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Book Description
Professor Albrecht was one of the first to see the danger in relying on agri-chemicals instead of soil fertility for healthy crops. This book presents more of Albrechts classic articles. Protein contents of crops have declined as soil fertility has dropped. In this collection of writings, Albrecht explains how the soil-crop system works, the importance of various nutrients, and how soil fertility is linked to crop and animal health and even our own as explained by his "biotic pyramid."
About the Author
Dr. William A. Albrecht, professor of soils at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, was first a student of nature, and his greatest credential was that Nature accepted his findings, worked with them, and delivered much of American agriculture from the bondage of ignorance. Dr. Albrecht traveled widely and studied soils worldwide. "You have to have a vision," Dr. Albrecht used to say. "Unless you do, nature will never reveal herself." And such a vision he had. He showed that you need to feed the soil, not the plant. That animal health stems from the soil. And he developed base-level requirements for soil nutrients, formulas used to this.
The Albrecht Papers, Vol IV,William A. Albrecht,Halcyon House Pubs,0911311238,Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture,Science/Mathematics,Soil fertility,Soil science,Soils and nutrition,Technology
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