| #526193 in Books | Acres U.S.A. | 2009-01-01 | Original language:English | 8.75 x6.00 x.75l,.75 | File type: PDF | 195 pages | ||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Pivotal book by pioneering ecologist|By Martin C. Michener|F Newman Turner may be one of the most astute ecologists of the 20th century. He apparently never set out to qualify as such, only to provide healthy beef and dairy cattle with rich soils at a modest profit. But Turner could not reconcile the advice on animal husbandry he received, either from college-based agronomist|About the Author|Frank Newman Turner was one of the founders of the modern environmental movement and published some of the first organic farming and gardening magazines. He founded The Farmer, the first organic quarterly magazine published and edited fro
Newman Turner details his methods of intensive pasture-based production of beef and dairy cows in a practical guide to profitable, labor-saving livestock production. He developed a system of complex herbal ley mixtures, or blends of pasture grasses and herbs, with each ingredient chosen to perform an essential function in providing a specific nutrient to the animal or enhancing the fertility of the soil. He explains his methods of cultivation, seeding and management.
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