Farmers of Forty Centuries
In 1909, American agronomist F.H. King toured China, Korea and Japan, studying traditional fertilization, tillage and general farming practices. He wrote his observations and findings in Farmers of Forty Centuries, Or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan (1911, published shortly after his death by his wife, Carrie Baker King; numerous facsimile reprintings, including Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-43609-8, and Rodale Press, ISBN 0-87857-867-6). King lived in an era preceding synthetic nitrogen fertilizer production and before the use of the internal combustion engine for farm machinery, yet he was profoundly interested in the challenge of farming the same soils in a 'permanent' manner, hence his interest in the agricultural practices of ancient cultures. In recent years, his book became an important organic farming reference.
See also
References
- Paull, J. (2006) "Permanent Agriculture: Precursor to Organic Farming", Journal of Bio-Dynamics Tasmania, 83:19-21. [1].
- Paull, J. (2011) "The making of an agricultural classic: Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan, 1911-2011", Agricultural Sciences, 2(3): 175-180. [2].
External links
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/> Farmers of Forty Centuries at Project Gutenberg
- FARMERS OF FORTY CENTURIES OR PERMANENT AGRICULTURE IN CHINA, KOREA AND JAPAN by F. H. KING, D. Sc., Copyright © 1911 by Mrs. F. H. King
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