From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduWed Jan 1 14:57:31 1997 Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:51:31 -0800 (PST) From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture Subject: Re: Does anyone know of sustainable ag from antiquity? (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 19:08:04 -0500 (EST) From: Larry Breech To: sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu Subject: Re: Does anyone know of sustainable ag from antiquity? (fwd) At 10:16 AM 12/27/96 -0800, you wrote: > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 23:56:38 +0700 (GMT) >From: Richard Tinsley >To: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" >Cc: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture >Subject: Re: Does anyone know of sustainable ag from antiquity? (fwd) > > >You migh check on a out of print USDA publication called > >7000 years of cultivation by a Lowdermilk, I can't remember his first >name. I have not seen a copy for 20 years or more. It is really a >description of the soil conservation or erosion within the Fertile Cresent >or middle east. A real excellent treatment. > > >That would be USDA Bulletin 99 Available from your NRCS staff-be prepared to wait-and it's called Conquest of the Land Through 7,000 Years. By Dr. W. C. Lowdermilk, formerly Assistant Chief, Soil Conservation Service. It is excellent. > > >