The Agricultural Notebook
- ISBN-10
- 1118307542
- ISBN-13
- 9781118307540
- Series
- The Agricultural Notebook
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 768
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-12-02
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Richard J. Soffe
Description
The Twentieth Edition takes The Agricultural Notebook intoits third century; it has been thoroughly revised and updated toreflect the considerable changes in agricultural and ruralpractices and policies which have taken place since publication ofthe previous edition. The book is divided into four parts: Crops,Management, Animal Production, and Farm Equipment. New sectionsadded to this edition include: 1) A Marketing Perspective onDiversification, 2) Organic Farming, and 3) Farming andWildlife. Since the first edition was compiled by Primrose McConnell in1883, The Agricultural Notebook has become established asthe standard work of reference for all those in the farmingindustry. With each edition it has evolved and changed in such away as to provide agricultural scientists, students of agricultureand related subjects, farmers, farm managers and land agents withan abundance of current information on all aspects of the businessof farming. Many comments received from lecturers and students who have usedprevious editions of the book have been taken into account inproducing the twentieth edition. The thirty contributing authorshave fully updated chapters, a new clearer layout has been adoptedand much new information is included in easy-to-use tables andfigures. The Agricultural Notebook is an essential purchase forall students of agriculture, countryside, and rural studies.Professionals such as farmers, land agents, agriculturalscientists, advisers, suppliers to the agriculture industry and allthose with a connection and interest in the agricultural communitywill find a huge wealth of information within the book’scovers. All libraries within universities, colleges and researchestablishments where agricultural and rural sciences are studiedand taught should have multiple copies of this important newedition on their shelves.
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