Larding the lean Earth
Soil fertility
Agricultural engineering
United states, history, 19th century
Soil conservation
Land settlement
Agriculture
Environmental aspects
History
"Fifty years after the Revolution, American farmers faced a crisis. The soils of the Atlantic states seemed to be failing, and some feared that the agricultural prosperity upon which the Republic was founded was threatened. Larding the Lean Earth explores the tempestuous debates that erupted between…
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