Book of market gardening (1906) (19776014684)
Title: Book of market gardening Identifier: bookofmarketgar00cast (find matches) Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Castle, R. Lewis Subjects: Truck farming Publisher: London ; New York : John Lane Contributing Libr... More
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea ...
Identifier: farmersoffortyce01king (find matches) Title: Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram), 1848-1911 Br... More
Farmers of forty centuries - Collecting reservoir
Collecting reservoir for the conservation of rainfall and fertility, used also as fish ponds and to provide water and mud for making composts. The circular ring in the foreground is a compost pit.
Farmers of forty centuries - Compost pit adjacent to a field of clover
Compost pit adjacent to a field of clover, being filled from the pile of winter compost seen on the bank of the canal in File:Farmers of forty centuries - moving a pile of winter compost.jpg.
Farmers of forty centuries - Farm village street with stacks of earth ...
Farm village street with stacks of earth and piles of compost for use as fertilizer, Shantung, China. A father, with his pipe, and two boys stand at the extreme left; beyond them is a large pile of earth broug... More
Farmers of forty centuries - Carefully plastered earth compost stacked...
Carefully plastered earth compost stacked in the field awaiting distribution, Shantung, China.
Farmers of forty centuries - Clover compost stack in the building
China: Clover compost stack in the building.
Farmers of forty centuries - Family engaged in cutting, from bundles o...
Family engaged in cutting roots, to be used in making compost, from bundles of wheat using a long straight knife blade, fixed at one end, and thrust downward upon the bundle with lever pressure. Chihli, China.
Farmers of forty centuries - moving a pile of winter compost
China: Eight bearers moving a pile of winter compost to the recently excavated pit in the field seen in File:Farmers of forty centuries - Compost pit adjacent to a field of clover.jpg. The boatload in the for... More
Farmers of forty centuries - completed compost stack
China: A completed compost stack, where an umbrella was set to serve as a scale. This stack measured ten by ten feet on the ground, was six feet high and must have contained more than twenty tons of the green compost.
Farmers of forty centuries - Providing for the building of a mud-and-c...
China: Providing for the building of a mud-and-clover compost stack. On the left the thin mud had been dipped from the canal; way-farers in the center were crossing the foot-bridge of the country by-way; and b... More
Farmers of forty centuries - Multiple crops in Chihli—wheat and sorghu...
Multiple crops in Chihli—wheat and sorghum, the wheat ripe, to be followed by soy beans. Piles of compost earth for soy beans.
Farmers of forty centuries - Two compost pits
Two compost pits filled with roughage and mud from the canal, in preparation of compost for the fields. The narrow path along the canal is one of the common thoroughfares in Kiangsu province.
Compost pile
Materials in a compost bin.
