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# An Agricultural Testament (Hardback)

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The writings of the man who gave the world composting science
  

*by R***1 on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2012*

This book is one of the 20th century classics about sustainable agriculture. For all those who read, digest, consider and experiment, this book is a veritable treasure trove of information.The author spent 40 years as an agricultural researcher in various parts of the British Commonwealth, notably the West Indies and, principally, in India. Far from being a know-it-all, he saw the 'Indian peasant farmers' as 'his professors'. He learned from them how to maintain and enhance soil fertility where extreme heat, rainfall etc occur and considered their kind of agriculture one of the best examples of intergenerational sustainability around. His book is a summary of all that he discovered, achieved and shared during his research life.Sir Albert's central thesis concerning sustainable agriculture is that, for many crops, the interaction between plant roots and soil fungi is critical. He was healthily skeptical of the use of chemical fertilisers, finding through experiment that such fertilisers are alone insufficient to maintain soil fertility. Biological fertilisers, most notably humus, are the key requirement in his eyes and much of the book is devoted to descriptions of how to optimise the production of this compost. A process he termed the Indore process (named after the institute in India where he carried out research for many years) is his lasting legacy to global agriculture and his long-term experiments on several crops show how yields can be increased sustainably through judicious use of humus during the growing cycle.The book should be read by all the know-it-all politicians who wish to ban domestic gardeners from mixing their own organic waste with farmyard waste (which may have been imposed as a means to appease chemical fertiliser producers).  Their eyes might be opened to just what they have been doing with their HSE mantras.....assuming their minds are sufficiently scientific and intellectually developed to benefit from reading such a Chateau Mouton de Rothschild of the organic agricultural literature.....One hopes that sufficient numbers of organic gardeners will also read it to either open their eyes, confirm their own experiences or simply allow them to appreciate the work of a perhaps under-lauded member of the 20th century research community.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    old but relevant
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2009*

A seminal work for anyone interested in organic growing. Sir Albert recognised that in order to grow healthy plants the soil itself must be nurtured and fed. He emphasises the value of composting and obeying Nature's laws of return where decaying animal and vegetable waste is part of the circle of growth. Very relevant in the world today when people are beginning to realise that using chemicals in agriculture is unsustainable. A brilliant and until now neglected book for "green" growers and those who need to understand real soil fertility and why and how it works.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    This guy is a Prophet!
  

*by N***L on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 June 2017*

Writen in 1940. This man was 70 years ahead of his time. Look at current thinking on "no till" farming, zero input and "mob grazing" etc.Fantastic forethought.

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