How did Asian farmers work the same fields for 40,000 years without destroying the land's fertility and without applying artificial fertiliser? At the turn of the 20th century, a former official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture travelled to Asia to learn the answer. This landmark book chronicles his travel and observations on waste-free methods of cultivation that conserve natural resources. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Mrs F. H. King, Madison, Wisconsin, 1911. '... one of the richest sources of information about peasant agriculture ... one of the pioneer books on organic farming' - The Last Whole Earth Catalog.

215 x 140mm; more than 240 b&w & colour illustrations.

450pp

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