Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japan
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AlbakiReads Editorial An early study of long-term soil stewardship in East Asia
An early study of long-term soil stewardship in East Asia
Based on F. H. King’s early-20th-century travels, this volume documents farming practices he observed in China, Korea, Japan, and Manchuria. It examines how agricultural communities reused waste and managed irrigation, reforestation, and land reclamation while cultivating crops including rice, tea, and silk. The book combines field observations with travel material and descriptions of rural customs, placing soil fertility within a wider system of land use and resource circulation. More than 240 illustrations, largely photographs, accompany its account of agricultural methods and the conditions in which they were practiced. As a historical document, it preserves one observer’s perspective on Asian agriculture and conservation practices of the period.
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- Organic gardening and farming readers interested in historical cultivation methods
- Conservation-minded readers exploring soil fertility, irrigation, and resource reuse
- Readers interested in early-20th-century travel observations of rural East Asia
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Organic farmingSoil fertilityWaste reuseIrrigation and land managementAgricultural history
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Book Overview For more than 40,000 years, Asian farmers worked the same fields repeatedly without sapping the land's fertility and without applying art...
For more than 40,000 years, Asian farmers worked the same fields repeatedly without sapping the land's fertility and without applying artificial fertilizer! How they accomplished this miraculous feat is described by author Franklin Hiram King, a former official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. King traveled to Asia in the early 1900s to learn how farmers in China, Korea, and Japan were able to achieve successful harvests century after century without exhausting the soil -- one of their most valuable natural resources. This book is the result of his extraordinary mission.
A fascinating study of waste-free methods of cultivation, this work reveals the secrets of ancient farming methods and, at the same time, chronicles the travels and observations of a remarkable man. A well-trained observer who studied the actual conditions of life among agricultural peoples, King provides intriguing glimpses of Japan, China, Manchuria, and Korea; customs of the common people; the utilization of waste; methods of irrigation, reforestation, and land reclamation; the cultivation of rice, silk, and tea; and related topics.
Enhanced with more than 240 illustrations (most of them photographs), this book represents an invaluable resource for organic gardeners, farmer, and conservationists. It remains "one of the richest sources of information about peasant agriculture [and] one of the pioneer books on organic farming." -- The LastWhole Earth Catalog.
A fascinating study of waste-free methods of cultivation, this work reveals the secrets of ancient farming methods and, at the same time, chronicles the travels and observations of a remarkable man. A well-trained observer who studied the actual conditions of life among agricultural peoples, King provides intriguing glimpses of Japan, China, Manchuria, and Korea; customs of the common people; the utilization of waste; methods of irrigation, reforestation, and land reclamation; the cultivation of rice, silk, and tea; and related topics.
Enhanced with more than 240 illustrations (most of them photographs), this book represents an invaluable resource for organic gardeners, farmer, and conservationists. It remains "one of the richest sources of information about peasant agriculture [and] one of the pioneer books on organic farming." -- The LastWhole Earth Catalog.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 441 | Language: English | Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC | ISBN: 0486436098
FormatPaperback
Pages441
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0486436098
EAN9780486436098
PublisherDOVER PUBN INC
Publication Date2004-03-19
EditionLater Edition Used
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight1.1 Pounds
Length8.4 Inches
Width5.4 Inches
Height0.9 Inches
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