World Farming Books By Location

This revised edition of the "Australian Soil Fertility Manual" includes an increased emphasis on the environmental fate of nutrients and appropriate management strategies, as well as additional information on soil; physical, chemical, and biological properties and discussions on the use of lime, dolomite and gypsum. The manual describes the types of agricultural soils; how they are classified; and the interaction of soil, water and nutrients. It also provides an insight into how plants utilize nutrients; the role that individual nutrients play in the process of plant growth; and the safe handling and usage of fertilizers. The "Australian Soil Fertility Manual" can be used as a self-study guide, as a supplementary university text-book, for soil fertility workshops or extended short courses about soils and fertilizers.

 

 

 

William E. Doolittle challenges established theories about native agriculture in North America, and puts forward new and innovative ideas. Looking at the evidence from a geographical standpoint, he focuses on fields, field features, and field systems. Emphasis is placed on modifications to the biophysical environment, specifically vegetation, soil, slope, and hydrology. There is a thorough exploration of horticulture, the methods used to maximise the advantages of adequate rainfall, and the techniques developed to compensate for deficits and surpluses in the supply of water. William E. Doolittle uses three types of data: reports on native practices compiled by the early European explorers; ethnographies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which provide ecological information; and archaeological studies, to examine the antiquity and origins of various agricultural activities. The resulting unique and fascinating account of the complexities of native Amreican food production is extensively illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs. Native agriculture in the rest of the Americas is examined in Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes by William M. Denevan, and Cultivated Landscapes of Middle America on the Eve of Conquest by Thomas M. Whitmore and B. L. Turner II.