Plowman's Folly

Plowman's Folly
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 175
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ISBN-10 : 9780806148755
ISBN-13 : 0806148756
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Book Synopsis Plowman's Folly by : Edward H. Faulkner

Download or read book Plowman's Folly written by Edward H. Faulkner and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 175 pages. 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.


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