The Grass Is Rich and Matted, you cannot see the soil. It holds the rain and the mist, and
they seep into the ground, feeding the streams.… It is well-tended, and not too many cattle …

" The plowshare may well have destroyed more options for future generations than the
sword," writes Wes Jackson in a review of practices that have brought US agriculture to the …

Whenever we see a lawn turning, brown in summer, we know that it was neither trenched
with the spade nor subsoil plowed, without which manuring will not always preserve its …

Tangled, dirty and buried underfoot, roots are a mess to study. Digging them up is a time-
consuming and sometimes back-breaking process. The shovel must be wielded with care to …

BANDONED farms and decreasing production of our farm lands is the present-day menace
of our country. Increasing population, decreasing fertility of our soils and fewer acres of new …

THE object of cultivating the soil is to raise from it a crop of plants. In order to cultivate with
economy, we must raise the largest possible quantity with the least expense, and without …

T IS an old saying that" any fool can farm,” and this was almost the truth when farming IT
consisted chiefly in reducing the fertility of new, rich land secured at practically no cost from …

Seed, Soil, Sun. With these simple ingredients, nature creates our food. Once again, noted
author Cris Peterson brings both wonder and clarity to the subject of agriculture, celebrating …

It should be the aim of every young farmer to do not only as well as his father, but to do his
best'to make two blades of grass grow where but one grew before'. Thus wrote Isaac …

F1" _ _ _"'OIL is the source of all wealth. From the soil directly or indirectly human beings
and all animate creatures obtain food. When the Creator planned this universe, He …