Author : Edward H. Faulkner
Release : 2015-01-06
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 756/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Plowman's Folly by : Edward H. Faulkner
Download or read book Plowman's Folly written by Edward H. Faulkner. This book was released on 2015-01-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Plowman’s Folly was first issued in 1943, Edward H. Faulkner startled a lethargic public, long bemused by the apparently insoluble problem of soil depletion, by saying, simply, “The fact is that no one has ever advanced a scientific reason for plowing.” With that key sentence, he opened a new era.