Field Management and Crop Rotation: Planning and Organizing Farms; Crop Rotation Systems; Soil Amendment With Fertilizers; Relation of Animal ... Features of Farm Management (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Edward C. Parker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265160839 ISBN 13: 9780265160831

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Learn practical methods to keep soils productive and farms profitable with proven crop-rotation and soil-management strategies.

This edition compiles essential guidance on planning and organizing farms, designing crop rotation systems, and amending soil with fertilizers. It also ties animal husbandry to soil productivity and highlights other key features of farm management. The approach blends time-tested practices with clear, actionable steps you can apply on real fields to sustain yields and soil health.

Whether you’re managing a small plot or a larger operation, you’ll gain practical frameworks for rotating crops, building soil humus, and integrating live stock, green manures, and tillage into a cohesive system. The text emphasizes avoiding waste, choosing when to use commercial fertilizers, and maintaining soil physical condition for long-term productivity.

• How to design and implement crop rotation plans across fields and seasons.
• Ways to improve soil fertility through green manures, farm manures, and careful tillage.
• The relationship between animal husbandry and soil productivity, and how to balance both.
• Guidance on selecting and using fertilizers wisely within an overall soil-management strategy.

Ideal for readers of practical farm management, crop production, and soil fertility topics who want durable results from thoughtful rotations and soil care.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265160839
• ISBN 13: 9780265160831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 511