Outline of British Crop Husbandry

Klappentext First published in 1958, this book provides an account regarding the essential aspects of crop maintenance in Britain. Zusammenfassung First published in 1958! as the third edition of a 1939 original! this book provides an account regarding the essential aspects of crop maintenance in Britain. Key technical details are discussed! including manuring! cleaning! tillage! preparing the seedbed! choosing and sowing the seed! after-cultivation! and harvesting corn and root crops. Illustrative figures are also included. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Rotations; 2. Manuring; 3. Cleaning; 4. Tillage and the requirements for a seedbed; 5. The preparation of the seedbed; 6. The choice and treatment of seed; 7. Sowing the seed; 8. After-cultivation; 9. The corn harvest; 10. Harvesting by combine; 11. The harvesting of roots and potatoes; 12. Costs; Index.

Product details

• Authors: H. G. Sanders, H.g. Sanders
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2015
• EAN: 9781107586574
• ISBN: 978-1-107-58657-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; United Kingdom, Great Britain, Agronomy & crop production, Agronomy and crop production