Chemistry for Farmers 1860

[flowerbug]

a little light reading for your morning coffee...

https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/chemistry_for_farmers_1860.pdf

i got as far as the table of contents...

 

[digitS']

With a sense of humus, "a thorough preparation for their honorable and useful lives."

 

[Dirtmechanic]

Well I left it as the droning began to remind me of the classicly lazy Steven Wright joke that he kept a life size map of the world in his back yard.

 

[flowerbug]

the style is certainly not straightforwards... i have no idea who Steven Wright is. i made it to page 25 or so this morning, but i'm pretty sure i retained very little of it.

 

[Dirtmechanic]

 

[Eleanor]

For when you finish the chemistry book - A Muck Manual for Farmers (1842)

"It is usual to help the ground with muck, and likewise to recomfort with muck, put to the roots; but to water it, with muck-water, which is like to be more forcible, is not practised." — Bacon.

 

[Alasgun]

While your reading, give the “ALBRIGHT PAPERS’ a look. A little more current and relevant. This stuff’s from when i was a kid; and between the Rodales, Albright and Elaine Ingham they published numerous helpful articles, still relevant today if you are into NON CHEMICAL!

There’s a cost associated with these, however you can generally find them free on line with a little looking!

Albrecht papers – Soil and Health Library

soilandhealth.org