I finally got it -- Rodale's Color Handbook of Garden Insects by Anna Carr. Rodale said it was out of print, the place in California mentioned by Paul Harvey (I think it was him) had it on back order but I found it at Arbico in Tucson! Amazing practically right next door! and it was only $17 (including S & H). While it is by no means comprehensive and its a bit short on natural controls it has 200+ pages of wonderful *color* pictures of the larvae and adult of many pests with short blurbs describing the pest, its life cycle, host plants, feeding habits as well as natural insect predators, the size of the pest and a graphical picture showing where it might be found in the US. From: MIKE_SANDS.parti@parti.INforum.ORG Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture Subject: GREEN MANURE INFORMATION Date: 12 Jul 1993 14:47:21 -0400 The following publications may be of interest to field researchers and extensionists working cover crops and green manures in sustainable agriculture. The publications were developed from research by the Soil Health team at the Rodale Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving natural resource management through regenerative agriculture. Much of this work has been supported by USAID and the USDA/SARE program. People may also be interested in the Rodale Institute Research Center Field Days scheduled for July 22 & 23 in Kutztown PA, USA Anyone interested should contact Jane Fisher (215/683-1428) ASAP. Methodologies for Screening Soil Improving Legumes $24.95 (Developed World) $12.95(Developing World) An Assessment of Current Activities on the Use of Legumes for Soil Improvement in World Cropping Systems $4.00 Regenerating Soil Health in a Post-Modern World $1.00 Northeast Cover Crop Fact Sheets $6.00 (complete set) Includes the 20 following Individual Sheets (Hairy Vetch, Fava Beans, Crimson Clover, Red Clover, White Clover, Berseem Clover, Alsike Clover' Annual Sweetclovers, Biennial Sweetclovers, Field Peas, Cowpeas, Cereal Rye, Ryegrass, Oats, Buckwheat, Fescues, Brassicas, Sorghum/Sudangrass, Crownvetch, Summary) [Available August 15/93] Prepaid Orders (with your cheque payable to Rodale Institute) Ms. Karin Clifford, 611 Siegfriedale Rd., Kutztown, PA 19530 USA Tel: 215/683-1421 Fax: 215/683-8548 "Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties," by Carol Deppe, published by Little Brown, copyright 1993. Great book, but the genetics/math gets a little hairy in places. I find myself drawing picutues in the margins to illutrate to myself the Bb, BB, etc. ratios, and I wish the author had done that for me. Dave Daulton Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Keeping seeds - a book Several people have asked about keeping seeds of various vegetables, and I thought they might be interested in this book from the Seed Savers Exchange: (this is what it says on the order form) Seed to Seed, by Suzanne Ashworth. A complete guide to saving seeds of 160 vegetables. Each family and species is described in detail, including botan- ical classification, pollination methods, isolation requirements, har- vest and storage. Lists fources for seedsaving supplies, and discusses how to sell surplus seed. An invaluable handbook for those interested in main- taining unique varieties and preserv- ing our vegetable heritage. More than 70 black and white photos. Softcover, 222 pages. SS ..... $20.00 (Shipping and Handling is $4.00 to U.S., add $5.00 to Canada and Mexico, add $15.00 otherwise. Iowa residents add 5% ($1.00) tax.) Ordering information: Mail orders to: Seed Savers Exchange 3076 North Winn Road Decorah, IA 52101 Phone and Fax: (319) 382-5872 Phone 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT Fax 24 hours Credit cards only over phone. Back when I lived in NJ and had a real(tm) yard, I bought this book called "The Backyard Vegetable Factory" by Duane Newcomb, Rodale Press. Right after I got it I moved to a house with a tiny yard and no sun so it's been hiding in my bookcases ever since. Finally, I find myself with the chance to have a real veggie garden again next year and I pulled out this book. Has anyone tried the intensive veggie growing described in the book? It's even more intensive than Square Foot Gardening. From: martin.zurn@cen.jrc.it (Martin Zurn) Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Summary: Kiwi Fruit Plants Date: 17 Aug 1993 06:56:09 -0500 As a reference about kiwi plants the following article was suggested. Hardy Kiwis by Lee Reich Horticulture, The magazine of American Gardening Volume LXXI, number 7, Aug/Sept 1993, page 60+ The right kind of pruning seems to be the secret (or one of the secrets). Generally, moderate pruning in the dormant period seems to be ok for fruitful growth. However, in my article I asked how to limit excessive growth. This might be achieved via a) Pruning in summer b) Pruning of the roots Newsgroups: bionet.plants From: Richard.L.Boyce@dartmouth.edu (Richard L. Boyce) Subject: Re: Plants and Algae Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 14:09:51 GMT > 1. Are algae plants ? > 2. Can plants (like vegetables and trees) take up ammonia or > are they restricted to taking up nitrates ? > 3. If they can take up ammonia do they prefer ammonia or > nitrates ? Yes, algae are plants. Most plants take up both ammonium and nitrate. I don't know about preferences in all plants, but coniferous trees seem to "prefer" ammonium, perhaps because it is energetically less costly to convert into a form usable by plants. A good place to find more information is: Salisbury and Ross. Plant Physiology. Wadsworth, Belmont, CA. Article 314 of alt.agriculture.misc: From: claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird) Subject: Re: corn >i am looking for infos on origin of corn -books, articles etc..? "origin of corn"--do you mean the phylogenetics of maize? There's certainly plenty written on that. Without knowing more about where you intend to go with this, I still re- commend Fussell, Betty 1992 The Story of Corn. Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., New York. 0-394- 57805-8, 356 pages, $30.00 It's a marvelous book--that is, it concerns itself with many of my favorite topics: the economics of corn in the USA; harvesting machines; Nikita Khrushchev; when to pick; the erotic sublimations that seem to accompany *Zea mays*; mesoamerican civilizations; what French cuisine does with cornmeal; and metate styles--and does so with Fussell's customary polish and rich Knopf production values. There are descriptions and photographs of Mangelsdorf, Beadle, MacNeish, and Guzman, which should adequately answer your question about origins. Everyone should read *The Story of Corn*. No, really; Fussell's prose is the acme of *New York Times*-*New Yorker* charm, and the story is, for my money, as important as any in our culture. The ten-page "Selected Bibliography" is a pleasantly heterogeneous bonus. Cameron Laird claird@Neosoft.com (claird%Neosoft.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713 267 7966 claird@litwin.com (claird%litwin.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713 996 8546 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 93 22:11:45 CDT From: "David L. Watt" Subject: good references on crop diversification There is an excellent,well indexed Bibliography on Sustainable Agriculture THE SOCIOECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: An Annotated Bibliography by Gary Goreham et al. 1992 Garland Publishing, Inc. New York Has about 50- entries on cropping, so it is broader than the title indicates. It is a good book to encourage your library to get, if you do not need it on your own reference shelf. Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 10:56:52 PDT From: EOS Project Reply to: Agriculture Discussion Subject: New Biodiversity Book Of Interest to the Environmental Community PERSPECTIVES ON BIODIVERSITY: CASE STUDIES IN GENETIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Edited by Christopher S. Potter, Joel I. Cohen, and Dianne Janczewski This new collection of case studies presents biodiversity and genetic resource conservation in a broad and unique context. The book includes timely examples of both plant and animal conservation at scales from local to global. All case studies are expre ssly set against the background of development -- community, national or international, and the competing interests of corresponding stakeholders. This volume brings together in one place the experiences of active field researchers in the area of genetic resource conservation and development in the search for common themes that might provide general lessons for students, policy makers, researchers and the conservation community at large. Although dramatic examples of genetic resource depletion are prese nted, the book clearly demonstrates that there are in situ management techniques that appear to be successful in meeting the needs of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. For more information, contact: AAAS Press Books P.O. Box 753 Dept. A85 Waldorf, MD 20604 USA Tel. 301-654-5643 Fax: 301-843-0159 Table of Contents Prologue Biodiversity Studies: Science and Policy P. R. Ehrlich and E. O. Wilson Introduction Conservation of Biodiversity in Natural Habitats and the Concept of Genetic Potential J. I. Cohen and C. S. Potter Themes in Species and Genetic Resource Conservation Conservation: Tactics for a Constant Crisis M. E. Soule An Evolutionary Basis for Conservation Strategies T. L. Erwin Balancing Species Preservation and Economic Considerations H. J. Morowitz Genetic Resource Conservation in Natural Habitats: Biological and Socioeconomic Dimensions J. T. Williams Case Studies of Biodiversity Conservation in Natural Habitats Agroecosystems Conserving Crops Genetic Resources in Latin America through Framers' Participation M. A. Altieri and C. Montecinos Managing Diversity in Traditional Agroecosystems of Tropical Mexico S. Gliessman Conservation of Maize Crop Relatives in Guatemala G. Wilkes Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources in Capture and Culture Fisheries J. S. Diana Mangrove Ecosystem Biodiversity and Conservation in Ecuador R. Twilley, A. Bodero, and D. Robadue Primate Conservation and Ecotourism in Africa W. Weber Managed Forest Ecosystems Ecologically-Sustainable Forest Management in the Peruvian Amazon G. Hartshorn and W. Pariona A. Managed Forest Gardens in West Kalimantan, Indonesia C. Padoch and C. Peters The Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest: A Case Study in Conservation and Economic Development. D. S. Wilcove and J. T. Olson Conservation and Regional Development The Development of Training Programs for Conservation Research and Natural Resource Management in Ecuador D. A. Neill Community and Governmental Experiences in Protecting Biodiversity in the Lowland Peruvian Amazon M. Pinedo-Vasquez and C. Padoch An Ecosystem Perspective on Threats to Biodiversity in Eastern Amazonia, Para State C. Uhl, O. Bezerra, and A. Martini Synthesis The Potential of Biodiversity C. S. Potter and J. I. Cohen Index From agaccess@igc.apc.org Wed Sep 8 21:35:00 1993 Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 17:57:44 PDT From: David Katz To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Cc: agaccess@igc.apc.org Subject: Re: Presentation There is a book you should know about- Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humic Tropics. Brand new (1993), looks good. $60. email agaccess@igc.org for more information. regards Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 15:40:43 -0700 From: Preston Hardison To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW Subject: PUB: Sherpa Subsistence ================================================================= Claiming the High Ground: Sherpas, Subsistence, and Environmental Change in the Highest Himalaya Stanley F. Stevens. 1993. Department of Geography and Anthropology Louisiana State University University of California Press, Berkeley, California. ================================================================ Part One: Sherpa Cultural Ecology Sherpa Country A High-altitude Economy Farming on the Roof of the World Good Country for Yak Sacred Forests and Fuel Wood Part Two: Economic and Environmental Change Four Centuries of Agropastoral Change Subsistence, Adaptation, and Environmental Change Local Resource Management: Decline and Persistence From Tibet Trading to the Tourist Trade Tourism, Local Economy, and Environment Conclusions Newsgroups: bionet.plants From: dangold1@iastate.edu (Daniel M Goldman) Subject: Re: Building a Controlled Environment for Plant Growth Keywords: controlled environment plant growth Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 19:23:38 GMT >I am contemplating building a controlled plant growth environment >for my upcoming senior thesis. It would include fully automatic >watering, light, etc. My questions is this: has this been done >before, and if so, are there any articles/journals that document >the efforts? Any other suggestions are welcome. Here are a few suggestions: 1) A book by Robert Langhans called "A growth chamber manual" 2) Check with NASA on the CELSS project (Controlled Environment Life Support Systems, includes crops). 3) Check an older book, circa 1956, by F.W. Went, something like Environmental control of plant growth. If these don't bury you good with info and references, let me know, I have a lot more. -DmG Article: 1390 of alt.sustainable.agriculture From: frankh@sr.hp.com (Frank Hamlin) Subject: Re: _Practical Survival Mag_ and/or similar mags Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 03:52:02 GMT : I came accross a magazine called "Practical Survival" (vol 1, : Feb/March 1992) that I really liked. It is a non-militaristic survival : magazine with articles about wild edibles, choosing the right cold weather : gear, herbal first aid, wilderness navigation, backcountry cooking, : survival fishing, grains, home aquacultural...Man, seems like a GREAT : magazine. Only problem is.. I called the 800 number and the publisher : doesn't make it any more. Western Rescue Journal Califonia's Survival Magazine April 1993 This issue talks about building fires, how to get water, how much water you need under different conditions, signs of dehydration, small boat survival, and using a compass and map. Their phone number is 800-233-3893 From: GELLMORE@PEARL.TUFTS.EDU (BIOHEAD) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: New book on seed germination Date: 4 Oct 93 21:36:23 GMT An unusual but tremendously useful (for propagations by seed) book has arrived on my desk. It is published by its author. The first edition was quickly snapped up by the horticulture community. Its been interesting reading because it is written by a long-time practicioner of seed germination (I wonder about the grammar of that sentence...) Anyway heres the info: Deno, N.C. 1993. Seed germination: theory and practice. 242 pp. To get a copy, send a $20 check to Norman C. Deno, 139 Lenor Drive, State College, PA 16801 USA I have no vested interest in this book, or in Prof Deno. Its just that the utility of this book is surprisingly high, and acquiring the book requires going through this unconventional channel. Best, Ellmore Biology, Tufts Univ. From: br105@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey A. Del Col) Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: WANTED: book UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS... Date: 2 Oct 1993 05:37:56 GMT I will pay $15.00 for a copy of the book UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS OF POTENTIAL ECONOMIC VALUE. If anyone has a copy of this book or knows where I can get one, please e-mail me at <> It is out of print and the GPO doesn't plan to issue a new edition. I am also desperate to buy a copy of LOST CROPS OF THE INCAS and will pay original price ($24.95) for it in very good to excellent condition. From: f_griffith@ccsvax.sfasu.edu Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: self-sufficiency Date: 5 Oct 93 14:02:21 CST The September issue of _The McAlvaney Intelligence Advisor_ has a long section on "Greater Self-Sufficiency for Troubled Times". It includes thought provoking discussion and lots of practical suggestions. To get a copy of this section send a long, self-addressed envelope with 52 cents postage to: III Box 4630 SFA Sta. Nacogdoches, TX 75962 Please tell on what group you saw this notice. Permission granted to repost this notice through 12/31/93. From: klier@cobra.uni.edu Newsgroups: rec.food.historic Subject: Re: Whole grain flour and bread - When, How and Why did we lose it? Date: 17 Oct 93 20:22:42 -0500 > Does anyone know anything about when, how, and why our society converted > from whole grain bread to white bread? I would like to learn about that, > or about refererences. There's a nice section on this in Richard Klein's _This Green World_. (Harper & Row 1987, a nice, chatty economic botany text with wonderful stories). Essentially, yes, the shift to white bread depended on changes of milling techniques (milling through fairly widely spaced stones first to remove bran and germ) then sifting through fine silk bolting cloths. If memory serves (and it often doesn't... I was reading just before going to sleep!), the technique came from France to the US, where the first fine flour mill was started in Minneapolis/St Paul (St Anthony Falls, perhaps???), but later moved to Niagara Falls because of the greater hydropower available there. And yes, bread was the mainstay of diet in most of Europe for many centuries. Kay Klier Biology Dept UNI Newsgroups: misc.rural From: amirza@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Anmar Caves) Subject: Re: water reservoir liner, cheapest Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington IN Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 14:38:34 GMT >I worked on a dude ranch in Colorado a long time ago, and we had a number >of ponds where trout was stocked (one of the things I had to do every.... >Anyway, these ponds leaked quite a bit since they were pretty new, and >this was before plastic was widely used as a liner. One of the old >ranchers told me the best way to seal a pond bottom is to have horse/ >cow livestock in it for awhile. He indicated that the manure would have >a strong "sealing" action on the bed of the eventual pond. >I've got no idea how long after you put water in it all of the organics >would decompose back to a normal level if you wanted to keep fish, etc... I believe Tom Mattson discusses this in his book "Earth Ponds". The resulting organic mixture makes what he termed "gley". It isn't the manure that does the sealing, it is the straw and hay you put down, the livestock churns it into the ground. The resulting mixture is supposed to last for many years under water. From: claird@sugar.NeoSoft.COM (Cameron Laird) Subject: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive) [LONG] Followup-To: rec.arts.books,misc.rural,rec.gardens Date: 16 Feb 1994 09:36:28 -0600 >Dunno 'bout that, but as far as I know, the biggest living organism on >earth is 'General Sherman', the massive giant sequia (a tree) in California. >I don't remember the latin name of the species, might be something like >Sequiadendron something (giganteum ?). >General is roughly 80 meters high, the perimeter is about 65 meters at >ground level (not sure if I remember right) and its volume is about 1200 >cubic meters!!! I doubt that any fungus could beat that. . . . It's not quite so rotund as your memory has it; I can't find any estimate for General Sherman's circumference that tops 150 feet, and I'm a bit skeptical of that. *Sequoiadendron giganteum* has many specimens that top 2000 tons, ten times the weight of the largest whales. One of the spectacular aspects of this species is that their habit is rather lonely; they grow without other trees nearby, so that "You can stand back and see the whole monstrous vegetable: its untapering shaft going up like a road to the tangle of heavy branches that make its head--perhaps 100 feet of lively sprouting above 200 feed of simple, unadorned log." Some have a first "branch [that is] alone bigger than the biggest elm tree in the world ..." The quotations are from Johnson, Hugh 1984 Hugh Johnson's Encyclopedia of Trees. Gallery Books, New York City a marvelous coffee-table book. As the dust jacket says, it is a fully illustrated guide to all the major garden and forest trees . . . an unforgettable journey through a magnif- icent and intricate world of natural beauty, and an unmatched work of refer- ence for gardeners and tree lovers. The *Encyclopedia* shows the world of trees in thorough and loving detail: the structure and life cycle of trees, their place in history and ecology, forestry past and present, the use of trees in garden and landscape design, tree planting and care. Forming the heart of the *Encyclopedia* is a visually beautiful omnibus of deci- duous and coniferous trees--more than six hundred species--illustrated with close to a thousand full-color photo- graphs and drawings and accompanied by a text that sparkles with fascinating facts and tree lore. It's true. The dust jacket completely jumps the track, though, when it quotes a former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens as of the opinion that Hugh Johnson .... writes without prejudice or inhibition, eager to share his vivid en- joyment and his remarkable understanding. If you start his book with a feeling for trees, I don't see how you can finish it without loving them. There's nothing wrong with this, either, except for the "without prejudice" phrase; how could dendrology possibly be an arena for the display of prejudice? In fact, the *Encyclopedia* answers that question, too. Johnson is gloriously prejudiced, prejudiced about trees. Moreover, his prejudices are, well, correct. Johnson is best known as a wine critic. His physiognomy, though, rather suggests a rugby player whose teammates think he's a bit too enthusiastic about the rough and tumble. In any case, he's lusty in his affections, and forthright in his writing. Cheerful personal views fill his *Encyclopedia*: I feel obliged to mention what to me is the ugliest tree in the world--the weeping wellingtonia. This freak from a French nur- sery has branches that grow straight downwards, as near the trunk as they can get. . . . To grow one seems to me rather like exhibiting Siamese twins. . . . The larch is one of the fastest-grow- ing of all trees; certainly the fastest to make strong and heavy wooed with almost oak- like qualities. . . . Possibly more important than any of the species, however, is a hybrid, the fruit of a union romantically formed at a ducal seat in the highlands of Scotland. . . . The 4th Duke was so smitten with the larch that he planted 17,000,000 of them. For a non-fanatic to write of rhododendrons at all is foolhardy, but to try to distinguish those that should be called trees, at least without long experience in the Himalayas, is almost suicidal. There never was a rhododen- dron with the sort of long straight trunk that would tempt a forester, that is certain. Yet who would call a plant 90 feet high, how- ever curving and many-stemmed, a shrub? What can you grow that gives a garden such a sense of established well-being as a fig tree or a mulberry? I've no doubt it is just wit- less harking back to a three-quarters-mythical past: the fig-tree mentioned so often in the Bible and popping out from under every fallen marble frieze in the ruins of the classical world, and the mulberry appearing from China in the Dark Ages--maybe long before--and with it the Secret of Silk. . . . Mulberries are gastronomically neglected. They are somehow not quite right as fruit, combining the ex- tremes of squashiness and pippiness ... He continues for another three hundred pages. These in-group jokes and flamboyance are the sort of thing that make a re- viewer instinctively reach for such adjectives as "cloying" and "fanatical". Johnson is better than that. Read him your- self, and you'll find that his overadrenalized prose actually delivers on its promise to entertain and communicate with accuracy. When he compares the flowering ashes to "the velvet- framed bosom of Nell Gwynn ...", it turns out that there's some artistic justification for his almost-over-wrought prose. I've narrowed follow-ups; I encourage others to make their own adjustments. Cameron Laird claird@Neosoft.com (claird%Neosoft.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713 267 7966 claird@litwin.com (claird%litwin.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713 996 8546 From: edwardbarry@ins.infonet.net Newsgroups: misc.rural Subject: rural reading Date: 17 Feb 1994 18:01:34 GMT hello from the ranch. I still read everything I can get my hands on about farming, ranching, gardening, this newsgroup is addicting. Anyway what helped me most when I started were Country Women, a handbook for the new farmer,Tetrault/Thomas. Back to BAsics.Readers digest, Mother Earth news, Countryside and Small Stock Journal,Harrowsmith, now Countryside or something. Also specifics to your interests, Dairy Goat Journal, Organic Gardening, oh the Best Carla Emery's Recipe Book An excellent resource and inspiration! good luck! sarah edwardbarry@ins.infonet.net Article 7820 of misc.rural: From: claird@sugar.NeoSoft.COM (Cameron Laird) Subject: Re: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive) Date: 17 Feb 1994 14:18:28 -0600 > Johnson, Hugh > 1984 Hugh Johnson's Encyclopedia of Trees. > Gallery Books, New York City For somewhat more sedate coverage of the same topic, see Hora, Bayard, consultant editor 1981 The Oxford Encyclopedia of Trees of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford My exuberance about *... Johnson's ...* perhaps obscured the fact that there's some sense in his idiosyncrasies. He writes for the enthusiast, and particularly one with an estate he'd like to populate dramatically. I gave myself a *Taxodium di- stichum* for my birthday one year, before they became so fashionable in that area, based solely (well, almost) on his description of its virtues and charms. My current land-hold- ings still barely top one acre, but Johnson inspires marvelous fantasies. *The Oxford Encyclopedia ...* shares the same format--both profile botanical families in roughly 200 pages of sumptuously- illustrated cataloguing, with fifty pages of introduction, extensive reference sections, and so on--but *... Oxford ...* strikes a somewhat more formal tone. Its categories are a bit finer, and its range a bit more universal, while Johnson allows himself the luxury of devoting more space to his favorites. *... Oxford ...* is more didactic: more of its illustrations are the sort one would find in an identification key, it is more earnestly culturologic and keeps a focus on economic value. Johnson includes a photograph only when it has artistic merit apart from its botanical significance; *all* his trees look dramatic, in one way or another. Johnson has a dozen pages on "Tree Planting and Care"; *... Oxford ...* devotes about the same amount to a *Scientific American*-level introduction to the biology of trees. The best decision, once one has decided where in one's library to shelve these--they're both over 11-1/2 inches high--is simply to purchase both. -- Cameron Laird claird@Neosoft.com (claird%Neosoft.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713 267 7966 claird@litwin.com (claird%litwin.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713 996 8546 From: edwardbarry@ins.infonet.net Newsgroups: misc.rural Subject: Re: Address for goat journals Date: 18 Feb 1994 19:37:36 GMT >Could someone tell me the subscribing address for the Dairy Goat Journal? Or >any other good magazine specializing in goats? hello!I don't have the address for DGH as it has changed address recently. The Caprine Supply Co. (P>O> Box y,33001 W 83rd St., DeSoto,Ks. 66018) Has subscriptions for that, also United Caprine News, a good monthly newspaper, and all sorts of good goat information and great goat stuff. Country Women by Thomas is a great resource, also Raising Dairy Goats the Modern Way by Belanger (editor of Countryside) is excellent. Good luck, from a goat farmer in the midd le of cow country! Sarah Newsgroups: misc.rural From: aayyaa@mixcom.mixcom.com (Lloyd Schultz) Subject: Re: Address for goat jour Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 22:18:19 GMT MA>Could someone tell me the subscribing address for the Dairy Goat Journal? Or MA>any other good magazine specializing in goats? Dairy Goat Journal Dave Thompson / Editor W2997 Markert Rd Helenville, WI 53137 Tell them you got the address from Lloyd off the Internet (really) LLoyd Schultz Bel Canto Dairy Goat Farm Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 12:49:07 -0800 From: Deborah Letourneau Subject: best papers in agroecology AGROECOLOGISTS ON THE NET!!! Please take a look at the top list which comes pretty much verbatum from your suggestions and the appended list, which comes from our working group, and see if there is a foundational paper which is left out of the two lists. If so, send us the reference at dletour@cats.ucsc.edu. We are collecting additional references via "surface and air" mail. A COMPLETED AND CORRECTED list will be mailed to you via the net by April 1. Thanks again for your enthusiastic responses and input. LIST FROM THE NET: Albrecht, W. A. 1938. Loss of soil organic matter and its restoration. In Yearbook of Agriculture 1938. Soils and Men. USDA. "Agricultural development -- looking to the future" IN William C. Clark and R.E. Munn, eds., Cambridge Univ. Press, Sustainable Development of the Biosphere Crosson, Pierre. Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. Higley, L.G. and W.K. Wintersteen. 1992. A novel approach to environmental risk assessment of pesticides as a basis for incorporating environmental costs into economic injury levels. Amer. Entomol. 38(1):34-39. Holling, C. S. 1973. Resilience and stability of ecological systems. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 4:1-23. Gosdin, G. W., Matthias Stelly, and W. E. Adams. 1950. The organic matter and nitrogen content and carbon-nitrogen ratio of Cecil soil as influenced by cropping systems on Classes II, III and IV land. Soil Sci Soc Amer Proc 14:203-208. Jenny, Hans. 1941. Factors of Soil Formation. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. New York. (See discussion on soil productivity.) Jackson, Wes. all writings. The Land Institute in Salina, KS. Kovach, J., C. Petzoldt, J. Degni and J. Tette. 1992. A method to measure the environmental impact of pesticides. NY Food and Life Sci. Bull. no. 139. Lamb, J. A., G. A. Peterson, and C. R. Fenster. 1985. Wheat fallow tillage systems' effect on a newly cultivated grassland soils' nitrogen budget. Soil Sci Soc Amer J 49:352-356. Leighty, Clyde E. 1938. Crop rotation. In Yearbook of Agriculture 1938PSoils and Men. USDA. Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. McDonald, D.G. and C.J. Glynn. 1993 (or 1994). Difficulties in measuring adoption of apple IPM: a case study. J. Agric., Ecosystems and the Environment [this was in press when I read the manuscript] McRae, R. et al. 1990. Farmscale agronomic and economic conversion from conventional to sustainable agriculture. Adv. Agron. 43:155-198. Miller, M. F. and H. H. Krusekopf. 1932. The influence of systems of cropping and methods of culture on surface runoff and soil erosion. Mo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bul. No. 177. Monteith, J. Principles of Environmental Physics. Pimentel, D. et al. 1973. food productin and the energy crisis. Science 182: 443-449. Rose, D.A. and D.A. Charles-Edwards (Eds.). Mathematics and Plant Physiology. "Strategies for Agriculture," with Norman J. Rosenberg, in "Managing Planet Earth." Schumacher, E.F. Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Sorensen, A.A. 1993. Integrated pest management; finding a new direction. Cereals World 38(4):187-195. Whiteside, E. P. and R. S. Smith. 1941. Soil changes associated with tillage and cropping in humid areas of the United States. J Amer Soc Agron 33:765-777. APPENDED LIST Tentative Working List from Grad Seminar members, UCSC 1. Ewel, JJ; MJ Mazzarino; CW Berish. 1991. Tropical soil fertility changes under monocultures and succesional communities of different structure. Ecological Applications 1: 289-302. 2. Gliessman, SR; R Garcia E.; M Amador A. 1981. The ecological basis for the application of traditional agricultural technology in the management of tropical agro-ecosystems. Agro-Ecosystems 7: 173-185. 3. Goodman, D. 1975. The theory of diversity-stability relationships in ecology. Quart. Rev. Biol. 50(3): 237-x. 4. Hairston, NG; FE Smith; LB Slobodkin. 1960. Community structure, population control, and competition. The American Naturalist 94(879): 421-425. 5. Hanson, Herbert C. 1939. Ecology in Agriculture. Ecology 20: 111-117. 6. Hart, RD. 1980. A natural ecosystem analog approach to the design of a successional crop system for tropical forest environments. ?: 73-82. 7. Janzen, D. H. 1973. Tropical Agroecosystems. Science 182: 1212-19. 8. McCalla, TM; Duley, FL. 1948. Stubble mulch studies: effect of sweetclover extract on corn germination. Science 108:163. 9. Murdoch, WW. 1975. Diversity, complexity, stability and pest control. J. Appl. Ecol. 12: 795-807. 10. Odum, EP. 1969. The strategy of ecosystem development. Science 164: 262-270. 11. Pimentel, D.; LE Hurd; AC Bellotti; MJ Forster; IN Oka; OD Sholes; RJ Whitman. 1973. Food production and the energy crisis. Science 182: 443-449. 12. Pimentel, David. 1961. Species Diversity and Insect Population O utbreaks. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 54: 76-86. 13. Price, P. W. 1976. 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The integration of chemical and biological control of the spotted alfalfa aphid. Hilgardia 29(2): 81-130. 19. Strong, D. R.; E.D. McCoy; J.R. Rey. 1976. Time and the number of herbivore species: the pests of sugarcane. Ecology 58(1): 167-175. 20. van Emden, H. F. 1965. The role of uncultivated land in the biology of crop pests and beneficial insects. Scientific Hort. 17: 121-136. 21. Vandermeer, J. 1981. The interference production principle: An ecological theory for agriculture. BioScience 31(5): 361-364. 22. Way, M. J. 1979. Significance of diversity in agroecosystems. Proc. IX Intnl. Cong. Plant Prot.; Washington DC. pp9-11 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.herbs From: murphye@fraser.sfu.ca (Douglas George Murphy) Subject: review: Med.Plants of the Pacific West Keywords: medicinal plants, herbs, herb identification, book review I highly recommend Michael Moore's MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC WEST to anyone on or near the west coast. This is a very useful book for US$19.95. Beautiful line drawings by Mimi Kamp for each plant and over 30 small colour plates assist identification. The plant monographs are: aconite, alum root, amole lily, angelica, arnica, balsam poplar, balsam root, baneberry, bergamot mint, betony, bidens, bittersweet, black cohosh, bleeding heart, blueberry, brook mint, buckbean, buckwheat bush, bunchberry, california bay, california bayberry, california buckeye, california mugwort, california poppy, california snakeroot, california spikenard, desert milkweed, devil's club, european pennyroyal, false solomon's seal, figwort, fireweed, goldthread, hawthorn, hedge nettle, horehound, hummingbird sage, hypericum, inside-out flower, labrador tea, lemon balm, licorice fern, lomantium, madrone, maidenhair fern, manzanita, matilija poppy, mormon tea, nettle, oregon grape, oxeye daisy, pearly everlasting, peppermint, pitcher sage, prickly poppy, red cedar, red root, redwood, salal, sarsaparilla, silk tassel, spearmint, stream orchid, sweet root, trillium, urva ursi, valerian, vanilla leaf, western coltsfoot, western pasque flower, western peony, western skunk cabbage, white sage, wild ginger, yarrow, yellow pond lily, yerba buena, yerba del lobo, yerba reuma, and yerba santa. There is one appendix that briefly describes another hundred or so plants in about 20 pages and another that lists plants by therapeutic use in 8 pages. In addition, there is a good glossary of almost 30 pages. A 5 page list of selected references and an index of plant names follow. The following excerpt is the devolved for email and sans line drawing version of the monograph for Maidenhair Fern - pg 174-176. copyright 1993 Michael Moore so buy the book, eh? >MAIDENHAIR FERN >Adiantum pedatum (Polypodiaceae) >OTHER NAMES Five-Finger Fern; Culantrillo > >APPEARANCE To describe this lovely is almost redundant. The fronds form >colonies that arise from creeping, scaly rootstalks, and the individual >fronds splay out palmately and fanlike from 1- to 2-foot shiny black or >brown wire-stems. The colonies and the places they grow evoke images of >salamanders, deva-magic, and the cool shade of the world before Man. >The fronds are kind of groovy too: water won't wet them. There are two >other species you may encounter. In warm, clean canyons of coastal >California you may find California Maidenhair (A. jordanii); it is >irregular-leaved, dark brown, shiny stemmed, and with the leaflets >(pinnules) shaped like little fans that are more broad than long. >The European Venus-hair fern (A. capillus-veneris) is to be found >occasionally, with greater ferny side stems and leaflets more long than >broad. I don't like gathering it, as a rule, only because of its relative >scarcity. >HABITAT Our primary Maidenhair Fern can be found throughout the Pacific >Coast, from central California (the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra >Nevada) north to Alaska and east through cool forests, from near the beaches >to the middle mountains. Cool, damp, shady, and clean is the ticket. The >California Maidenhair is found mostly in the coastal mountains, from Santa >Cruz to San Diego, rarely east of the Central Valley, up warm, wet canyons, >near seeps and Monkey Flowers. > >CONSTITUENTS Filicine, filcinal, adiantone, adipedifol (hopanetype tri- >terpenes); b-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol (phytosterols); mucilage, >and tannin. > >COLLECTING Gather the frond and stems, removed at ground level, bundle, >and dry Method A. The bundles look so nice hanging around the house on >hooks that sometimes it's tempting to leave them up as decorations until they >are needed. Sadly, they fade rather quickly, so store them in the the dark, >away from the appreciative glances of friends. > >STABILITY If stored in the dark, Maidenhair Fern is stable for at least two >years. > >PREPARATION Standard Infusion, 1 to 4 fluid ounces, or just any old way >you want. > >MEDICINAL USES Maidenhair Fern is a gentle remedy and is not for the >heroic of inclination. It does work quite nicely, however, for a variety of >common imbalances. It is astringent, hemostatic,and slightly stimulant to >to mucus membrane functions. The widest use is for coughing and >heaviness in the lungs, either from an actual bronchial infection or from >tiredness or weakness in those who seem to show every little problem by >wheezing, gurgling, and throat clearing. I have found it helps to drink a cup >of the tea in the morning if you are particularly susceptible to smog and air >pollution. In Europe and Latin America it has a long history of stimulating >slow and crampy menses to organize. It seems most effective for young >women and those having trouble getting back on cycle after birthing, nursing, >or coming off birth control pills. > In a far subtler fashion, Maidenhair Fern combines well with Horsetail, >another botanical source of silica, for strengthing, over a period of time, >chronic stress on connective tissues, particularly in filtering organs. This >makes it helpful for liver weakness, especially from alcohol, early >borderline emphysema, and kidney weaknesses that might, in time, become overt >renal failure. It has mild vasopressor and diuretic effects in rats. > >OTHER USES The tea, either infusion or decotion, is an exellent Hair rinse, >adding some body (particularly in sun-dried or over-processed conditions) >and, with Chamomile or Yarrow added to the tea, some sheen and, dare I >say it, luster. from: Michael Moore, 1993. MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC WEST. Red Crane Books, 826 Camino de Monte Rey, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501. ill. by Mimi Kamp ISBN 1-878610-31-7 Article 1867 of alt.folklore.herbs: From: bk19@cornell.edu (Brij Kothari) Subject: Recent Book of Medicinal Plants Date: 10 Feb 1994 03:22:55 GMT Keywords: Ethnobotany; Medicinal Plants; Indigenous Knowledge; Participatory Action Research; Ecuador; "Nucanchic Panpa Janpicuna" or "Plantas Medicinales del Campo" is the name of a bilingual (Quichua-Spanish) book that documents more than 120 medicinal plants used in the indigenous communities of La Esperanza, Angochagua, and Caranqui, Imbabura, Ecuador. The investigation for this project was undertaken primarily by two campesino volunteers from every participating community, under the auspices of the Union de Organizaciones y Comunidades Indigenas de Angochagua, La Esperanza, y Caranqui (UNOCIAE-C). The illustrated bilingual edition was developed primarily for the campesinos of the region. It includes drawings and latin names of most of the plants and icons to pictorially represent methods of remedy preparation and use. An attempt was made to maintain the flavor of the languages, as spoken and understood by the campesinos concerned. Future extensions of the project include the creation of a garden of medicinal plants in each community. Funding for the creation and maintenance of the gardens is expected to be generated by proceeds from the sale of this book. The book will be sold within the communities, below printing cost. The book was published jointly by ABYA-YALA and colegio SINT-TRUIDEN (Belgium). If anyone is interested in more info or a copy ($10.00), please contact Brij Kothari at (607) 255-0504; 277-3761, or e-mail: bk19@cornell.edu All proceeds go to the communities. Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 17:42:28 -0800 From: Eugene Hunn To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW Subject: Re: Curriculum Information Dear M. E. Swisher, You should contact Gary J. Martin, Co-ordinator, "People and Plants: the WWF/UNESCO/KEW Initiative on Ethnobotany and Sustainable Use of Plant Resources," at 3, rue Chaptal, 75009 Paris, FRANCE, Te. 33/1/45960412; fax 33/1/47550625. He is in the process of writing & editing a manual for the conduct of ethnobiological research. E. Hunn On Wed, 16 Feb 1994, M. E. Swisher wrote: > Does anyone have examples of undergraduate curricula and/or descriptions of > undergraduate educational programs in the areas of ethnobotany, ethnozoology, > and/or ethnobiology? Thank you. > > Mickie Swisher Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 06:55:30 EST From: Bob Carling To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW Subject: Ethnobiology etc. Curriculum Following on from Mickie Swisher's request for info on curricula and/or educational programs in ethnobiology, ethnobotany, etc., and from replies from Brian Compton and E. Hunn, this is the very latest lowdown from Gary Martin's Publisher Bob Carling at Chapman & Hall UK! Gary's book will be published later this year as part of a series of five plant conservation handbooks coming out of the People and Plants Initiative (co-partnered by WWF, UNESCO and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew - and supported with some funding from the Darwin Initiative of the UK). They will all be relevant to courses, which are beginning to grow, on this important subject. The five handbooks will be: 1. Gary Martin. Ethnobotany - A Methods Manual. Chapman & Hall ISBN 0-412-48370-X. Due for publication late 1994. 2. Quentin Cronk & J. Fuller. Plant Invaders - the Threat to Natural Ecosystems. Chapman & Hall ISBN 0-412-49380-7. Also due for publication late 1994. 3. A.B. Cunningham. People and Wild Plant Use. Chapman & Hall. ISBN to be allocated. Due for publication spring 1995. 4. Peggy Stern & Peter Ashton. Botanical Surveys for Conservation. Publication also early 1995. 5. Botanical Databases for Conservation and Development. Author to be decided. Publication 1995. Also check out the excellent WWF booklets: 1. Tony Cunningham "Ethics, Ethnobiological Research, and Biodiversity" 2. Martin Walters and Alan Hamilton. "The Vital Wealth of Plants." (both available from WWF in Godalming, Surrey, U.K.). Also there is Lisa Famolare and Mark Plotkin's excellent book published by Island Press for Conservation International "Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rainforest Products" which has relevant chapters. There is also an excellent book called "Biodiversity Prospecting" published by World Resources Institute. Also you should consult the Plants and People newsletter edited by Trish Flaster of the Society for Economic Botany which has a ongoing column on ethnobotany and economic botany courses. Dr R C J Carling Senior Editor, Life Sciences Chapman & Hall 2-6 Boundary Row London SE1 8HN United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)71-865-0066 Fax: +44-(0)71-522-9623/4 email: BCARLIN@CHALL.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 07:48:04 PST From: Brian Compton To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW Subject: reply to Mickey Swisher Dear Mickie, I forgot to mention that Dr. Gilbert Hughes at the University of British Columbia also teaches a course entitled "Plants and People." This is essentially an economic botany course - it does not treat the ethnobotany of Native peoples to any great extent - but is a very good one in ters* terms of major plants of commerce, plant domestication, etc. (I assisted Dr. Hughes in teaching this course when I was a graduate student at UBC.) Brian D. Compton Newsgroups: alt.agriculture.misc From: cathyj@tyrell.net (Cathy Julian) Subject: Re: Herbal Farming Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 17:37:02 GMT : I am considering herbal farming. : I have 1-20 acres of sandy soil in upstate New York. : Would like any and all information concerning crops, soil prep, May I recommend _A_Weaver's_Garden_ by Rita Buchanan as an excellent discussion of crops for dyers, spinners, etc., including soap plants and implement plants (e.g., the teasel). She covers growing, harvesting, using, and storing. Very readable. Hardback. ISBN 0-934026-28-9. You do not say what you plan to do with your herbs once you've farmed them, which of course will affect your decisions about what and how much you plant. Food industry? Hobby? Potpourri? Fiber enthusiasts? Homeopathic medicine? Herbal remedies? Heirloom plants? Please give an idea of what you have in mind so responses can more closely meet your needs. Thanks! :-) Cathy in Kansas Date: 17 Feb 1994 14:10:03 -0500 (EST) From: CLOUTIERD@qcrgmo.agr.ca To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Weeds as indicators of environmental conditions In response to the query on indicator weeds, here is a partial list of references on the topic. There is also a lot of information available through the phytosociology literature but it is often in german or french. Good reading. Daniel Cloutier Agriculture Canada Experimental Farm 801, route 344 P.O. Box 3398 L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada Tel: (514) 589-2171 Fax: (514) 589-4027 E-mail:CLOUTIERD@QCRGMO.AGR.CA Brooks, R.R. 1972. Geobotany and biochemistry in mineral exploration. Harper and Row, New York. 290 pp. Chaphekar, S.B. 1978. Biological indicators: the concept and new additions. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. 4:45-52. Chikishev, A.G. (Editor) 1965. Plant indicators of soils, rocks, and subsurface waters. Consultants Bureau, New York. 210 pp. (Translation of a Russian book). Clements, F.E. 1920. Plant indicators: the relation of plant communities to process and practice. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. No. 290. 388 pp. Cocannouer, J.A. 1964. Weeds: guardians of the soil. Devon-Adair, New York. 179 pp. Dale, M.H. 1966. Weed complexes on abandoned pastures as indicators of site characteristics. Canadian Journal of Botany 44:11-17. Dale, M.H., P.J. Harrison, and G.W. Thomson. 1965. Weeds as indicators of physical site characteristics in abandoned pastures. Canadian Journal of Botany 43:1319-1327. Duke, J.A. 1976. Perennial weeds as indicators of annual climatic parameters. Agricultural Meteorology 16:295-298. Hill, S.B. and J. Ramsey. 1997. Weeds as indicators of soil conditions. Macdonald Journal June 1997, p.8-11, 16 Holzner, W. 1982. Weeds as indicators for the whole complex of environmental factors. Geobotany 2:187-190. Pfeiffer, E.E. 1970. Weeds and what they tell. Reoriented by Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, Inc. P.O. Box 550, Kimberton, PA 19442, USA. Rogers, L.H., O.E. Gail and R.M. Barnette. 1939. The zinc content of weeds of volunteer grasses and planted land covers. Soil Science 47:237-243. Rorison, I.H. and D. Robinson. 1984. Calcium as an environmental variable. Plant, Cell and Environment 7:381-390. Sampson, A.W. 1939. Plant indicators - concept and status. Botanical Review 5:155-206. Shantz, H.L. 1911. Natural vegetation as an indicator of the capabilities of land for crop production in the Great Plains area. U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bul. 201:1-100. Subject: Book on organic soil amendments & fertilizers (fwd. SANET-MG) From: dechaney@ucdavis.edu Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 14:13:29 -0800 To: sanet-mg@oes.orst.edu Subject: New Publication Available January 15, 1993 A NEW PUBLICATION FROM: The UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program University of California Davis, CA 95616 Title: Organic Soil Amendments and Fertilizers by David Chaney, Laurie Drinkwater, and G. Stuart Pettygrove Price: $5.00 (includes shipping and handling) Order through: UC ANR Publications, 6701 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94608-1239. Tel. (510) 642-2431. DAVIS ~ A new book about recycling organic wastes in agriculture has been released by the Davis-based UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP). "Organic Soil Amendments and Fertilizers was written because of a growing interest in the use of organic materials as fertilizers and for improving soil tilth," said David Chaney, SAREP information analyst and lead author. "With more and more materials on the market, deciding which to use and how much to apply can be a difficult task. This publication will help farmers and gardeners with these decisions." He noted that farmers and gardeners are usually interested in organic soil amendments for several reasons: poor soil quality, strict standards for growing "organic" produce which do not allow the use of petroleum-based fertilizers, access to a source of organic material or "waste product," increasing cost of synthetic fertilizers, or a desire to promote recycling and reduce dependency on synthetic fertilizers. Chaney said the publication will serve as both handbook and reference, with information about selecting and managing various organic materials available in California. Organic soil amendments and fertilizers include animal manures, compost, sewage sludge, green manures, crop residues, cannery wastes, fish emulsion and meal, kelp, sawdust and bark. They are specifically derived from plants or animals. "This sense of the term 'organic' is the primary one used in the publication," he said. What makes them unique compared to synthetic materials, Chaney said, is that their effect on the soil is richer and more complex than petroleum-based fertilizers. Organic Soil Amendments and Fertilizers reports the benefits of organic matter, provides guidelines for evaluating various organic amendments and fertilizers, and describes the management and availability of more than 25 common organic materials. "This book was written mainly for a California audience, but I believe that farmers, advisers, waste management specialists, and home gardeners everywhere will find it of interest," Chaney said. Chaney's two co-authors are UC Davis Land, Air and Water Resources soils specialist Stuart Pettygrove and Vegetable Crops researcher Laurie Drinkwater. Organic Soil Amendments and Fertilizers is available for $5.00 (publication 21505, includes shipping and handling) from UC ANR Publications, 6701 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94608-1239. Tel. (510) 642-2431. Media should contact Chaney at (916) 757-3280. ### Newsgroups: rec.gardens From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey) Subject: Grafting Book was Home Orchard Society Date: 2 Feb 1993 19:37:59 UTC "The Grafter's Handbook", R.J. Garner, Published in association with The Royal Horticultural Society, Cassell, London, ISBN: 0-304-32172-9 "A classic text which has stood pre-eminent for 40 years." -Philip McMillan Browse, Director of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley. The Grafter's Hanbook, long established as *the* encyclopedia of plant propagation by grafting, is updated once again in this new fifth edition. Everything the dedicated amateur, the student, and the professional horticulturist wants to know about grafting is to be found in this book, clearly written in a concise and straightforward style, the distillation of a lifetime's careful study and research. The author's line drawings are complemented by well chosen photographs, and a new Appendix on micrografting by Dr. O.P. Jones of the East Malling Research Station completes the book. R.J. Garner was for many years based at the East Malling Research Station in Kent. His contribution to the knowledge, development and teaching of grafting techniques over the period cannot be overestimated. He long ago became *the* authority on his subject. The first and subsequent editions of The Grafter's Handbook have been an indispensable reference for gardeners and horticulturalists around the world for forty years. In the US, I got a new copy for about $20 from Sterling Publishing Company, 900 Magnolia Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 07201. I don't have a phone number for them, try directory assistance. Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture Subject: Publication on sustainable agriculture books from N.A.L. Thu 4 Feb 93 15:14 By: Bob Batson Re: Free Directory of Sust. Ag. Books The National Agricultural Library has the following publication FREE. S.R.B.--92.15. Sustainable Agriculture in Print: Current Books, August 1992, 29 pages. To request a copy, send the number and title, with a return address label to -- Reference Section Room 111 National Agricultural Library 10301 Baltimore Blvd. Beltsville, MD 20705-2351 * Origin: From the north forty in Kansas, USA! (1:280/322.3) From: kelly@cco.caltech.edu (Kelly F.) Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Square Foot Gardening...more of it! Date: 8 Feb 1993 04:01:21 GMT [Many good posts about Square Foot Gardening deleted...] For those of you interested in intensive gardening, the following books are also great: Jeff Ball's Sixty MInute Vegetable Garden, by Jeff Ball (he also has a flower garden book.) Topics include: How to save time, increase productivity, raised beds, season extending tunnels, vertical growing, soil management (making compost, long/short term amendments, solarizing the soil, etc,) drip irrigation, backyard integrated pest management, and plans for many of the ideas from backyard sinks to raised beds, tunnels, etc. His newly revised paperback edition is now out and available everywhere, I *highly* recommend this book! :) High Yield Gardening by Marjorie B. Hunt and Brenda Bortz. Topics include: raised beds (etc,) what to grow for highest yields, special techniques, season extending crops, devices, special regional probs and their solutions... this book discusses 'crops' how and what to grow more thoroughly than Jeff Ball's book who focuses more on technique. How to Grow More Vegetable by john Jeavons and published by Ecology Action, a group dedicated to biointensive gardening methods to 'feed the hungry of the world'. Ecology Action does still have a current catalog filled with their books, seeds, and products, its one of the original books about intensive methods and a lot of fun to read (yes, this is a revised edition.) If anyone else has suggestions to add to the list, stand up and be heard! :-) Kelly kelly@cco.caltech.edu Newsgroups: rec.gardens From: kjp@well.sf.ca.us (Karen Paulsell) Subject: Re: Herbicides, Pesticides???? Another book that you might want to have available as a reference: Common-Sense Pest Control by Olkowski, Daar, and Olkowski, from Taunton Press, (c) 1991, ISBN 0-942391-63-2. I've used nothing but insecticidial soaps, bacillus thurengensis, and Tree-Tanglefoot in my small urban garden for 4+ years. I have a mad diversity of flowers, always, to help provide food for the many beneficial insects that control pests. And when pests arrive, I try to give the beneficial bugs a chance before I consider even the least-harmful alternatives. The Rodale-Press books, and Common-Sense Pest Control, and other good books on non-chemical solutions can help you control outbreaks of particular pests, while building the long-term health of your garden. Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Re: need good book on citrus varieties From: bmoon@eis.calstate.edu (Bruce A. Moon) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 04:12:46 GMT Try HPBooks CITRUS: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy by Richard Ray and Lance Walheim. I have checked the book out from the library two or three times. I'm going to have to buy it, hope it is still in print. This book includes pictures of trees, blossoms, and fruit for the varieties. The entries are listed with tree size, characteristics, fruit size, color, ease of peeling, seeds, holds on tree, flavor and juiciness, harvest period of primary citrus growing regions, and paragraph descriptions of the varieties. Ortho also has a book (I think) Bruce Moon Rio Linda, CA From: UDBS063@HAZEL.CC.KCL.AC.UK Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: new book Date: 24 Mar 93 15:51:14 GMT Anouncing a major new publication from CHAPMAN & HALL PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTION IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT A field and laboratory manual Edited: D.O.Hall, J.M.O.Scurlock, H.R.Bolhar-Nordenkampf, R.C.Leegood, S.P.Long This book is an updated version of a previously published title TECHNIQUES IN BIOPRODUCTIVITY AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS, 2nd eddition (Coombs et al.) and, like its predecessor, has been derived from UNEP-sponsored training courses which are internationally known and respected. PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTION IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT provides unique coverage of many measurement techniques of photosynthesis and relates them to the subject of global climate change, which is becoming of increasing concern. The editors, themselves of international standing, have brought together an eminent team of plant scientists, each of whom provides up-to-date information on a single important parameter of plant growth, the techniques employed in its measurement and detailed review of the techniques themselves. This book wiil be invaluable for all those involved in plant science research, from an environmental and ecological stand point, as well as being a vital manual and reference book for students and researchers in plant physiology, ecology and environmental science, throughout the world. KEY FEATURES: * new version of extremly well-received book * book has resulted from UNEP funded research and training courses * much new information included * vital tool and reference for plant scientist and ecologists CONTENTS: Introduction: Photosynthesis and the changing environment - D.O.Hall and S.P.Long; Measurement of plant biomass and net primary production - M.J.Roberts, S.P.Long, L.L.Tieszen, C.L.Beadle; Remote sensing of biomass and productivity - J.M.O.Scurlock, S.D.Prince; Plant growth analysis - C.L.Beadle; Plant microclimate - M.B.Jones; Controlled-environment studies - T.W.Tibbits, R.W.Langhans; Canopy structure and light interception - P.S.Nobel, I.N.Forseth, S.P.Long; Fuctional leaf anatomy - H.R.Bolhar-Nordenkampf, G.Draxler; Water relations - C.L.Beadle, M.M.Ludlow, J.L.Honeysett; Measurement of CO2 assimilation by plants in the field and laboratory - S.P.Long, J.E.Hallgren; Polarographic measurement of oxygen - D.A.Walker; Carbon isotope discrimination - H.Griffiths; Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool in photosynthesis research - H.R.Bolhar-Nordenkampf, G.O.Oquist; Modelling - leaf to canopy - I.N.Forseth, J.M.Norman; Models of canopy carbon and water balance: tools for data synthesis - R.E.McMurtrie: Carbon partitioning - J.F.Farrar; Carbon metabolism - R.C. Leegood; Chloroplasts and protoplasts - R.C.Leegood, D.A.Walker; Thylakoid components and processes - G.Hind; Nitrogen fixation and nitrate reduction - P.Lindblad, M.G.Guerrero; Ammonia assimilation, photorespiration and amino acid biosynthesis - P.J.Lea, R.D.Blackwell; Micro-algae: laboratory growth techniques and biotechnology of bionmass production - A.Vonshak. Appendix A: Equipment for plant physiological research in a changing environment. Appendix B: Experimental design and presentation of resultes. Appendix C: Biomass production and data. Appendix D: Units, symbols and abbreviations. Appendix E: 'GASEX': a program to study the influence of data variations on calculated rates of photosynthesis and transpiration. Appendix F: 'TISWAT.BAS': a program to calculate simple water-relations parameters from pressure chamber measurements. Appendix G: 'ENERGY','SOLAR' and 'TLEAF': sun and leaf modelling programs. References. Index. January 1993: 246x189: 512 pp, 140 illus Hardback: 0-412-42900-4 Paperback: 0-412-42910-1 PC compatible computer diskette containing programmes described in the book: 0-412-42920-9 Software and paperback: 0-412-54990-5 Order address: Direct Response Supervisor, Chapman & Hall Ltd, Cheriton House, North Way, Andover, Hants, SP10 5BE, Englan From: abeaton@TrentU.CA (Drew Beaton) Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture Subject: Re: Books Date: 10 Apr 93 20:21:52 GMT >I've read some of Wendel Berry (a few articles and "The Unsettling of >America") along with "Malabar Farm". Haven't even been able to find "The >Plowman's Folly". But would like to know of other books along the >conservations theme in agriculture. Books not so technical, but more >popular, as the above. >Also, I've been given the address of ACRES USA (P.O. Box 9547, Kansas City. >MO 64113) in order to get a catalog for such books. Anybody hear of any >other publishers list? Try writing to: The New Catalyst, P.O. Box 189, Gabriola Island, B.C. V0R 1X0 They have an excellent "Bioregional Bibliography" which might be just what you are looking for. They can also give you the address for the Permaculture Institute, which is somewhere in the States... I haven't connected with them yet, but I understand they publish a quarterly and perhaps some books. Establishing a system of permanent agriculture is one of the biggest challenges ahead - fortunately, there are a lot of us working on it. Best of luck. --------------------------------------------------------- Drew Beaton, abeaton@trentu.ca Hunter Street West, (705) 748-3820 Peterborough. *Don't Move!* From: fahole@cc.usu.edu Newsgroups: bionet.plants Date: 19 Apr 93 12:59:12 MDT Zea mays Corn and Corn Improvement. 1977 reprinted 1985 G. F. Sprague editor. American Society of Agronomy Publisher, Monograph #18, 677 S. Segoe Rd. Madison WI 53711 ISBN 0-89118-043-5 The Maize Handbook. 1993 Michael Freeling, Virginia Walbot eds. Springer-Verlog, 1-800-springer ISBN 0-387-97826-7 With these two references (which should be in your library), you're well on your way. -- David Hole DHOLE@MENDEL.USU.EDU Utah State University FAHOLE@CC.USU.EDU Logan, UT Just say snow! Subject: Re: Mail Order Book Source Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 16:36:07 GMT agAccess, po box 2008, Davis, CA, 95617, (916) 756-7177 >Color Handbook of Garden Insects,Carr,1979,241pgs,ROD013,.95 This book is out of print according to Rodale Press. AgAcess has an order in for 15, I don't know how they are going to get them. agAccess, po box 2008, Davis, CA, 95617, (916) 756-7717 World's most complete stock of agricultural & horticultural books Over 12,000 titles in stock Neem: A Tree for Solving Global Problems, NRC 1992, 141pgs, BOS043, Covercrops for Cal. 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Covercrops,Sus. Ag Network,1992,114pgs,SUP001,.95 From: Bob.Batson@mtask.omahug.org (Bob Batson) Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Re: Amaranth Date: 05 May 93 13:55:14 CST > I just got arround to reading Ogranic Gardening's April edition article > on Amaranth. .............................................. > The article mentions that there are two main species of grain amaranth, > _Amaranthus cruentus_ and _Amaranthus hypochondriacus_. I make the > hypothesis, after reading the article that _A. cruentus is the new > world variety. (I make this hypothesis after noting that several of > the _A. cruentus_ varieties are available from Native Seed. So I > could be off base--It is just a wild guess.) Can anybody provide > more information? I suggest you try and read the books _AMARANTH : Modern Prospects for an Ancient Crop_ by Report of an ad hoc panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development,Office of International Affairs, National Research Council 1985, 76 pages). _Amaranth, from the Past for the Future_ by John N. Cole (c1979, 311 pages). Both of these books are from Rodale Press. > Also, does anybody know of any sources for amaranth seed beyond those > given in the article. (I like having a phone number--none of these > have a phone number.) PLANTS OF THE SOUTHWEST [CAT - $2US] 930 Baca Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-1548 > Also, does anybody have any information on millet, Quionia, or other > small grains? The book _Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon (Rodale Press, c1977, 305 pages) MIGHT have some chapters you'd find interesting. Seeds of Change sells both millet and Quinoa. > Here are the sources they listed. > Abundant Life Seed Foundation TEL: (206) 385-7192 > Johnny's Selected Seeds TEL: (207) 437-4301 FAX: (207) 437-2165 > Native Seed/SEARCH TEL: (602) 327-9123 > Park Seed Co. TEL: (803) 223-7333 > Salt Spring Seeds TEL: (604) 537-5269 [NO TELEPHONE ORDERS] > Seeds of Change TEL: (505) 438-8080 FAX: (505) 438-7052 Bob Batson bob.batson@p3.f322.n280.z1.fidonet.org | Primary address bob.batson@mtask.omahug.org | Backup address - >agAccess, po box 2008, Davis, CA, 95617, (916) 756-7177 >World's most complete stock of agricultural & horticultural books >Over 12,000 titles in stock If you're in Davis, they have a retail store at 603 Fourth Street. Catalog of new and best selling titles available at no charge on request. - Subject: Re: address of mail-order companies? Date: 6 May 93 03:35:12 GMT Get a copy of American Survival Guide magazine. It's geared towards outdoor enthusiasts, but also covers preparedness for natural disasters, personal defense, and a little politics & history. And it's chock full of ads for that sort of gear. NOT in my latest issue of ASG are: Shomer-Tec P.O. Box 2039 Bellingham, WA 98227 Loompanics Unlimited (Sellers of unusual books) P.O. Box 1197 Port Townsend, WA 98368 "The best book catalog in the world" Too many subjects to list. The best book catalog in the world, just like they say. Newsgroups: misc.rural From: amirza@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Anmar Mirza) Subject: Re: turpentine Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 03:06:47 GMT >Does anyone know how to make turpentine? I think it comes from coniferous >trees, because there's a picture of them on the can. But does it come from >the sap? The leaves? And how is it extracted? > A book I just read, "Americans and Their Forests, a Historical Geography" described the process. The bark of the pine is slashed in a V shape down the side of the tree and the sap is collected in buckets. Tends to kill the tree after a few years... Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 17:08:49 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Diver To: Ian Staples Cc: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: Botanical name of the Indian crop "dhaincha"? > A colleague has an Indian paper referring to the effect of various pre-crops > on a subsequent rice crop. One of the crops discussed is simply called by > the Indian vernacular name "dhaincha", and we don't know what this is :-( I have seen this in the literature associated with crotalaria (Crotalaria juncea), or maybe its kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus)?. I'm pretty sure it is crotalaria, though, because crotalaria is a common green manure crop which precedes rice (or used to be). The common name for the crotalaria grown as a fiber crop and green manure in India is Sunn Hemp. Recent interest in the U.S. has focused on the nematacidal properties of a crotalaria cover crop and secondly, for the allelochemicals released sunn hemp seed that suppress the growth of leafy spurge, a noxious range weed. Literature sources for further reading: Dempsey, James M. 1975. Chapter 9. Sunn Hemp, p. 417-447. In: Fiber Crops. The University Presses of Florida, Gainesville. 457 p. Duke, James A. 1981. Handbook of Legumes of World Economic Importance. Plenum Press, New York. 345 p. 5 crotalia species covered on p. 61-70. Also: McKee, Roland, and C.R. Enlow. 1931. Crotalaria, A New Legume for the South. USDA Circular No. 137. 31 p. McKee, Roland, et al. 1946. Crotalaria Culture and Utilization. USDA Farmers' Bull. No. 1980. 17 p. White, G.A., and J.R. Haun. 1965. Growing Crotalaria juncea, a multipurpose legume, for paper pulp. Econ. Botany 19(2): 175-183.