higher Plants. Academy of
Sciences of the USSR, Moscow 1958.
Translated in Israel by Dr. Y. Halperin. Printed in the USA by the
Government Printing Office.
This, the ultimate study of the microbial process in soil, is one of
the most important books in the library. It has
been little known since its publication. Rendering it into html took
hundreds of tedious and rewarding hours. The
book contains 100 photographic illustrations and heaps of tables, so
downloading the chapters can be a bit time
consuming. Here's my "take" on this book. In the Soviet Union of the
30s, 40s and 50s, industrial production was
scanty. Had Soviet agronomic research focused increasing yields
through the use of chemicals, spread
voluminously, the substances could not have been produced. So
Krasil'nikov focused on the biological process,
and he found ways to improve plant growth by crop rotation and the
production of special composts and microbial
ferments of the sort that could be produced by the farmer in an old
barrel. All these "primitive" solutions are based
on a very high-level understanding of the microbial process in soil
and the interactions between soil microbes with
each other, of how crop species interact with each other via
long-lasting soil residues (root exudates), and how
plants and microbes interact with each other. Soil Microorganisms and
Higher Plants is public domain material.
Anyone wishing to publish the book in print on paper is invited to
contact this library. They will receive all possible
assistance. Apologies in advance for the many errors that despite
very careful proofreading must still be in the html
text. PUBLIC DOMAIN
Lowdermilk, Walter C. Conquest of the Land Through Seven Thousand Years.
Soil Conservation Service Misc. Pub. No.
32, February, 1948.
A classic review of worldwide soil erosion. Many remarkable photos
showing the ruins of what were once fertile,
productive places that are now desert or semi-desert that can barely
support struggling people--the remnants of
what were once great, flourishing civilizations. PUBLIC DOMAIN
McDonald, Angus. Early American Soil Conservationists. Soil Conservation
Service Misc. Pub. No. 449, October, 1941.
During the Roosevelt administration, many uniquely-talented people
worked to improve the United States through
involvement with the Federal Government. In this short, well-written
"book" you can meet the people who foresaw
the catastrophe of soil erosion and foresaw how to solve it. And
learn a few things about farming, past and
present. PUBLIC DOMAIN
Oliver, George Sheffield. Friend Earthworm: Practical Application of a
Lifetime Study of Habits of the Most Important
Animal in the World. Oceanside, California: Oliver's Earthworm Farm School,
1941.
One of the all-time classics on the earthworm. Many thanks to Keith
Addison, creator of Journey To Forever, for
doing this fine scan/OCR job.Other interesting ag-related documents
can be found in Keith's online library. OUT OF
PRINT.
Rayner, M.C. Trees and Toadstools. London: Faber & Faber, 1945.
The classic study of the relationships between tree roots and fungi.
Rayner's work formed the basis of the
organicist contention that supporting a complete and healthy
population of soil microlife is essential to plant health.
Thanks to Keith Addison, Creator of Journey to Forever, for doing a
fine, accurate scan/OCR job on this classic
book. Other interesting ag-related documents can be found on Keith's
online library. OUT OF PRINT
Rodale, J.I. The Organic Front. Emmaus, Pennsylvania, Rodale Press, 1948.
Tens of thousands were swept up by the intense enthusiasm of J.I.
Rodale at the inception of the American organic
gardening and farming movement. Almost immediately there developed
intensely polarized antagonism between the
innocent "organicist" and the technologically-proficient
"chemicalist." Hostilities persisted at least into the 1980s
and perhaps even longer. Of course, J.I. opposed strongly-vested
interests, but still, a great deal of this conflict
and misunderstanding may have been created by J.I. Rodale's own
attitudes. The Organic Front will be very
interesting to anyone seeking to understand the history and
personalities involved in the organic gardening and
farming movement. Most of this book probably consisted of articles in
early issues of Organic Gardening
Magazine. OUT OF PRINT
Rodale, J.I. Pay Dirt: Farming & Gardening With Composts. New York:
Devin-Adair, 1946.
Rodale Instutite has protested this library offering the entire text
of this book saying they are soon bringing this title
back into print. To assist them, even before they have done so, the
entire text has been withdrawn, and only a
small portion, such as is considered "fair use" is now being presented.
Sullivan, Preston. Sustainable Soil Management: Soil System Guide.
Fayetteville, Arkansas, ATTRA.
A very understandable introduction to soil science and soil
management that will feel comfortable to holistic food
crop growers. ATTRA is an effort of the US Department of Agriculture
to assist alternative farming. PUBLIC DOMAIN
Turner, Newman. Fertility Farming. London: Faber and Faber, 1951.
This excerpt consisting of Chapters 1-4, pages 17-45 is here to
entice the reader to obtain and read the book.
The intention of Soil and Health Library is that one day this entire
worthy book will be available online. IN PRINT
Turner, Newman. Fertility Pastures: Herbal leys as the basis of soil
fertility and animal health. London: Faber and Faber,
1955.
This excerpt consisting of Chapters 1, 2 and 8, pages 17-33 and 79-83
is offered here to entice the reader to
obtain and read the entire book. The intention of Soil and Health
Library is that one day this worthy book will be
available online. IN PRINT
Turner, Newman. Herdsmanship. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952.
Turner's simple remedy for most animal diseases will be of especial
interest due to the recent problem in Europe
with "foot and mouth" disease. This excerpt consisting of Chapters 2,
13 and 14, pgs. 23-27, 142, 143, 146-160
is offered here to entice the reader to obtain and read the entire
book. The intention of Soil and Health Library is
that one day this worthy book will be available online. IN PRINT
Voisin, André. Grass Tetany. London: Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd.
Understanding how soil imbalances produce this livestock disease
illuminates aspects of human health and
nutritional requirements as well. A mind-expanding study, as are all
of Voisin's contributions. OUT OF PRINT.
Weaver, John E. and William Bruner. Root Development of Vegetable Crops.
New York: McGraw Hill, 1927.
The classic study, filled with species-by-species illustrations, each
worth tens of thousands of words to someone
who wants to grow vegetables better. PUBLIC DOMAIN BOOK.
Weaver, John E. Root Development of Field Crops. New York: McGraw Hill, 1926.
It is difficult to restrain myself from praising this book with
several hundred words that would be inappropriate in a
"card catalog" such as this. However, Chapter I contains what may be
the best basic soil's manual there is;
Chapter III suggests magnificent realizations about how to grow
plants with an awareness of their root activities
and how that effects what one experiences above-ground. Anyone
intending to grow plants well needs to study
both of Weaver's books, especially the first portions of this one. Of
interest to Organic growers will be Weaver's
frequent citation of Albert Howard's researches in India. PUBLIC
DOMAIN BOOK.
Widtsoe, John A. Dry Farming. New York: MacMillan, 1911.
Between the paragraphs of this book one can see how farmer's lack of
ethics and greed led them to ignore
Widtsoe's warnings, making the Great Plains dust bowls inevitable. I
also found the dry-gardening insights here to
complete my own book Gardening Without Irrigation. There are lots of
clues for someone seeking to reduce
their dependence on the water pump and grow their own food strictly
on natural rainfall. This rendition is
somewhat abridged: the original had many unnecessary (decorative)
illustrations and a few too many tables
containing evidence to support Widtsoe's contentions that today seem
unnecessary. PUBLIC DOMAIN BOOK
Yeomans, P.A. The Keyline Plan. Sydney: P.A. Yeomans, 1954.
After only three years of experimentation with the Keyline system,
Yeomans self-published this, his first of several
books. In the tradition of Louis Bromfield and Plowman's Folly, it is
an eye-opening look at how to help land
retain all the rainfall it receives, opening the whole soil body to
root penetration and releasing the natural fertility of
the land.This book became an agricultural best seller and sold out.
It is still sought after by collectors. The book is
offered here through the express permission of Allan Yeomans, who
himself is writing a book offering a cure of
global warming through better farming by increasing the carbon
retained in the earth as humus. Allan Yeomans also
runs a farm-implement company in Queensland; a pre-publication
version of Allan Yeoman's book can be read
and Allan and his farm implement company can be reached at through
his website.
Yeomans, P.A. The Challenge of Landscape. Sydney: Keyline Publishing PTY,
Ltd., 1958.
This massive illustration-filled book is primarily a practical
farming textbook focused on water conservation and
small-scale dam construction and gravity-fed irrigation projects.
Especially useful for practicing sustainable
rainfall-dependent farming above the broad flood plain where water is
always feast or famine. Made available here
with the express permission of Allan Yeomans.
Yeomans, P.A. The City Forest: The Keyline Plan for the Human Environment
Revolution. Sydney: Keyline Publishing,
1971.
This is a tiny book of barely 100 small pages written in very
compressed form, chock-a-block full of
partially-developed insight. It should not be the first of Yeomans'
books that a person reads, as having the
background of his earlier works it will become more comprehensible.
It is almost a utopian plan for human
betterment, having as much or more to do with city planning and
landscape architecture on a macro-scale as it
does with farming. Made available here with the express permission of
Allan Yeomans.
Why This Library
Radical agriculture is a study of, and program for, handling the close
connection between the health of the soil and the health
of those organisms that feed from that soil. Those "organisms" include
human beings.
Modern, industrial agriculture primarily focuses on the size and
volume of the crop harvested (bulk yield), and the commercial
aspects of that production (profit). It tends to pay small attention to the
nutritional content of the food we grow. Aside from
obsessive cancerfearmongering connected with pesticide residues in our
food, popular consciousness pays far to little attention
to the mass degeneration resulting from eating the industrial food we grow.
This degeneration includes a lot of human misery and
sickness, a greatly shortened lifespan and an enormously lowered level of
civilization, because, simply, we don't live long enough
to get enough smart.
As industrial agriculture began to prevail, certain far-sighted
individuals asked worrisome questions about the wisdom of
managing farms for bulk yield and profit. Their concerns coalesced into
various movements and "schools" including (but not
limited to) the "Organic" school and the "Biodynamic" school. And there
were some mavericks whose understanding was so
unique, so independent and so non-dogmatic that it did not appeal to
true-believing authoritarian mind sets like J.I. Rodale.
These remarkable individuals have been largely ignored by the mainstream
that controls "alternative" thought today.
The purpose of the Holistic Agriculture Library is to bring all these
thinkers together into one place and to preserve this
wisdom.
These wisdoms still have not been applied.
Further Essential Reading
An Annotated Bibliography of Readings
In the Intellectual History of Radical Agriculture
This bibliography, coupled with those titles made available above,
constitutes a curricula for an advanced degree in the
"intellectual history of radical agriculture." Anyone who studied all these
titles and followed their bibliographies back as far as
seemed interesting could honestly award themselves a Ph.D. in the subject.
The reader is welcome to make other suggestions or comments for
addition. Where any of these titles are available in print,
the bibliography may tell you or directly link you to a source for
purchase. Otherwise I recommend establishing a good
relationship with your interlibrary-loan librarian and also visiting
ABExchange, whose admirable website is this planet's best
source of used books.
It is the policy of the Soil and Health Library to not reproduce any
book that is in print and not public domain. Doing this
would also violate U.S. copyright law. Additionally, there are numerous out
of print books whose copyrights are held by jealous
and powerful interests who would not grant permission for offering an
online free edition in a public library and additionally
would sue and harrass anyone who put them online. For this reason I cannot
offer many of the titles that are essential to fully
understanding the relationship between agricultural systems and the
consequent health of animals and people. However, these
are listed in this Annotated Bibliography.
An Agricultural Dictionary
A light-hearted compilation of definitions derived from interesting
source books connected with the intellectual history of
radical agriculture. The dictionary is still incomplete and could use quite
a few contributions from others. Please feel free to
submit your own quotes and new terms. Public domain.
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