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Results Released from First U.S. Survey of Organic Farmers

October 10, 1994

In July 1994, the California-based Organic Farming Research 
Foundation (OFRF) released the final results of the first 
national survey of certified organic farmers in the United 
States.  The survey identified the research and educational 
priorities of U.S. organic farmers and collected valuable 
demographic data on the size and scope of organic farming 
operations.  The eight page survey was mailed to over 2,700 
certified organic farmers representing 54 verification 
agencies, and generated 550 responses from growers in 39 
states.

"The results of this survey will help clarify a number of 
questions continually raised about the organic farming 
industry," said Bob Scowcroft, OFRF's executive director.  
"We expect to develop a set of research priorities from this 
survey and present them to key policy makers at the state and 
federal level," he added.

Survey results showed that organic farmersU priorities for 
research span a wide range of topics including how to 
increase consumer demand for organic products, the 
relationship of growing practices to crop quality and 
nutrition, and the relationship between plant nutrition and 
resistance to pests.  Other high-priority research topics 
include crop rotation, soil biology, public policy, 
marketing, habitat management and other approaches to pest 
control, and cover crops and green manures.  

Over 60% of the farmers surveyed grow vegetables; at least 
one-fourth grow herbs, tree fruit, field crops, root crops, 
flowers or vine fruit.  Livestock are most frequently used as 
a fertilizer source for use on the farm, and somewhat less 
often as a primary or secondary source of income.  The median 
number of commodities grown by organic farmers is between six 
and ten, though more than 20% indicated that they grow over 
25 commodities.

The organic farms surveyed were primarily family farms: 84% 
of respondents are sole proprietors or family partnerships.  
Almost one-fourth of the farmers made 76-100% of their 1992 
net family income from farming; however, nearly half made 25% 
or less.  The median gross income in 1992 from the farms 
surveyed was $15,000 to $30,000, though approximately one-
fifth of the farms grossed $100,000 or more.

Survey respondents have been farming an average of sixteen 
years and ten years organically.  Three-fourths are male, and 
the average age is 45 years.  Nearly two-thirds have 
completed college, and almost one-fifth hold graduate degrees 
in subjects ranging from anthropology to zoology.

Source:  1993 National Organic FarmersU Survey, Organic 
Farming Research Foundation, Summer 1994.
Contact:  Bob Scowcroft, Organic Farming Research Foundation, 
P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061; phone (408) 426-6606; fax 
(408) 426-6670.

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From lorgler@iastate.edu Wed Dec 21 22:31:55 EST 1994
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From: lorgler@iastate.edu (Lisa Nunamaker-Orgler)
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Subject: re: folklore of plants
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I have a couple of ideas for you --  one book that I just love is written by
Sara Midda.  I      can't remember the exact title right now but it has the
word garden in it.  It is full of folklore and beautiful pictures!

Another book is by Hal Borland and Les Line, called A Countryman's Woods. 
It describes how plants got their names.  the same author also wrote a book
with a similar title -- A Countryman's Flowers or something like that.  Try
-- 
Lisa L Orgler
lorgler@iastate.edu


From polsons@cruzio.com Wed Nov 23 22:40:27 EST 1994
Article: 48246 of rec.gardens
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From: polsons@cruzio.com (The Polsons)
Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
Organization: Cruzio Community Networking System, Santa Cruz, CA
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 18:19:00 GMT
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In article <3aookb$3et@coyote.rain.org>, jennings@rain.org wrote:

> I'm located in SoCalif.  A friend -- also located here -- is looking for 
> a Xmas gift for her children, who are JUST BEGINNING to garden.  THEY are 
> located outside of Boston, so gardening books for our SoCalif. climate 
> wouldn't work for them!  
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.  NEEDED:  A good, all-round, 
> basic gardening book for the Massachusetts/New England area!  Please post 
> here, OR e-mail to:     jennings@rain.org
> Jeri Collari

There's "A Northeast Gardener's Year" by Lee Reich. While it isn't
something like "Sunset's Western Garden Book", I trust the author's
advice, and it does have lots of interesting information for all skill
levels. Also very anecdotal, sort of diary-like, and an interesting read.
Publisher, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. Inc. Hope this helps!

-Willow     (polsons@cruzio.com)
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From DLBATES@galaxy.gov.bc.caTue Nov  8 19:14:15 1994
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 15:53:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Don Bates 795-8395 fax 795-8454 <DLBATES@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
To: "forage-mg@oes.orst.edu@GEMS" <forage-mg@oes.orst.edu>
Subject: ARTICLES FOR AFGC NEWS


Greetings. Last March at the American Forage and Grassland  Council annual 
meeting in Pennsylvania I became a member of AFGC's newsletter committee. 
The reason I was added is that I am chairman of the 1996 AFGC meeting 
which will be held in Vancouver, B.C. They want the chairs of the two 
upcoming annual meetings on this committee to feed information on the 
meetings into the newsletter.
 
However, there is more to being on the committee than that! I am also 
responsible for submitting articles from the Pacific Northwest ( B.C., 
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana) for the newsletter. I hope you can 
help me by providing articles or suggesting things that would make good 
stories. I'm told by the chair of the newsletter committee that papers for 
the newsletter are reviewed by two members of the committee, thus authors 
could list them on their publication list.

The following are the guidelines for submitting articles:


                      INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
 
The AFGC News is mailed quarterly to its members with a current 
circulation of 11,000. As of January 1993, the AFGC News has expanded to 
include up to eight pages of articles of general interest to its readers. 
The following instructions must be followed for articles to be accepted 
for publication in the AFGC News.

   1. At least one author must be a current member of AFGC (direct or 
through an affiliate council).
   2. Articles are to be written in a popular style, with the intended 
audience being our own members, most of whom are producers.
   3. Articles or stories can be written dealing with any of the following 
areas:
       a) Applied research studies
       b) Extension demonstrations
       c) Review articles
       d) Editorial-opinion papers
       e) Innovative producer stories
   4. Each manuscript will be peer reviewed by an editorial committee and 
will be accepted or rejected based upon its correctness and 
appropriateness for the News.
   5. Article subject matter must deal with livestock-forage or hay 
production.
   6. Maximum length of an article is to be four pages (text 
double-spaced) using the current AFGC News format unless special 
permission is granted by the Editor. The four pages include figures and 
tables. (PS For those not familiar with this publication, I will have a 
copy that I can fax you a sample article. DB).
   7. All papers must use the English system of measurement, with metric 
used in parenthesis if the author desires.
   8. The number citation (1) or name-year system (Smith, 1991) will be 
used and references listed in alphabetical order by the surname of 
authors.
   9. Abbreviations should not be used unless previously described.
  10. Format should be as follows:   
           Title
           Author(s)
           Institution and location
           Executive summary (100 words or less)
           Introduction
           Procedures
           Results and discussion
  11. To submit articles for possible publication:
       a) Send 3 copies to: Gerald W. Evers
                            P.O. Box E
                            Overton,Texas 75684
       
       b) If possible, also send manuscript on a diskette using 
WordPerfect.
       c) Papers become the property of AFGC unless released back to the 
author.


If you are able to do an article, can you please let me know when you send 
it to Gerald Evers so that I am aware something has gone forward from the 
Pacific Northwest.

Thank you very much for your help. Please call or fax me if you have any 
suggestions for possible stories or any questions. Area code is 604.

Don Bates


From macrakis@osf.org Mon Oct  3 11:52:19 EDT 1994
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Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Plant Identification Software II
Date: 29 Sep 1994 17:57:55 GMT
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In article <5986@metasoft.UUCP> rln@metasoft.UUCP (Roberta Norin) writes:

   Try Florafile for Windows from Terrace Software. It does just what you
   are asking for. It comes with over 600 plants and you can add your
   own plants. $49.00.

600 plants isn't very many.  The American Horticultural Society's
Encyclopedia of Garden Plants covers about 8,000 plants, with
photographs of about 4,000.  Of these, probably over 600 fit the
proposed criterion "Sunny, well-drained soil, flowering, shrub"!

You don't get arbitrary search criteria, but it is well organized and
indexed(*) so in practice you can find plants meeting given criteria
pretty easily.  In particular, there is an index where you can find a
list of recommended shrubs adapted to dry shade, etc.  The price is
about the same as the Florafile program described above.

	-s

(*) Actually, only the 4,000 plants that have photos really benefit
>from  their full organization; the other 4,000 are only listed
alphabetically by genus and species.  Still, 4,000 well-indexed plants
is almost seven times as many as the Florafile program.


From civic95@expert.cc.purdue.edu Wed Dec 21 22:21:20 EST 1994
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From: civic95@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Joseph Koloszar)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Encyclopedia of North American plants?
Date: 14 Dec 1994 09:17:53 -0500
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kathleen.timms@canrem.com (Kathleen Timms) writes:

>    On Dec 2/94, George Darcy wrote:
>GD>Can anyone please recommend a good reference book that describes
>GD>in detail all plant life in North America (or eastern region)?

>    The Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers, Christopher 
>Brickell, ed.; Dorling Kindersley Publishers, London 1989 is the most 
>useful book I own, covering everything from trees to water plants. 
>Organized by type of plant, then by size, then by season of interest, 
>then by colour.  Good cultural information and more accurate about 
>hardiness than many plant nurseries and catalogues.

>    It is distributed in Canada by The Reader's Digest Association and 
>I believe I have seen a new edition in the bookstore with The Reader's 
>Digest added to the title.

>-= Kathleen.Timms@canrem.com =-

>---
I believe the text you are referring may now be entitled The American
Horticultural Society encyclopedia of plants. Christopher Brickell, ed.
Published in the U.S. by Macmillan, 1992.   

If that is incorrect, then it seems the two would be very much alike.
I can personally recommend the latter. It also has a plant dictionary.

Paul Koloszar (civic95@expert.cc.purdue.edu)
usual disclaimers apply
.
 


From mgold@nalusda.govThu Nov  3 15:58:12 1994
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 11:41:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Mary Gold <mgold@nalusda.gov>
To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@president.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: jgates@nalusda.gov
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Need information on growing organic soybeans.

Hello,

The Alternative Farming Systems Information Center will, on
request, perform and distribute specialized database searches free
of charge. (Lengthy or complicated searches are done on a cost
recovery basis.) In doing searches, we usually use the database
created here at the library, AGRICOLA, but we also have access to
other resources, databases and contacts should they be required.

I am not sure what literature is available on your topic, but we
would be happy to try a search. Just let me know if you are
interested (or would like other information about our Center).
Please include your surface mail address as some materials are not
yet available electronically.

Sincerely,
Mary Gold, Assistant Coordinator
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
National Agricultural Library, USDA
Room 304
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville  MD  20705-2351
301-504-6559
301-504-6409 FAX

On Wed, 2 Nov 1994, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

> 
> Does anyone have any information on growing soybeans organically?
> 
> ________________________________________________
> Lawrence F. London, Jr. - london@sunSITE.unc.edu 
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 06:53:51 -0700
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L <SUSTAG-L@WSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject: UPDATED> Accessing The Internet By E-Mail - 2nd Edition (fwd)

[This may be of interest. TH]

SENDER:BOBRANKIN@delphi.com
Subject: Accessing The Internet By E-Mail

I am pleased to announce availability of the expanded 2nd Edition of:

                 Accessing The Internet By E-Mail

This special report will show you how to retrieve files from FTP sites,
explore the Internet via Gopher, search for information with Archie,
Veronica, or WAIS, tap into the World-Wide Web, and even access Usenet
newsgroups using E-MAIL AS YOUR ONLY TOOL.

Lots of new stuff as a result of comments from around the world.  Check
out the updated Net Goodies section!  I've tried to make the entire document
a bit friendlier and added info on European mail servers.

The document "ACCESSING THE INTERNET BY E-MAIL" is now available from an
automated mail server.  To get a copy, send e-mail to either address below.

To: LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu (for US/Canada/etc.)
Leave Subject blank, and enter only this line in the body of the note:
  GET INTERNET BY-EMAIL NETTRAIN F=MAIL

Or: MAILBASE@mailbase.ac.uk (for UK/Europe/etc.)
Leave Subject blank, and enter only this line in the body of the note:
  send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt

You can also get the file by anonymous FTP at either of these sites:

At: ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu                 Or: mailbase.ac.uk
  cd NETTRAIN                              cd pub/lists/lis-iis/files/
  get INTERNET BY-EMAIL                    get e-access-inet.txt

If you prefer, you can Gopher to:  mailbase.ac.uk
>From the root menu, follow this path to get the file:
  Mailbase lists - K-O / lis-iis / Other files / e-access-inet.txt /

For WWW access here's the URL you need:
  gopher://nisp.ncl.ac.uk:70/00/lists-k-o/lis-iis/files/e-access-inet.txt

Regards,
Doctor Bob  <BobRankin@Delphi.Com>
From johng@garnet.msen.com Tue Jan 17 23:25:11 EST 1995
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From: johng@garnet.msen.com (John Green)
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Subject: Old Agriculture Textbook FS
Date: 16 Jan 1995 06:37:30 GMT
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Old High School Agriculture Text FS

Burkett, Charles William, et. al.  Agriculture For Beginners. Boston, New 
York, Chicago, London:  Ginn & Company, 1904.  Hard cover, 347 pages, 281 
photos and drawings, index, glossary, appendix on spraying mixtures.  
Very good condition.  

$20 post paid in U.S.

>From  the preface:

The authors of this little book believe that there is no line of 
separation between the science of agriculture and the practical art of 
agriculture.  They are assured by experience that agriculture is 
eminently a teachable subject.  They are convinced that the theory and 
practice of agriculture can be taught at one and the same time.  They 
see no difference between teaching the child the fundamental principles 
of farming and teaching the same child the fundamental trughs of 
arithmetic, geography or grammar.  They hold that a youth should be 
trained for the farm just as he is trained for any other occupation.



--
   


From okiebum@aol.com Mon Dec 26 23:46:18 EST 1994
Article: 1162 of triangle.gardens
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From: okiebum@aol.com (Okie Bum)
Newsgroups: triangle.gardens
Subject: Enchanted Garden
Date: 25 Dec 1994 14:18:20 -0500
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I am looking for "Alan Chadwick's Enchated Garden" by Tom Cuthbertson for
a non-netting friend.  Can you help?

Please send E-mail to okiebum@aol.com

New or used or whatever.


Thanks.


From blbrody@ins.infonet.net Fri Nov 25 12:32:16 EST 1994
Article: 4601 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: blbrody@ins.infonet.net (BLAIR L. BRODY)
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
Subject: Re: CRP to Alfalfa
Date: 22 Nov 1994 16:22:18 GMT
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James and Jeff,

In response to your CRP to Alfalfa comments I am concerned about James
recommendation of plowing the soil.  CRP, in my understanding, is land that
be prone to erosion.  Plow would enhance that erosion.  You might consider
other alternatives than plowing!

I have a brochure from U of Wisc called Alfalfa Management guide.  It has 51
pages of excellent information about everything you need to know about growing
alfafla.  I will be willing to send you the brochure (to Jeff) if you will
E-Mail me your address.  

Sorry I can't send it over this system, I only have a hard copy of it.

My e-mail address is BlBrody@ins.infonet.net.

I help this helps.

Blair

In article <Pine.3.89.9411220334.D184560-0100000@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>,
jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (James Meade) writes:
>Jeff,
>
>> I own own 100 acres of bottom land in eastern KY that is currently in the 
>> CRP program. I plan to raise alfalfa in 1997 (the year the property
>> comes off CRP). My question involves bringing the property into alfalfa 
>> production in 1997. The land is currently covered in fescue and 
>> weeds. What is a   cost effective way to bring the property into alfalfa 
>> production? What is a way witha sustainable, no-till approach in mind (along 
>> with relative costs)? 
>
>
>To get a good stand of alfalfa, you'll need to clear the current growth 
>and get to a firm seedbed I think.  That implies some kind of tillage - I 
>can't figure out a good way to avoid that and will watch with interest in 
>case someone has some good ideas on that score.
>
>If you have to till and the land is bottom-land, NHEL that won't erode 
>too bad I assume, you could plow it or disk it several times.  Plowing 
>once every 5 - 10 years needn't be the end of all sustainability, even 
>though it has a bad name.  Plowing in special cases is getting some 
>serious study again.
>
>Let me suggest an alternative that you might want to at least consider.  
>As a trade-off to avoid severe tillage, you could do a burn-down chemical 
>and no-till beans or even corn for one year, then you'd have ground that 
>would be easier to work up for alfalfa the next year.  The trade-off is 
>the use of the chemicals versus the more extreme mechanical tillage 
>needed to go straight from fescue to alfalfa.  I think only you can 
>decide which you prefer.
>
>In any event, be sure to use a good, firm seedbed for the alfalfa.  A 
>roller is coming back into vogue for that.  Seeds up to 1/4 inch deep as 
>you probably already know.  Most will recommend you soil test soon and if 
>the pH needs adjustment, add lime the year before you plant alfalfa.  
>
>Around here, we say alfalfa don't like wet feet, so I probably woudn't 
>plant on straight river-bottom, but I imagine your condition is 
>different.  My experience is if I'm raising it to sell, I can get more 
>money for less work with a good grass mixture aimed at the horse market, 
>and if I'm raising it to graze, a grass mixture is best, too.  In my own 
>case, I can't raise the quality alfalfa year-in-year-out to compete with 
>the guys who raise it under irrigation.  I'm better off aiming at a 
>different crop for different uses.
>
>Good luck, and I'd be interested in hearing what you decide and why, if 
>you care to share it.
>
>


From pp001306@interramp.com Tue Jan 10 23:17:43 EST 1995
Article: 50565 of rec.gardens
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From: pp001306@interramp.com
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Subject: Composting? & New Book
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My Wife received a new book yesterday, "Herb Gardening", one of the
American Garden Guides, ISBN 0-679-41432-0. It's great but one particular
item suprised her. In a section on composting it said that you should
not put CITRUS skins etc. in to compost. This is the first time we had
seen this. Anyone else have a comment about this.

BTW: The book features gardens and is edited by individuals from
Cornell, U. of Mich. and UC Berkley.

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I've got the money so I've got the Thyme



From agpr@aol.com Sun Dec  4 17:04:05 EST 1994
Article: 4703 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: agpr@aol.com (AGPR)
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Subject: Re: Romanian agriculture
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In article <Pine.3.89.9411301900.A22825-0100000@hamp>,
jbgFC@hamp.hampshire.edu (Joel B Gruver) writes:

You may wish to check with the editor of American Vegetable Grower
magazine. She may have some Romanian connections for you...

Laurie Moses
Editor
American Vegetable Grower
37733 Euclid Ave
Willoughby, OH 44094
tel: 216-942-2000
fax: 216-975-3447

Regards,
Warren E. Clark
President
Clark Consulting International, Inc.
14N921 Lac Du Beatrice
West Dundee, IL 60118-3115
Internet: AGPR@aol.com


From gil@landmark.DIALix.oz.au Sat Jan 28 23:23:47 EST 1995
Article: 2932 of sci.agriculture
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From: gil@landmark.DIALix.oz.au (Gil Hardwick)
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In article <Jon.02po@hawkins.demon.co.uk>, Jonathon Hawkins (Jon@hawkins.demon.co.uk) writes:
>Hi all,
>I would like to seek work outside the UK. I am interested in working in
>Canada, USA, Australia or New Zealand.

For Australia, try:

          "Australasian Poultry"
          Poultry Information Publishers
          PO Box 198
          WERRIBEE  Vic  3030

          "Australian Farm Journal"
          Rural Press
          200 Rouse Street
          PORT MELBOURNE  Vic  3207
          

Good luck!


                    

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From jgilkey@ccit.arizona.edu Tue Oct  4 20:40:53 EDT 1994
Article: 3296 of rec.food.historic
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From: jgilkey@ccit.arizona.edu (John C. gilkey)
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Subject: Re: Native American Food
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 07:54:40 -0800
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In article <10673QUMSNSUTKRKIXB@chefnet.com>, holleman@chefnet.com wrote:

> I have been monitoring this group for a couple of months with great
> interest.  I have not seen any threads on Native American foods.  I am
> working on a project dealing with Native American foods and have one
> resource; The Spirit of the Harvest, a book that won a James Beard award
> a few years ago.  Does anyone know of any other recources that might be
> helpful in researching Native American foods?
> 
> --
>      * ChefNet BBS - (218) 751-5149 - "The Culinary Center of Cyberspace" * 

You must have missed thread on Aztec food.

One source mentioned in that was Native Seeds/SEARCH, a non-profit group
preserving and promoting seeds and food plants of Southwest US and NW
Mexico.  Catalog $1: 2509 N. Campbell Ave, #325, Tucson AZ 85719.
Catalog has more than seeds: also food products, info on Diabetes Project,
and books on Native American food and other topics.

Specially recommend books by Carolyn Niethammer, such as American Indian
Food and Lore.

Various University presses (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma) have excellent
books on the topic, both recipes and food history.

John Gilkey & Laurel Cooper


From MFITZNER@cite.esusda.govTue Nov 29 18:33:47 1994
Date: 29 Nov 94 11:03:00 EDT
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Subject: Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms book released


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Date:          Wed, 23 Nov 1994 09:24:05 -0800
From:          brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov (Kathy Brunetti)


California Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Pesticide Regulation  News Release
Release No. 94-39 Contact:
Date: November 23, 1994
Veda Federighi
(916) 445-3974


THE BEST BOOK OF "GOOD BUGS" SOURCES
IS NEW AND IMPROVED

SACRAMENTO -- The most complete listing of sources of "good bugs" in the
U.S., Canada, and Mexico is available now from Cal/EPA's Department's of
Pesticide Regulation.

The newly published 30-page booklet includes listings for 120 different
beneficial organisms under 13 different categories, including mites,
nematodes, parasites, and predators. There are 95 U.S. suppliers listed,
plus 11 in Canada and 26 from Mexico.

The booklet, entitled "Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America,"
is "an incomparable resource for anyone looking for ways to find good bugs
to fight bad bugs in their garden or on their farm," said Elin D. Miller,
DPR Chief Deputy Director. "

The booklet includes the names, addresses, phone and fax numbers of the
suppliers, along with their product line, whether they sell wholesale or
retail, and whether they have a catalog or brochure available.  Also noted
is whether they supply free information and consulting.

"Our booklet doesn't have any information on how to use beneficial
organisms," said Miller.  "If we did, it would have to be the size of an
encyclopedia." The booklet does include a short bibliography of selected
references on biological control and integrated pest management.

"Farmers often call in integrated pest management (IPM) specialists, who
know how to diagnose problems and recommend solutions," Miller said.  "Home
gardeners can take advantage of the tremendous expertise at the Cooperative
Extension Service, or ask one of the suppliers in the booklet for advice.
Many of them have literature available on the beneficial organisms and how
to apply them."

Miller added that using a beneficial organism to fight pests usually takes
a little more knowledge than using a pesticide.

"With a chemical pesticide, you can read the label to know how much to use,
when to apply it, how to get best results.  And you can usually see the
results fairly quickly.

"With natural enemies, it's a little different," Miller continued.
"Although the results are more gradual, they may often be long-lasting,
since you are establishing a system of natural checks and balances.  But to
succeed, it is important to know the pest you are dealing with, and the
best way to approach it."

DPR updates the booklet about every two years.  This is the first edition
that has listed suppliers from Mexico.  More than 23,000 copies of the 1992
edition were distributed, with copies sent to almost every state and
province in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, as well as to residents of more
than 100 other nations.

This edition has two different indexes: one alphabetical list of scientific
names, the other a list of beneficials under categories, for example,
"predatory mites."  Biological controls that are single-celled organisms
such as bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and viruses are not listed as they are
registered as pesticides under state and federal law and are widely
available.

Free, single copies of the booklet are available from the Department of
Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Monitoring and Pest Management Branch,
Attn: Beneficial Organisms Booklet, 1020 N Street, Room 161, Sacramento
95814-5604.  To order by phone, call (916) 324-4100.


Kathy Brunetti, Agriculture Program Supervisor
Department of Pesticide Regulation  1020 N Street Room 161  Sacramento CA 95814
voice (916) 324-4100  FAX (916) 324-4088  brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov


Article 534 of sci.chaos:
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Dear Colleagues:

The journal BioSystems has recently undergone a reorganization (Vol. 32).
The new Aims and Scopes together with the new editors and editorial board
appear below.  Instructions for authors in preparing their manuscripts
appear on the inside back cover of every issue.  We welcome your
submissions.  If you have any questions, please contact the managing
editor or associate editor in charge of your particular area of
interest.

Sincerely,

David B. Fogel
Associate Editor
BioSystems




BioSystems

Journal of Biological and Information Processing Sciences

--
BioSystems encourages experimental, computational, and theoretical
articles that link biology, evolutionary thinking, and the information
processing sciences.  The link areas form a circle that encompasses
the fundamental nature of biological information processing, computational
modeling of complex biological systems, evolutionary models of computation,
the application of biological principles to the design of novel computing
systems, and the use of biomolecular materials to synthesize artificial
systems that capture essential principles of natural biological information
processing.

The categories and topics listed below are examples; the editors will be
happy to comment on the relevance of other topics.

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Self-organizing and self-replicating systems
Origin and evolution of the genetic mechanism

BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING

Molecular recognition
Cellular control
Neuromuscular computing
Biological adaptability
Molecular computing technologies

EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMS

Stochastic evolutionary algorithms
Evolutionary optimization
Simulation of genetic and ecological systems
Applications (neural nets, machine learning, robotics)


Co-Managing Editors

Alan W. Schwartz, Evolutionary Biology Research Group, University of
Nijmegen, Toernooiveld, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands (molecular
evolution)

Michael Conrad, Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA (biological and biomolecular information
processing, computational and mathematical models)

Associate Editor

David B. Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc., 1591 Calle De Cinco, La Jolla,
California, 92037, USA (evolutionary systems, computational and
mathematical models)


-For most rapid handling, manuscripts are best addressed to the
co-managing or associate editor responsible for the appropriate coverage
areas.

Editorial Board

W. Atmar, Las Cruces
A. Babloyantz, Brussels
W. Ebeling, Berlin
L.J. Fogel, San Diego
N. Goel, Detroit
S. Hameroff, Tucson
S.C. Hartman, Boston
H. Hastings, New York
R. Holmquist, Berkeley
F. Hong, Detroit
G.F. Joyce, San Diego
G. Kampis, Budapest
K. Kirby, Dayton
K. Matsuno, Nagaoka
M. Rizki, Dayton
O.E. Rossler, Tubingen
P. Schuster, Vienna
H.-P. Schwefel, Dortmund
A. Sebald, San Diego
Y. Wei, Nanjing
B. Zeigler, Tucson

Elsevier Science Publishers, P.O. Box 1527, 1000 BM Amsterdam,
The Netherlands



From craig_polson@radius.com Mon Oct  3 11:41:26 EDT 1994
Article: 12135 of misc.rural
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Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Re: Magazine
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 15:18:56 -0800
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In article <1994Sep25.150056.3252@atlas.tntech.edu>, pbl5890@tntech.edu
(PAT LENZO) wrote:

> Let me put in a plug for COUNTRYSIDE, which I didn't notice anyone
> mention.It dates back to 1917 really, but in the '70's was bought
> (I guess) by J. D. Belanger who worte several great books during
> the back to the land days.
>         Address: Countryside & Small Stock Journal
>                  W11564 Hwy. 64
>                  Withee, WI 54498
>                  $18 yearly
>                                                 Pat

Thanks for the mention of this mag, I'd never heard of it and will check it out!

BTW, does anybody have an opinion of the NEW Mother Earth News? Everything
I've heard has been negative, I suppose because the difference between the
two Mothers is so vast. It's caused me to be a bit biased with the new
Mother, but this last issue has a large section on woodstoves, fireplaces,
and firewood that I though was very informative and I'll refer to it for
years to come. On the other hand, I really miss the old Mother, and I have
noticed that many of the articles are written by the editors and recently
past editors, thus the content may be a bit inbred. (Whoops! My writer's
bias is showing here...!)

Opinions? C'mon, I KNOW you've got 'em in this here newsgroup! Love to
hear what you've got to say...

-Willow (Craig's wife)
(If e-mailing, please mail to 73044.1704@compuserve.com... Thanks!)
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From 0006368902@mcimail.com Sun Apr 17 11:00:55 1994
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 18:27:00 EST
From: International Microfaces <0006368902@mcimail.com>
Reply to: "Medicinal and Aromatic Plants discussion list\"."
     <HERB@TREARN.BITNET>
To: Multiple recipients of list HERB <HERB@TREARN.BITNET>
Subject: Re: in-situ SEM-observation

>Keywords: uncoated organic material in scanning electron microscopy

>My name is Michael Schlag. I have a botanist's training and been working in
>electron
>microscopy, mainly transmission EM.

>Recently, I have taken on a part-time job at the Vienna-based Austrian Wood
>Research Institute. There my colleagues and I are embarking on in-situ
>SEM-observation of deformation and breaking processes of wood.

>To that end we have acquired a bending unit for SEM ("Biege-Modul", Fa. RAITH,
>Germany). As is generally know, observing organic matter in the SEM requires
>coating the objekt with a conductive film, mostly gold. Breaking such material,
>however, automatically exposes uncoated surfaces to the electron beam and leads
>to
>strong electric charging even at a low acceleration voltage (1-3 KV) making
>observation and documentation impossible.

>Has anybody got an idea how we could solve this problem? We would be very
>grateful
>for every tip we get!
Michael,

The following information is from _The Persecution and Trial of Gaston
Naessens_ by Christopher Bird (Coauthor of _The Secret Life of Plants_)
Published by HJ Kramer Inc., Tiburon, CA 94920:

If this is of interest to you let me know and I can give you more details.

John Zullo
jszullo@mcimail.com

Gaston Naessens states that they have "perfected an instrument for
microscopic observation, which we have called the _Somatoscope_. The
primary quality of this apparatus is that it permits the observation of
live elements and can follow the polymorphism to enlargements attaining
30,000 X with a resolution on the order of 150 angstroms."
From x1larche@exnet.iastate.edu Fri Dec  2 22:42:05 EST 1994
From: x1larche@exnet.iastate.edu (L. C.  Arche)
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture
Subject: Re: Agricultural Extension
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 14:00:53
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa


Go ahead and order the Cow Calf Handbook.  For $75 dollars, you'll get 
everything they have in the files, and updates also.    IF your serious about 
cattle,  you'll be pleased.

L.C. Arche,  from San Antonio
"They can't make hot sauce up here, either"



From ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.caThu Oct 27 11:14:40 1994
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:51:38 EDT
From: "E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor" <ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca>
To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@president.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)

One excellent, but aged source is the CRC Handbook on Energy Use in 
Agriculture - extensive tables on energy fractionation among 
processes and products, with interesting comparisons for the same 
crop grown in different ways, or in different regions of the US.  
Edited, if I recall, by D. Pimentel.  Might give Pimentel a shout, as 
it strikes me as the type of question he has kept his hands on in 
recent years.  He co-authored one recent book chapter on energy use 
in agriculture, but I believe it was in the aggregate, rather than 
breaking it down by crop and process.  Ann
ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
Dr. E. Ann Clark
Associate Professor
Crop Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1
Phone:  519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
FAX:  519 763-8933
From lowell@zelinski.com Wed Nov 16 22:20:26 EST 1994
Article: 4482 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: lowell@zelinski.com (Lowell Zelinski)
Subject: California Agriculture Edition
Message-ID: <lowell-1411941717110001@zelinski.com>
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The most recent edition of California Agriculture is devoted to
"sustainable agriculture" and has a number of good articles detailing the
results of various "scientifically valid" studies down in Calif.

I'll probably post some excerpts here but if you are interested in this
topic (why else would you read this newsgroup) you should get a copy.

The phone number for Cal Ag is 510-987-0044

-- 
Lowell

What a long strange trip its been


From MSD5@psuvm.psu.edu Sat Oct 22 21:36:28 EDT 1994
Article: 1944 of sci.agriculture
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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 08:30:05 EDT
From: Michael Dann <MSD5@psuvm.psu.edu>
Message-ID: <94293.083005MSD5@psuvm.psu.edu>
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We have recently published our first newsletter, Common Ground for
Sustaining Agriculture.  The newsletter features the Penn State
Field Center for the Study of Vegetable Production Systems where
we've been evaluating alternative strategies for vegetable crop
production since 1990.

Our current project is sponsored by USDA-Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education Program, the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, the Pennsylvania Environmental Technology Fund, and
the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State.  Representing
the Departments of Horticulture, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and
Ag Economics and Rural Sociology, the investigators are assessing
management strategies that use different soil organic matter inputs,
nutrient sources, and pest control methods.

The production systems range from potentially certifiable organic to
conventional.  We are also testing individual cultural practices
including novel methods of pest control.

To subscribe, send your post office mailing address (sorry, some
of the info doesn't fit well electronically) to me at

         msd5@psuvm.psu.edu

I'll be happy to send you a copy.  Thanks.

Michael S. Dann
Research and Outreach Coordinator


From clively@onramp.net Thu Jan 19 09:51:41 EST 1995
Article: 4784 of bionet.plants
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From: clively@onramp.net (Carol M Lively)
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Subject: Human/Plant Relationships
Date: 19 Jan 1995 08:44:44 GMT
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Hope I'm not posting to the wrong group.  If this is a "serious, really
and truly scientific kind of group, just tell me, and I will resume my
lurking.  

I just suggested a couple of books to someone looking for information on
EMF on plants and other biological systems,  ("Cross Currents by Robert
Becker, and "The Secret Life of Plants" and "Secrets of the Soil" by
Peter Tomkins and Christopher Bird), and I was just wondering if anybody
else had read them, and if so, what do they think about them?  

Perhaps I'm a "lunatic on the fringe", but I really liked those books,
and have always wanted to discuss them with someone, but have never met
anyone else who has read them.

Sincerly, with no desire to offend,

Carol Lively




From tberke@freenet.columbus.oh.us Mon Dec 19 11:45:51 EST 1994
Article: 4452 of bionet.plants
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From: tberke@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Tony Berke)
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Subject: "EXOTICA" for sale
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I have a copy of Alfred Byrd Graf's 9th edition of EXOTICA, Pictorial
Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants from Tropical and Near-tropic Regions. It has
12,000 illustrations, with over 204 plants in color and is 1,836 pgs. of
good, solid info on Many sps. of plants. It is in very good condition, and
was purchased for $110.00. It can be yours for $50.00 plus shipping, (if
needed). E-mail can be sent to the above address..


From netrecruit@aol.com Wed Nov 16 19:34:49 EST 1994
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Design on the Ecological Frontier &
The Millenium Whole Earth Catalog Gala
Sponsored by Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

Friday November 18, 1994 is the New York City premier of the documentary
film "Ecological Design: Inventing the Future", a chronicle of the
evolution of ecological design from the vision of R. Buckminster Fuller to
a powerful movement that will shape the 21st Century. On Saturday,
November 19, the design pioneers featured in the film will share their
thoughts and current projects relevant to ecological design and
architecture, cities, and energy systems.  The seminar will culminate with
a debut of The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog. Among those speaking will
be:
Andropogon, Landscape Architects and Ecological Planners
Jay Baldwin, Editor, The Whole Earth Review
Pliney Fisk, Architect 
Paul MacCready, Inventor
William McDonough, Architect
John Todd, Biochemist and Inventor 
Howard Rheingold, Editor-In-Chief, The Whole Earth Review
Chris Zelov & Brian Danitz, Filmmakers, Ecological Design: Inventing the
Future
and many others.
Film debut and seminar will take place in the Great Hall of the Cooper
Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.  Fee: Natl. Design Museum
Members: $55; Non-Members: $75; Students: $20; Cooper Union Students: Free
with current I.D.  To register call (voice): (212) 860-6321. For more
information and to purchase tickets call the special events office (212)
860-6163



From RPE8105@acs.tamu.eduFri Oct 28 21:15:23 1994
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 11:46:51 -0400
From: Richard Egg <RPE8105@acs.tamu.edu>
To: halth@starbase.neosoft.com
Cc: sanet-mg@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu, london@president.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)

In message <Pine.SUN.3.90.941027103601.28136A-100000@president> "Lawrence F. 
London, Jr." writes:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 22:15:33 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Hal T. Herdklotz <halth@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
> To: london@sunSite.unc.edu
> Subject: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy
> 
> Where might one search for the ten most energy intensive agricultural 
> products.  Planting - harvesting - processing - distribution.  Any help 
> would be appreciated.

I suppose you are looking for a simple answer, but it is probably more like--it 
depends. You may have to do some extensive searching. However, a few starting 
points:

Stout, B.A., Energy for World Agriculture, FAO Agriculture Series No. 7, Food 
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1979.

Fundamentals of Machine OperationPMachinery Management. John Deere Service 
Publications, Moline, Il, 1975. (This is a series of publications that deal with
fuel consumption, field efficiency, etc for different ag. operations)

Stout, B.A., et al. 1984. Energy Use and Production in Agriculture. Council for 
Agricultural Science and Technology Report No. 99. 250 Memorial Uniton, Ames IA 
50011.

Stout, B.A., et al. 1977. Energy Use in Agriculture: Now and for the Future. 
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology Report No. 68. 250 Memorial 
Uniton, Ames IA 50011.

American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, 
MI 49085. ASAE has a number of publications (proceedings of conferences, etc) 
that deal with energy. You could contact them and request a publications 
catalog. ASAE Standards (Ag. Machinery Management) has data on energy and fuel 
consumption and field efficiency for different operations and soil types.

There was a journal, Energy in Agriculture (it stopped publication several years
ago) that is available in some University libraries. A current journal that may 
help is Biomass and Bioenergy.

The Rocky Mountain Institute, 1739 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, CO 81654 has 
several publications dealing with irrigation and energy.

If you have access to a university library, do a literature search for 
energy/agriculture. 

You might also contact the USDA Office of Energy and see if they have any 
reports or publications.

The information you need is probably available, but not in the form you want. 
Good luck with your research.



Richard Egg
Agricultural Engineering Department
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843

  (409) 845-7686
  r-egg@tamu.edu


From a16msafley@attmail.comFri Oct 28 21:20:01 1994
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 13:46:20 -0400
From: Marc Safley <a16msafley@attmail.com>
To: london@president.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)

Regarding the 10 most energy-intensive products...you might try the 
National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland. The Alternative
Farming Systems Information Center ther e may be able to find that 
for you.  Their email address is nalafsic@asrr.arsusda.gov

Good luck.
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In message <Pine.SUN.3.90.941027103601.28136A-100000@president> "Lawrence F. 
London, Jr." writes:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 22:15:33 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Hal T. Herdklotz <halth@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
> To: london@sunSite.unc.edu
> Subject: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy
> 
> Where might one search for the ten most energy intensive agricultural 
> products.  Planting - harvesting - processing - distribution.  Any help 
> would be appreciated.

I suppose you are looking for a simple answer, but it is probably more like--it 
depends. You may have to do some extensive searching. However, a few starting 
points:

Stout, B.A., Energy for World Agriculture, FAO Agriculture Series No. 7, Food 
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1979.

Fundamentals of Machine OperationÐMachinery Management. John Deere Service 
Publications, Moline, Il, 1975. (This is a series of publications that deal with
fuel consumption, field efficiency, etc for different ag. operations)

Stout, B.A., et al. 1984. Energy Use and Production in Agriculture. Council for 
Agricultural Science and Technology Report No. 99. 250 Memorial Uniton, Ames IA 
50011.

Stout, B.A., et al. 1977. Energy Use in Agriculture: Now and for the Future. 
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology Report No. 68. 250 Memorial 
Uniton, Ames IA 50011.

American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, 
MI 49085. ASAE has a number of publications (proceedings of conferences, etc) 
that deal with energy. You could contact them and request a publications 
catalog. ASAE Standards (Ag. Machinery Management) has data on energy and fuel 
consumption and field efficiency for different operations and soil types.

There was a journal, Energy in Agriculture (it stopped publication several years
ago) that is available in some University libraries. A current journal that may 
help is Biomass and Bioenergy.

The Rocky Mountain Institute, 1739 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, CO 81654 has 
several publications dealing with irrigation and energy.

If you have access to a university library, do a literature search for 
energy/agriculture. 

You might also contact the USDA Office of Energy and see if they have any 
reports or publications.

The information you need is probably available, but not in the form you want. 
Good luck with your research.



Richard Egg
Agricultural Engineering Department
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843

  (409) 845-7686
  r-egg@tamu.edu



From WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu Mon Oct 31 20:45:00 EST 1994
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For those who are seeking information on energy in agriculture: Elsevier
has a 6 volume series on this topic:


Vol. 1. Energy in Food Processing, edited by R.P. Singh, 1986
         (ISBN 0-444-42446-6)

Vol. 2. Energy in Plant Nutrition and Pest Control, edited by Zane R.
        Helsel,  1987.  (ISBN  0-444-42753-8)

Vol. 3.  Electrical Energy in Agriculture, edited by K.L. McFate, 1991.
         (ISBN 0-444-43026-1)

Vol. 4.  Solar Energy in Agriculture, edited by B.F. Parker, 1991.
         (ISBN 0-444-88622-2)

Vol. 5.  Analysis of Agricultural Energy Systems, by R.M. Peart and R.C.
         Brooks, 1992.  (ISBN 0-444-88660-5)

Vol. 6.  Energy in Farm Production, edited by  Richard C. Fluck, 1992.
         (ISBN  0-444-88681-8)



 For do it yourself types who want to design their own energy systems,
the following title is recommended:

Kuecken, John A.  Alternative Energy Projects for the 1990s. Blue Ridge
Summit, PA, TAB Books, 1991.  254 pages. Includes tables, diagrams and
index.  (ISBN 08306-28355)


Irwin Weintraub
Agriculture Resource Librarian
Rutgers University
weintraub@zodiac.rutgers.edu



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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 22:15:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Hal T. Herdklotz <halth@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
To: london@sunSite.unc.edu
Subject: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy

Where might one search for the ten most energy intensive agricultural 
products.  Planting - harvesting - processing - distribution.  Any help 
would be appreciated.

Hal





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The Elsevier Publishing Company has a series of books called "Energy in
World Agriculture."  They are well written and chock full of facts.

Vol. 1 Energy in Food Processing, edited by R.P. Singh
      (ISBN 0-444-42446-6)

Vol. 2. Energy in Plant Nutrition and Pest Control, edited by Zane R.
Helsel.    (ISBN  0-444-42753-8)

Vol. 3. Electrical Energy in Agriculture, edited by K.L. McFate
           (ISBN 0-444-43026-1)

Vol. 4. Solar Energy in Agriculture, edited by B.F. Parker
           (ISBN 0-444-88622-2)

Vol. 5. Analysis of Agricultural Systems, edited by R. M. Peart and 
R.C. Brooks.  (ISBN 0-444-88600-5)

Vol. 6. Energy in Farm Production, edited by Richard C. Fluck
              (ISBN 0-444-88681-8)


You might want to call the folks at Elsevier to ask if they are still in
print. Otherwise call your local public or land grant library.

Elsevier (NEW YORK)  212-633-3803

Irwin Weintraub
Agriculture Resource Librarain
Library of Science and Medicine
Rutgers University


From ccof@igc.apc.org Sat Oct 29 15:54:50 EDT 1994
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Date: 27 Oct 94 18:39 PDT
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F2F is a good place to start. Karen Klonsky, Laura Tourte and a team
of UC Extension people and organic vegetable farmers put together some
pretty complete budgets for organic vegetable production in California's
Central Coast. Karen & Laura work out of the Ag Econ Department at UC Davis.
Laura's number is 916-752-9376. 'Course it won't hurt to ask a farmer . . . 
We have a few who belong to CCOF. 
+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+
|   Brian Baker, Technical Coordinator                |
|   California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)       |
|   1115 Mission St., Santa Cruz, CA  95060           |
|   phone: 408-423-2263   fax: 408-423-4528           |
|   internet: ccof@igc.apc.org                        |
|   "All great truths begin as blasphemies."          |
|      --George Bernard Shaw                          |
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From london@sunsite.unc.edu Sat Oct 29 15:57:29 EDT 1994
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From: Farmer to Farmer <f2f@igc.apc.org>
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Date: 27 Oct 94 09:25 PDT
Subject: Re: Organic Vs. Conventional Produce:  

We publish such data in Farmer to Farmer , a bimonthly publication on 
sustainable ag in California. For sample issues or more information, call 
(916) 756-7428, or write P.O. Box 73674, Davis, CA 95617. The issue 
featuring this data on vegetables won't be out till February, but we have 
run data on cotton, almonds, peaches and grapes.
Lori Pottinger
Associate Editor
f2f@igc.apc.org OR on AOL, AggiePot
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From f2f@igc.apc.orgThu Nov  3 15:57:09 1994
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 08:36:13 -0800
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To: london@president.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Need information on growi

Re: growing cotton organically, the first issue of Farmer to Farmer was 
about this very topic. It is out of print, but can be found on the World 
wide WEb (I'm sorry I don't have the address on me; we'll post it soon. 
In the meantime e-mail Thomas Nelson at CAFF: caff@igc.apc.org). I could 
send you a hard copy if you prefer. . . give me a mailing address. Since 
we are a small nonprofit, I can't send lots of copies to lots of people, 
though. Thanks!
Lori Pottinger, assoc. ed.
f2f@igc.apc.org
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We publish such data in Farmer to Farmer , a bimonthly publication on 
sustainable ag in California. For sample issues or more information, call 
(916) 756-7428, or write P.O. Box 73674, Davis, CA 95617. The issue 
featuring this data on vegetables won't be out till February, but we have 
run data on cotton, almonds, peaches and grapes.
Lori Pottinger
Associate Editor
f2f@igc.apc.org OR on AOL, AggiePot


From jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 10:56:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: James Meade <jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
To: caingels@ucdavis.edu
Cc: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Request for info

You may be interested in the book, "The Farmer's Fertilizer Handbook," by 
the editors of "New Farm."  It is copyright 1986 but reads very well today.

ISBN 0-913107-05-0, Pub Regenerative Agriculture Association, 222 Main 
Street, Emmaus, PA 18049.  The Rodale people, obviously.



The book points out that entire fertilizer management question is an 
inexact science.

Yes, according to the book, there can be great variability between labs.  
The book strongly suggests you research your labs by asking users about 
them, by seeing what industry credentials they have, and by asking how 
they do their analysis.  The book suggests you work with labs that are 
either local or are persuasively competent in your soil and plant types.  
They like the land-grant university labs best.

A lot of what is mystifying about fertilizer is sorting out the 
difference between what you soil has, what your plant needs according to 
yield goal and growing conditions, and the availability of the 
fertilzier.  If there is a word to put in capital letters, it's 
availability.  Obviously, you can grow in a limestone quarry, but  if the 
lime isn't in the form and the location that the plant can use it, you're 
not going to benefit.

Some natural fertilizers are very good, but don't release when the plant 
needs them.  You might find plenty of N, but have to sidedress some at 
planting time because the N is tied up in the carbon which is decomposing 
crop residue.

You may also find you don't need very much of some kinds of fertilizer.

As a tip, for economical purposes, I'd suggest you put on basic 
fertilizers like lime, NPK first, and do it on the land that gives the 
best quick return, probably your poorest ground.  Be careful about making 
big commitments to "build" fertilizer like PK.  It doesn't move, so you 
could be just dumping a lot on where it's not going to be used.

Good luck.


Jim - Farmer - Iowa City, IA, 



From d_swartz@gate.net Sun Jan  1 21:06:33 EST 1995
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In article <3ddioi$jov@freenet3.freenet.ufl.edu>,
afn09697@freenet3.freenet.ufl.edu (Amy M. Alexander) wrote:

  > I am looking for a book on Florida (especially North Central Florida) 
  > plants.  Does anyone know of a good one?

With the diversity of plants we have down here, I found that several books
served the purpose better than any one, but the two which went into the
most detail were:

   _Florida Landscape Plants_ (by John V. Watkins and Thomas J. Sheehan)
   published by the University Presses of Florida, Gainesville

   The illustrations are not in color but are of such great detail and with 
   such excellent descriptions I'm using it most for my "wish list"

   _Florida, My Eden_ (by Frederic B. Stresau)
   published by Florida Classics Library, PO Box 1657, Port Salerno, FL 34992

   Many color photos and lots of good info.  Grouped by categories and with
   cultural advice.

I think the only thing I can count on besides weeding will be purchasing
more books to armchair-browse the enormous variety of flora available to
us down here!  These two should get you off to a good start, though.


From snowf001@maroon.tc.umn.edu Sun Jan  1 21:09:54 EST 1995
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On Fri, 30 Dec 1994 12:04:00 -0800, 
Nicholas Wiley  <nwiley@u.washington.edu> wrote:

>I agree with Don.  You just need to look harder.  There must be a local 
>community extension with such info.  I know of at least one book called 
>"Organic Gardening in Colder Climates" but can't remember the author's 
>name.  Keep looking and good luck!
>Kathleen
>
>On 22 Dec 1994 thacker@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
>
>> G Mcclelland (fzmcclel@dale.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
>> : I live in zone 4-5; does anyone know of a garden book that is not loaded 
>> : with subtropical and tender plants.  Sure, I like the Sunset Garden book, 
>> : but sorting out the hardy plants is tedious.
>> 
>> You just have to look harder :-)  I'm in Edmonton, Alberta (zone 3) and 
>> there is lots of info available.  Seriously, you should try looking at 
>> some regions with colder climates than California and try adapting their 
>> suggestions to your climate.
>> 
>> Don
>> 
>> 
>
There is an older, out-of-print book called "Flower Growing in the North" 
that is still quite good.  Intended for zones 3 and 4.  Your public library 
should have scads of info.

John



From lwiggert@netcom.com Mon Oct 24 12:45:39 EDT 1994
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This may be old news to some of you, but I came across a review of the 
following book recently, and thought it looked like a useful resource:

Future Harvest: Pesticide-Free Farming
by Jim Bender, a farmer in Cass County, Nebraska

According to the review, Bender's book focuses on weed management through 
use of crop diversification and rotation, altering planting times, managing soil 
moisture and surface residues and altering seeding rate.

Available from:

University of Nebraska Press
312 N. 14th St.
Lincoln, NE
68588-0484
402-472-3584
Fax: 1-800-526-2617 or 402-472-6214
$21.00



From ghegyes@nalusda.gov Wed Mar  2 14:57:21 1994
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 11:10:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabriel Hegyes <ghegyes@nalusda.gov>
To: SANET-mg <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Subject: NEWS: Foes of the earth (fwd)

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Reposted from nwfor.
 
Alan McGowen

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
       _The Greenpeace Guide to Anti-environmental Organizations_
 
 by Carl Deal.  Berkeley:  Odonian Press, 1993--95 pages, notes, index.
 ISBN 1-878825-05-4, LC JA75.8.G77, US$ 5.00.
                              --Reviewed by Dale Wharton, February 1994
 
[Test Deleted]
 
 ...50 organizations deflect and usually defeat
 efforts at conservation.  The book lists addresses, officers, backers.
 (Transnational corporations--TNCs--provide financial support.)  The 50
 recognize our concern.  So they prudently camouflage their work.
 
 Misleading tactics unite the diverse organizations.  Example:  they
 claim that conserving resources and preserving ecosystems hurt the
 economy.  They favour the false theme that rich big-city treehuggers
 threaten smalltown employment.  The 50 usually profess that they, too,
 care about Nature.  "So don't be fooled by a green facade," warns Carl
 Deal.  He arranges the 50 organizations into six types.
 
 1  PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMS.  PR is Type One.  Its rank befits PR's
 virtual conquest of the press.  Corporate diplomacy now permeates
 popular media, with press releases comprising about 40% of the "news."
 
 In manipulating events, greenwashing aims to coopt or neutralize
 activists.  The fees enrich PR firms, some of them TNCs themselves.
 Take Burson-Marsteller.  Its 56 branches spread through 28 countries.
 (B-M's Canadian chair, Allan Gotlieb, is also a deputy chair of David
 Rockefeller's Trilateral Commission and former ambassador to the USA.)
 
 B-M does damage control and "issues management" for the likes of the
 BC Forest Alliance (a "grassroots" disguise of B-M), MacMillan
 Bloedel, Exxon, Union Carbide, General Motors, Hydro-Quebec, Procter &
 Gamble, the Business Council for Sustainable Development, etc.  Other
 relationists to watch out for:  Hill & Knowlton of New York,
 Shandwick of London, and E. Bruce Harrison Co. of Washington DC.  That
 last one has specialized in "environmental communication" for 20
 years.  Its clients include the Chemical Manufacturers Assn., Monsanto
 (asbestos), Waste Management, and Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Assn.
 
 2  CORPORATE FRONT GROUPS.  These  outfits have two tasks.  First,
 divert and lull consumers.  Pretend that we can go on destroying the
 environment at this rate without severe consequences. Second, persuade
 lawmakers to roll back unprofitable regulations. The National Wetlands
 Coalition, for instance, drafted a law to restrict the definition of
 wetlands (streams, ponds, lakes, swamps, marshes, coastal regions).
 The law would compensate US property owners (usually corporations) for
 any costs or financial loss from applying environmental regulations.
 
 Two other examples are The Evergreen Foundation and BC Forest Alliance
 (see PR firms). Their true message is that conservancy is unreasonable
 and extreme, stems from bad science, and ignores the full social and
 economic outcomes.  (They neglect the loss of forestry jobs owing to
 mechanization, overcutting, and export of minimally processed logs.)
 
 3  THINK TANKS.  The Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute deny the
 evidence of environmental crises.  (President Reagan's Secretary of
 the Interior, James Watt, applauded the Heritage Foundation's
 suggestion to open federal wilderness to strip mining.)  This type has
 two newcomers.  The Science and Environmental Policy Project branched
 off a Moonie think tank (see type 6 for more about Moon).  Citizens
 for the Environment view strict deregulation as the solution.
 
 4  LEGAL FOUNDATIONS.  Mountain States Legal Foundation (founding
 president, James Watt), Pacific Legal Foundation (first--in 1973),
 National Legal Center for the Public Interest (umbrella for scattered
 locals).  All use the US courts to fight government regulations and
 citizen lawsuits intended to protect the environment. The foundations
 have been effective.  In 1992 they won a major Supreme Court decision
 (Lucas v South Carolina Coastal Commission).  It held that government
 regulation of a developer's private property amounted to a government
 seizure.  Thus it was unconstitutional.
 
 5  ENDOWMENTS AND CHARITIES.  Private philanthropies may collaborate
 with TNCs.  They can pipe in untraced corporate money and underwrite
 attacks on the conservation community.  In 1991 alone, four of the
 largest of these charities disbursed more than $150 million for the
 purpose.  These four were the Lilly Endowment (pharmaceuticals), the
 John Olin Foundation (munitions), and two outposts of the Mellon steel
 empire: the Carthage Foundation and the Sarah Scaife Foundation.
 
 6  WISE USE AND SHARE GROUPS.  The Wise Use movement links contrived
 "grassroots" locals in the western USA.  Founder Ron Arnold aspires
 "...to exploit the environment for private gain, absolutely."  He got
 seed money in 1988 from the American Freedom Coalition, an affiliate
 of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.  (The Moon church
 also supported Latin American deathsquads in the 1980s.)  Wise Use's
 financial backing now comes from timber, mining, ranching, chemical,
 and recreation companies and their trade associations.
 
 Wise Use may get rough.  It  "... can do things the industry can't.
 It can stress the sanctity of the family, the virtue of the close-knit
 community.  And it can turn the public against your enemies."  One
 goal of Wise Use:  convert "all decaying and oxygen-using forest
 growth in the National Forests into young stands of oxygen-producing
 carbon-dioxide-absorbing trees to...prevent the greenhouse effect...."
 
 Canada's Share movement mirrors the Wise Use movement.             ###
 __
 This review draws on investigative reports by John Dillon, Rutland VT;
 Johan Carlisle, San Francisco; and Joyce Nelson, Toronto.
 --                                            _
 Dale Wharton   dale@dale.cam.org    M O N T R E A L    Te souviens-tu?
 





From kathleen.timms@canrem.com Wed Dec 21 22:20:18 EST 1994
Article: 49232 of rec.gardens
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Subject: Encyclopedia of North American plants?
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    On Dec 2/94, George Darcy wrote:
GD>Can anyone please recommend a good reference book that describes
GD>in detail all plant life in North America (or eastern region)?

    The Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers, Christopher 
Brickell, ed.; Dorling Kindersley Publishers, London 1989 is the most 
useful book I own, covering everything from trees to water plants. 
Organized by type of plant, then by size, then by season of interest, 
then by colour.  Good cultural information and more accurate about 
hardiness than many plant nurseries and catalogues.

    It is distributed in Canada by The Reader's Digest Association and 
I believe I have seen a new edition in the bookstore with The Reader's 
Digest added to the title.

-= Kathleen.Timms@canrem.com =-

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From ssieling@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Sun Dec  4 20:42:54 EST 1994
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From: ssieling@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sarah A Sieling)
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In the latest issue of Garden Design they reviewed a new book that I believe is
titled "Gardening in the Lower Midwest" or something very close.   Has anyone 
read it?  I live in zone 5 but sometimes like last winter more like zone 4.  
Would this book be appropriate for my location?  The review said that it is for
zones 5-6.

I told my husband that it would be a great Christmas gift for me but I just 
wonder how good a book it is.

Sarah


From dean.hunt@starlink.com Sun Dec  4 20:43:38 EST 1994
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This book was written by the gardening editor of The Courier Journal,
Louisville, KY, and her working title was "Gardening in the Zombie Zone"
since the Ohio Valley is definately that!  Her advice should apply as
well to your area as to here in Louisville.


From dawn.ripley@shivasys.com Wed Dec 21 22:17:11 EST 1994
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Greetings!

The book referenced herein is Diane Heilenman's GARDENING THE LOWER MIDWEST
(Indiana University Press, ISBN 0-253-32813-6, $13.95).

Heilenman is the gardening editor of our local paper, the COURIER-JOURNAL;
while I haven't read the book yet, I have flipped through it enough to buy it.
Heilenman tends to be consistently good enough with her weekly column that I
think I can trust her book.  Besides, there aren't that many resources
specifically geared for those of us in Zones 5 and 6!

Let me know what you think.

Dawn Ripley


From conrad@richters.com Wed Dec 21 22:51:53 EST 1994
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From: conrad@richters.com (Conrad Richter)
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basckin@mtb.und.ac.za (David Basckin) writes:

> Hi - I am looking for any information on ginseng cultivation.  Thanks.

Briefly, ginseng requires cool temperate conditions, about 70% shade, 
and good, well-drained soil.  Time to harvest takes four years.  The 
seed must be stratified one year and does not tolerate dessication. 

There are several books you might want to look at:

   1.  American Ginseng, Green Gold.  W. Scott Persons.  This is a 
       grower's guide covering every facet of production and 
       marketing.  203 pp.  Softcover.  

   2.  Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants.  Harding.  Although written 
       in 1914, it is still a worthwhile investment with lots of 
       hands-on information for commercial growers.  Also covers 
       goldenseal and other North American woodland herbs.  385 pp.  
       Softcover.  

Both are available from Richters.   

Conrad Richter

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From jimat586@pentagon.io.com Wed Nov  9 00:10:23 EST 1994
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I posted a message a couple of weeks ago, asking for gardening shortcuts 
to include in a book called Great Garden Shortcuts that Rodale will 
publish. Since then I've gotten more detail from Rodale, which I'm 
passing along to give you a better idea of what I'm looking for.

THE IDEA: The book gives techniques that eliminate chores or get you 
through them faster, as well as techniques for speeding up processes 
(tomatoes ripen faster, soil warms faster, compost cooks faster, grass 
greens up faster, bugs die faster, etc.). The shortcuts should be things 
you don't find in every book, or be a twist on a common practice. For 
example, most people know you can use black plastic to warm the soil 
early, but maybe you know a faster way to spread it out of pick it up.

EXAMPLES: A similar book included using a dibble bar (a long hollow metal 
tube) for faster seed planting--stick one end of the bar in the ground, 
drop the seed into the other end, lift the bar and step on the hole to 
close it. Another suggestion was to use a lawn mower, rather than hedge 
trimmers or pruning shears, to trim certain groundcovers in the last winter.

TOPICS: Half a dozen writers are working on this book, so we've each been 
assigned topics. But if you have an idea that doesn't fit one of these 
topics, send it to me anyway--I can include some on other subjects.

I've scribbled in some possibilities after the main headings, but these 
are just to jog your brain--don't limit your thinking to these. And thing 
about fruits, herbs, and flowers, as well as vegetables.

WATERING
HARVESTING (faster ways to pick; faster ways to can, freeze, and dry 
produce; ways to speed up ripening, both on and off the plant)
LAWNS (ways to reduce mowing and trimming; faster mowing, trimming, 
seeding, sodding, sod-busting)
DISEASES (crop rotation; faster ways to spray organic controls)
PESTS (insects, slugs, companion planting, crop rotation, fencing, 
pest-control recipes)
FERTILIZING (faster ways to apply compost or manure; faster ways to plant 
or turn under green manures; short-term green manures)
SEASON EXTENSION (soil warming, cold frames, overwintering)
HIGH-YIELD GARDENING (intensive gardening methods to give you more for 
less work)
FRUITS (anything that makes any of them easier to plant and grow)

FAME: If your idea is included in the book, you get credit for it.

DEADLINES: I have to submit a list of shortcuts I'll cover by Dec. 1, so 
please let me hear from you by Nov. 23 or so. Include your phone number 
so I can call for more details, if need be. 

BY THE WAY: Has anyone gotten tomatoes to ripen faster on the vine by 
slicing through the soil with a spade to prune the roots?

MY ADDRESSES:
erinh@coop.com
jimat586@io.com


Thanks for your help!

Erin Hynes
Austin, Texas



From annecunn@pond.com Sat Jan 28 23:49:33 EST 1995
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Gardeners from the mid-Atlantic States or
similar conditions might enjoy Green Scene,
published by The PA Horticultural Society
(Phila Flower Show people) .
    No ads, six per year, $ 12.95



From ghegyes@nalusda.gov Fri Nov 18 00:31:16 EST 1994
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Subject: Resource Collection

Announcing
The W. K. Kellogg Collection of Rural Community Development Resources


The Heartland Center for Leadership Development (Lincoln, Nebraska) is
pleased to announce the creation of a rural community development
resource library in cooperation with the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture Library.

The Collection, which is being made possible through a grant from the
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, will contain high-quality rural community
development resource materials funded by the Kellogg Foundation and
other selected sponsors of recognized rural programs.  For the first
time, these materials will be housed in a distinct resource library
and made accessible to aid new programs in all parts of North America.

Currently such materials are scattered throughout offices of the
programs that developed them and, in many cases, are really not known
to others.  A major benefit of the project will be to discourage new
programs from spending time and money to develop resource materials
that may already exist.

The grant also provides the Heartland Center with support to develop a
training and technical assistance program for organizations that want
to start or refine their own rural community materials or curricula.

In addition to technical assistance, the Heartland Center expects to
sponsor annual training seminars for programs that want to send
representatives to Lincoln to learn more about how to develop programs
for rural communities.

The library will begin operations in early 1995.  We believe this
Collection will quickly become recognized as the nation's most
important center of printed and audiovisual resources for rural
community development.

The Heartland Center is currently collecting materials for inclusion
in the resource library.  Materials from you program or another you
nominate may be eligible.  If you have any questions or would like
nominate materials, please contact Mike Grimm or Vicki Luther at the
Heartland Center, 941 "O" Street, Suite 920, Lincoln NE 68508, phone
800-927-1115, extension 805, or mgrimm@unlinfo.unl.edu or
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From levidawg@aol.com Tue Dec 13 21:37:03 EST 1994
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In article <D073yo.Fux@da_vinci.ecte.uswc.uswest.com>, crcoop2@dcsdenfs1
(Cooper) writes:

There is a book out called "Hillside Gardening" by William Lake Douglas,
pub. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-62223-4. This might be good place for
you to start. If you have any more questions feel free to call me at:

Kevin J. Small & Assoc.
Landscape Architecture
805.349.9695

Good luck, 

Kevin


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You may recognize the name of Allen Lacy, considered one of the US' finest
garden writers, authors and all around gardening raconteur. He has a
newsletter called Homeground that has been getting some attention in the
press but it has been hard to find. As part of the Time Life Virtual
Garden project, samples of Lacy's newsletter are now posted online at
http://timeinc.com/vg/Magazine-Rack/Homeground/homeground.html.

Neither he nor Time Life are charging for this, although there are a few
links that will tell you how to subscribe to the whole publication. And
he's selling autographed copies of one of his books at half-price for
garden bibliophiles.

- Sean C.


From lwiggert@netcom.com Mon Oct 24 12:30:58 EDT 1994
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Ms. Clark,

Regarding your treated wood query, the EPA has several publications on 
the topic of wood preservation which discuss toxicity - I just glanced at 
one we have at hand, and it mentions cadmium, chromium, copper and zinc 
as heavy metals used in this type of process.  Also, you may want to look 
for a CD-Rom database called Environment Abstracts at your University 
library - this is a popular database and many schools subscribe to it.

It is possible to log onto the EPA's online library system for yourself 
(brochures explaining how to do this are available), or, you could submit 
an information request to us, as we handle questions from outside the U.S.

Our contact information is as follows:

INFOTERRA/USA
EPA Headquarters Library/3404
401 M St., SW
Washington, D.C.  20460
202-260-5917
FAX: 202-260-3923

Sending a fax is recommended so that we will have your complete contact 
information and details of your information needs.

Lara Wiggert
Reference Librarian
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Andy,

I suggest you contact officials of growers groups for the crops you are looking into.  Also contact the County Extension office.  Also try the Colorado Land Grant university 9(whichever that is).

On my part, I dont' konw of any such stuff.  

If you call ag/INNOVATOR magazine, 800-808-2828 and ask for a sample issue, preferably of the Feb 94 edition, it ahs a center fold of the members of the Association of AGricultural Computing Companies.  I don't think they make the stuff you want, but it might be worth a try.

Good luck and I hop eyou post your results so we can all share.

Oh, you might ask on Compuserve Gardens or Pets/Animals Forums as well.

Jim.  Iowa farmer.



From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDUFri Dec 23 12:06:20 1994
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[Here is part of PANNA pointer #15.  TH]

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Online Resource Pointer #15

December 22, 1994


For copies of the following resources, please contact the
appropriate publishers or organizations directly.

*Seed, Soil, and Science: Networking for Sustainable Maize
Farming in Central America and the Caribbean, 1994.*  Centro
Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT).
Describes the Regional Maize Program conducted by a CIMMYT-
sponsored network of maize researchers from nine countries to
develop maize varieties and crop management techniques for
subsistence farmers who work the steep slopes and tropical
lowlands in Central America and the Caribbean.  16 pp.  Roger
Urbina, Programa Regional de Maiz, PRM, Bello Horizonte D-II-
22, Apdo. Postal 6135, Managua, Nicaragua; phone (505-2)
490583; fax (505-2) 49058.

*IPMnet.*  Cornell University's Consortium for International
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From bob@interstate.net Wed Dec 21 22:53:52 EST 1994
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Has anyone seen the new book _Index of Garden Plants_ by Mark Griffiths 
(ISBN 0-88192-246-3)? At a suggested list price Of $59.95, it's been 
recommended as an inexpensive replacement to _Hortus III_ by the editors 
of "HortIdeas." I'd be interested in hearing (?) what anyone else thinks 
of this book.

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From sean@hand.timeinc.com Wed Dec 21 22:55:05 EST 1994
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From: Sean Callahan <sean@hand.timeinc.com>
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Subject: Re: Has anyone seen the book _Index of Garden Plants_?
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bob@interstate.net (Bob Batson) wrote:
>
> Has anyone seen the new book _Index of Garden Plants?

It's a condensation of the 4-volume, approx $750 RHS encyclopedia.
What's missing is all the detailed professional/scientific botanical
descriptions. What's left is useful and authoritative for the home
gardener. It doesn't have very many illustrations; this is straight
data, not a wish book.

It's probably the best single up-to-date reference volume currently
available.

Sean Callahan
The Virtual Garden
Time Life

TimeLife@AOL.com 


From mischews@waikato.ac.nz Fri Oct 28 22:03:14 EDT 1994
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Hi,has anyone out there heard of the Japan Agrinfo Newsletter, I have seen
several references to it in works on Japanese agricultural policy, notably by
Aurelia George. I want things like publication dates, places, locations, etc. 

Thanks in advance

THE RUBBISH MAN
mischews@waikato.ac.nz
 




From RPOINCELOT@fair1.fairfield.edu Mon Oct 24 17:57:55 EDT 1994
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Hello. I recently joined this sustainable agriculture network. I would like to
introduce myself. I am the Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Agriculture.
Hopefully, you are aware of this journal, which is now in its sixth year of
production. Articles are blind peer reviewed. There are no page charges. Please
keep us in mind as an information resource and a possible place to publish your
manuscripts. Papers dealing with any aspect of sustainable agriculture, both
nationally and internationally, are considered. If you have questions. please
E-mail me personally at RPOINCELOT@FAIR1.Fairfield.edu.Thank you.


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From toby@castle.ed.ac.uk Mon Oct 24 17:55:54 EDT 1994
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Evan Cooch (cooch@fraser.sfu.ca) wrote:
: In a slight twist on follow-up to my early simplistic query about timing of 
: reproduction in plants, the following:

:  how do plants "tell time"? I.E., what are the physical/biocehmical 
: mechanisms by which a plant determines "what time" it is? 

: There is a ton of literature on this in vertebrates (especially birds). I was 
: owndering what the equivalent story is for plants. Again, I'm simply looking 
: for a few pointers to references, not pointers on how overly simplistic this 
: question is (the simplicity of it I deduce for myself from reading the papers, 
: obviously!). :-)

Try reading "Life Processes of Plants" by AW(?) Galston, 1994, Sci. American
Press.  There's a whole chapter on this.

regards,

Toby Tyrrell
Plymouth Marine Laboratory,
Prospect Place,
Plymouth PL1 3DU.

tt@pml.ac.uk



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From ulrike@papageno.demon.co.uk Sun Dec 11 22:12:56 EST 1994
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Can anyone tell me where I can obtain seeds of "Nunas", the Popping 
Bean as described in "Lost Crops of the Incas", (published by 
the National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1989).

Thanks in advance.

Ulrike Paradine - HYTHE, Kent, England.



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The bibliographies in the Quick Bibliography series are produced
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available.

QB 92-24: Air Pollution Effects on Crops and Forests, J. Gates,
February 1992, 101 p.

QB 94-56: Allelopathy: The Effects of Chemicals Produced by Plants,
H. Gilbert, September 1994, 50 p.

QB 93-53: Alternative Crops, K. Schneider, August 1993, 34 p.

QB 93-30: Beekeeping in the United States, C. Kopolow, May
1993,37p.

QB 94-13: Conservation Tillage, J. Gates, March 1994, 91 p.

QB 94-52: Cultural and Mechanical Weed Control, M. Gold, August
1994, 63 p.

QB 94-51: Double Cropping and Interplanting, M. Gold, August 1994,
111 p.
QB 92-16: Earthworms in Agriculture, J. Rafats, January 1992, 46 p.

QB 93-66: Evaluation of Best Management Practices, B. Emmert & J.
Makuch, September 1993, 44 p.

QB 94-54: Farming in Arid and Semiarid Lands, C. A. Singer,
September 1994, 60 p.

QB 93-57: Farmland Preservation, J. Gates, August 1993, 38 p.

QB 93-04: Forage Legumes, J. MacLean, November 1992, 67 p.

QB 93-68: Green Manures and Cover Crops, J. Gates, September 1993,
71 p.

QB 90-62: Groundwater Contamination, H. Gilbert, June 1990, 32 p.

QB 94-60: Herbicide Tolerance/Resistance in Plants, R Dobert,
September 1994, 113 p.

QB 94-55: Hydroponics - Nutrient Film Techniques, H. Gilbert,
September 1994, 54 p.

QB 93-69: IPM and Biological Control of Plant Pests: Field Crops,
J. Gates, September 1993, 83 p.

QB 94-12: IPM and Biological Control of Plant Pests: Horticultural
Crops, J. Gates, March 1994, 76 p.

QB 94-35: Irrigating Efficently, J. Makuch and B. Emmert, June
1994, 62 p.

QB 94-38: Legumes in Crop Rotations, M. Gold, June 1994, 121 p.

QB 90-44: Medicinal Botany and Herbal Medicine, J. Gates, April
1990, 35 p.

QB 93-64: Part-time Farming, Small Farms and Farming in the United
States, M. Gold, September 1993, 59 p.

QB 93-25: Paulownia: Potential Tree Crop, E. Brownlee, April
1993,18p.

QB 91-45: Potential New Crop: Crambe, J. Rafats, February 1991,19p.

QB 91-44: Potential New Crop: Guayule, J. Rafats, February
1991,29p.

QB 92-54: Potential New Crop: Kenaf, Commercial Fiber and Pulp
Source, J. Rafats, July 1992, 38 p.

QB 93-32: Riparian Zones and Filter Strips in Agricultural
Operations, J. Makuch, May 1993, 40 p.

QB 93-50: Rotational Grazing and Intensive Pasture Management, J.
Gates, August 1993, 39 p.

QB 93-01: Societal Impacts of Adoption of Alternative Agricultural
Practices, J. MacLean, October 1992, 54 p.

QB 93-54: Soil Testing and Plant Analysis for Fertilizer
Recommendations, K. Schneider, July 1993, 50 p.

QB 93-33: Solar Energy Alternatives for Agriculture, S. Chapman,
May 1993, 64 p.

QB 93-03: Sustainable or Alternative Agriculture, J. Gates,
November 1992, 84 p.

QB 91-146: Use of Computers for Farm Management, J. Gates,
September 1991, 30 p.

QB 93-55: Wastewater Irrigation, K. Schneider, July 1993, 54 p.

QB 91-145: Water Quality Implications of Conservation Tillage, J.
Dombrowski, September 1991, 31 p.

QB 93-28: Wind Energy for Agriculture, S. Chapman, April 1993, 32p.

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AFSIC Notes No. 2: Agriculture and the Environment, J. Gates, J.
MacLean, March 1992, 7 p.

AFSIC Notes No. 3: Integrated Pest Management-Biological Control:
Natural Enemies, J. Gates, March 1992, 3 p.

AT 93-02: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): An Annotated
Bibliography and Resource Guide, S. DeMuth, September 1993, 10 p.

SRB 92-08: Economic Comparisons of Biological and Chemical Pest
Control Methods: An Annotated Bibliography, K. Norris, R. Cook, J.
MacLean, March 192, 21 p.

SRB 94- 13: Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture: A
Bibliography, K. Guenther, September 1994, 32 p.

SRB 92-08: Economic Comparisons of Biological and Chemical Pest
Control Methods: An Annotated Bibliography, K. Norris, R. Cook, J.
MacLean, March 1992, 21 p.

SRB 93-01: Resource Guide to Growing and Using Herbs, S. DeMuth and
AFSIC Staff, November 1992, 15 p.

SRB 94-05: Sustainable Agriculture: Definitions and Terms, M. Gold,
May 1994, 10 p.

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Alternative Farming Systems, R. Stevens & AFSIC Staff, August 1992,
24 p. (Supplement Update, 2/94).

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Basics of Searching AGRICOLA on SilverPlatter CD-ROM, D.
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Calendar of Events Related to Sustainable Agriculture, G. Hegyes,
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Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture,
J. Gates, December 1993, 31 p., 6th ed. 49 p.

Horticultural Journals Currently Received at the National
Agricultural Library, S. DeMuth, April 1993, 49 p.

Periodicals Pertaining to Alternative Farming Systems, AFSIC Staff,
February 1993, 21 p.

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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN PRINT:   CURRENT BOOKS


Introduction
Prepared by the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
(AFSIC), this publication provides a list of recently published
books pertaining to sustainable agriculture.  Each title was
reviewed by Michael Cassady, an AFSIC volunteer.  Additional
titles, going back to 1989, may be found in the 1992 and 1993
editions of this series (SRB 92-15 and SRB 93-04).
This series combines with our earlier publication, Tracing the
Evolution of Organic/Sustainable Agriculture: A Selected and
Annotated Bibliography (BLA 72), to provide bibliographic coverage
on sustainable agriculture literature from 1580 to 1994.
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Title: Agricultural Policy and Sustainability:  Case Studies from
India, Chile, the Philippines and the United States
Editor: Faeth, Paul
Publisher: Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 1993.  113 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86A37 1993
Annotation: Maintains that conventional economic analysis obscures
or miscalculates the degradation of the natural resource base that
supports agriculture and contributes to policies that damage this
resource base.  Explores how such policies influence farmers'
choices.  Suggests natural resource accounting methods that provide
a better comparison between farm policies and sustainability.
Offers several recommendations in the areas studied - - rice and
wheat production in India, wheat farming in Chile, pesticides and
rice production in the Philippines.  Considers U.S. farm policy
biased against resource conserving production systems.  Analyzes
alternatives to corn and soybean production in Pennsylvania and
Nebraska.
Inquiries may be made to World Resources Institute, 1709 New York
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20006.


Title: Agricultural Productivity, Sustainability, and Fertilizer
Use
Author: Parish, D. H.
Publisher: Muscle Shoals, AL: International Fertilizer Development
Center, 1993.  Paper series IFDC P-18.  21 p.
NAL Number: S596.7.P37 1993
Annotation: Discusses the major issues involved in using
fertilizers, including interaction with soil and water, nutrient
recovery, nitrogen fixation, soil-borne diseases, soil erosion, the
environment, crop production.
Inquiries may be made to International Fertilizer Development
Center, P.O. Box 2040, Muscle Shoals, AL 35662.


Title: Agricultural Research Alternatives
Authors: Lockeretz, William and Molly D. Anderson
Publisher: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993.  239 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86O97 v. 3
Annotation: Volume 3 in the series, Our Sustainable Future.  
Examines the historical and philosophical forces that have
influenced agricultural research in the U.S.  Considers the
relevance of multidisciplinary research to alternative agriculture;
the connection between agroecology and alternative agriculture;
developing information and management systems; on-farm research;
farmers' influence on research.  Proposes means for developing the
most relevant and efficient kinds of research, such as a
professional reward system, funding programs, and agricultural
education.


Title: Alternative Agricultural Opportunities: A Bibliography
Publisher: St. Paul, MN: Center for Alternative Plant and Animal
Products, University of Minnesota, 1991.  106 p.
NAL Number: Z5074.A815A57 1991
Annotation: A bibliography prepared from fact sheets, research
reports, manuals, conference proceedings, Extension publications,
and other sources often overlooked.  Contents are divided into five
major areas, agronomic field crops (forage, fiber, grains, legumes,
oilseeds); horticultural crops (fruits, nuts, vegetables,
ornamentals, greenhouse production); forest resources (woodland
management and timber marketing); livestock (aquaculture, bees,
cattle, buffalo, deer, goats, sheep, poultry, rabbits, mules,
llamas, alpacas, wildlife); marketing and economics. Includes a
subject index.
Available for purchase from Center for Alternative Plant and Animal
Products, University of Minnesota, 340 Alderman Hall, 1970 Folwell
Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108


Title: Alternative Crop and Alternative Crop Production Research
Publisher: Fargo, ND: North Dakota State University, 1992.  95 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.A65A46 1992
Annotation: An update to the marketing and use of alternative crops
research being conducted at NDSU. Includes work done on oil seeds,
amaranth, crambe, barley, pearl millet; spring wheat-soybean,
flax-wheat and flax-lentil intercropping; lupin production; flea
beetle control.


Title: Alternative Farming Systems and Rural Communities: Exploring
the Connections
Publisher: Greenbelt, MD: Institute for Alternative Agriculture*,
1992.  100 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.A65A57 1992
Annotation: Proceedings of IAA's ninth annual scientific symposium
held at Chevy Chase, MD, on March 2 and 3, 1992.  Discussions
explored the meaning and importance of community; the ecological
connections between alternative farming and rural communities; what
alternative farming systems and rural communities can do for each
other; research methods that measure the movement of farmers into
sustainable practices and the effect this may have on rural
communities; the impact of past public policy and what reforms are
needed to ensure viable links between agriculture and rural
communities.
* Now the Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture,
9200 Edmonston Rd., Suite 117, Greenbelt, MD 20770-1551.


Title: Amish Agriculture in Iowa: Indigenous Knowledge for
Sustainable Small-Farm Systems
Author: Yoder, Rhonda Lou
Publisher: Ames, IA: Iowa State University, Technology and Social
Change Program, 1990.  Studies in Technology and Social Change no.
15. 69 p.
NAL Number: S451.I8Y63 1990
Annotation: Observations about the Iowa Amish and their farming
methods as a model of sustainable agriculture. Although not a
technical report, attention is given to agricultural practices and
social and cultural features to determine how Amish farmers are
unique and how they are similar to other Iowa farmers.  Includes a
brief review of the historical development of Old Order Amish in
Europe and the United States.
Available for purchase from the Center for Indigenous Knowledge for
Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, 318
Curtiss Hall, Ames, IA 50011.


Title: Basic Formula to Create Community Supported Agriculture
Author: Van En, Robyn
Publisher: Great Barrington, MA: Robyn Van En, 1992. Unnumbered
pages.
NAL Number: HD9225.A2V35 1992
Annotation: A handbook for organizing and maintaining community
based agriculture.  Includes ideas for reaching local customers,
acquiring land,  harvesting and distributing, promoting
cooperation.  Provides information on seed varieties and pesticides
found on produce; a directory of community supported agriculture
projects; resource guide.
Available for purchase from Robyn Van En, Indian Line Farm, RR 3,
Box 85, Great Barrington, MA 01230.


Title: Beyond the Large Farm: Ethics and Research Goals for
Agriculture
Editors: Thompson, Paul B. and Bill A. Stout
Publisher: Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991. 312 p.
NAL Number: S541.B48
Annotation: Assesses the direction in which U.S. agricultural
policy should go.  Includes an analysis of the environmental
degradation caused by conventional agriculture and what should be
reasonable environmental goals.


Title: Building Soils for Better Crops: Organic Matter Management
Author: Magdoff, Fred
Publisher: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. 176 p.
NAL Number: S592.8.M34 1992
Annotation: Volume 2 in the series, Our Sustainable Future. 
Discusses the importance of organic matter to soil fertility and
practices that enhance organic matter in the soil, such as using
animal manures, cover crops, crop residues and composts, reduced
tillage and erosion control.  Provides technical information on the
chemistry and dynamics of soil organic matter.  Includes a glossary
of common terms.


Title: Chicken Little, Tomato Sauce and Agriculture: Who Will
Produce Tomorrow's Food?
Author: Gussow, Joan Dye
Publisher: New York: The Bootstrap Press, 1991.  143 p.
NAL Number: S441.G87 1991
Annotation: Discusses the major problems facing food production and
distribution systems, e.g., the loss of topsoil, heavy use of
artificial fertilizers and pesticides, low commodity prices, high
debt loads, unstable land prices, falling farm population. 
Explores the competing alternatives of industrial agriculture and
smaller-scale, more localized sustainable food systems.


Title: Common Harvest: An Alternative Food and Agriculture Resource
Directory (2nd ed.)
Authors: Guenthner, Dan; Rick Bonlender; Dick Kulisheck
Publisher: Minneapolis:  Food Action Network, Inc., 1992.  150 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86G84 1992
Annotation: Looks at the issues that influence current popular
concepts of food and land. Considers alternative choices that are
available to help create a more sustainable food system, such as
small space gardening, edible landscaping, composting, seed
gathering, and food preservation. Offers ideas on diet and
nutrition with suggestions on food choices for improved health. 
Discusses collective initiatives such as community and specialized
gardening, local food policies, land trusts and stewardship. Lists
organizations, commercial outlets, books and periodicals that are
useful in all areas of alternative food production.
Available for purchase from Food Action Network, Inc., 5324 Park
Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55417-1720


Title: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis: Special
Issue Devoted to Perspectives on Relationships Between
Sustainability of Soil and the Environment
Editor: Wallace, Arthur
Publisher: New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1994.  169 p.
NAL Number: S590.C63. Vol. 25, nos. 1 & 2, 1994
Annotation: The 25th anniversary issue of this journal addresses
the challenge of recovering and maintaining healthy soil to secure
the long-term sustainability of agriculture.  Soil organic matter
contributes not only nutrients but provides necessary physical and
biological properties.  Discusses the importance of restoring soil
organic matter to near original levels; storing carbon in soil as
a means of avoiding global warming; small-scale farms as a model
for conservation; social and economic barriers to sustainable
agriculture; environmentally sound rules for fertilizers; employing
water-soluble polymers and gypsum to correct soil problems and
ensure more efficient use of water; the need to consider the value
of protecting an ecosystem more than an endangered species. 
Suggests that consumerism may be the primary environmental problem
facing the world.


Title: Conservation Farming: "After the Basics": The Next Steps
Forward
Editor: Petheram, R.J.
Publisher: [Horsham, Vic., Australia?]: Wimmera Conservation
Farming Association, 1993.  53 p.
NAL Number: S478.A1W56 1993
Annotation: Proceedings of the eighth annual seminar of the Wimmera
Conservation Farming Association held at Longerenong, Victoria
(Australia) on March 11, 1993.   As in the U.S., Australian soil
types vary and some of the information provided here may be helpful
in the U.S. and Canada.  Topics include experiments performed to
determine ideal seedbed criteria for  direct-drill (no-till) wheat;
features of Janke no-till planting points, that allow minimal
disturbance of soil and minimum loss of moisture; weed control
research; new spray technology; controlled-release herbicides;
cropping practices to combat cereal root diseases.


Title: Conservation Policies for Sustainable Hillslope Farming
Editors: Arsyad, Sitanala, et al
Publisher: Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society, 1992.
364 p.
NAL Number: S627.G68C66 1992
Annotation: Based on material presented at a workshop in Indonesia
in March 1991.  Stresses the importance of hillslopes and other
marginal land in a time of increasing population and food shortage.
Emphasis is on tropical developing countries.  Offers insight into
socioeconomic and cultural conditions that often hinder small
farmers from implementing new methods in hillside farming;
government conservation policies; legal and land tenure issues; and
other elements in sustainable use of hillslopes.


Title: Conservation Tillage Systems and Management: Crop Residue
Management with No-till, Ridge-till, Mulch-till
Publisher: Ames, IA: Iowa State University, MidWest Plan Service,
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Dept., 1992.  MWPS-45.  140
p.
NAL Number: S604.C675 1992
Annotation: A handbook that provides information and research about
the elements of conservation tillage, that leaves enough crop
residue to protect the soil from erosion throughout the year. 
Includes methods of estimating residue cover, crop and soil
response to tillage systems, cost comparisons, combining
conservation tillage with other cropping practices, managing pests
and diseases, fertilizing, equipment selection.


Title: Creating A Sustainable Food System: Pioneers Tell Their
Story
Publisher: St. Paul: Minnesota Food Association, 1992. 87 p.
NAL Number: HD9007.M6C74 1992
Annotation: A survey of 33 Minnesota sustainable food growers,
processors and consultants concerning production, marketing and
future plans.  Includes grain growers, beef, dairy and poultry
producers, vegetable and fruit growers, honey and maple syrup
producers--their experiences, problems, and views.
Inquiries may be made to Minnesota Food Association, 2395
University Ave., Room 309, St. Paul, MN 55114


Title: Cropping Systems in Intensive Agriculture
Editor: Djumalieva, D. and Anton Vassilev
Publisher: New Delhi, India: M D Publications, 1993. 214 p.
NAL Number: S602.5.C7713 1993
Annotation: An English translation of a l986 Bulgarian publication.
Discusses crop rotations based on ecological conditions;
relationship of crop rotation with soil fertility; and protecting
plants from diseases, pests and weeds. Includes rotation schemes
for cereals, vegetables and tobacco.


Title: Development of Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
in Africa
Author: Okigbo, Bede N.
Publisher: Ibadan, Nigeria: International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture, 1991.  66 p.
NAL Number: S542.A4055 1991
Annotation: Examines the socioeconomic factors, natural and human
resources, and climatic conditions that must be considered in
determining the scope and success of sustainable systems in Africa.


Title: Earth User's Guide to Permaculture
Author: Morrow, Rosemary
Publisher: Kenthurst, NSW, Australia: Kangaroo Press, 1993. 152 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.P47M67 1993
Annotation: A guide for implementing permaculture in either an
urban or rural setting. Outlines the principles and ecological
basis of permaculture.  Discusses climate factors and how to
accommodate them; soil components and how to improve deficiences;
reducing consumption of water, how to trap, store and reuse it;
using trees as windbreaks; designing and building a home; planning
food gardens and orchards; raising poultry and bees; aquaculture. 
Examines sustainable systems in different biozones of the world. 
Considers the social aspects of permaculture including community
land use.


Title: Environmentally Compatible Agricultural Development:
Resource, Food and Income Security as a Task for Development and
Structural Policy
Author: Otzen, Uwe
Publisher: Berlin:  German Development Institute, 1992.  59 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86O89 1992
Annotation: Assesses soil and water degration and damage to the
international environment caused by growing population, overuse of
resources, land tenure systems, trade and commercial systems,
industrialization, climatic factors.  Defines criteria for
ecological changes in agricultural structures; appropriate
strategies for stabilizing resources and implementing sound
agricultural policies.


Title: Environmentally Sound Agriculture: Proceedings of the Second
Conference
Editors: Campbell, Kenneth L.; Wendy D. Graham; A.B. "Del" Bottcher
Publisher: St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, 1994. 578 p.
NAL Number: (being processed)
Annotation: Papers presented at a conference held April 20-22,
1994, in Orlando, FL.  Topics include planning agricultural
production systems as ecosystems for sustainability; real estate
law--habitat preservation, tax benefits and capitalization
available to farmers; preventing water pollution on farms;
management technologies; information systems and education;
nutrient management; erosion control; water management; pesticide
containment; waste management and utilization. 
Inquiries may be made to American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, 2950 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659.


Title: Evaluation for Sustainable Land Management in the Developing
World
Editors: Dumanski, J. et al
Publisher: Bangkok, Thailand: International Board for Soil Research
and Management (IBSRAM), 1991.  3 vols., 81 p., 631 p., 140 p.
NAL Number: HD1131.I57 1991
Annotation: Proceedings of an IBSRAM workshop held at Chiang Rai,
Thailand, Sept. 15-21, 1991.  Objectives were to develop concepts
for evaluating sustainable land management, prepare and test a
framework for sustainable land management.  Most of the technical
papers deal with Asian or African experiences. Topics include
agroclimatic guidelines, environmental aspects, genetic resources,
soil and water management, livestock and food production, economic
and social aspects, methods for measuring the sustainability of
managed ecosystems, research needs and forecasting future
production.


Title: Extensive and Organic Livestock Systems: Animal Welfare
Implications
Publisher: South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England: Universities
Federation for Animal Welfare, 1993. 123 p.
NAL Number: HV4757.E98 1993
Annotation: Proceedings of a symposium organized by the Federation
and the Humane Slaughter Association, held at Cirencester, England
on Sept. 10 and 11, 1990.  Although mostly a reflection of British
experience, much of the material provided may have a wider
application.  Topics include organic farming in the UK and the role
of livestock; poultry, dairy farming, beef production, pigs, sheep,
health and disease, rare and traditional livestock breeds, mobile
slaughterhouses.
Title: Fit for a Pig: Low-cost/Sustainable Strategies of
Resourceful Hog Farmers
Author: Gralla, Shawn
Publisher: Hartington, NE: Beginning Farmer Support Network, Center
for Rural Affairs, [1991?]. 46 p.
NAL Number: SF395.G73 1991
Annotation: Promotes the concept that hog production is an
effective means for beginning farmers to build equity with
relatively low to medium capital investment.  Relates low-cost
practices used by successful hog farmers in Nebraska, Iowa and
South Dakota.  Topics include feeding systems, buildings,
equipment, breeding stock.
Inquiries may be made to Beginning Farmer Support Network, Center
for Rural Affairs, Box 736, Hartington, NE 68739.
Title: Food for the Future: Conditions and Contradictions of
Sustainability
Editor Allen, Patricia
Publisher: New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993. 328 p.
NAL Number: HD1415.F633 1993
Annotation: A discussion of the social, ethical, economic and
political aspects of sustainability by 15 leading contributors,
including Miguel Altieri, Kenneth Dahlberg, Carolyn Sachs, Neill
Schaller, Garth Youngberg.  Explores approaches to understanding
and developing sustainability, barriers facing sustainability, the
potential and limitations of sustainable systems.
Title: Food from Dry Lands: An Integrated Approach to Planning of
Agricultural Development
Editors: Alberda, Th. et al
Publisher: Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992. 211 p.
NAL Number: S613.F57 1992
Annotation: Volume 1 in the series, Systems Approaches for
Sustainable Agricultural Development.  From experiences and data
gained in the semiarid regions of Israel agro-pastoral systems were
designed that include grazing and pastures; moisture, nutrients and
plant production; sheep raising; cropping; economic elements.
Title: From the Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture
Authors: Goering, Peter; Helena Norberg-Hodge; John Page
Publisher: Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books, 1993.  120 p.
NAL Number: S439.G64 1993
Annotation: A review of the characteristics of industrial
agriculture since World War II and associated environmental, social
and economic problems, e.g., specialization, standardization and
centralization, and their effect on the small farmer; environmental
and health effects of chemical fertilizers and pesticides;
mechanization and the cost of fossil fuels; decline of the family
farm; pressure on Third World countries to export food;
biotechnology, trade and the GATT.  Proposes reassessing the
conventional concept of wealth and the sustainability of the
present way of life.  Discusses the nature and diversity of
ecological agriculture; techniques for soil fertility, weed and
pest control; responsible animal husbandry; the changing attitude
of farmers; demand for organic products; linking farmers and
consumers.
Title: From the Ground Up: Wisconsin Sustainable Farmers Tell of
Their Practice and Vision (2nd ed.)
Editor: Irwin, Mike
Publisher: Madison, WI: Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and
Consumer Protection, Ag. Resource Management Div., Sustainable
Agriculture Demonstration Program, July 1992. 68 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86F76 1992
Annotation: Originally published in 1990, this is a collection of
experiences, observations and suggestions from ten sustainable
farmers on producing organic vegetables, raising sheep, growing
amaranth, crop rotation, dairy farming, and other aspects of
sustainable farming.
Title: Green Manure Crops: The Organic Alternative for Improving
Soils
Authors: Gardner, Bruce and Wendy Morgan
Publisher: East Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Agmedia, 1993. 52 p.
NAL Number: SB284.3.A8G37 1993
Annotation: A booklet that provides information about using green
manures in high rainfall conditions and dryland cereal areas. 
Explains the benefits of green manures in improving soil structure
and nutrition and offers advice on selecting and managing green
manure crops.  Discusses some disadvantages of using green manures,
mostly as a result of poor management, such as depleting moisture
in non-irrigated soil, competing with subsequent cash crops for
nutrition, providing a habitat for certain pests.
Title: Greening A Brown Land: The Australian Search for Sustainable
Land Use
Authors: Barr, Neil and John Cary
Publisher: South Melbourne, Australia: MacMillan Education
Australia Pty Ltd, 1992. 343 p.
NAL Number: HD1033.B37 1992
Annotation: Considers the problems that Australia faces in rural
land use - soil erosion, salinity, acidification and compaction;
dependence on chemicals that result in residues in food; growth of
introduced pests and weeds; destruction of grasslands, forests,
range, and wetlands.  Explores the physical, historical and social
causes involved and looks at how Australian farmers are responding
to these problems.
Title: Growing Into the 21st Century: Proceedings from the Second
Sustainable Agriculture Symposium
Publisher: Washington, DC: National Association of Conservation
Districts, 1992.
149 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86S867 1992
Annotation: Proceedings of a symposium held in Memphis, July 20-22,
1992.  Topics include sustainability and the outlook for U.S.
agriculture; pollution prevention and resource protection; global
implications of sustainable agriculture; impact of alternative
tillage systems on U.S. corn and soybeans; forces shaping the
future of production agriculture; conventional and organic farmers'
views on sustainable agriculture; economics of promoting
sustainable agriculture; environmental policy; quality of life in
rural areas; opportunities and barriers to sustainable agriculture
research and education.  Offers several recommendations for
overcoming obstacles in adopting sustainable farming practices.
Title: A Guide to Sustainable Agriculture Practices
Publisher: Rochester, IL:  Illinois Sustainable Agriculture
Society, 1992.  39 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86G85 1992
Annotation: Includes brief interviews with several Illinois farmers
who are experimenting with sustainable practices; a resource
directory that lists Illinois agencies, organizations, farmers and
others who can answer questions about sustainable agriculture;
results of a survey that questioned farmers, consumers and
environmentalists about their views on sustainable agriculture, the
environment and food safety.
Inquiries may be made to Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Society,
P.O. Box 649, Ashland, IL 62612.
Title: Highgrove
Authors: Charles, Prince of Wales and Charles Clover
Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.  283 p.
NAL Number: S605.5.C43 1993
Annotation: In 1980 the Prince of Wales bought a small estate in
Gloucestershire.  The gardens and landscaping had been neglected
and an effort was begun to design a system of chemical-free
gardening.  The 300 acres were to be farmed organically and were to
be financially viable.  Describes features of the system
implemented to achieve that end, including crop rotations, green
manures, natural plant-based insecticides, weed control, livestock.

Covers financial aspects of the farm. Describes other operations
from thatching to breadmaking, and a reed bed sewage treatment
system.
Title: Hope for the Land
Author: Little, Charles E.
Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. 228
p.
NAL Number: HD205.L58 1991
Annotation: Discusses the concept of land stewardship, proposed by
Aldo Leopold and others, and the development of a pervasive land
use ethic.  Emphasizes that land is the origin of community and the
destruction of this relationship leads to loss of both.  Looks at
the competing elements in land use and the often destructive
results.
Title: The Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Network: 1992 On-farm
Participatory Research Program
Publisher: [Rochester, IL?: Illinois Sustainable Agriculture
Network, 1993?]  Unnumbered pages.
NAL Number: S540.O53N55 1993
Annotation: Summary reports of agronomic and economic data from
Illinois farmers who participated in on-farm research projects in
1992.  Includes descriptions of crop treatments, crop and price
yields, and farmers' comments on their experiences.
Inquiries may be made to Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Network,
P.O. Box 649, Ashland, IL 62612.
Title: Implications of Sustainable Farming Systems in the Northern
Great Plains for Farm Profitability and Size
Author: Dobbs, Thomas L.
Publisher: Brookings, SD: South Dakota State University, 1993.
Economics Staff Paper 93-5. 13 p.
NAL Number: HD1775.S8E262 No. 93-5
Annotation: Examines seven years of data from South Dakota farms,
comparing alternative, conventional and ridge till systems, to
determine net return to land management ($ per acre and $ per hour)
and farm size required to sustain a net return of $40,000.
Title: Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology and
Environmental Policy
Editor: Olson, Richard K.
Publisher: Binghamton, NY: Food Products Press, 1992. 161 p.
NAL Number: S22.I57 1992
Annotation: Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and the Institute for Alternative
Agriculture in Arlington, VA, July 22 and 23, 1991.  Participants,
including ecologists, economists, sociologists, soil scientists,
and government policy-makers, met to consider how ecology could aid
sustainable agriculture.  Concludes that ecology is not yet widely
applied to designing sustainable management systems.  A more
ecologically based agriculture could increase production efficiency
and decrease environmental impact, but resource constraints will
determine the limits to sustainable production.  Topics discussed
include the effects of federal policies on ecologically sustainable
systems; defining and measuring ecological sustainability in
agricultural systems; interdisciplinary approach to setting goals
in building sustainable agriculture; using soil nutrient cycling
processes; landscape ecology; reducing agricultural impact on the
environment; sustainable agriculture education and research.
Title: The International Conference on Agriculture for the 21st
Century: Toward a Sustainable Agriculture for the Pacific Rim
Nations
Publisher: New York:  MOA Foundation, 1991.  112 p.
NAL Number: S470.P16I57 1990
Annotation: Papers presented at a conference at Maui, HI, October
12-14, 1990.  Topics include biological nitrogen fixation;
long-term effects of organic and conventional farming on soil
production; growing trees (alley farming) as a strategy for
nutrient management of food crops and suppressing weeds in the
tropics; methods of pest management and reduced pesticide use;
sustainable farming techniques in Hawaii; food safety; developing
organic policies and standards.
Title: Land Conservation Through Public/Private Partnerships
Editor: Endicott, Eve (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
Publisher: Washington, DC: Island Press, 1993. 364 p.
NAL Number: HD205.L336 1993
Annotation: Although the book's primary focus is on the protection
of natural and undeveloped areas, there are many aspects that are
important to sustainable agriculture, such as managing land to
control water pollution and soil erosion.  Discusses the work of
The Nature Conservancy, American Farmland Trust and The Trust for
Public Land.  Outlines partnership projects and practices that
involve federal, state and local agencies and private participants;
funding mechanisms for partnerships.
Title: Land Resource Economics and Sustainable Development:
Economic Policies and the Common Good
Author: van Kooten, G. Cornelis
Publisher: Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 1993. 450 p.
NAL Number: HD75.6.V36 1993
Annotation: A somewhat technical text that seeks to apply economics
in providing a rational and balanced approach to problems involved
in allocating land resources.  Contains historical and theoretical
background on land economics.  Includes economics related to soil
conservation, land preservation, control over water in agriculture,
management of rangelands and forests.
Title: Legume Green Manuring
Publisher: Edmonton, Alta.: Alberta Agriculture, 1993. 7 p.
NAL Number: S661.J46 1993
Annotation: An informational pamphlet on the benefits and
management of green manure.
Inquiries may be made to Alberta Agriculture, Print Media Branch,
7000 - 113 St., Edmonton, Alta. T6H 5T6 Canada
Title: Management Guide for Low-imput Sustainable Apple Production
Publisher: [Amherst, MA?]:  USDA Northeast Low-imput Sustainable
Apple Production Project, the Universities of Massachusetts,
Vermont, Cornell and Rutgers, and Rodale Research Center, 1990.  84
p.
NAL Number: SB608.A6M35 1990
Annotation: Focuses on economic factors and horticultural practices
applicable to apple growing in the northeast U.S.  Topics include
selecting, designing, preparing and maintaining orchard sites;
selecting root stocks; pruning; harvesting; disease and pest
management.
Title: Michigan On-farm Demonstration and Research Project: 1991
Results
Publisher: Washington, DC:  American Farmland Trust, 1992.  41 p.
NAL Number: S451.M5M53 1992
Annotation: This cooperative effort between the Michigan
Agricultural Stewardship Association and the American Farmland
Trust compares conventional with alternative farming at 16 on-farm
and demonstration sites around the state.  Reports on the results
recorded during the 1991 growing season.
Inquiries may be made to American Farmland Trust, 1920 N St. NW,
Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036.
Title: Michigan Sustainable Agriculture Project - 1992: On-farm
Research and Demonstration Results
Publisher: DeKalb, IL: American Farmland Trust, 1993. 49 p.
NAL Number: S451.M5M52 1993
Annotation: Results of the second year of this joint project
between American Farmland Trust and the Michigan Agricultural
Stewardship Association.  On-farm sites were used to emphasize
preventing soil erosion and deterioration of water quality,
improving farm profitability, and protecting the rural environment.

Provides information and techniques that may be applied by farmers
considering sustainable practices.
Available for purchase from American Farmland Trust, Center for
Agriculture in the Environment, P.O. Box 987, DeKalb, IL 60115.
Title: Northern Plains Organic Crops Marketing Analysis: Wheat,
Oats, Sunflower
Authors: Stearns, Larry D. and David L. Watt
Publisher: Fargo, ND: North Dakota State University, Dept. of
Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, January
1993. Agricultural Economic Report no. 293. 35 p.
NAL Number: 281.9 N814A no. 293
Annotation: Results of a study to determine major domestic and
international markets for organically raised wheat, oats, and
sunflower; current and potential supplies in the Northern Plains
area (South and North Dakota and Minnesota); market constraints
perceived by wholesalers and retailers; possible marketing
improvements.
Title: Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land: A Historical Study in the
Possibilities for American Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Opie, John
Publisher: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. 412 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86O97 v. 1
Annotation: Volume 1 in the series, Our Sustainable Future, focuses
on the Ogallala aquifer in the central plains and seeks to
determine the effects of increasing consumption and declining
groundwater.  Describes the physical features and plant life of the
region before settlers arrived; the settlers' attempts to succeed
there; the dust bowl experience of the 1930's; the influence of
irrigation technology in the 1960's; attempts to conserve and
manage Ogallala groundwater; possible threat of long-term climate
change.
Title: Organic Field Crop Handbook: A Project of Canadian Organic
Growers, Inc.
Editor: Macey, Anne
Publisher: Ottawa: Canadian Organic Growers, Inc., 1992.  192 p.
NAL Number: S605.5.K722 1992
Annotation: An introductory guide to organic farming.  Provides
information to conventional farmers wishing to convert to organic
production and organic farmers who wish to expand their cropping. 
Includes material on soil ecosystems; manures; pest, weed and
disease management; certification and marketing; designing crop
rotations; growing alfalfa, clover and forage mixtures, barley,
buckwheat, corn, flax, oats, oilradish, rye, soybeans, spelt and
winter wheat.  Does not cover fruit and vegetable production or
animal husbandry.  Provides a directory of organic organizations,
organic certification standards, bibliography of selected books and
periodicals.
Title: Pennsylvania Sustainable Agriculture Project - 1992: On-farm
Research and Demonstration Results
Publisher: DeKalb, IL: American Farmland Trust, 1993. 27 p.
NAL Number: S451.P4P46 1993
Annotation: Results of a joint project between American Farmland
Trust and the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture.

Topics include using cover crops in a small-scale vegetable
operation; intensive rotational grazing; fertilizer rates in corn;
flowers and herbs for small farms; controlling early blight in
tomatoes; weed control techniques in organic soybeans.
Available for purchase from American Farmland Trust, Center for
Agriculture in the Environment, P.O. Box 987, DeKalb, IL 60115.
Title: The Pesticide Question: Environment, Economics, and Ethics
Editors: Pimentel, David and Hugh Lehman
Publisher: New York: Chapman and Hall, 1993. 441 p.
NAL Number: QH545.P4P4793 1993
Annotation: Assesses the environmental and social impact of using
pesticides, including the relationship between the cosmetic
appearance of products and pesticides, health risks, methods and
effects of reducing pesticide use.  Examines government policies
that encourage pesticide use in the U.S. and the EPA's
mismanagement of the Alar incident; public concern over pesticides
in food and water; current trends in pesticide use.
Title: Proceedings of the 1991 Farming for Profit and Stewardship:
Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest
Editor: Murray, Helene
Publisher: Corvallis, OR:  Oregon State University, Dept. of Crop
& Soil Science, 1991.  90 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86T7 1991
Annotation: Proceedings of the West Cascades Conference held on
March 1 and 2, 1991, in Portland, OR.  Presentations include
guidelines for grant programs on sustainable agriculture; small
fruit production in the Northwest; wheat health management; keeping
young farm families on the farm; pest and weed management; using
cover crops; pasture management; marketing opportunities; on-farm
research.
Title: Reintegrating Fragmented Landscapes: Towards Sustainable
Production and Nature Conservation
Editors: Hobbs, R. J. and D. A. Saunders
Publisher: New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993. 332 p.
NAL Number: S478.W4R45 1993
Annotation: Concerns the wheat growing areas of Western Australia
and the search for approaches to land use that maintain agriculture
and include conservation of nature.  Provides a geological and
social history of the development of the area.  Describes the
changes and resulting problems in ecosystems, soil properties, and
water conditions.  Attempts to design solutions to these problems
that integrate development with resource management, including
economic and ecological considerations.
Title: Returns to Resource-conserving Crop Rotations with and
without Government Programs
Authors: Williams, Jeffery R. and Penelope L. Diebel
Publisher: Manhattan, KS:  Kansas State University, Dept. of
Agricultural Economics, June 1993.  Staff paper 93-10.  23 p.
NAL Number: HD1401.S73
Annotation: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Agricultural Economics Association, August 1-4, 1993, at Orlando,
FL.  Analysis of the Integrated Farm Management Program Option of
the 1990 farm bill indicates it provides little economic incentive
to adopt resource-conserving crop rotations.  Outside of this
program, net returns are greatest when resource-conserving crops
are rotated with a commodity program crop.  Provides production
strategies with and without the commodity program.
Title: The Role of Trees in Sustainable Agriculture
Editor: Prinsley, Roslyn Tamara
Publisher: Boston: Kluver Academic Publishers, 1993. 186 p.
NAL Number: SD1.F627 v. 43
Annotation: Volume 43 in the series, Forestry Sciences.  Considers
the potential of agroforestry for changing and improving the
sustainability of agriculture and forestry.  Describes the benefits
for conservation and biodiversity of soil, with the focus on
Australian experience, research and development.  Topics include
planting trees in dryland salinity; reversing salinisation;
alternative products from trees and shrubs, such as oils, nuts,
seeds, medicinal chemicals, craftwoods, charcoal; as shelter for
protecting soil, plants and livestock; as fodder for livestock;
management and planning guidelines; integrating wood production
into Australian farming systems.
Title: Sacred Cows and Hot Potatoes
Authors: Browne, William P. et al
Publisher: Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992. 151 p.
NAL Number: HD1761.S17 1992
Annotation: Challenges many of the myths and assumptions that
underlie much of U.S. farm policy_such as equating high farm prices
with high farm incomes, farm programs with food programs,
production with productivity; confusing farming with rural society;
other counterproductive aspects.
Title: Sell What You Sow!: The Grower's Guide to Successful Produce
Marketing
Author: Gibson, Eric
Publisher: Carmichael, CA: New World Publishing, 1994.  302 p.
NAL Number: HD9005.G53 1994
Annotation: The smaller grower has an opportunity for financial
success by meeting the market demand for quality and variety
typically absent from large, conventional producers.  Offers advice
on market research, choosing what to grow and the best methods for
selling, which may include direct marketing or through retail,
wholesale, or cooperative outlets.  Includes suggestions on
merchandising, promotion, customer service, pricing and other
business matters.
Title: Showcase of Sustainable Agriculture Information and
Educational Materials
Publisher: Burlington, VT: Sustainable Agriculture Network,
University of Vermont. 1993. 79 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86S56 1993
Annotation: A guide to materials available from universities,
government, businesses and organizations.  Indexed by contributors,
authors, titles, and subject matter.
Inquiries may be made to Sustainable Agriculture Publications,
Hills Bldg., Room 12, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
05405-0082
Title: Smallholders, Householders: Farm Families and the Ecology of
Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Netting, Robert McC.
Publisher: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1993.  389 p.
NAL Number: GN407.4.N48 1993
Annotation: An anthropological and historical view of intensive
agriculture practices of small-scale farmers around the world. 
Discusses specialized technologies and know-how developed by these
smallholders; organization of farm family households; allocation of
labor and time; farm size and productivity; property and tenure
rights; market and economic forces; the future of small-holder
intensive systems.
Title: SMP's: Sustainable Management Practices for the Nineties
Author: Fernholz, Carmen M.
Publisher: Madison, MN: A-Frame Press, 1992.  100 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86F47 1992
Annotation: Offers guidelines for analyzing present management
practices, before beginning the transition to a sustainable system,
by an evaluation that includes profiling variable costs per acre,
pesticide usage, crop performance, energy, capital and labor. 
Stresses the importance of nitrogen to crops and how to purchase or
produce it.  Considers weed control, providing soil nutrients
without chemical fertilizers and with or without livestock manure,
benefits from using both the rotary hoe and row crop cultivator,
double cropping with alfalfa.
Title: Soil Conservation and Sustainable Land Use: An Economic
Approach
Author: Graaf, Jan de
Publisher: Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Royal Tropical Institute,
1993.  191 p.
NAL Number: HD1131.G73 1993
Annotation: Another in the Institute's series, Development Oriented
Research in Agriculture.  Provides technical information, theory
and history of land degradation, soil and water conservation, and
sustainable land use.  Suggests economic assessments and methods
that are broader than the traditional cost and benefit analysis and
include social factors, environmental impact, development of human
and physical resources.  Emphasizes practical applications and the
role of farm households in project planning and decision making.
Title: Soil Fertility for Organic Farmers
Authors: Kindberg, Eric and Beth Ardapple Kindberg
Publisher: Mt. Judea, AR: Ozark Small Farm Viability Project, 1991.

24 p.
NAL Number: S633.K55 1991
Annotation: A booklet that provides basic information about
practices that provide humus-rich soil.  Includes the use of crop
residues, animal manures, green manures, and other organic
fertilizers.  Offers guidelines for water management, tillage, crop
rotations, growing legumes, managing green manures and sod
pastures.
Available for purchase from Ozark Small Farm Viability Project,
P.O. Box 99, Mt. Judea, AR 72655.
Title: Strategies for Sustainable Animal Agriculture in Developing
Countries
Editor: Mack, Simon
Publisher: Rome, Italy: United Nations, Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), 1993.  FAO Animal Production and Health paper
107. 271 p.
NAL Number: SF1.F64
Annotation: Proceedings of the FAO Expert Consultation held in
Rome, Dec. 10-14, 1990.  Topics include the impact of regional
government policies on livestock production; government and
co-operative services for production and marketing of milk and
meat; using animal feed resources including tropical pastures and
rangelands; animal-crop integration; genetic resources; disease
control; research, education, training and extension services.
Title: Sustainability of Land Use Systems: The Potential of
Indigenous Measures for the Maintenance of Soil Productivity in
Sub-Sahara African Agriculture: A Review of Methodologies and
Research Results
Authors: Hailu, Zegeye and Artur Runge-Metzger
Publisher: Weikersheim, Germany: Verlag Josef Margraf Scientific
Books, 1993. 168 p.
NAL Number: S625.A357H35 1993
Annotation: Number 7 in the series, Tropical Agroecology.  Focuses
on the sub-Sahara where per capita food production has declined
over several decades.  Examines the sustainability of regional land
use systems; aspects and causes of land degradation and the
economic effects; measures taken by farmers to adjust to changing
situations.  Proposes a research program to evaluate the
sustainability of land use systems; successful local land
management practices; relationship between individual, household,
community and nation.
Title: Sustainability of Quality Food Production in the
Twenty-first Century
Publisher: Blacksburg, VA:  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, 1992.  51 p.
NAL Number: SF196.U5P76 1992
Annotation: Proceedings of a symposium of the American Forage and
Grassland Conference held on June 9, 1990, at Blacksburg, VA.
Considers the likely obstacles that will face agriculture in the
next century; the position of the beef industry in sustainable
agriculture; consumer trends that will influence the food industry;
the potential for sufficient food production and the greenhouse
effect as an impediment to production.
Title: Sustainable Agricultural Development: The Role of
International Cooperation
Editors: Peters, G.H. and B.F. Stanton
Publisher: Aldershot, England: Dartmouth Publishing Co., Ltd.,
1992.  704 p.
NAL Number: HD1405.I58 1991
Annotation: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference of
Agricultural Economists held on August 22-29, 1991, in Tokyo. 
Includes papers on food security and world agriculture in the next
century; markets and agricultural development; public and private
sectors in agriculture; dryland agriculture and sustainability;
potential of biotechnology for agriculture and the food industry;
environmental issues; characteristics of farm households.  Offers
several views on agricultural aspects in developing countries and
trade policies and market development in Europe.
Title: Sustainable Agriculture: In Concept and In Deed
Author: Castillo, Gelia T.
Publisher: London: Overseas Development Institute, Regent's
College, December 1992. Network paper 36. 32 p.
NAL Number: S539.5.N47 no. 36
Annotation: Originally presented as a paper at the Asian Farming
Systems Research Symposium held at Columbo, Sri Lanka in November
1992.  Discusses the challenges agricultural research faces in
dealing with sustainability, including the necessary but often
adversarial relationship between indigenous knowledge and
biotechnology.  Describes some of the concepts and ideas that
underlie sustainable agriculture.  Presents a review of the impact
of farming systems research and its apparent limitations. 
Emphasizes the need to understand an existing system before
attempting to improve or change it.  Suggests that the combination
of subsistence production and commercialization may be the most
effective scheme in certain areas for family well-being.  Discusses
the importance of secondary crops to system diversity; the
connection between international trade and land use; and the goal
of agrosystem analysis in research, policy and action.
Title: Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertise 1993
Publisher: Burlington, VT: Sustainable Agriculture Network,
University of Vermont, 1993. Various pagings.
NAL Number: (being processed)
Annotation: Contains the names and addresses of 717 people and
organizations with expertise in various areas of sustainable
agriculture.  Listings are by state with comprehensive indexes for
individuals, organizations, crop and livestock topics, products and
services, areas of expertise, and management methods.
  Inquiries may be made to Sustainable Agriculture Publications,
University of Vermont, Hills Bldg., Room 12, Burlington, VT
05405-0082.
Title: Sustainable Agriculture Program Directory 1992: A
Comprehensive Listing of State, National, and International
Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives
Editors: Cuchetto, Andrea, et al
Publisher: Washington, DC: American Farmland Trust, March 1992.  70
p.
NAL Number: S494.5. S86S875 1992
Annotation: Lists 224 sustainable agriculture programs and
organizations (private, government, academic) from the
international to the local level.  Each entry includes a brief
description of the organization or institution, address, telephone
number, publications issued.
Title: Sustainable Farming and the Role of Farmers' Organizations
Publisher: Paris, France:  International Federation of Agricultural
Producers, 1990.  62 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86S879 1990
Annotation: A farmer-centered approach to rural development
programming and improving farm systems that views farmers as the
key to solutions and not part of the problem.  Suggests that
insufficient contact exists between research, extension and
development services and farmers' organizations.  Looks at
approaches to be made in improving farm systems, reaching farmers
at the grass roots level, enhancing farmer participation and
strengthening farmers' organizations.
Title: Sustainable Farming Guide Book
Publisher: St. Paul: Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture, Energy and
Sustainable Agriculture Program, 1990.  Unnumbered pages.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86S89 1990
Annotation: A guide for farmers who are considering a change from
conventional methods to a sustainable or alternative system. 
Although prepared for the Minnesota farmer, this guide offers
suggestions that may be helpful to farmers living elsewhere.
Assists in determining practicable objectives and preparing a
transition plan.  Deals with different farming enterprises, e.g.,
dairy, poultry, beef, hogs, grain and horticulture crops.  Includes
discussion of weed management, rotational grazing and cropping, and
profitability.  Furnishes practical experiences of individual
Minnesota farmers engaged in different farming ventures.
Title: Sustainable Hog Production
Authors: Gegner, Lance E. et al
Publisher: Fayetteville, AR:  Appropriate Technology Transfer for
Rural Areas (ATTRA), 1992. 20 p. plus enclosures (various pagings).
NAL Number: HD9435.U62G45 1992
Annotation: Information for establishing a sustainable hog
operation. Topics include breed selection, feeding, swine health,
farrowing facilities, waste management, and economic
considerations.  Provides sources for additional information.
Inquiries may be made to ATTRA, P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR
72702.
Title: Sustaining Land, People, Animals, and Communities: The Case
for Livestock in a Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Caneff, Denny
Publisher: Washington, DC: Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group, 1993.  26 p.
NAL Number: SF51.C36 1993
Annotation: Discusses the value of livestock in a sustainable
system, in the rural economy, and the undesirability of the current
"animal factory" livestock industry.  Examines issues raised by
environmental, animal welfare, and food quality interests.  Offers
policy options and recommendations to ensure healthy animals,
viable rural communities and family farms, a healthy environment,
and healthy food supply.
Inquiries may be made to Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working
Group, 110 Maryland Ave. NE, Box 76, Washington, DC 20002.
Title: Trade in Organic Foods: Growing as Partners into the 21st
Century
Editors: Geier, Bernward; Carl Haest; Alice Pons
Publisher: Tholey-Theley, Germany: International Federation of
Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), 1991. 149 p.
NAL Number: HD9000.5.I58 1991
Annotation: Proceedings of an IFOAM conference held in Vienna,
Austria, Nov. 11-13, 1991.  Topics include enhancing quality of
organic products; organic meat production; marketing and retailing;
certification methods; integrated agriculture.  Most of the
presentations focus on European circumstances.
Title: Varieties of Sustainability: Reflecting on Ethics,
Environment and Economic Equity: Abstracts of Presentations
Publisher: [Santa Cruz, CA?:  University of California, Santa Cruz,
1991?].  Approximately 43 unnumbered pages.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86V27 1991
Annotation: Abstracts of papers given at a conference on May 10-12,
1991, at Pacific Grove, CA.  Topics include scientific and moral
aspects of animal welfare; alternative animal husbandry; class,
race and gender issues in sustainable agriculture; public and
collective pest control; global restructuring of agricultural and
food systems; farmer/citizen participation in policy making at U.S.
land grant schools; ethical concerns involved in sustainable
agriculture and development; social and economic aspects of
agricultural policies in both developing and industrial countries.
Title: Weed Management in Sustainable Agriculture
Publisher: [Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que.:  Resource Efficient
Agricultural Production (REAP), 1991?].  31 p.
NAL Number: SB610.2.R42 1991
Annotation: Proceedings of the 5th annual REAP conference held at
Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que., Canada, March 19,
1991.  Includes papers in French or English on crop rotation and
cover crops in weed reduction; economics of weed control in
alternative farming systems; mechanical weed control in cereals and
row crops; ridge tillage.
Title: What Really Happens When You Cut Chemicals?
Editors: Shirley, Christopher  et al
Publisher: Emmaus, PA: Rodale Institute, 1993. 156 p.
NAL Number: S494.5.S86W48 1993
Annotation: Prepared by staff of The New Farm. Examines data from
research studies comparing high- and low-input cropping systems, to
help farmers reduce the use of chemicals.  Includes substantial
on-farm experience.  Offers suggestions on what chemicals to reduce
and how to begin.

From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDUThu Dec  1 22:13:00 1994
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 18:35:10 -0800
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L <SUSTAG-L@WSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject: Re: (Fwd) Graduate studies in sust. agriculture (fwd)

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From: Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS <GALE-SINEX@ae.agecon.wisc.edu>
To: SUSTAG@beta
Subject: Re: (Fwd) Graduate studies in sust. agriculture

Tom--

Per Gary Kazmer's query.  A very good source for training and degree
opportunities in sustainable ag is the National Ag
Library's/Alternative Farming Systems Information Center's

Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture
6th edition

It is available for free from NAL's Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center, USDA, NAL, Room 111, 10301 Baltimore Blvd.,
Beltsville, MD  20705-2351.

They can also cross-check with the Sustainable Ag Network's SA
Directory of Expertise, available from Sustainable Ag Publications,
Hills Bldg, Room 12, U of VT, Burlington, VT  05405-0082.   I seem to
recall this being a for-charge publication.

Share with the list if you wish!

Peace--
Misha

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Michele Gale-Sinex

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Agricultural Technology and Family Farm Institute
UW-Madison--Voice: (608) 262-8018   FAX: (608) 265-3020
From bob.batson@sound.com Mon Oct  3 12:12:07 EDT 1994
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It's just been brought to my attention that _National Gardening_
magazine uploads most of its magazine articles to the library of The
Gardening Forum, a special-interest group on CompuServe. If you have
access to this commercial service, you'll want to check-out this SIG.

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From wdh3@cornell.edu Thu Oct 20 12:09:05 EDT 1994
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Fukuoka also wrote a book called The Natural Way of Farming, that it a more
modern and technical description of his theory.  It was published by 'Japan
Publishing' in 1990 or 1991.  I believe that it is still in print, and it
was readily available in english at local bookstores when it came out.

One Straw Revolution is a good description of how Fukuoka formed his ideas,
and is very entertaining.  The newer book goes into more detail, and is more
aimed at disseminating technique.

Good luck finding them - they are well worth reading.
--------------------------------------------------------------

In Message Sun, 16 Oct 1994 16:19:14 -0400, GORDONSE@steffi.uncg.edu writes:

>
>>Hem Ramachandran <heman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu> wrote:
>>>I know that there is a book by Fukavoka (sp?), I forgot is last name,
>>>called Single Straw Revolution. I am not sure about the title. This book
>
>>The book your looking for is titled "the One Straw Revolution" and
>i>s worth looking for.   Good Luck!
>
>>-- Seth Appell
>
>For the author spelling try Manusoba Fukuoka.  (I don't have the
>book available, so I hope that's right.)  Also a second book of
>his was translated from the Japanese.  It's very helpful/interesting, too.
>I had to get both of them on interlibrary loan.  So I can't give you 
>a correct title for the second book either.
>
>Anyone know if any other of his works are being translated?
>
>Sharon
>gordonse@iris.uncg.edu

---------------------------
Dean Hively
wdh3@cornell.edu
331 Emerson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853


From csalmanson@delphi.com Sun Dec  4 20:23:50 EST 1994
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I'm a newbie, so please forgive any errors.  Lewis and Nancy Hill have
written numerous gardening books, including *Cold Climate Gardening*,
another on perennials, another called, I think, *Fruits and Berries for the Home
Garden* all put out by Storey Communications' Garden Way Publishing, in
Pownal, VT.  They live and have gardened fanatically for more than
50 years in Northern Vermont, and write in a very entertaining and informative
style.  I know that these books can also be purchased at the Brooklyn
Botanical Garden.  I hope you can read this and that it's of some
help! --Carol


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First, I'd like to thank Dave Sill for contributing the terrific
resource lists -- what an endeavor!

I do need to take exception to one little magazine review, however...

[Shameless plug follows. ;-]

>New Farm
>    Rodale Press
>    33 E. Minor St.
>    Emmaus, PA 18098

>    "Too preachy about organic methods working on a large scale.
>    Don't really trust the writers, nor the source."  Steve Buchele

I counter:

	"Remarkably free of preachiness and hype.  Where most ag mags just
	hype inputs and machinery, this one continually comes up with good
	articles by real farmers, small and large, who have real ideas,
	innovations and advice to offer based on real experience (this in
	contrast to that other Rodale magazine...).  We're professional,
	small-scale farmers, and we read it cover-to-cover every month."

	Lena Canada, Avalon Farm, Vashon Is. WA



From ghegyes@wam.umd.edu Tue Jun 21 18:47:23 1994
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 13:46:19 -0400 (EDT)
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From: BILL DREW <DREWWE@snymorva.cs.snymor.edu>
Subject: Announce> New version of agricultural guide to internet (NJC)

This announcement has been posted to several listservs.  Please forgive the
cross posting.

Version 3.0 of my guide to INTERNET Resources in Agriculture is now available
via our gopher and from me via e-mail requests.  This version has been
reorganized and greatly expanded to include new World Wide Web and Gopher
resources.  It now parallels the World Wide Web version.  

Citation: 
 
NOT JUST COWS - A Guide to INTERNET/Bitnet Resources in Agriculture and Related
Sciences;Version 3.0; Written and Compiled by Wilfred Drew, 6/15/94; SUNY at
Morrisville College of Agriculture and Technology.
 
The purpose of this Guide is to list Agricultural and Related Sciences
information resources available through the INTERNET. Agricultural information
resources listed include; an index of over 70 libraries with extensive
collections in agriculture; over 10 INTERNET electronic bulletin boards (BBS)
such as Advanced Technology Information Network and CENET; a collection of mail
based services such as Almanac Servers and over 60 Listserve Discussion Groups;
Gophers such as those run by the USDA Extension Service, World Wide Web, and
other  miscellaneous information resources such as WAIS and FEDIX.

Please discard any earlier editions dated before June 15,1994.  Version 3.0 is
the only up-to-date edition. The latest copy will always be available via our
gopher.  There is also only the plain vanilla ascii release at the present
time.  It will be updated regularly.

Please feel free to use this guide in any way you want as long as YOU DO NOT
CHARGE ANY ONE FOR A COPY.  Please also credit me for my work.  It took a lot
of digging to assemble this guide.  I could have put the standard copy right
statement in it but I hate those things and will only do that if necessary.


If you just want to look at it, point your goper to snymorva.cs.snymor.edu.
Go to Library Service. It will be under that menu or in that folder.

Gopher Link Information

Type=0
Name= Internet/BITNET Resources in Agriculture by Wilfred Drew
Path=0gopher_root1:[library-docs]NOT_JUST_COWS.GUIDE
Host=SNYMORVB.cs.snymor.edu
Port=70

URL: gopher://SNYMORVB.cs.snymor.edu:70
/00gopher_root1:[library-docs]NOT_JUST_COWS.GUIDE

For those of you with access to the World Wide Web here is the URL for the WWW
version of Not Just Cows

gopher://SNYMORVB.cs.snymor.edu:70
/hhgopher_root1:[library-docs.html]NOT_JUST_COWS.HTML

--
Wilfred Drew (Call me "Bill")        Serials/Reference/Systems Librarian
SUNY College of Ag. & Tech.;   P.O. Box 902;  Morrisville, NY 13408-0902 
DECnet: SMORV::DREWWE            Internet: DREWWE@SNYMORVA.CS.SNYMOR.EDU
Phone: (315)684-6055 or 684-6060 Fax: (315)684-6115          My URL is:
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From mnummelin@cc.helsinki.fi Wed Nov 16 19:36:31 EST 1994
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Subject: Environment/Developing Countries


The OECD Development Centre has just published:

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"Input-Based Pollution Estimates for Environmental Assessment in Developing
Countries"

Technical Paper no. 101

by Sebastien Dessus, David Roland-Holst and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe

October 1994

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Copies of this paper (limited quantity) are available at no cost from address
below: (please indicate "Technical Paper 101"). I also would be grateful if you
could use your communicative skills to post this info on other lists with
environment and development discussions, Merci from a sunny Paris!


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SUMMARY

(261094)

The practice of environmental regulation and assessment in developing countries
faces many special challenges. apart from popular misconceptions about negative
links between environmentalism and economic growth, there are numerous
practical limitations to appraising environmental conditions and implementing
policies that conserve or improve them. These include weak institutional
capacity or discipline, high monitoring and administrative costs for individual
programs and limited local engineering information.

Institutional constraints mean that first-best policies like direct pollution
monitoring and regulation may not be feasible. Even market-based systems like
tradable pollution permits usually require initial assessment and monitoring
which is too costly or complex to be supported locally. Detailed data on
pullution do exist for OECD countries, however, and this paper attempts to
render this information more usable to environmental analysts in countries
where direct sampling has not been possible. The econometric results reported
here are also designed for an environmental assessment and regulation scheme
which would be more easily implemented in dev eloping countries. By shifting
monitoring and regulation from all industrial producers to trade in a small
number of intermediate commodities, our results indicate that the vast majority
of causes of industrial pollution could be brought under supervision.

*******************************************************************************


OECD Development Centre
Henny Helmich
Administrator
External Co-operation Programme
94, rue Chardon-Lagache
75016 PARIS
France
Fax: (++33-1)4524 7943
E-mail: Henny H.H.Helmich@oecd.fr

Also available:
Free catalogues of publications and list of technical papers.





From x1dewitt@exnet.iastate.edu Sat Jan  7 22:32:49 EST 1995
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>I have been asked to help develop a curriculum around composting for grades
>K-12.  I believe that work has been done on this and wondered if anyone out
>there might be able to help me connect with it.  This project is being
>initiated by the Conway Grammar School in Conway, Massachusetts.  If you have
>any information, please contact: Sonia Schloemann, Dept. of Plant Pathology,
>University of Mass., Amherst, MA, 01003 or at sgs@coopext.umass.edu.
>
>Thanks millions!
>
>Sonia
>
>     Although this is not the curriculum you requested there is an 
excellent resource manual on composting...On-Farm Composting Handbook from 
the Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service,152 Riley-Robb Hall, 
Cooperative Extension,Ithaca,NY 14853-5701. This is a cost item ...15 
dollars I think... it has 11 chapters including ...process, materials, 
methods,management envirnomental, uses, marketing, economics,etc...fairly 
good and readable...would be appropraite for the secondary level...

                                 Jerry DeWitt
                                 Sus Ag Coord
                                 Iowa State Univ Extension
                                 Ames ,IA 50011



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[ Note: I orginally crossposted this to sci.bio.evolution, but the moderator
of that group didn't crosspost it to any of the other groups... ]

     title: The Origins of Agriculture
          : An Evolutionary Perspective
        by: David Rindos (arkeo4@uniwa.uwa.edu.au)
 publisher: Academic Press 1984
  subjects: evolutionary biology, archaeology
     other: 325 pages, bibliography, index

_The Origins of Agriculture_ is an attempt to use the perspective of
evolutionary biology to shed light on what is probably the most
controversial area of human prehistory.  The first chapter summarises
the existing literature on the origins of agriculture; the goal here is
to try and loosen the grip of the 'paradigm of consciousness' - the
insistence that intentional changes in human behaviour must lie at the
heart of the 'adoption' of agriculture.  The second chapter is a
completely general discussion of evolution and the application of
evolutionary ideas (and in particular selectionism) to culture.  This
is a clear, concise account, and one that is not at all specific to the
subject of agriculture; it deserves to be read by a much broader
audience than the book is likely to attract.

The third chapter sets domestic relationships between humans and plants
in the context of a broad range of plant-animal interactions, and of
co-evolutionary relationships more generally.  Such relationships are
seen as completely natural phenomena, rather than as something
mysterious.  The fourth chapter looks at different aspects of
domestication, considered as coevolution within an ecological
framework.  Human-plant relationship are classified according to which
part of the plant is used - reproductive propagules, vegetative parts
or asexual propagules - and according to intensity - into incidental,
specialised and agricultural domestication.  The ecological debate
about the relationships between simplicity, complexity and diversity is
touched on, along with the relationship between domestication and
sedentism (including some basic foraging theory) and between
domestication and different (r and K) selective regimes.

The fifth chapter is in many ways the core of the book.  Here Rindos
attempts to construct a completely mechanistic model for the origins of
agriculture, building on the foundations laid down in the previous
chapters.  The argument is very difficult to follow (it took me as long
to read this chapter as the first four chapters put together) and this
is not because of the mathematics, which are actually quite simple.
The main problem is that the distinctions between the premises, formal
logic and conclusions of the model are not always clearly drawn, and
that the material is repetitive.  Despite some problems resulting from
this, however, the chapter succeeds (as far as I can establish) in its
main purpose, which is to construct a model for the origins of
agriculture that requires neither intentional change in human behaviour
nor population pressure as an external driving force.  The major
prediction of the model is that domestication is much older than
agriculture.

The final chapter looks at the effects of agriculture on populations.
In particular the development of the agroecology tends to increase
instability and hence emigration rates and demographic fitness; the
rapid spread of agricultural techniques is therefore to be expected.
Some of the implications for the present and future are considered.

_The Origins of Agriculture_ contains an truly extraordinary number of
spelling and grammar mistakes; one suspects the copy-editor or
typesetter must have borne some malice against the author!  This is
just annoying, however, and, apart from the comments on chapter five
above, I can recommend this book wholeheartedly.  In particular I am
convinced of Rindos' central thesis, and feel that it must be taken
into account (perhaps as a kind of 'neutral' model) by anyone
theorising about the origins of agriculture.

--

%T 	The Origins of Agriculture - An Evolutionary Perspective
%A 	David Rindos (arkeo4@uniwa.uwa.edu.au)
%I 	Academic Press
%C 	Orlando
%D 	1984
%O 	hardcover, bibliography, index
%G 	ISBN 0-12-589280-2
%P 	xvii,325pp
%K 	evolutionary biology, archaeology

Danny Yee (danny@cs.su.oz.au)
8 IV 1994

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Online Resource Pointer #10

November 17, 1994


For copies of the following resources, please contact the 
appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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*Integrated Pest Management: The IRRI Perspective, 1994.*  
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).  Describes 
IRRI's IPM rice programs, the goals of which are to improve 
the well-being of present and future generations of rice 
farmers and consumers, particularly those with low incomes; 
to generate and disseminate rice-related knowledge and 
technology of short- and long-term environmental, social, and 
economic benefits; and to help enhance national rice research 
systems.  20 pp.  IRRI, P.O. Box 933, Manila 1099, 
Philippines.  

*In Search of Harmony: Some Thoughts on People and 
Pesticides, 1994.*  Nasira Habib (ed.).  Summaries of a 
workshop held in Lahore, Pakistan which address the pesticide 
use situation in Pakistan, alternatives to pesticides 
including integrated pest management, and a proposed plan of 
action to reduce pesticide use in this country.  69 pp.  Khoj 
Research and Publication Centre, Flat 2, 1st Floor, Ghausia 
Building, Main Gulberg Market, Gulberg II, Lahore 54660, 
Pakistan; phone/fax 57-12262.

*Harvest of Devastation: The Industrialization of Agriculture 
and its Human and Environmental Consequences, 1994.*  E.G. 
Vallianatos.  Examines the factors leading to the destruction 
of small farmers and ecological agriculture in the United 
States with a primary focus of the takeover of land by 
agribusiness corporations.  123 pp.  US$11.50 (+ $3.50 
shipping).  The Apex Press, 777 United Nations Plaza, Suite 
3C, New York, NY 10017.  

*Agroecosystem Health, 1994.*  N. Ole Nielsen (ed.).  
Proceedings of an international workshop held in Ottawa, 
Canada on June 19, 1994 to evaluate the concept of 
"agroecosystem health" as it pertains to sustainable 
agriculture and development and the feasibility of poverty 
alleviation in the programs of CGIAR and other research 
agencies.  114 pp.  University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, 
Canada N1G 2W1.

*Approaches to On-farm Research in Asia, 1993.*  C.L.L. 
Gowda, C.E. van Santen, et al. (ed.).  Proceedings of the 
Regional Workshop on On-farm Adaptive Research held in Ho Chi 
Minh City, Vietnam February 18-20, 1993. Addresses the 
techniques of on-farm adaptive research for legumes and 
grains used in the Asian Grain Legumes On-farm Research 
(AGLOR) project.  149 pp.  International Crops Research 
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra 
Pradesh 502 324, India.

*Feeding and Greening the World: The Role of International 
Agricultural Research, 1994.*  Derek Tribe.  Analyzes the 
global problems of overpopulation, widespread hunger and 
environmental degradation.  The author discusses how changes 
in current government policies can aid international 
agricultural research and reserve global natural resources 
for a more sustainable future.  274 pp.  CAB International, 
Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, United Kingdom.

*Quick Poison, Slow Poison: Pesticide Risk in the Lucky 
Country, 1994.*  Provides information on the assessment, 
regulation and use of pesticides in Australia, the industries 
that make and use them, case studies of human exposure and 
community responses to pesticide risk.  272 pp.  Right-to-
Know Publications, 493 Wollombi Rd., St. Albans, NSW 2775, 
Australia; phone/fax (61-45) 682021.

*RAFI's Occasional Paper Series, 1994.*  Rural Advancement 
Foundation International (RAFI).  This series is published 
irregularly to disseminate RAFI research and work-in-
progress.  The following issues are now available:  "The 
Benefits of Biodiversity: 100+ Examples of the Contribution 
by Indigenous & Rural Communities in the South to Development 
in the North", Vol. 1(1), March 1994; "Microbial BioPiracy: 
Initial Analysis of Microbial Genetic Resources Originating 
in the South and Held in the North", Vol. 1(2), June 1994; 
"Declaring the Benefits: The North's Annual Profit from 
International Agricultural Research is in the Range of U.S. 
$4-5 Billion", Vol. 1(3), October 1994.  Available from all 
RAFI offices at a cost per issue of: US$10, Canadian $12, 
Australian $12.  Free to NGOs in the South.  International 
Office, Suite 504, 71 Bank St., Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5N2, 
Canada; phone (613); 567-6880, fax (613) 567-6884; email: 
rafican@web.apc.org.  RAFI-USA, P.O. Box 655, Pittsboro, NC 
27312; phone (919) 542-1396; fax (919) 542-0069; email: 
rafiusa@igc.apc.org.  RAFI-AUSTRALIA, 4 Ocean Parada, Cooee 
Bay, Queensland 4703 Australia; email: rafiaus@peg.apc.org.

*IPM Implementation Workshop for East/Central/Southern 
Africa, 1993.*  Integrated Pest Management Working 
Group/Natural Resources Institute.  Proceedings of a workshop 
held in Harare, Zimbabwe April 18-24, 1993.  This workshop 
was intended to promote dialogue between social and natural 
scientists and policy decision-makers from countries of the 
East, Central and Southern Africa to establish IPM within 
existing production systems; determine current constraints on 
IPM implementation in national programs; and develop 
appropriate plans and initiatives for overcoming constraints 
to national IPM implementation.  159 pp.  Head, Publications 
and Publicity Services, Natural Resources Institute, Central 
Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom.

*Conserving Indigenous Knowledge: Integrating Two Systems of 
Innovation, 1994.*  Rural Advancement Foundation 
International (RAFI).  This report addresses recent trends in 
intellectual property rights (IPRs), economic implications of 
a globalized legal and trade system for IPRs, economic and 
social contributions of indigenous rural communities in 
nurturing biological products and processes, and related 
policy options available to developing countries and 
indigenous people.  Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, 
United Nations Development Programme, One United Nations 
Plaza, New York, NY 10017.  

*The Greening of Cuba: A National Experiment in Organic 
Agriculture, 1994.*  Peter Rosset and Medea Benjamin.  
Examines the reorganization of agriculture as a result of 
collapsing trade relations with the former socialist block 
and consequent diminished imports of pesticides and 
fertilizers.  Describes Cuba's impressive organic and 
biological technologies used to produce food under these 
political circumstances, including biological pest control, 
alternative pest management, labor mobilization, and 
agricultural research.  110 pp.  US$11.95 (+ $3 shipping).  
Food First Books, 398 60th Street, Oakland, CA 94618; phone 
(800) 888-3314 or (510) 654-4400; fax (510) 654-4551.

*Tap Water Blues: Herbicides in Drinking Water, 1994.*  
Richard Wiles, et. al.  A powerful call to action for the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture to protect the public's health from herbicide-
contaminated drinking water.  The report findings include 
that 14 million people drink tap water contaminated with 
cancer causing herbicides every year, 12 million of these 
people live in the heart of the Corn Belt and in Louisiana 
and 65,000 infants within this population drink these 
herbicides from birth via infant formula reconstituted with 
herbicide-contaminated tap water.  276 pp.  US$40.00 (+ $4 
shipping).  Environmental Working Group, 1718 Connecticut 
Avenue, NW Suite 600, Washington, DC 20009; phone (202) 667-
6982; fax (202) 232-2592.

We encourage those interested in having resources listed in 
the Online Resource Pointer to send review copies of 
publications, videos or other sources to our office (address 
listed below) or to contact Publications and Information 
Coordinator Ellen Hickey or Information Program Associate 
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From patric6548@aol.com Mon Nov  7 20:05:52 EST 1994
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From: patric6548@aol.com (Patric6548)
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Subject: Re: Free Magazine for Nut Producers
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An exciting publication will be launched Jan. 95. It's called Pacific Nut
Producer and will focus on growers of almonds, walnuts, pistachios,
hazelnuts and macadamias in California, Oregon and Hawaii. 

If you're a nut producer, you'll love this NEW VOICE for your industry.
We're looking for story ideas..send them to us. Our E-Mail is:
PNP2000@aol.com. 

Let's hear from you!

Mathew Edwards
Associate Editor
PNP2000@aol.com 


From patric6548@aol.com Sun Oct 30 23:51:21 EST 1994
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From: patric6548@aol.com (Patric6548)
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In article <366nvt$1m0@obelix.cica.es>, donaire@obelix.cica.es (Julian
Garcia Donaire) writes:

Greetings:

If you need information on almonds, walnuts and pistachios in California;
Hazelnuts in Oregon or Macadamias in Hawaii send request to
PNP2000@aol.com. This is the E-Mail address for Pacific Nut Producer
Magazine. We'll be happy to electronically send specific information to
you.



From lunaj@BCC.ORST.EDU Wed Aug 31 00:27:11 1994
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 14:13:14 PDT
From: lunaj@BCC.ORST.EDU
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Free Range Chickens

One exempary operation involving a system of movable cage "free range"
chickens is that of Joel Salatin in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. 
These birds are contained in open-bottomed cages which are moved daily
across pasture fields.  The birds are sold in advance to subscription
customers, killed and cleaned in an on-farm facility, and picked up on the
day of slaughter by the customer. The quality of the meat from birds who
have lived outdoors, eaten fresh forage daily and had the opportunity to
have sunshine, fresh air, and exercise is phenomenal.  It is not comparable
to factory-raised meat at all. 

Joel has produced a manual entitled "Pastured Poultry Manual" is available
for $15.  This manual describes the process as well as the enterprise
budgets.  He has also developed a video on his technique.  Contact Joel
Salatin 703 885-3590, Rt. 1 Box 281 Swoope, VA 24479. 
John M. Luna
Department of Horticulture
4143 Agriculture & Life Sciences Bldg.
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331  
503-737-5430   FAX  503 737-3479
E-mail LUNAJ@bcc.orst.edu

From potterke@student.msu.edu Wed Apr 20 10:51:05 1994
Date: 19 Apr 1994 02:02:56 GMT
From: kelvin potter <potterke@student.msu.edu>
To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: New "Plain" magazine?

Anyone see the new magazine "Plain" put out by Wendell Berry
and the gang at the Center for Plain Living. It's a bit Amishey,
but very nice. Cool woodcuts. 

From potterke@student.msu.edu Wed Apr 20 22:48:42 1994
Date: 20 Apr 94 15:50:17 GMT
From: kelvin potter <potterke@student.msu.edu>
To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Plain & Others

Plain--the magazine of life, land and spirit. From the Center
for Plain Living. Contribs: W. Berry, W. Jackson, Logsdon, Kline,
Egenes, Robbins. 6/yr. $18. POB 200 Burton, OH  44021

Dwelling Portably & Light Living Library. Tiny-print homemade
pubs network about ultra-cheap nomadic lifestyles. $1 per issue.
A bunch have been made. (Send $5 why not.) POB 190, Philomath,
OR  97370

Bummers & Gummers. Reports, info and advice from a big communal
farm/homestead project. Looks like it's not being executed in
standard groovey-hippy form. Humor and realism actually abound.
Seems better and un-culty compared to likes of Zendik, etc.
Fresh ideas, good thinking. $6/yr for 4-6 issues. POB 91,
Lorane, OR  97451

P.S. These are some of the best 'alt' mags related to this 'alt' subject 
that I've seen...and I see fifty a month. (All topics.) If you contact
these folks, tell em I sent you. In the case of Plain, ask "Why no note 
yet to JP @ OYB? Why no trade? He's a good guy." I wrote em, no response--
I know they're busy, but what the hey. Much obliged. Jeff Potter, editor 
Out Your Backdoor.
From una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu Mon Oct  3 11:56:01 EDT 1994
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From: una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu (Una Smith)
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Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
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The classic "Flowering Plants of the World" is in press again,
at long last!  Have your favorite bookshop special-order it
for you.  The ISBN is 0-19-521037-9, and it is from Oxford
University Press.  This book is an extremely popular college
textbook, a reference used by most professional taxonomists,
an important original source (the editor, V.H. Heywood, and
the authors are all world-class experts), and a coffeetable
picture book popular with naturalists, horticulturalists, and
gardeners.

-- 
	Una Smith			una.smith@yale.edu

Dept. of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT  06520-8104  USA


From nikki@trmphrst.demon.co.uk
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 94 17:42:48 GMT
From: Nikki Locke <nikki@trmphrst.demon.co.uk>
To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Subject: Plants for a Future database Re: information request: lambsquarters 
              
> Is this database available as a commercial program, shareware, or on the 
> Internet? for PC, UNIX or Mac? Is it available in the U.S.A.?

The database in is Microsoft Access for Windows format.

I got it by sending 3 disks to Plants for a Future here in the UK. The 
database is about 13 MB (uncompressed).

Write to:

Ken Fern,
Plants for a Future,
The Field
Higher Penpol
St. Veep
Nr. Lostwithiel
Cornwall
PL22 0NG
England

Enclosing 3 1.44MB disks and reply-paid postage or coupon or whatever.

You may have seen some of Ken's articles in Permaculture magazine.

-- 
Nikki Locke,Trumphurst Ltd.(PC & Unix consultancy) nikki@trmphrst.demon.co.uk
trmphrst.demon.co.uk is NOT affiliated with ANY other sites at demon.co.uk.
From steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu Tue Jan 17 23:28:22 EST 1995
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> Tory,
> 
> Nematode-suppressing green manures and cover crops 
> may be your best "90s technology" alternative.  
> Brassicas like rapeseed and Rhaphanus like oil radish, as well 
> as sorghum-sudangrass all look promising in this regard. 

Whoops!  I see where I jumped from controlling wireworms to 
nematode-suppressing green manures.  

For wireworms, crop rotation is one of the prime
considerations.  Wireworms tend to be a problem in root
crops that follow cereal crops and in fields taken out of 
pastures, hay fields, and sods.  Thus, don't plant a root
crop in such a field until it has grown one or two sequences
of a less-susceptible broadleaf crop, or a broadleaf cover crop 
like buckwheat.  

For a neat illustration on distribution of wireworm species
in North America, and a summary of life cycles, etc., see
"Potato Health Management" published by APS Press.  

In your area of Missouri, it looks like a cross-roads
between three species:  Northern Plains (wheat wireworm,
dusky wireworm; Eastern Corn Belt and Northeast (Eastern
field wireworm; the South (Corn wireworm, conodrus 
wireworm)

Steve Diver
steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu

> >           Does anyone have any experience/info on the use of
> >           beneficial nematodes for control of wireworms.  This is for
> >           16 acres of organic turnips.
 



From bholtzma@moose.uvm.edu Wed Jan 19 22:38:35 1994
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 16:51:45 -0500 (EST)
From: beth holtzman <bholtzma@moose.uvm.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: New Publication Announcement


Here's a news release about a new publication. Unfortunately, we can't 
take orders over the phone or by e-mail at this point. However, you can 
FAX us purchase orders at 802-656-4656. 



			N E W S  R E L E A S E



Jan. 20, 1994		
						
Contact: 	Beth Holtzman

For Release: Immediately								802-656-0554		

The "Real Dirt" on Organic Farming
	BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A new book sorts the myths from the truth 
about organic and reduced-input farming.
	Edited by Miranda Smith and members of the Northeast Organic 
Farming Association, The Real Dirt presents a vivid snapshot of organic 
and low-input farming in the Northeast. 
	The book, released in January, is based on interviews with more 
than 60 farmers in eight states. It offers first-hand knowledge about the 
many biological, cultural, mechanical and even chemical tools available 
to modern organic and low-input farmers. The Northeast Region Sustainable 
Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program provided funding for 
the publication.
	The Real Dirt covers vegetable, fruit, agronomic crop and 
livestock production in a practical, farmer-oriented way. Unlike other 
books about organic farming, it doesn't just cheerlead. Instead, each 
chapter presents the how-tos, the why-tos, and the what-not-tos.
	"I'm impressed by the tone and quality of this book," says Ron 
Prokopy, an apple producer and professor of entomology at the University 
of Massachusetts. "It will be of high value both to farmers and to 
Extension agents who are developing educational programs for interested 
commercial and lay growers."
	Massachusetts farmer Sam Smith says: "What an amazing catalogue 
of ingenious responses to variable conditions faced by farmers! It will 
encourage the creativity of aspiring and experienced farmers ... The book 
can be used around the country and the world to help build a sustainable 
agriculture community."
	The 272-page, 8 1/2 by 11-inch paperback is fully indexed and 
illustrated. It features an innovative glossary, in-depth profiles of all 
farmers discussed in the book, and an exhaustive list of contacts.
 	Priced at $13.95, the book is available through NOFA chapters or 
through the Sustainable Agriculture Publications, Hills Building, 
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0082.
	For more information about the book or to find out about bulk 
order discounts, call 802-656-0471.
-30-

From bob.batson@sound.com Thu Sep 29 21:24:22 EDT 1994
Article: 44719 of rec.gardens
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Subject: Free Booklet about Wildfi
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        "Property Owner's Guide to Reducing the Wildfire Threat"

  This 6-page booklet is being distributed FREE OF CHARGE by the
University of California Hardwood Management Program. To ask for a
copy, write to Joni Rippee, College of Natural Resources, 160 Mumford
Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. The booklet shows
how to improve fire safety for homes on forested land in California,
using the concept of "defensible space." It gives practical
recommendations on spacing of trees, best trees to keep when thinning,
and proper disposal of tree prunings.
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Reprinted with permission from the August 1994 _HortIdeas_. Copyright
1994 by Greg and Pat Williams. HortIdeas is $15 (2nd class mail within
the USA) for one year (12 issues). For more information or a
subscription, write: HortIdeas, 460 Black Lick Road, Gravel Switch, KY
40328, USA.

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From errol@io.org Sun Dec  4 20:40:05 EST 1994
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Subject: Rhododendren Book For Sale
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I have the following for sale:

David G. Leach
Rhododendrons of the World and how to grow them
NY, Charles Scribners' Sons (1961)
544 pp, well illustrated with drawings, diagrams, maps, 16p of half-tones, 
large folding color phylogenetic chart

Condition:     original cloth, dj, very fine

Perhaps the most comprehensive book on rhododendrons ever published, it 
covers all apsects including history, distribution anatomy, use in 
gardens, care, planting, propagation, hardiness, etc.  Author is widely 
known for his successful experiments in growing these plants in the
unfavorable climate of Western Pennsylvania and is regarded as the 
authority in both America & England.

Published at $70.00.

Price:    $30.00 US, net, incl postage in US & Canada (overseas shipping 
				at cost)

Subject to prior sale.  Please e-mail me directly to reserve.
-- 
Errol Porter
errol@io.org				  


From ghegyes@nalusda.gov Tue Nov 29 23:02:12 EST 1994
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For Release: Immediately   
                                                            

Sustainable Ag. Network to Release Resource Guide

BELTSVILLE, Md. - A new, expanded guide to organizations and their
sustainable agriculture publications is now available from the
Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN).

The third edition of The  Showcase of Sustainable Agriculture
Information and Educational Materials, will be available December
1. The 100-page booklet provides information about hundreds of
publications and educational materials that are readily useful to
farmers who want to stay profitable while protecting the
environment.

"We put the SAN Showcase together by asking all kind of
organizations to tell us what they had to share on sustainable
agriculture _ especially information that helps farmers  put it all
together into a system that works," says SAN committee member Jill
Auburn, associate director of the University of California
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP).

The result was a collection of free and moderately priced
newsletters, brochures, reports, handbooks, videos and even
computer programs and data bases.

"A lot of these materials can't be found very easily elsewhere,"
Auburn adds. "Many of them are not in the academic literature, or
databases."

National in scope, The Showcase is arranged alphabetically by
organization. Each of the 400 entries includes information about
the publisher, author, availability and price, in addition to
providing a short description of the publication. The  Showcase
includes four indexes,  allowing you to search by author, title,
contributor and subject.

The Showcase was compiled by members of SAN, with support from the
USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program.

SAN is a consortium of people from universities, government,
business and non-profit organizations dedicated to exchanging
information about sustainable agriculture. SAN compiles and helps
disseminate information, but does not "filter" or judge it.

SARE is a competitive grants program that provides funding for
projects that promote agriculture that is environmentally sound,
economically viable and sustains rural communities.

To order The Showcase SEND A CHECK OR PURCHASE ORDER FOR $4.95 TO:
Sustainable Agriculture Publications, 10 Hills Building, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0082. PRICE INCLUDES POSTAGE AND
HANDLING. ALLOW FOUR WEEKS FOR DELIVERY.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT RUSH ORDERS AND BULK ORDER DISCOUNTS CALL
802-656-0471, or email to:  bholtzma@moose.uvm.edu

For more information about SARE, SAN and other SAN publications
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A-Countrymans-Woods:6:Subject: re: folklore of plants
A.Northeast.Gardeners.Year:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
AFGC-news:5:Subject: ARTICLES FOR AFGC NEWS
AHS-EGP:6:Subject: Re: Plant Identification Software II
AHS-Encyclopedia-of-Plants:6:Subject: Re: Encyclopedia of North American plants?
ATTRA.specialized-database-searches:6:Subject: Re: QUESTION: Need information on growing organic soybeans.
Accessing-the-Internet-By-Email:5:Subject: UPDATED> Accessing The Internet By E-Mail - 2nd Edition (fwd)
Accessing-the-Internet-By-Email:10:Subject: Accessing The Internet By E-Mail
Agriculture-for-Beginners:6:Subject: Old Agriculture Textbook FS
Alan-Chadwicks-Enchanted-Garden:6:Subject: Enchanted Garden
Alfalfa-Management-guide:6:Subject: Re: CRP to Alfalfa
American-Garden-Guides:6:Subject: Composting? & New Book
American.Vegetable.Grower.magazine:6:Subject: Re: Romanian agriculture
Australian-ag-journals:10:Subject: Re: Agricultural Journals
Aztec-food:6:Subject: Re: Native American Food
Beneficial-Organisms.NA-suppliers.booklet:29:Subject: Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms book released
BioSystems:5:Subject: BioSystems
C&SSJ:6:Subject: Re: Magazine
C.Bird.newbook:7:Subject: Re: in-situ SEM-observation
CES.cow-calf.handbook:4:Subject: Re: Agricultural Extension
CRC-Energy-Use-in-Ag-Hndbk:5:Subject: Re: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)
California-Agriculture:6:Subject: California Agriculture Edition
Common-Ground-for-Sustaining-Agriculture.newsletter:9:Subject: new sustainable ag newsletter
Cross.Currents.by.Robert.Becker:6:Subject: Human/Plant Relationships
EXOTICA:6:Subject: "EXOTICA" for sale
Ecological-Design.film:6:Subject: "Ecological Design: Inventing the Future" NYC film premier 11/18
Energy-in-Agriculture:6:Subject: Re: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)
Energy-in-Agriculture:76:Subject: Re: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)
Energy-in-Agriculture:89:Subject: Re: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)
Energy-in-Agriculture:168:Subject: Energy in Agriculture
Energy-in-World-Agriculture.series:5:Subject: Re: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)
Energy-in-World-Agriculture.series:22:Subject: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)
Energy-in-World-Agriculture.series:35:Subject: Need Information on Agriculture and Energy
Farmer-to-Farmer:7:Subject: Re: Organic Vs. Conventional Produce:  
Farmer-to-Farmer:36:Subject: Re: Organic Vs. Conventional Produce: (fwd)
Farmer-to-Farmer:50:Subject: Re: Organic Vs. Conventional Produce:  
Farmer-to-Farmer:69:Subject: Re: QUESTION: Need information on growi
Farmer-to-Farmer.journal:7:Subject: Re: Organic Vs. Conventional Produce:  
Farmers-Fertilizer-Handbook:6:Subject: Re: Request for info
Florida-landscaping.books:6:Subject: Re: Florida Plant Book?
Flower-Growing-in-the-North:6:Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
Future.Harvest.Pesticide-Free-Farming:6:Subject: Book: pesticide-free farming
GP-Guide.Anti-Env-Orgs:5:Subject: NEWS: Foes of the earth (fwd)
GP-Guide.Anti-Env-Orgs:12:Subject: Foes of the earth (fwd)
Gardeners-Encyclopedia-of-Plants-and-Flowers:4:Subject: Encyclopedia of North American plants?
Gardening-in-the-Lower-Midwest:6:Subject: New gardening book
Gardening-in-the-Zombie-Zone:6:Subject: New gardening book
Gardening-the-Lower-Midwest:6:Subject: New gardening book
Ginseng-and-Goldenseal.cultivation.2-books:6:Subject: Re: ginseng cultivation
Great.Gardening.Shortcuts:6:Subject: details on book of shortcuts
Green.Scene.mag:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Magazines
Heartland-Center.rural-comm-dev-info:6:Subject: ANNOUNCE:  Resource Collection (fwd)
Heartland-Center.rural-comm-dev-info:22:Subject: Resource Collection
Hillside-Gardening:6:Subject: Re: Referance Books
Homeground.gardening-newsletter:6:Subject: Allen Lacy newsletter  on WWW
INFOTERRA.EPA-online-library:6:Subject: Re: Query: risk of contamination from pressure treated wood
INNOVATOR.magazine:5:Subject: Re: Software
IPMnet-NEWS:5:Subject: Re: PANUPS: Online Resource Pointer #15 (fwd)
IPMnet-NEWS:13:Subject: Re: PANUPS: Online Resource Pointer #15
Index-of-Garden-Plants:6:Subject: Has anyone seen the book _Index of Garden Plants_?
Index-of-Garden-Plants:33:Subject: Re: Has anyone seen the book _Index of Garden Plants_?
Japan.Agrinfo.Newsletter:6:Subject: japan agrinfo newsletter
Journal-of-Sustainable-Agriculture:6:Subject: JSA
Koeltz-Scientific-Books:6:Subject: natural history books'
Life-Processes-of-Plants:6:Subject: Re: how do plants...
Lost-Crops-of-the-Incas:6:Subject: Nunas (Poppong Bean)
NAL-AFSIC.Educational-Training-Opportunities-in-Sust-Ag:5:Subject: Re: (Fwd) Graduate studies in sust. agriculture (fwd)
NAL-AFSIC.Educational-Training-Opportunities-in-Sust-Ag:11:Subject: Re: (Fwd) Graduate studies in sust. agriculture
National-Gardening.on-CompuServe:4:Subject: Gardening Forum
Natural-Way-of-Farming.Fukuoka:6:Subject: RE: One Straw info
New-England-Gardening.Garden-Way-Publishing:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
New-Farm.mag.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Rural Sources: Magazines (3/6)
Not-Just-Cows.update:5:Subject: UPDATE: "Not Just Cows" (fwd)
Not-Just-Cows.update:11:Subject: UPDATED> New version of agricultural guide to internet (NJC) (fwd)
Not-Just-Cows.update:16:Subject: Announce> New version of agricultural guide to internet (NJC)
OECD.environmental-publication:6:Subject: Environment in Devel. Countries
OECD.environmental-publication:16:Subject: Environment/Developing Countries
On-Farm.Composting.Handbook.NRAES:6:Subject: Composting
Origins-of-Agriculture.review:5:Subject: Book Review - The Origins of Agriculture
PANUPS:6:Subject: Online Resource Pointer #10
Pacific-Nut-Producer:6:Subject: Re: Free Magazine for Nut Producers
Pacific-Nut-Producer.magazine:6:Subject: Re: Electronic in agriculture
Pastured-Poultry-Manual:5:Subject: Free Range Chickens
Plain.magazine:5:Subject: New "Plain" magazine?
Plain.magazine:15:Subject: Plain & Others
Plant-Taxonomy-Book:6:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
Plants-for-a-Future.database:5:Subject: Plants for a Future database Re: information request: lambsquarters 
Potato.Health.Management:6:Subject: Re: Beneficial Nematodes and Wireworms in Turnips
Real.Dirt.magazine:5:Subject: New Publication Announcement
Reducing-Wildfire-Threat:4:Subject: Free Booklet about Wildfi
Rhododendrons-of-the-World:6:Subject: Rhododendren Book For Sale
SAN-Showcase-sustag-info-edu.3rdEd:6:Subject: ANNOUNCE:  SAN Showcase
Saving.Seeds:5:Subject: saving seeds
Seasonal.News.CSA-newsletter:6:Subject: Re: How do I start a community garden...?
Seeds.of.Change:5:Subject: Re: Seed Savers Exchange?
Solid-Waste-Technologies.journal:6:Subject: Re: environmental journal
Southern-Sustainable-Farming.newsletter:6:Subject: Re: SSAWG Newsletter Survey
State-Fact-Sheets:6:Subject: ANNOUNCE:  New State Fact Sheets (fwd)
State-Fact-Sheets:21:Subject: New State Fact Sheets
Suppliers-of-Beneficial-Organisims:6:Subject: Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms book released
Sustainable.Agriculture.in.the.American.Midwest:5:Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: New Book Available (fwd)
Sustainable.Agriculture.in.the.American.Midwest:20:Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: New Book Available
TLI-The.Land.Report:5:Subject: Re: Wes Jackson/The Land Institute (fwd)
TLI-The.Land.Report:12:Subject: Re: Wes Jackson/The Land Institute (fwd)
The-Forgotten-Arts.old-skills:7:Subject: More on hedges
The-Harrowsmith-Northern-Gardener:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
The-Healthy-Garden-Handbook:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
The.Anthropology.of.Numbers:6:Subject: Re: 2061 and Ethnomathematics
The.Garden.Primer:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
Tightwad.Gazette:6:Subject: Re: request: tightwad gazette
Tightwad.Gazette:19:Subject: Re: request: tightwad gazette
Tomato.Club.Newsletter:6:Subject: tomato club newsletter
Trees.Eyewitness-handbook:6:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
Twine-in-the-Baler.David.Orr:6:Subject: Twine in the Baler
UNCAT.Sapphire-Press:6:Subject: List agriculture publications FREE on the Web
USDA-1004-Fact-Book:6:Subject: USDA Publishes 1994 Agriculture Fact Book
USDA.books:4:Subject: Plant Family and genus database
Vital.Dust:6:Subject: Nobelist de Duve on origin of life @ UNC
Wicwas-Press:5:Subject: Re: Looking for books
Worms-Eat-My-Garbage:6:Subject: Re: "Worms Eat My Garbage"
Worms-Eat-My-Garbage:24:Subject: Re: "Worms Eat My Garbage"
Worms-Eat-My-Garbage:59:Subject: "worms eat my garbage"
ag-INNOVATOR.magazine.1-95:5:Subject: Re: History of Site-specific farming
ag-Innovator.AgExecutive.farm-computer-news-publications:6:Subject: Re: Phone Number of Magazine "Farm Computer News"
agaccess:5:Subject: Re: Mail Order Book Source
agaccess.m-o.agbooks:5:Subject: Mail Order Book Source
agroecology.reading-list:5:Subject: best papers in agroecology (fwd)
agroecology.reading-list:13:Subject: best papers in agroecology
alternative-agriculture-journals:5:Subject: Re: QUESTION: Sustainable agriculture references sought.
alternative-agriculture-journals:12:Subject:Sustainable Ag references
alternative.ag.sel-info-sources.part1:5:Subject: Part II - Selected info sources
american-garden-newsletter:4:Subject: The American Garden Newsletter 6/11/94
backwoods-mags:6:Subject: Re: Magazine
backwoods-mags:44:Subject: Re: Magazine
backwoods-mags:69:Subject: Re: Magazine
bat-house.book:5:Subject: Re: bat houses
beginner-gardening-books:6:Subject: Re: Recommend me a good book
beginning-intensive-gardening:5:Subject: Re: Faq? Newbie hints?
biodiesel:6:Subject: Biodiesel
biodiversity-books.1-95:6:Subject: New Biodiversity Book
biodiversity.books:6:Subject: New Biodiversity Book
biotech-and-sust-ag.NAL:6:Subject: "Biotech and Sustainable Ag: A Bibliography" AVAILABLE
biotechnology-and-sustainable-agriculture:6:Subject: Re: seminar info search
book-dealers:6:Subject: private library available
books-1.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Bat House
books-1.1-95:48:Subject: New Tyler book on herbal remedies
books-1.1-95:72:Subject: Biology of Plants (5th edition)
books-1.1-95:99:Subject: Re: ethnobotany
books-1.1-95:146:Subject: Secondhand bookshops
books-1.1-95:181:Subject: Re: Chinese Medicinal Herbs
books-2.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Textbooks?
books-2.1-95:29:Subject: review: Med.Plants of the Pacific West
books-2.1-95:156:Subject: Recent Book of Medicinal Plants
books-3.1-95:5:Subject: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive) [LONG]
books-3.1-95:166:Subject: Re: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive)
books-6.1-95:5:Subject: New Publication Announcement
books-6.1-95:65:Subject: Information sources in alternative agriculture
books-6.1-95:102:Subject: Re: Old Oranges??
books-for-young-gardeners:6:Subject: Book for Young Gardener
books-on-trees:6:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:39:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:83:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:135:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:200:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:267:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-weeds:6:Subject: Re: Book on weeds?
books-on-weeds:53:Subject: Re: Book on weeds?
books-on-weeds:90:Subject: Re: Book on weeds?
books-on-weeds:128:Subject: Book on weeds?
books-on-weeds:181:Subject: Re: Book on weeds?
books.1-95:5:Subject: pesticides
books.1-95:34:Subject: Re: plant growth and bedrock
books.SAN.showcase:5:Subject: ANNOUNCE: SAN Showcase Update Request
books.beneficial.nematode.lit:5:Subject: LITERATURE: Bibliography of Beneficial Nematodes
books.more.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Beginner Botany Books/Keys
books.more.1-95:35:Subject: Re: seeds dormancy & germination
books.more.1-95:103:Subject: Re: Books on stem cuttings and propagation ?
books.more.1-95:145:Subject: New book on seed germination
books.more.1-95:179:Subject: Re: "Strange" food plants wanted
books.more.1-95:240:Subject: WANTED: book UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS...
books.more.1-95:275:Subject: Re: Whole grain flour and bread - When, How and Why did we lose it?
books.more.1-95:307:Subject: Re: About these wildflowers ... ?
books.stillmore.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Wanted: UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS book
botany.natural-sciences.bookseller:6:Subject: Natural history books
butterfly-gardening.books:6:Subject: Re: Indigenous plants
butterfly-gardening.info-packet:6:Subject: Re: Fellow Butterfly Gardners
cell-biology:6:Subject: Re: Good Genl Public books on Cell Biol
cell-biology:34:Subject: Re: Good Genl Public books on Cell Biol
cold-climate-gardening.Leon.Snyder-books:6:Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
cold-climate-gardening.books:6:Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
community-gardens.book:5:Subject: Re: Lead, gardens, kids and veggies
composting-literature:5:Subject: Re: Re: Interest in Commercial Composting
dictionary-of-the-environmental-sciences:6:Subject: Re: Is there a Eco Dictionary ?
dry-climate-gardening.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Recommed books, etc.: Desert
eco-dictionaries:6:Subject: Re: Eco Dictionary (fwd)
eco-dictionaries:11:Subject: Re: Eco Dictionary
ecodictionaries.booklist:16:Subject: An EcoDictionary, results
ecodictionaries.booklist:56:Subject: Re: ecological/environmental dictionaries
ecology-and-genetics:16:Subject: Books-genetics in ecology-OPINONS?
ecology-economics:5:Subject: list of books on ecology
economic-data.lit:5:Subject: References for Organic Farming Economics
farmer-to-farmer:5:Subject: Re: QUESTION: Need information on growi
formulas.book:6:Subject: Re: request soapmaking info
fush-newsletter:5:Subject: Free Newsletter
garden-design:6:Subject: Re: Garden design book recommendations?
gardenbooks.001:3:Subject: Books, etc.
gardenbooks.big-list:11:Subject: new book about difficult soils
gardenbooks.big-list:347:Subject: Suggestion for books on landscaping...
gardenbooks.big-list:528:Subject: EcoLinking -- Book Access
gardenbooks.big-list:570:Subject: HousePlant Forum
gardenbooks.big-list:598:Subject: Rix and Phillips photographic books
gardenbooks.big-list:685:Subject: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
gardenbooks.big-list:718:Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST: HELP!!!
gardenbooks.big-list:781:Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
gardenbooks.big-list:806:Subject: RE: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
gardenbooks.big-list:821:Subject: Re: Banana seeds (growing bananas)
gardenbooks.big-list:865:Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST: REQUIRED TEXTS
gardenbooks.big-list:912:Subject: Re: human manure dangers
gardenbooks.big-list:985:Subject: Heat islands book available
gardenbooks.big-list:1070:Subject: Deeper reasons for growing a garden
gardenbooks.big-list:1139:Subject: Good basic book
gardenbooks.big-list:1202:Subject: New RHS Dictionary
gardenbooks.big-list:1521:Subject: Re: natives to attract wildlife
gardenbooks.big-list:1740:Subject: Guide to Wildlife Food Habits
gardenbooks.big-list:1769:Subject: More "Landscaping for Wildlife"
gardenbooks.big-list:1837:Subject: "Landscaping for Wildlife"
gardenbooks.big-list:1908:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:1970:Subject: Books I use constantly
gardenbooks.big-list:2016:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2073:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2130:Subject: Re: Wanted - The Perfect Tree
gardenbooks.big-list:2166:Subject: re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2209:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2256:Subject: Re: Wildflower seed sources?
gardenbooks.big-list:2297:Subject: cherimoya questions..some answers
gardenbooks.big-list:2322:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2358:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2392:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2448:Subject: Still more books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2484:Subject: More books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2518:Subject: Re: More books!
gardening-books.general:6:Subject: Re:  Is there a faq?; book recommendations
gardening-columns:6:Subject: Re: What garden writers do you like?
gardening-in-Pacific-Northwest-and-Canada.books:6:Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
goat.journal:5:Subject: Re: Address for goat journals
goat.journal:44:Subject: Re: Address for goat jour
grafting.book:5:Subject: Grafting Book was Home Orchard Society
greenhouses.books:4:Subject: Good Greenhouse Book
grow-lights:6:Subject: Re: clarification
habitat-gardening:6:Subject: Re: REQUEST: Habitat Gardening
habitat-gardening:55:Subject: Re: REQUEST: Habitat Gardening
harrington-sustainability:7:Subject: ET-012: The Solar Oven: A Tool of Sustenance 
hedgemaids.and.fairy-candles.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Seeking book recommendations -- herbs and wildflowers
herb-books:6:Subject: Re: herb books
herb-books:33:Subject: Re: herb books
herb-books:65:Subject: Re: herb books
herb-farming-info:6:Subject: Re: Herb Business
herbalism.books:5:Subject: Re: GOOD HERB BOOKS?
herbs.cashcrop:3:Subject: Re: Medicinal plants to grow???
hsosa.booklist.01:5:Subject: New list of Historical Sources on Sustainable Agriculture
human-plant-relationships.books:6:Subject: Human/Plant Relationships
import-export-info-services:6:Subject: Re: Stats. on Agric. Imports/exports/production
journal-Agriculture-Ecosystems-Environment:4:Subject: Re: Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)
list1:6:Subject: Re: Moon's effects on plants
magazines:5:Subject: Re: Magazine recommendation please
magazines.alternative:5:Subject: Plain & Others
mendel:5:Subject: Why didn't Mendel discover autosomal linkage in peas?
morebooks.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Encyclopaedia for gardening
morebooks.1-95:33:Subject: Re: Seed supplier
morebooks.1-95:58:Subject: "Noah's Garden", by Sara Stein
mushroom.magazine:5:Subject: Mushroom magazine
nanotechnology.book:13:Subject: Re: WANTED-> MICRO/NANO MACHINE Technology Info (micro robotics)
native-peoples:5:Subject: New Books on Native Peoples
natural-ag.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Ethics in Agriculture (fwd)...Drucker (fwd)
natural-history-books:6:Subject: Re: Natural history books
natural-history.Bioquip:6:Subject: Re: Natural history books
neem:6:Subject: Re: REQUEST: Neem tree info
new-entries.1-1995:18:Subject: GREEN MANURE INFORMATION
new-entries.1-1995:64:Subject: Keeping seeds - a book
new-entries.1-1995:110:Subject: Summary: Kiwi Fruit Plants
new-entries.1-1995:131:Subject: Re: Plants and Algae
new-entries.1-1995:149:Subject: Re: corn
new-entries.1-1995:187:Subject: good references on crop diversification
new-entries.1-1995:201:Subject: New Biodiversity Book
new-entries.1-1995:272:Subject: Re: Presentation
new-entries.1-1995:284:Subject: PUB: Sherpa Subsistence
new-entries.1-1995:320:Subject: Re: Building a Controlled Environment for Plant Growth
new-entries.1-1995:342:Subject: Re: _Practical Survival Mag_ and/or similar mags
new-entries.1-1995:366:Subject: New book on seed germination
new-entries.1-1995:392:Subject: WANTED: book UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS...
new-entries.1-1995:412:Subject: self-sufficiency
new-entries.1-1995:434:Subject: Re: Whole grain flour and bread - When, How and Why did we lose it?
new-entries.1-1995:459:Subject: Re: water reservoir liner, cheapest
new-entries.1-1995:480:Subject: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive) [LONG]
new-entries.1-1995:624:Subject: rural reading
new-entries.1-1995:642:Subject: Re: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive)
new-entries.1-1995:693:Subject: Re: Address for goat journals
new-entries.1-1995:710:Subject: Re: Address for goat jour
new-entries.1-1995:728:Subject: best papers in agroecology
new-entries.1-1995:894:Subject: review: Med.Plants of the Pacific West
new-entries.1-1995:1008:Subject: Recent Book of Medicinal Plants
new-entries.1-1995:1046:Subject: Re: Curriculum Information
new-entries.1-1995:1069:Subject: Ethnobiology etc. Curriculum
new-entries.1-1995:1131:Subject: reply to Mickey Swisher
new-entries.1-1995:1143:Subject: Re: Herbal Farming
new-entries.1-1995:1168:Subject: Weeds as indicators of environmental conditions
new-entries.1-1995:1241:Subject: Book on organic soil amendments & fertilizers (fwd. SANET-MG)
new-entries.1-1995:1245:Subject: New Publication Available
new-entries.1-1995:1314:Subject: Grafting Book was Home Orchard Society
new-entries.1-1995:1347:Subject: Publication on sustainable agriculture books from N.A.L.
new-entries.1-1995:1371:Subject: Square Foot Gardening...more of it!
new-entries.1-1995:1407:Subject: Re: Herbicides, Pesticides????
new-entries.1-1995:1426:Subject: Re: need good book on citrus varieties
new-entries.1-1995:1443:Subject: new book
new-entries.1-1995:1517:Subject: Re: Books
new-entries.1-1995:1571:Subject: Re: Mail Order Book Source
new-entries.1-1995:1641:Subject: Re: Amaranth
new-entries.1-1995:1712:Subject: Re: address of mail-order companies?
new-entries.1-1995:1735:Subject: Re: turpentine
new-entries.1-1995:1752:Subject: Re: Botanical name of the Indian crop "dhaincha"?
new-gardening-newsletter:6:Subject: Attention Seed Swappers!
organic-beef-raising:5:Subject: organic beef and poultry
organic-gardening:6:Subject: Re: Q: Organic gardening books?
organic-gardening:30:Subject: Re: Organic Gardening Book Recommendations?
organic-gardening:66:Subject: Re: Organic Gardening Book Recommendations?
organic-soil-conditioning:6:Subject: Organic Soil Conditioning-book
perennials:6:Subject: Illustrated Perennial Book
permaculture-books:6:Subject: Are there any British climate permaculture publications???
personal-bibliographic-software:6:Subject: personal bibliographic software
photosynthesis.bppe:5:Subject: Re: Controlled Ecological Life Support Sys.
pimentel.article:5:Subject: Professsor Pimentel Info...
pioneering:5:Subject: Re: Modern Pioneering Ideas
plant.books.list:6:Subject: Re: Any advice for a good plant book?
plant.propagation.references.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Books on stem cuttings and propagation ?
plant.taxonomy.book:6:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
plant.taxonomy.book:63:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
plant.taxonomy.book:92:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
recommended-gardening-books:6:Subject: Re: Recommend me a good book
recommended-gardening-books:35:Subject: Re: Recommend me a good book
reference-books:6:Subject: Great reference book
resource-guide.sustag:6:Subject: Resource Guides to Sustainable Agriculture
rural.magazines:5:Subject: Plain & Others
self-sufficiency.literature:6:Subject: newsletter list
small-area-intensive-gardening:6:Subject: Re: Square Foot Gardens
small.farmers.journal:5:Subject: Small Farmer's Journal
soil-ecology:5:Subject: Re: Q: Organic gardening books?
solar-greenhouse-design:5:Subject: Re: Solar Greenhouse Designs (book referal)
square-foot.gardening:3:Subject: Square Foot Gardening...more of it!
stillmorebooks.1-95:5:Subject: re: Request for info.
stillmorebooks.1-95:60:Subject: Re: Does anyone have Lat/long distribution data for entire genera?
stillmorebooks.1-95:106:Subject: Re: good book on greenhouse?
stillmorebooks.1-95:144:Subject: Re: heirloom seeds
stillmorebooks.1-95:254:Subject: Re: heirloom seeds
stillmorebooks.1-95:288:Subject: Correction:  Heirloom Gardener book
stillmorebooks.1-95:318:Subject: Heritage fruit trees?
sust-ag.abstracts:5:Subject: Abstracts on Sustainable Agriculture
sust-ag.publications:5:Subject: Re: QUESTION: Sustainable agriculture references sought.
sust_ag.booklist:41:Subject: test 1
sust_ag.booklist:120:Subject: test 2
sust_ag.booklist:215:Subject: Test 2
sust_ag.booklist:284:Subject: Test 1
sust_ag.booklist:296:Subject: Test 2
sustainability-indicators:6:Subject: Re: indicators of sustainability?
sustainable-agriculture-teaching-resources:6:Subject: Composting/curriculum
taxonomy-books.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Textbooks?
taxonomy-hortus:5:Subject: Re: how to learn taxonomy
titles:6:Subject: Pond - Water Gardening Book
titles:33:Subject: Is the RHS Dictionary any good ?
titles:60:Subject: Re: interplanting beans and corn-HELP!
woodland.ecology.book:5:Subject: Good books on woodlot management
xeriscaping-books:6:Subject: Re: Xeriscaping Book Recommendations?
yetmorebooks.1-95:4:Subject: Re: ISO a good book on herbs.
yetmorebooks.1-95:50:Subject: Re: ISO a good book on herbs.
yetmorebooks.1-95:67:Subject: Book Review: _Golden Gate Gardening_
yetmorebooks.1-95:138:Subject: Re: The Best Book on Gardening
From f_griffith@titan.sfasu.edu Mon Oct 24 00:17:09 EDT 1994
Article: 2814 of misc.survivalism
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Newsgroups: misc.survivalism
Subject: saving seeds
Message-ID: <1994Oct18.132348@titan.sfasu.edu>
From: f_griffith@titan.sfasu.edu
Date: 18 Oct 94 13:23:48 CST
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 Reprinted by permission from Coping with Turbulent Times newslet-
 ter, c/o III,  Box 4630 SFA Sta., Nacogdoches, TX  75962.  
 $5/four issues, $1 & SASE for sample.
 
 SAVING SEEDS:  THE GARDENER'S GUIDE TO GROWING & SAVING VEGETABLE 
 &  FLOWER  SEEDS (revision of '78 Growing & Saving  Veg.  seeds), 
 Marc  Rogers, '90, 185 pages 6x9 (wide margins), $10 + $2.75  p&h 
 in '92, Garden Way, 105 Schoolhouse Road, Pownal VT 05261.   800-
 827-8673.   Free  catalog of 250 +  titles:  gardening,  animals, 
 cooking, crafts, building.
 
      With petunia seed over $10,000 and tomato over $2,500 per 
 pound, Marc Rogers concluded that seeds aren't cheap.  Seed 
 saving can cut costs, and reduce dependence on seed companies.  
 And, by careful selection "you can produce plants best suited to 
 your climate and your growing conditions."  This book gives 
 directions for saving seeds of 48 vegetables and 61 flowing 
 ornamentals.
      
      "Watch your plants throughout the growing season....  It is 
 the whole plant, rather than an isolated fruit, that you should 
 consider...."  Save seed from early-bearing plants, to encourage 
 that trait.  Mark your seed producing plants with a ribbon, or 
 stake, so they're not accidentally harvested.
 
      Seeds picked before they're mature won't have enough stored 
 nourishment for a good start, or even to last the winter.  (Seeds 
 "carry on their basic life processes even while dormant, but at a 
 very low rate.")  Fruits, such as tomatoes, peppers, and 
 eggplant, should be allowed to get "a bit overripe, before seed 
 is collected."  Harvest melons for seed and eating at the same 
 time.
 
      Tomato and cucumber seeds separate from the pulp easier 
 after fermenting in a little water.  Stir a few times daily to 
 discourage mold.  The good seeds will sink to the bottom.  After 
 4-5 days rinse them and spread to dry,
 
      "Most seeds, in most climates will dry adequately for home 
 storage if spread on paper towels or newspapers in an airy place 
 for a week."  Turn seeds and replace paper several times if 
 necessary.  Larger seeds take longer.  If conditions are damp and 
 you use artificial heat, don't go over 100(better 90) F.
 
      Fungi are almost inactivated at 50 F, and bacteria at under 
 about 18% moisture, therefore, "keep your stored seeds dry and 
 cool.  ... Long-term storage in the refrigerator or freezer is 
 your best bet ..."
 
      Silica gel (at drug, camera, craft, or hardware stores) may 
 be used as a desiccant.  Most "is treated to turn color when it 
 has absorbed its maximum of moisture."  It may be repeatedly 
 oven-dried for reuse.

      "It's hard to go wrong growing peas or beans for seed", thus 
 they are perfect for beginning seed savers to start with, says 
 Marc.
      Scientific as well as common names are given for all plants.  
 Address and catalog price given for 50 seed companies, large and 
 small.  The U of MN's Source List of Plants is mentioned as 
 listing "over 20,000 varieties...commercially available in N 
 America."  For info about the Seed Savers Exchange, Marc says to 
 send a SASE to RR3 Box 239, Decorah, IA 52101.  Their 418 page 
 Garden Seed Inventory ($17 1/2 ppd) describes 5,000+ non-hybrid 
 veg. varieties from 240 catalogs.  County extension agents may 
 know of local/regional seed exchanges.
 
 Review by Julie Summers, who's also in DWELLING PORTABLY (sample 
 $1, POB 190-sr, Philomath, OR 97370);  SURVIVALIST SIG (sample $1 
 1/2, POB 20188-js, Cleveland, OH 44120); & COLTSFOOT (wild edible 
 plants, sample $2, RR1 Box 313A-js, Shipman, VA  22971).  
 





From adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu Tue Nov 29 19:31:45 EST 1994
Article: 48550 of rec.gardens
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From: adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu (Adam Finkelstein)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: How do I start a community garden...?
Date: 27 Nov 1994 23:05:35 GMT
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In article <AUBskaLp8Xv0069yn@dorsai.org>,
David Gurzynski <dawyd@dorsai.org> wrote:
>In article <3b6dig$mf1@garlic.com>, g-man@garlic.com (g-man@garlic.com) wrote:
>There are two organizations in New York City; The Green Guerillas, and
>Operation Green Thumb, that you might want to get in touch with.
>
>Operation Greenthumb  49 Chambers St NY NY   (212)233-2926
>The Green Guerillas 625 Broadway NY NY 10012 (212) 674-8124
>
 Check out _Seasonal News_, a quarterly Community Supported Agriculture
Newsletter. Indian Line Farm, RR3, Box 85, Great Barrington, MA,  01230
-- 
 _________________________________________________________________________
  Adam Finkelstein    adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu | (awaiting my muse...)
 ___________________________________________|_____________________________


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From: Louise_Mateos@smtp.esl.com (Louise Mateos)
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Subject: Re: Seed Savers Exchange?
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In article <2qut06$p2v@search01.news.aol.com>, brewtim@aol.com (BrewTim)
wrote:

> I like to interject on occasion and ask people to remember the corn blight
> about 8-10 years ago. A substantial amount of  corn grown for commercial use
> shared a few common genes which made them succeptible to the blight.
> Cross-breeding the corn offered resistant plants. What if the old corn seed
> with the blight resistant gene had been 'rejected' and gone extinct?
> 

The place in NM is call Seeds of Change.  They also have a book out called,
you guessed it, "Seeds of Change".  I'm about 1/4 through it--so far an
interesting read.  They describe some of the problems that have occurred in
the recent past due to loss of genetic diversity, including the corn blight
mentioned above.  I have yet to subscribe to SSE or get the Seeds of Change
catalog, but I'm getting more interested.  What I'd really like to know is,
what is the best reference for saving your own seed.  If I grow something
that is so fantastic, grows great in my garden conditions, etc., I'd like
to be able to save some of the seed myself so that I don't have to depend
on either the big seed suppliers or the heirloom savers.  Anyone out there
know of a good reference?
(I'll post a summary if I get significant input.)


-- 
Louise Mateos


From AE%SJSUVM1.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU Tue Dec  6 23:29:44 EST 1994
Article: 3074 of alt.energy.renewable
From: Harry Groot <hwgroot@NEBULA.LIB.VT.EDU>
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Marge asked:

> The periodicals librarian just came downstairs and told me that GARBAGE
> magazine has ceased publication, and wants to know what good broad-based
> environmental magazine would be a good addition to the collection.  Any
> suggestions?

I receive "Solid Waste Technlogies" at work.  It's a trade/technical
publication with a focus on recycling, compostiing, waste-to-energy,
landfilling, and landfill gas-to-energy.

The publishers are:
HCI Publications
410 Archibald St
Kansas City, MO  64111-3046

816 931 1311 Voice
816 931 2015 fax

Harry
hwgroot@nebula.lib.vt.edu


Re: environmental journal                                                    R


From steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 12:03:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: Steve Diver <steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu>
To: Mike Linker <mike@ncsipm1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
Cc: sanet-mg@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: SSAWG Newsletter Survey

Hi Sanet--
   This is Keith Richards, editor for Southern Sustainable
Farming Newsletter [on a borrowed terminal :-)].  I've moved 
to the country outside of Fayetteville.  The new address for 
Southern Sustainable Farming is: 

    P.O. Box 324
    Elkins, AR  72727

Thanks to Mike Linker for posting the newsletter.

 
> In the recently posted SSAWG Newsletter was a survey form with and address
> to return the form.  Unfortunately the address to return the form was cut
> off.  
> 
> For anyone wishing to return the survey, the correct return address is
> given below.
> 
> Southern Sustainable Farming, 1533 S. Duncan, Fayetteville, AR, 72701
 

From ghegyes@nalusda.gov Thu Nov  3 10:49:10 EST 1994
Article: 4311 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: ghegyes@nalusda.gov (Gabriel Hegyes)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 11:52:52 EST
>From: David Hopkins <DHOPKINS%ERS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list AGRIC-L <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: New State Fact Sheets

                                               November 1, 1994


The Economics Research Service of USDA in Washington, DC, is
pleased to announce an update to our:


                         STATE FACT SHEETS


We have updated our State Fact Sheets with new information on
population, farm employment, farm income and financial, poverty,
and commodities.  And, by popular request, we have included a
Fact Sheet for the United States.  You can get our State Fact
Sheets either from our AutoFAX machine or from our Internet/Bitnet
LISTSERV.  Our tests of the electronic State Fact Sheets were very
successful.  Below, you will find the README or HELP document that
can be found with the State Fact Sheets.  If you need any help or
if you have questions, be sure to call our Contact People listed
below.

You will notice that we only have new 1992 Census of Agriculture
data for 22 states.  More data will be in, hopefully, by the end
of November.  When it comes in, we will update the State Facts
Sheets with new data.


******************************************************************


The State Fact Sheets provide the most recently available farm and
rural data compiled by the ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE, USDA.  The
State Fact Sheets provide 2 pages of facts for each state and also
a summary fact sheet for the United States.  Included are data on
population, jobs, income and poverty, and farms.  The data comes
>from  a variety of sources including the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of the Census, and ERS.
The information is updated as new data becomes available.

The Fact Sheets can be obtained from our easy to retrieve AutoFAX
Machine or from Internet/Bitnet.  If you have any questions about
this service or the data, please contact either:

      Tom Carlin              or       Tim Parker
      202-219-0520                     202-219-0541
      TCarlin@ERS.BITNET               TParker@ERS.BITNET



                     STATE FACTS FROM INTERNET

State Fact Sheets can be obtained electronically from Internet or
Bitnet using the  GET <filename>  command.  Simply send an E-Mail
message to  LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET .  On a single line, type:

                   GET  <filename>

For example, to receive the electronic data file for Virginia, send
a E-Mail message to:

                   LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET

In the body of the note, type on a single line:

                   GET  VA  DATA

The State Fact Sheet will be returned to your E-Mail address.


     (Some of you might have to send E-Mail through an alternate
      route if you have problems with this address.  If you have
      problems, please try:

                   LISTSERV%ERS.BITNET@VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU
           or
                   LISTSERV%ERS.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU          )


Use the two-letter state abbreviation and the word, DATA, to pick
up the state that you want.  You may use the following
abbreviations and file names.  You can also ask for more than one
State Fact Sheet by using more GET commands on other lines.  Use
only one GET command per line.

AL  DATA          LA  DATA        OH  DATA
AK  DATA          MA  DATA        OK  DATA
AR  DATA          MD  DATA        OR  DATA
AZ  DATA          ME  DATA        PA  DATA
CA  DATA          MI  DATA        RI  DATA
CO  DATA          MN  DATA        SC  DATA
CT  DATA          MO  DATA        SD  DATA
DE  DATA          MS  DATA        TN  DATA
FL  DATA          MT  DATA        TX  DATA
GA  DATA          NC  DATA        UT  DATA
HI  DATA          ND  DATA        VA  DATA
IA  DATA          NE  DATA        VT  DATA
ID  DATA          NH  DATA        WA  DATA
IL  DATA          NJ  DATA        WI  DATA
IN  DATA          NM  DATA        WV  DATA
KS  DATA          NV  DATA        WY  DATA
KY  DATA          NY  DATA        US  DATA

             and  US  DATA

You can also get this README document by sending E-Mail to us
(LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET) and asking for  README  STATEFAC:

                   GET  README  STATEFAC





                        STATE FACTS BY FAX

To obtain a State Fact Sheet from our AutoFAX machine, call our
AutoFAX phone number, 202-219-1107.  Use the AutoFAX voice menu
system to get the Fact Sheet for the state that you want.  Below,
you will find the document numbers for each state and the US.  You
might want to ask for our HELP document, #5500.

This is FAX document number 5500 from our AutoFAX, 202-219-1107.

                   FAX                                 FAX
  State      Document number        State         Document number
 ----------------------------      --------------------------------

  ALABAMA          5501             MONTANA            5527
  ALASKA           5502             NEBRASKA           5528
  ARIZONA          5503             NEVADA             5529
  ARKANSAS         5504             NEW HAMPSHIRE      5530
  CALIFORNIA       5505             NEW JERSEY         5531
  COLORADO         5506             NEW MEXICO         5532
  CONNECTICUT      5507             NEW YORK           5533
  DELAWARE         5508             NORTH CAROLINA     5534
  FLORIDA          5510             NORTH DAKOTA       5535
  GEORGIA          5511             OHIO               5536
  HAWAII           5512             OKLAHOMA           5537
  IDAHO            5513             OREGON             5538
  ILLINOIS         5514             PENNSYLVANIA       5539
  INDIANA          5515             RHODE ISLAND       5540
  IOWA             5516             SOUTH CAROLINA     5541
  KANSAS           5517             SOUTH DAKOTA       5542
  KENTUCKY         5518             TENNESSEE          5543
  LOUISIANA        5519             TEXAS              5544
  MAINE            5520             UTAH               5545
  MARYLAND         5521             VERMONT            5546
  MASSACHUSETTS    5522             VIRGINIA           5547
  MICHIGAN         5523             WASHINGTON         5548
  MINNESOTA        5524             WEST VIRGINIA      5549
  MISSISSIPPI      5525             WISCONSIN          5550
  MISSOURI         5526             WYOMING            5551

                and the UNITED STATES  5552


*********************** END OF DOCUMENT *************************


--David Hopkins


+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| David Hopkins, Programmer/Analyst| BITNET:    DHopkins@ERS           |
| USDA/Economic Research Service   | INTERNET:  DHopkins@ERS.BITNET    |
| 1301 New York Ave., NW, rm. 308  | MCI:       005907649@MCIMail.COM  |
| Washington, DC  20005-4788       | Tel:       202-219-0944           |
|                                  | Fax:       202-219-0565           |
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The-Forgotten-Arts.old-skills:7:Subject: More on hedges
The-Harrowsmith-Northern-Gardener:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
The-Healthy-Garden-Handbook:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
The.Anthropology.of.Numbers:6:Subject: Re: 2061 and Ethnomathematics
The.Garden.Primer:6:Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
Tightwad.Gazette:6:Subject: Re: request: tightwad gazette
Tightwad.Gazette:19:Subject: Re: request: tightwad gazette
Tomato.Club.Newsletter:6:Subject: tomato club newsletter
Trees.Eyewitness-handbook:6:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
Twine-in-the-Baler.David.Orr:6:Subject: Twine in the Baler
UNCAT.Sapphire-Press:6:Subject: List agriculture publications FREE on the Web
UNCAT.Sapphire-Press:31:subject area to see the full scope of UNCAT.
USDA-1004-Fact-Book:6:Subject: USDA Publishes 1994 Agriculture Fact Book
USDA.books:4:Subject: Plant Family and genus database
Vital.Dust:6:Subject: Nobelist de Duve on origin of life @ UNC
Wicwas-Press:5:Subject: Re: Looking for books
Worms-Eat-My-Garbage:6:Subject: Re: "Worms Eat My Garbage"
Worms-Eat-My-Garbage:24:Subject: Re: "Worms Eat My Garbage"
Worms-Eat-My-Garbage:59:Subject: "worms eat my garbage"
ag-INNOVATOR.magazine.1-95:5:Subject: Re: History of Site-specific farming
ag-Innovator.AgExecutive.farm-computer-news-publications:6:Subject: Re: Phone Number of Magazine "Farm Computer News"
agaccess:5:Subject: Re: Mail Order Book Source
agaccess.m-o.agbooks:5:Subject: Mail Order Book Source
agroecology.reading-list:5:Subject: best papers in agroecology (fwd)
agroecology.reading-list:13:Subject: best papers in agroecology
alternative-agriculture-journals:5:Subject: Re: QUESTION: Sustainable agriculture references sought.
alternative-agriculture-journals:12:Subject:Sustainable Ag references
alternative.ag.sel-info-sources.part1:5:Subject: Part II - Selected info sources
american-garden-newsletter:4:Subject: The American Garden Newsletter 6/11/94
backwoods-mags:6:Subject: Re: Magazine
backwoods-mags:44:Subject: Re: Magazine
backwoods-mags:69:Subject: Re: Magazine
bat-house.book:5:Subject: Re: bat houses
beginner-gardening-books:6:Subject: Re: Recommend me a good book
beginning-intensive-gardening:5:Subject: Re: Faq? Newbie hints?
biodiesel:6:Subject: Biodiesel
biodiversity-books.1-95:6:Subject: New Biodiversity Book
biodiversity.books:6:Subject: New Biodiversity Book
biotech-and-sust-ag.NAL:6:Subject: "Biotech and Sustainable Ag: A Bibliography" AVAILABLE
biotechnology-and-sustainable-agriculture:6:Subject: Re: seminar info search
book-dealers:6:Subject: private library available
books-1.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Bat House
books-1.1-95:48:Subject: New Tyler book on herbal remedies
books-1.1-95:72:Subject: Biology of Plants (5th edition)
books-1.1-95:99:Subject: Re: ethnobotany
books-1.1-95:146:Subject: Secondhand bookshops
books-1.1-95:181:Subject: Re: Chinese Medicinal Herbs
books-2.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Textbooks?
books-2.1-95:29:Subject: review: Med.Plants of the Pacific West
books-2.1-95:156:Subject: Recent Book of Medicinal Plants
books-3.1-95:5:Subject: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive) [LONG]
books-3.1-95:166:Subject: Re: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive)
books-6.1-95:5:Subject: New Publication Announcement
books-6.1-95:65:Subject: Information sources in alternative agriculture
books-6.1-95:102:Subject: Re: Old Oranges??
books-for-young-gardeners:6:Subject: Book for Young Gardener
books-on-trees:6:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:39:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:83:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:135:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:200:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-trees:267:Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
books-on-weeds:6:Subject: Re: Book on weeds?
books-on-weeds:53:Subject: Re: Book on weeds?
books-on-weeds:90:Subject: Re: Book on weeds?
books-on-weeds:128:Subject: Book on weeds?
books-on-weeds:181:Subject: Re: Book on weeds?
books.1-95:5:Subject: pesticides
books.1-95:34:Subject: Re: plant growth and bedrock
books.SAN.showcase:5:Subject: ANNOUNCE: SAN Showcase Update Request
books.beneficial.nematode.lit:5:Subject: LITERATURE: Bibliography of Beneficial Nematodes
books.more.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Beginner Botany Books/Keys
books.more.1-95:35:Subject: Re: seeds dormancy & germination
books.more.1-95:103:Subject: Re: Books on stem cuttings and propagation ?
books.more.1-95:145:Subject: New book on seed germination
books.more.1-95:179:Subject: Re: "Strange" food plants wanted
books.more.1-95:240:Subject: WANTED: book UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS...
books.more.1-95:275:Subject: Re: Whole grain flour and bread - When, How and Why did we lose it?
books.more.1-95:307:Subject: Re: About these wildflowers ... ?
books.stillmore.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Wanted: UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS book
botany.natural-sciences.bookseller:6:Subject: Natural history books
butterfly-gardening.books:6:Subject: Re: Indigenous plants
butterfly-gardening.info-packet:6:Subject: Re: Fellow Butterfly Gardners
cell-biology:6:Subject: Re: Good Genl Public books on Cell Biol
cell-biology:34:Subject: Re: Good Genl Public books on Cell Biol
cold-climate-gardening.Leon.Snyder-books:6:Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
cold-climate-gardening.books:6:Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
community-gardens.book:5:Subject: Re: Lead, gardens, kids and veggies
composting-literature:5:Subject: Re: Re: Interest in Commercial Composting
dictionary-of-the-environmental-sciences:6:Subject: Re: Is there a Eco Dictionary ?
dry-climate-gardening.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Recommed books, etc.: Desert
eco-dictionaries:6:Subject: Re: Eco Dictionary (fwd)
eco-dictionaries:11:Subject: Re: Eco Dictionary
ecodictionaries.booklist:16:Subject: An EcoDictionary, results
ecodictionaries.booklist:56:Subject: Re: ecological/environmental dictionaries
ecology-and-genetics:16:Subject: Books-genetics in ecology-OPINONS?
ecology-economics:5:Subject: list of books on ecology
economic-data.lit:5:Subject: References for Organic Farming Economics
farmer-to-farmer:5:Subject: Re: QUESTION: Need information on growi
formulas.book:6:Subject: Re: request soapmaking info
fush-newsletter:5:Subject: Free Newsletter
garden-design:6:Subject: Re: Garden design book recommendations?
gardenbooks.001:3:Subject: Books, etc.
gardenbooks.big-list:11:Subject: new book about difficult soils
gardenbooks.big-list:347:Subject: Suggestion for books on landscaping...
gardenbooks.big-list:528:Subject: EcoLinking -- Book Access
gardenbooks.big-list:570:Subject: HousePlant Forum
gardenbooks.big-list:598:Subject: Rix and Phillips photographic books
gardenbooks.big-list:685:Subject: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
gardenbooks.big-list:718:Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST: HELP!!!
gardenbooks.big-list:781:Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
gardenbooks.big-list:806:Subject: RE: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
gardenbooks.big-list:821:Subject: Re: Banana seeds (growing bananas)
gardenbooks.big-list:865:Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST: REQUIRED TEXTS
gardenbooks.big-list:912:Subject: Re: human manure dangers
gardenbooks.big-list:985:Subject: Heat islands book available
gardenbooks.big-list:1070:Subject: Deeper reasons for growing a garden
gardenbooks.big-list:1139:Subject: Good basic book
gardenbooks.big-list:1202:Subject: New RHS Dictionary
gardenbooks.big-list:1521:Subject: Re: natives to attract wildlife
gardenbooks.big-list:1740:Subject: Guide to Wildlife Food Habits
gardenbooks.big-list:1769:Subject: More "Landscaping for Wildlife"
gardenbooks.big-list:1837:Subject: "Landscaping for Wildlife"
gardenbooks.big-list:1908:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:1970:Subject: Books I use constantly
gardenbooks.big-list:2016:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2073:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2130:Subject: Re: Wanted - The Perfect Tree
gardenbooks.big-list:2166:Subject: re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2209:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2256:Subject: Re: Wildflower seed sources?
gardenbooks.big-list:2297:Subject: cherimoya questions..some answers
gardenbooks.big-list:2322:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2358:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2392:Subject: Re: Books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2448:Subject: Still more books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2484:Subject: More books!
gardenbooks.big-list:2518:Subject: Re: More books!
gardening-books.general:6:Subject: Re:  Is there a faq?; book recommendations
gardening-columns:6:Subject: Re: What garden writers do you like?
gardening-in-Pacific-Northwest-and-Canada.books:6:Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
goat.journal:5:Subject: Re: Address for goat journals
goat.journal:44:Subject: Re: Address for goat jour
grafting.book:5:Subject: Grafting Book was Home Orchard Society
greenhouses.books:4:Subject: Good Greenhouse Book
grow-lights:6:Subject: Re: clarification
habitat-gardening:6:Subject: Re: REQUEST: Habitat Gardening
habitat-gardening:55:Subject: Re: REQUEST: Habitat Gardening
harrington-sustainability:7:Subject: ET-012: The Solar Oven: A Tool of Sustenance 
hedgemaids.and.fairy-candles.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Seeking book recommendations -- herbs and wildflowers
herb-books:6:Subject: Re: herb books
herb-books:33:Subject: Re: herb books
herb-books:65:Subject: Re: herb books
herb-farming-info:6:Subject: Re: Herb Business
herbalism.books:5:Subject: Re: GOOD HERB BOOKS?
herbs.cashcrop:3:Subject: Re: Medicinal plants to grow???
hsosa.booklist.01:5:Subject: New list of Historical Sources on Sustainable Agriculture
human-plant-relationships.books:6:Subject: Human/Plant Relationships
import-export-info-services:6:Subject: Re: Stats. on Agric. Imports/exports/production
indicators-of-sustainability.suggested-reading:6:Subject: Re: indicators of sustainability?
journal-Agriculture-Ecosystems-Environment:4:Subject: Re: Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)
list1:6:Subject: Re: Moon's effects on plants
magazines:5:Subject: Re: Magazine recommendation please
magazines.alternative:5:Subject: Plain & Others
mendel:5:Subject: Why didn't Mendel discover autosomal linkage in peas?
morebooks.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Encyclopaedia for gardening
morebooks.1-95:33:Subject: Re: Seed supplier
morebooks.1-95:58:Subject: "Noah's Garden", by Sara Stein
mushroom.magazine:5:Subject: Mushroom magazine
nanotechnology.book:13:Subject: Re: WANTED-> MICRO/NANO MACHINE Technology Info (micro robotics)
native-peoples:5:Subject: New Books on Native Peoples
natural-ag.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Ethics in Agriculture (fwd)...Drucker (fwd)
natural-history-books:6:Subject: Re: Natural history books
natural-history.Bioquip:6:Subject: Re: Natural history books
neem:6:Subject: Re: REQUEST: Neem tree info
new-entries.1-1995:18:Subject: GREEN MANURE INFORMATION
new-entries.1-1995:64:Subject: Keeping seeds - a book
new-entries.1-1995:110:Subject: Summary: Kiwi Fruit Plants
new-entries.1-1995:131:Subject: Re: Plants and Algae
new-entries.1-1995:149:Subject: Re: corn
new-entries.1-1995:187:Subject: good references on crop diversification
new-entries.1-1995:201:Subject: New Biodiversity Book
new-entries.1-1995:272:Subject: Re: Presentation
new-entries.1-1995:284:Subject: PUB: Sherpa Subsistence
new-entries.1-1995:320:Subject: Re: Building a Controlled Environment for Plant Growth
new-entries.1-1995:342:Subject: Re: _Practical Survival Mag_ and/or similar mags
new-entries.1-1995:366:Subject: New book on seed germination
new-entries.1-1995:392:Subject: WANTED: book UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS...
new-entries.1-1995:412:Subject: self-sufficiency
new-entries.1-1995:434:Subject: Re: Whole grain flour and bread - When, How and Why did we lose it?
new-entries.1-1995:459:Subject: Re: water reservoir liner, cheapest
new-entries.1-1995:480:Subject: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive) [LONG]
new-entries.1-1995:624:Subject: rural reading
new-entries.1-1995:642:Subject: Re: Xylophilia (was: Biggest thing alive)
new-entries.1-1995:693:Subject: Re: Address for goat journals
new-entries.1-1995:710:Subject: Re: Address for goat jour
new-entries.1-1995:728:Subject: best papers in agroecology
new-entries.1-1995:894:Subject: review: Med.Plants of the Pacific West
new-entries.1-1995:1008:Subject: Recent Book of Medicinal Plants
new-entries.1-1995:1046:Subject: Re: Curriculum Information
new-entries.1-1995:1069:Subject: Ethnobiology etc. Curriculum
new-entries.1-1995:1081:subject.
new-entries.1-1995:1131:Subject: reply to Mickey Swisher
new-entries.1-1995:1143:Subject: Re: Herbal Farming
new-entries.1-1995:1168:Subject: Weeds as indicators of environmental conditions
new-entries.1-1995:1241:Subject: Book on organic soil amendments & fertilizers (fwd. SANET-MG)
new-entries.1-1995:1245:Subject: New Publication Available
new-entries.1-1995:1314:Subject: Grafting Book was Home Orchard Society
new-entries.1-1995:1347:Subject: Publication on sustainable agriculture books from N.A.L.
new-entries.1-1995:1371:Subject: Square Foot Gardening...more of it!
new-entries.1-1995:1407:Subject: Re: Herbicides, Pesticides????
new-entries.1-1995:1426:Subject: Re: need good book on citrus varieties
new-entries.1-1995:1443:Subject: new book
new-entries.1-1995:1459:subject of global climate change, which is becoming of increasing concern. The
new-entries.1-1995:1517:Subject: Re: Books
new-entries.1-1995:1571:Subject: Re: Mail Order Book Source
new-entries.1-1995:1641:Subject: Re: Amaranth
new-entries.1-1995:1712:Subject: Re: address of mail-order companies?
new-entries.1-1995:1735:Subject: Re: turpentine
new-entries.1-1995:1752:Subject: Re: Botanical name of the Indian crop "dhaincha"?
new-gardening-newsletter:6:Subject: Attention Seed Swappers!
organic-beef-raising:5:Subject: organic beef and poultry
organic-gardening:6:Subject: Re: Q: Organic gardening books?
organic-gardening:30:Subject: Re: Organic Gardening Book Recommendations?
organic-gardening:66:Subject: Re: Organic Gardening Book Recommendations?
organic-soil-conditioning:6:Subject: Organic Soil Conditioning-book
perennials:6:Subject: Illustrated Perennial Book
permaculture-books:6:Subject: Are there any British climate permaculture publications???
personal-bibliographic-software:6:Subject: personal bibliographic software
photosynthesis.bppe:5:Subject: Re: Controlled Ecological Life Support Sys.
pimentel.article:5:Subject: Professsor Pimentel Info...
pioneering:5:Subject: Re: Modern Pioneering Ideas
plant.books.list:6:Subject: Re: Any advice for a good plant book?
plant.propagation.references.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Books on stem cuttings and propagation ?
plant.taxonomy.book:6:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
plant.taxonomy.book:63:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
plant.taxonomy.book:92:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
recommended-gardening-books:6:Subject: Re: Recommend me a good book
recommended-gardening-books:35:Subject: Re: Recommend me a good book
reference-books:6:Subject: Great reference book
resource-guide.sustag:6:Subject: Resource Guides to Sustainable Agriculture
rural.magazines:5:Subject: Plain & Others
self-sufficiency.literature:6:Subject: newsletter list
small-area-intensive-gardening:6:Subject: Re: Square Foot Gardens
small.farmers.journal:5:Subject: Small Farmer's Journal
soil-ecology:5:Subject: Re: Q: Organic gardening books?
solar-greenhouse-design:5:Subject: Re: Solar Greenhouse Designs (book referal)
square-foot.gardening:3:Subject: Square Foot Gardening...more of it!
stillmorebooks.1-95:5:Subject: re: Request for info.
stillmorebooks.1-95:60:Subject: Re: Does anyone have Lat/long distribution data for entire genera?
stillmorebooks.1-95:106:Subject: Re: good book on greenhouse?
stillmorebooks.1-95:144:Subject: Re: heirloom seeds
stillmorebooks.1-95:254:Subject: Re: heirloom seeds
stillmorebooks.1-95:288:Subject: Correction:  Heirloom Gardener book
stillmorebooks.1-95:318:Subject: Heritage fruit trees?
sust-ag.abstracts:5:Subject: Abstracts on Sustainable Agriculture
sust-ag.publications:5:Subject: Re: QUESTION: Sustainable agriculture references sought.
sust_ag.booklist:41:Subject: test 1
sust_ag.booklist:120:Subject: test 2
sust_ag.booklist:215:Subject: Test 2
sust_ag.booklist:284:Subject: Test 1
sust_ag.booklist:296:Subject: Test 2
sustainability-indicators:6:Subject: Re: indicators of sustainability?
sustainable-agriculture-teaching-resources:6:Subject: Composting/curriculum
taxonomy-books.1-95:5:Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Textbooks?
taxonomy-hortus:5:Subject: Re: how to learn taxonomy
titles:6:Subject: Pond - Water Gardening Book
titles:33:Subject: Is the RHS Dictionary any good ?
titles:60:Subject: Re: interplanting beans and corn-HELP!
woodland.ecology.book:5:Subject: Good books on woodlot management
xeriscaping-books:6:Subject: Re: Xeriscaping Book Recommendations?
yetmorebooks.1-95:4:Subject: Re: ISO a good book on herbs.
yetmorebooks.1-95:50:Subject: Re: ISO a good book on herbs.
yetmorebooks.1-95:67:Subject: Book Review: _Golden Gate Gardening_
yetmorebooks.1-95:138:Subject: Re: The Best Book on Gardening
From brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov Wed Nov 23 21:46:27 EST 1994
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California Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Pesticide Regulation  News Release
Release No. 94-39 Contact:
Date: November 23, 1994
Veda Federighi
(916) 445-3974


THE BEST BOOK OF "GOOD BUGS" SOURCES
IS NEW AND IMPROVED

SACRAMENTO -- The most complete listing of sources of "good bugs" in the
U.S., Canada, and Mexico is available now from Cal/EPA's Department's of
Pesticide Regulation.

The newly published 30-page booklet includes listings for 120 different
beneficial organisms under 13 different categories, including mites,
nematodes, parasites, and predators. There are 95 U.S. suppliers listed,
plus 11 in Canada and 26 from Mexico.

The booklet, entitled "Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America,"
is "an incomparable resource for anyone looking for ways to find good bugs
to fight bad bugs in their garden or on their farm," said Elin D. Miller,
DPR Chief Deputy Director. "

The booklet includes the names, addresses, phone and fax numbers of the
suppliers, along with their product line, whether they sell wholesale or
retail, and whether they have a catalog or brochure available.  Also noted
is whether they supply free information and consulting.

"Our booklet doesn't have any information on how to use beneficial
organisms," said Miller.  "If we did, it would have to be the size of an
encyclopedia." The booklet does include a short bibliography of selected
references on biological control and integrated pest management.

"Farmers often call in integrated pest management (IPM) specialists, who
know how to diagnose problems and recommend solutions," Miller said.  "Home
gardeners can take advantage of the tremendous expertise at the Cooperative
Extension Service, or ask one of the suppliers in the booklet for advice.
Many of them have literature available on the beneficial organisms and how
to apply them."

Miller added that using a beneficial organism to fight pests usually takes
a little more knowledge than using a pesticide.

"With a chemical pesticide, you can read the label to know how much to use,
when to apply it, how to get best results.  And you can usually see the
results fairly quickly.

"With natural enemies, it's a little different," Miller continued.
"Although the results are more gradual, they may often be long-lasting,
since you are establishing a system of natural checks and balances.  But to
succeed, it is important to know the pest you are dealing with, and the
best way to approach it."

DPR updates the booklet about every two years.  This is the first edition
that has listed suppliers from Mexico.  More than 23,000 copies of the 1992
edition were distributed, with copies sent to almost every state and
province in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, as well as to residents of more
than 100 other nations.

This edition has two different indexes: one alphabetical list of scientific
names, the other a list of beneficials under categories, for example,
"predatory mites."  Biological controls that are single-celled organisms
such as bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and viruses are not listed as they are
registered as pesticides under state and federal law and are widely
available.

Free, single copies of the booklet are available from the Department of
Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Monitoring and Pest Management Branch,
Attn: Beneficial Organisms Booklet, 1020 N Street, Room 161, Sacramento
95814-5604.  To order by phone, call (916) 324-4100.


Kathy Brunetti, Agriculture Program Supervisor
Department of Pesticide Regulation  1020 N Street Room 161  Sacramento CA 95814
voice (916) 324-4100  FAX (916) 324-4088  brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov




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Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 17:29:06 CST
From: Greg McIsaac <GFM@age2.age.uiuc.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: New Book Available

SANETers:

Several subscribers to SANET asked that I post an announcement when
the book that I co-edited became available.  The book is now
available and I hope that it provides some valuable perspectives
and information relevant to the quest for more sustainable forms of
agriculture.

Best regards,

Gregory McIsaac
Senior Research Specialist
Agricultural Engineering Department
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

---------------------------

_Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest:
Lessons from the Past Prospects for the Future_
Gregory McIsaac and William R. Edwards (editors),
291 pages, including index
Hard cover $32.95
Published by the University of Illinois Press


      This interdisciplinary collection provides a general overview
and historical perspectives on social, ecological and technical issues
related to the contemporary quest for sustainable agriculture in the
American Midwest.  The collection is based upon the premise that
agricultural sustainability should be understood in the context of
dynamic natural and human systems -- such as climate and culture --
characteristic of a geographic region.  Many aspects of Midwestern
agriculture are explored through historical perspectives and
implications for developing more sustainable agricultural systems are
discussed by scholars of agriculture, anthropology, climatology,
ecology, economics, engineering, entomology, geography, plant
biology and soil science.  Contributors and chapter topics include:
Wayne Wendland on climate changes of the past and projections for
the future; Dennis Michael Warren on indigenous agricultural
knowledge and social change; Sonya Salamon on ethnicity and
contrasting farming systems;  John Thompson on land drainage, levee
building and conflict resolution in the Illinois River valley 1890-
1930; William R. Edwards on agriculture and wildlife; Bruce Hannon,
Matthias Ruth and Evan DeLucia on natural ecosystems as standards
for sustainability; Richard Weinzierl on insects and pest management;
James Power on sustainable cropping systems; Kenneth Olson on soil
formation, erosion and management; Folke Dovring on energy
farming; and Gregory McIsaac on the conceptual evolution of
sustainability and the need for systematic approaches to sustainable
agriculture in the Midwest.
      "The most provocative chapters take on some sacred cows...
All advance our thinking by projecting beyond today's knowledge to
the future," according to Dennis R. Keeney, Director of the Leopold
Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.  The
book "should make a worthwhile addition to the growing literature on
sustainable agriculture," notes Jon Piper, ecologist at The Land
Institute in Salina, Kansas and coauthor of _Farming in Nature's
Image_.
      _Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest_ is the
second book in the University of Illinois Press' interdisciplinary
series "The Environment and the Human Condition" that focuses on
issues influencing natural, cultural, rural and urban environments
and the human dimension of environmental change.

To order:
In the Americas and Africa contact

    University of Illinois Press,
    Hamden Post Office 4856
    Baltimore, Maryland
    USA 21211
    Voice: 410-516-6927
    Toll free in US: 800-545-4703
    FAX:  410-516-6969

In Europe and the Middle east contact

    University of Illinois Press
    c/o Trevor Brown Associates
    First Floor, Dilke House
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From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU Mon Apr  4 10:50:43 1994
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 05:47:19 -0700
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L <SUSTAG-L@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Wes Jackson/The Land Institute (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 08:02:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Deborah Neher <deb@arrc.ncsu.edu>
To: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
Cc: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L <SUSTAG-L@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Wes Jackson/The Land Institute (fwd)

"The Land Report" is a publication of The Land Institute.  To receive this
publication, write to: The Land Report, 2440 E. Water Well Rd., Salina, KS
67401.  The 1994 Prairie Festival is scheduled for May 28-29, 1994.  The
theme of the 1994 Prairie Festival is "The Pattern that Connects".

Deborah Neher
North Carolina State University
(grew up in Kansas)
From warwick@bettong.eepo.dialix.oz.auSat Oct 29 15:10:12 1994
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 09:45:36 WST
From: Warwick Rowell <warwick@bettong.eepo.dialix.oz.au>
To: Permaculture hub <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
Cc: Vic Guest <vic.guest@eepo.dialix.oz.au>,
    "Dr. Bill Parker" <bill@brenta.eepo.dialix.oz.au>
Subject: More on hedges

Further to Vic's comment, and his inclusion of stuff from Bill Parker,
there are increasing attempts to save the old skills. I have been
ablt to find several in areas of Western Australia, as well as in England.

For those who may have more than a passing interest, there is a very 
good book that I believe would be enough for someone actually wanting 
to do these things:

	The Forgotten Arts
	John Seymour
	Dorling Kindersley, UK for the National Trust
	1984
	ISBN 0-86318-052-3

One chapter is called Crafts of the field: 
Hedge laying, Dry-stone walling, Making stiles, Well Digging, Peat Cutting.

Warwick
--
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|                warwick.rowell@eepo.com.au                |
|                                                          |
|   Management Consultant      Permaculture Designer       |
|_"Helping Managers Learn"____"Helping Land Managers Learn_|

From rgw@progress.COM Sun Dec  4 20:24:28 EST 1994
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From: rgw@progress.COM (Guy Washburn)
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Subject: Re: Gardening Book For New England Area?
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In article <3aookb$3et@coyote.rain.org>, jennings@rain.org writes:
> I'm located in SoCalif.  A friend -- also located here -- is looking for 
> a Xmas gift for her children, who are JUST BEGINNING to garden.  THEY are 
> located outside of Boston, so gardening books for our SoCalif. climate 
> wouldn't work for them!  
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.  NEEDED:  A good, all-round, 
> basic gardening book for the Massachusetts/New England area!  Please post 
> here, OR e-mail to:	jennings@rain.org
> Jeri Collari

I highly recommend: The Harrowsmith Northern Gardener, by Jennifer Bennett 
(Camden House, 1982, ISBN 0-920656-22-6).  This book went out of print and
was reprinted a few years ago.  It has everything a beginning vegetable 
gardener needs to know.  Good for all cold-weather regions up into Canada.
Includes instructions for each type of vegetable, commonly-found insects
(good and bad), diseases...

A great companion book is The Healthy Garden Handbook: An Illustrated
Guide to Combating Insects, Garden Pests, and Plant Diseases. By the
Editors of Mother Earth News. (Simon & Schuster/Fireside. 1989. ISBN
0-671-65788-7).  This book is terrific for all regions -- photos and
detailed descriptions of pests, helpful insects, and diseases, with
biological (i.e., non-toxic) solutions to the problem.

Hope this helps!

Laura Reiner from the cyberdesk of Guy Washburn


From rgw@progress.COM Sun Dec  4 20:25:17 EST 1994
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In article <3aookb$3et@coyote.rain.org>, jennings@rain.org writes:
> I'm located in SoCalif.  A friend -- also located here -- is looking for 
> a Xmas gift for her children, who are JUST BEGINNING to garden.  THEY are 
> located outside of Boston, so gardening books for our SoCalif. climate 
> wouldn't work for them!  
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.  NEEDED:  A good, all-round, 
> basic gardening book for the Massachusetts/New England area!  Please post 
> here, OR e-mail to:	jennings@rain.org
> Jeri Collari

I highly recommend: The Harrowsmith Northern Gardener, by Jennifer Bennett 
(Camden House, 1982, ISBN 0-920656-22-6).  This book went out of print and
was reprinted a few years ago.  It has everything a beginning vegetable 
gardener needs to know.  Good for all cold-weather regions up into Canada.
Includes instructions for each type of vegetable, commonly-found insects
(good and bad), diseases...

A great companion book is The Healthy Garden Handbook: An Illustrated
Guide to Combating Insects, Garden Pests, and Plant Diseases. By the
Editors of Mother Earth News. (Simon & Schuster/Fireside. 1989. ISBN
0-671-65788-7).  This book is terrific for all regions -- photos and
detailed descriptions of pests, helpful insects, and diseases, with
biological (i.e., non-toxic) solutions to the problem.

Hope this helps!

Laura Reiner from the cyberdesk of Guy Washburn


From pdh@u.washington.eduThu Nov 10 08:22:28 1994
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 94 23:48:12 -0800
From: Preston Hardison <pdh@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: 2061 and Ethnomathematics


   There is a nice volume that I came across a few months back,
   which uses many examples from Chinese history, and a
   smattering of references from elsewhere.

   Crump, Thomas (1990). The Anthropology of Numbers. Cambridge
      University Press, Cambridge.

   1. The ontology of number * 2. The cognitive foundations of
   numeracy * 3. Number and language * 4. Cosmology and ethnoscience
   * 5. Economy, society and politics * 6. Measurement, comparison
   and equivalence * 7. Time * 8. Money * 9. Music, poetry and
   dance * 10. Games and chance * 11. Art and architecture *
   12. The ecology of number.
From mikecindy@aol.com Wed Nov 23 22:41:17 EST 1994
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In article <3aookb$3et@coyote.rain.org>, jennings@rain.org writes:

The best all-answers-in-one-book I've found for gardening in Massachusetts
is, The Garden Primer by Barbara Damrosch.  I am a new gardener in central
Mass and this book has been my garden bible.  (It's published by Workman
Publishing in NY).  Good Luck!!!
Cindy


From LINGLE@UTCVM.UTC.EDU Fri Feb 11 10:25:07 1994
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 05:31:47 -0500
From: Larry Ingle <LINGLE@UTCVM.UTC.EDU>
Reply to: maxlife@gibbs.oit.unc.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <maxlife@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: request: tightwad gazette

Tightwad Gazette. Route 1, Box 3570, Leeds, ME, 04263.  Subscription price
$12 yearly.

Larry Ingle        lingle@utcvm.utc.edu
Chattanooga

From PEACOCK_R@gold.colorado.edu Fri Feb 11 10:33:33 1994
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 94 18:55:29 -0500
From: PEACOCK_R@gold.colorado.edu
Reply to: maxlife@gibbs.oit.unc.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <maxlife@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: request: tightwad gazette

How to subscribe to the Tightwad Gazette (from the back of the latese issue):

To receive 12 issues, send $12 along with your name and address [to:

The Tightwad Gazette
RR1 Box 3570
Leeds, ME 04263-9710

Back issues are $1 each.  The premiere issue (Issue No.1) is free.  The book
"The Tightwad Gazette", which contains the articles that appeared in issues 1
through 24, is available in bookstores and some wholesale clubs.

Hope this helps.

Robin P.
From shepherd@VAX309.NHRC.NAVY.MIL Tue Jan 10 22:25:52 EST 1995
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The Tomato Club Newsletter can be obtained for $12.95 per year (6 issues)
>from  the following address:

The Tomato Club
114 E. Main Street
Bogota, NJ 07603

This year they are also offering a packet of Brandywine seeds to
new subscribers.

Steve Shepherd


From swell@infi.net Wed Dec 21 23:03:34 EST 1994
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From: swell@infi.net (Nancy Swell)
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Hi Vickie,
You didn't really say if you wanted something that would include culture.
The best visual guide I have is one of the Eyewitness handbooks. 'Trees'
by Allen J. Coombes, The visual guide to more than 500 species of trees 
>from  around the world. Shows the shape and structure of the tree, leaf 
and fruit. ISBN 1-56458-072-5. I think my book was about $18.00. Very 
condensed, (more information than you think), pictures are very clear. 
Has really helped me figure out the differences between different maples
and also the oaks.....Hope this helps...............Nancy


From bobw@ncatfyv.uark.edu Sun Jan 15 21:39:29 EST 1995
Article: 5070 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: bobw@ncatfyv.uark.edu (Bob Wilson)
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     One of my favorite writers has been, and continues to be,
David Orr at Oberlin College in Ohio.  In a recent issue of
_Conservation_Biology_ (Vol. 8, No. 4, Dec. 1994), Dr. Orr offered
an essay entitled "Twine in the Baler" that explored some valid
concerns of "Sustainability".  He observed that "The subject of
sustainability has become a growth industry", and reminded us
that, as in politics, people or institutions frequently assume the
cloak of sustainability "... often not to solve problems but only
to appear as if doing so".

     Dr. Orr then goes on to offer some suggestions as to how we
could get serious about sustainability.  These include:

     1.  ".. raising difficult and unpolitic questions about the
     domination of the economy by large corporations and their
     present immunity from effective public control.
     2.  ".. a radical reconsideration of the present laissez
     faire direction of technology.
     3.  ".. a considerable change in how we think about our
     responsibilities as citizens."

     What he is talking about is how we - as mentors, teachers,
and role models of sustainability - need to work harder to change
our laws, change our methods of assessing both old and new
technologies, and to change our social priorities of moral thought
and responsibility.  He urges us to expand our ".. perception of
self-interests to include our membership in the large enterprise
of life over a longer sweep of time and doing so with all the
emotionally driven rationality we can muster".  He closes the
essay with the gentle admonishment that we, as teachers, mentors,
and role models of sustainability, need to know what it is we
stand for - and to communicate that conviction more convincingly.

     If you value the word "sustainable" placed out there in front
of your particular discipline - be it agriculture, development,
forestry, or ecosystem management - you would do well to read
Orr's essay and to consider doing more than just filing it away.

_________________________________________________________________
Bob Wilson    
bobw@ncatfyv.uark.edu
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any opinions expressed above belong solely to the author.


From sapphire@world.std.com Sun Oct 23 14:14:22 EDT 1994
Article: 1395 of alt.agriculture.misc
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From: sapphire@world.std.com (Michael R Prolman)
Subject: List agriculture publications FREE on the Web
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You can list two nonprofit publications about agriculture
for FREE in UNCAT, the catalog of uncataloged titles.

UNCAT has titles from businesses, nonprofit groups, trade
associations, museums and self-published authors with
research reports, pamphlets, brochures, catalogs, newsletters,
booklets, books, videocassettes and audio cassettes.

You can explore UNCAT at this case-sensitive URL:

http://www.sapphire.com/UNCAT/

If you have any difficulty connecting, an alternate URL is:

http://www.digimark.net/UNCAT/

Check out the Hello Direct, Inc. catalog in the Products
subject area to see the full scope of UNCAT.

If you are new to the Web, try typing:

Lynx http://www.sapphire.com/UNCAT/

or

Lynx http://www.digimark.net/UNCAT/


If you want detailed information about UNCAT, or have only
e-mail access to the Internet, send e-mail to:

info-UNCAT@Sapphire.com

*****************
Michael R. Prolman
President
Sapphire Press


From ndallen@io.org Sat Nov 12 22:37:03 EST 1994
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From: ndallen@io.org (Nigel Allen)
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Subject: USDA Publishes 1994 Agriculture Fact Book
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Here is a press release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
I downloaded the press release from the PR On-Line BBS in Maryland
at 410-363-0834. I do not work for the U.S. government.
 
 USDA Publishes 1994 Agriculture Fact Book
 To: National Desk
 Contact: Deborah Takiff Smith, 202-720-9173, or Ron Hall,
          202-720-5747, both of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
 
   WASHINGTON, Nov. 10   -- How much of your food
dollar goes to the farmer and how much to advertising?  How many
U.S. farms were there last year? Ten years ago?  What is the no. 1
crop in your  state?
   The answers to these questions -- and thousands of other facts
-- are available in the 1994 Agriculture Fact Book, published
today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
   Ali Webb, director of USDA's Office of Communications, said
this is a handy reference which gives facts and figures about
American farms and farmers, the U.S. agricultural sector, and
rural America.
   "It offers an organization chart of the newly reorganized
USDA," she said, "with clear descriptions of USDA programs for its
diverse clients in all six mission areas: rural economic and
community development; farm and international trade; food and
consumer services; natural resources and environment; agricultural
marketing and inspection; and research, education and economics."
   Which state grows the most potatoes?  Apples?  Turkeys?  How
much U.S. farmland is foreign owned, and what country owns the
most U.S. land?
   What foods should you eat every day, and how much?  Who
receives Food Stamps, and how do they apply for them? How many
school lunches and meals for the elderly are served each day?
   How do rural Americans compare with the urban and suburban
population by employment, ethnicity, and household income? What is
a market order? How many acres are in our National Forests?
   Readers can find these answers and thousands of others in the
Agriculture Fact Book 1994.
   The fact book uses text, tables, charts, maps, and other
illustrations to present information.  It includes a glossary of
agricultural terms; index; and a directory of where to get more
information from USDA, including a list of personnel who can help
you get further information on all aspects of farming, rural
America, and USDA programs.
   The 216-page book is available for $8 from the Superintendent
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
20402.  When ordering, be sure to include the book's stock number:
001-000-04616-1.  You may also phone or fax your order (Phone:
202-512-1800; Fax: 202-512-2250).
    ------
   NOTE TO EDITORS:  Single free copies are available to members
of the press.  Contact USDA, Office of Communications, Room 506-A,
Washington, D.C. 20250 (Phone: 202-720-9035).
 
 -30-
--
 Nigel Allen    ndallen@io.org


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We recently got a book from the US Dpt. of Agriculture
"Families and Genera of Spermatophytes Recognized by the
Agricultural Research Service"
This was free.
I'm wondering if there is an electronical database version
because it looks like (and it really is) a database.
Where can I get more info on the net about this?
(e.g. email address of US Agr. Res. Departement, ftp
host to download it, and so on ...)
Thanks for any information.
jens (paulsen@urz.unibas.ch)


From morgan@mercury.interpath.net Fri Dec  2 22:31:35 EST 1994
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From: morgan@mercury.interpath.net (Morgan Ryan)
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Nobel Prize-winner Christian de Duve is giving a talk at UNC on the origin
and evolution of life. This is an evening not to be missed. 

		7:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 December
		Hill Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The cost of a ticket is $10 at the door (in support of the Botanical
Garden).  Afterwards there will be a reception at the Morehead
Planetarium, a short walk from Hill Hall.  Students with ID card are
welcome to attend the talk free of charge. 

Professor de DuveÕs new book, _Vital Dust:  Life as a Cosmic Imperative_,
came off the presses this week. Copies will be on hand that he can
autograph after his talk.  Here is what a couple of prepublication
reviewers say about it: 

ÒChristian de DuveÕs Vital Dust is as entrancing as its title.  It takes
its readers on a joyous and highly informative gallop through the four
billion years that separate them from dust.  Obligatory reading for the
living.Ó--John Polanyi, Nobel Laureate,
 Chemistry, 1986.

ÒA beautiful exposition of the scientific vignettes that lead to an
understanding of the story of stories--the origin of life.  Told with
authority and wit by one of the greatest scientists of our times.  One
marvels at Professor de DuveÕs ability to inte grate deep issues of
chemistry and biology and make them interesting to both experts and laymen
alike.Ó--Richard A. Lerner, President, Scripps Research Institute. 

Christian de Duve shared the 1974 Nobel Prize for biology or medicine with
Albert Claude and George Palade for their discoveries concerning the
structural and functional organization of the cell. Dr. de Duve is
Professor Emeritus at the Medical Faculty of the University of Louvain,
Belgium, founder and past president of the International Insititute of
Cellular and Molecular pathology in Belgium, and Andrew W. Mellon
Professor Emeritus at the Rockefeller University in New York. 



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In article <1994Apr14.183955.268@alw.nih.gov>, fixer@faxcsl.dcrt.nih.gov (Chris
Gonna' Find Ray Charles Tate) writes:

 Try Wicwas Press
 They have a great list both of current books in print and an equally neat list
of older and antique books.
 1-203-250-7575
 Hope this helps
 mike vincent
 matchstic@aol.com


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This book is available from Gardener's Supply Company at 802 863 1700.
Mail address is 128 Intervale Rd.  Burlington, VT 05401


From glenn@eskimo.com Sun Jan  1 21:44:30 EST 1995
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In article <10726@cg-atla.UUCP>, lucas@cg-atla.UUCP (Dick Lucas) says:
>
>
>Hi:  Does anyone know of a source for the book "Worms Eat My Garbage" by
>Mary Appelhof?  

>Dick Lucas   lucas@cg-atla.agfa.com
>

The book may be ordered from Nichols Garden Nursery, 1190 North Pacific Highway, 
Albany, Oregon  97321-4580.  The cost is $8.95 plus $2.25 shipping & handling.
Their phone number is (503)928-9280  9 am to 5 pm Pacific Time.
Their fax number is (503)967-8406.  

I have had a worm bin for about a year.  Works great.  Hope this helps you.

Glenn Harvey
glenn@eskimo.com


From dawn.ripley@shivasys.com Tue Jan 10 22:33:00 EST 1995
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According to the Products List in the Classroom Activities guide that
accompanies WORMS EAT MY GARBAGE, this book is available directly from Mary
Appelhof at Flowerfield Enterprises, 10332 Shaver Road, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
49002.  Telephone: 616-327-0108 or Fax: 611-343-4505.  The cost, as of January
1994, was $8.95 plus $1.50 s/h.

This is a great resource--happy vermicomposting!


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In article <1994Mar1.130929.21798@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>,
James Meade <jnmeade@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>TW,
>
>Call 800-808-2828 and talk to Grant Mangold, editor of ag/INNOVATOR magazine.  
>He does a lot on site-specific farming and even if he doesn't have the answer, 
>he'll know all the heavy-weights in the field and can give you excellent 
>references.
>
>Also, we talk about GIS/GPS site specific farming in the Agribusiness Section 
>of Investors Forum.
>
>Jim
>

There is a very good article about the use of GPS (Global Positioning Satellite)
in the February 1994 issue of 'Professional AgriCenter Dealer' journal. . .
it covers a fertilizer company in my community who is using GPS to do site-
specific farming and is having great results.

If you can't find the journal, you can contact the provider of its service
(American Cyanimid) or its publisher (RW Communications) at 202-628-5611.

If you want to talk to the people who are using the GPS system, I can get you
their phone numbers. . .I'm sure they would be able to give you info.

-Allen


From agpr@aol.com Sat Jan  7 22:40:14 EST 1995
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From: agpr@aol.com (AGPR)
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Jim is correct. This first class farm computer magazine is no longer
published. It was an idea before its time...but done in a first class
fashion when it was published.

If you are looking for farm computer news today I would suggest you
contact the editor of a newsletter that Jim and I have both contributed
articles to...

ag/Innovator
Grant Mangold, Editor
74577.3603@CompuServe.com
or call 1-800-808-2828 for a free trial subscription

I understand that the AgExecutive is also doing some farm computer
software reviews. The editor and publisher of this newsletter is...

Darrell L. Dunteman
DarrellLD@aol.com

Hope this is of some help...

Regards,

Warren E. Clark
President
Clark Consulting International, Inc.
14N921 Lac Du Beatrice
West Dundee, IL 60118-3115
Tel: 708-836-5100
Fax: 708-836-5140
Internet: AGPR@aol.com

**Providing worldwide agricultural/food 
editorial, public relations, and
marketing services consulting.**


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>agAccess, po box 2008, Davis, CA, 95617, (916) 756-7717
                                                    ^^^^ wrong number!
>World's most complete stock of agricultural & horticultural books
>Over 12,000 titles in stock

Oops! The number is (916) 756-7177. 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.


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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. Ag., Miller Graves & Williams, 1989, 24 pgs,ANR173, .50
Cover Crops for Clean Water, Hargrove, 1991, 198 pgs, SCS008, 
Uncommon Fruits Worthy of Attention, Reich, 1991, 240 pgs/hrdcvr, ADD012,.95
All About Citrus & Subtropical Fruits, Bond, 1985, 96 pgs, ORT028, .95
General Viticulture, Winkler, 1974, 710 pgs/hrdcvr, UCA013, 
Ball Redbook: Greenhouse Growing, Ball, 15th ed,1991,802pgs/hrdcvr,GTS002,
Ball Culture Guide: Ency. of Seed Germination, Nau, 1989, 109pgs,GTS003,
Hortus Third, 1976, 1,290pgs/hrdcvr, MAC002, 
Plant Propagation: Principles & Practices,Hartman/Kester,1990,647pgs,PRN081,
Gardener's Dict. of Horticultural Terms,Bagust,1992,377pgs/hrdcvr,STE078,.95
Designing & Maint. Your Edible Landscape Naturally,Kourik,1986,370pgs,MTP001,
Western Garden Book, Sunset, 1988, 512 pgs, LAN001, 
Complete Book of Bananas, Lessard, 1992, 120pgs/hrdcvr, LSD001, 
African Gardens & Orchards, Dupriez & DeLeener, 1989,333pgs,MML014,
Drip Irrigation, Kourik, 1992, 118pgs, MTP004,
Gray Water Use in the Landscape,Kourik,1988,28pgs,MTP002,
Color Handbook of Garden Insects,Carr,1979,241pgs,ROD013,.95
Common Sense Pest Control,Daar et al.,1991,715pgs/hrdcvr,NRT024,.95
Fertile Soil, Parnes,1990,210pgs,PAN032,.95
Fermented Foods of the World, Platt,1987,291pgs/hrdcvr,BUT041,.95
Seed to Civilization: The Story of Food, Heiser, 1990,228pgs,HRV039,.95
Seeds of Woody Plants of the US,USDA,1974,882pgs/hrdcvr,USA034,
Seed to Seed, Ashworth, 1991, 222 pgs, SEE008, 
Let it Rot!, Campbell, 2nd ed, 1990, 150pgs, GAR101, .95
American Ginseng: Green Gold, Persons, 1986, 172pgs, BMB001,
Ginseng: Concise Handbook, Duke, 1989, 273pgs/hrdcvr,REF008,.95
Cornucopia: Source Book of Edible Plants,Facciola,1990,675pgs,KMP001,
Olive Oil, Kiritsakis, 1991, 185pgs/hrdcvr, AOC001, 
Raising Snails for Food, Baratou, 1988,68 pgs, ILL001, .95
Ill. Dict. of Chinese Med. Herbs,Chin/Keng,1992,184pgs/hrdcvr,CRP001,.95
Mushrooms Demystified,Arora,2nd ed,1986,759pgs,TEN005,.95
Sus. Ag. for Ca: Info Guide,UC Sus. Ag Research,1991,191pgs,ANR219,
93 CCOF Cert. Handbook,66pgs,CCO007,
Sus. Ag. Dir. of Expertise 93,USDA,300pgs,SUP002,.95
Farmers of Forty Centuries,King,1911,441pgs,ROD021,.95
Prin. & Prac. of Dryland Farming,Brengle,1982,178pgs/hrdcvr,HPL002,.50
Gardener's Guide to Fava Beans,Evans,1992,48pgs,APV001,.50
Organic Farming,Lampkin,1989,350pgs/hrdcvr,DIA028,.25
Natural Way of Farming,Fukuoka,1985,280pgs,JAP001,.95
Pests of Garden & Farm,Flint,1990,288pgs,ANR183,
Permaculture: Designer's Manual,Mollison,1988,576pgs/hrdcvr,TAG003,.95
Intro to Permaculture,Mollison,1991,198pgs,TAG004,.95
How to Grow More Veg ... in less space...,Jeavons,2nd,1991,158pgs,TEN006,.95
Breed Your Own Veg,Deepe,1993,282pgs,LBC041,.95
Common Weeds of US,USDA,1971,454pgs,DOV026,.95
Weeds of the West,Whitson,1991,630pgs,ANR216,
Oaks of Ca.,Pavlik,1992,184pgs,CCH001,.95
Compatible Plants Under & Around Oaks,CA Oak Found,1991,69pgs,COF002,
Golden Gate Gardening,Peirce,1993,397pgs,PAN036,.95
Scythe Book,Tresemer,1982,120pgs,BHF002,.95
Grafter's Handbook,Garner,5th,1988,324pgs,STE069,.95
Manag. Covercrops,Sus. Ag Network,1992,114pgs,SUP001,.95


From sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU Tue Feb 22 23:03:03 1994
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 14:46:06 -0800
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@BETA.TRICITY.WSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUSTAG-L <SUSTAG-L@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU>
Subject: best papers in agroecology (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 12:49:07 -0800
From: Deborah Letourneau <dletour@cats.ucsc.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Cc: envst-l@brownvm.brown.edu, sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu,
    sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu
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.  Colonization of crops by arthropods: non-equilibrium
communities  in soybean fields. Environmental Entomology 5: 605-611.

14.  Rabb, R. L. 1978.  A sharp focus on insect populations and
pest management from a  wide-area view. Bulletin of the
Entomological Society of America 24(1): 55-61.

15.  Risch, S.J.  1979.  A comparison, by sweep sampling, of the insect
fauna from corn  and sweet potato monocultures and dicultures in Costa Rica.
Oecologia 42: 195-211.

16.  Root, R. B. 1973.  Organization of a plant-arthropod association in
simple and diverse  habitats: the fauna of collards (Brassica oleracea).
Ecolog. Monographs 43: 95-124.

17.  Smith, R. F.; H.T. Reynolds; Farvar, M. T.; J.P. Milton, (eds ). 1972.
Effects of  manipulation of cotton agro-ecosystems on insect populations.
The Careless Technology:  Ecology and International Development.
Natural History Press. 373-406.

18.  Stern, VM; RF Smith; R van den Bosch; KS Hagen.  1959. 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
From WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 09:31:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Irwin Weintraub <WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Sustainable agriculture references sought.




To:     SANET-MG readers
From:   Mike Sands   mike_sands.inbox@parti.inforum.org
Subject:Sustainable Ag references

Friends...

I have been asked by a colleague at
Patagonia (the outdoor clothing)
people for a good series of readings
on organic/sustainable agriculture to
use in trying to educate their employees
about the issues. Obviously they are
particularly interested in the fiber
commodities.

While academic pieces are useful, anything
good written for a broader audience will
also be useful.

I have put together some things but would
appreciate any other ifeas people have.
If anyone has some good references pls
pass them on to me at:
mike_sands.inbox@parti.inforum.org

Thanks in advance.

Mike Sands


See the following bibliographies:

Weintraub, Irwin. Alternative Agriculture: Selected Information Sources -
Part I: Databases, Abstracts and Indexes, Periodicals, and Newsletters
and Newspapers.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Information,
1(3):41-100, 1993

Weintraub, Irwin. Alternative Agriculture: Selected Information Sources -
Part II: Bibliographies, Reports and Directories. Journal of
Agricultural and Food Information, 1(4):33-96, 1993


You can find this journal at your nearest university library or can
purchase copies of these two issues from:

The Haworth Press, Inc.
10 Alice Street
Binghamton, New York  13904-1580
Telephone: 1-800-3-HAWORTH

Irwin Weintraub
Agriculture Resource Librarian
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855
weintraub@zodiac.rutgers.edu


From WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu Mon Feb 21 12:44:21 1994
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 08:29:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Irwin Weintraub <WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Part II - Selected info sources

For those who were interested in part I of the bibliography of selected
information sources in alternative agriculture which appeared in JAFI,
part II is now available.  Here is the citation:

Alternative Agriculture: Selected Information Sources - Part II:
Bibliographies, Reports, Directories, by Irwin Weintraub.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, 1(4):33-96, 1993.


Citation for Part I

Alternative Agriculture: Selected Information Sources - Part I:
Databases, Abstracts and Indexes, Periodicals, and Newsletters and
Newspapers, by Irwin Weintraub.  
Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, 1(3):41-100, 1993.


Look for part II in your issue of JAFI when it arrives.

Since this is a selected bibliography, please bring to my attention
any sources that were not included.  I am planning to publish an
expanded bibliogpraphy later this year and welcome any suggestions.

Irwin Weintraub
Agriculture Resource Librarian
Rutgers University
Library of Science and Medicine
Post Office Box 1029
Piscataway, New Jersey  08855-1029
weintraub@zodiac.rutgers.edu
From dawnsingh@aol.com Mon Jun 13 00:04:04 EDT 1994
From: dawnsingh@aol.com (DawnSingh)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: The American Garden Newsletter 6/11/94
Date: 12 Jun 1994 15:59:02 -0400

Someone recently asked for a book recommendation on wildflowers and,
"Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles" was suggested by the author, Jack
Sanders.  I followed up with Jack  and conducted a captivating
interview about his book in the most recent issue of The American
Garden Newsletter.  I thought perhaps other readers might be
interested.

The American Garden Newsletter reviews garden books and interviews
authors.  It is free of charge and is not affiliated with any
organization.  To subscribe or correspond, send your e-mail address
to:  dawnSingh@aol.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS 6/11/94:

Editor's Journal

Interview with Jack Sanders, Author of "Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles:
 The Lives and Lore of North American Wildflowers."

Book Review:  Duck Hill Journal by Page Dickey

Book Review:  The New Perennials Preferred by Mrs. Helen Van Pelt
Wilson



From:

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville, Maryland  20705-2351
-

Feeds and Feeding for Catfish
Aqua-Topics Series
August 1992

Eileen M. McVey
National Agricultural Library
Aquaculture Information Center

(Citations were selected for 1991-1992)

Anderson, M.J. and A.W. Fast.  Temperature and feed rate
effects on Chinese catfish Clarias-fuscus Lacepede growth.
Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, v. 22 (4), 1991, pp.
435-442.

Bahnassey, Y.A., W.M. Breene, and M. Kazemzadeh.  Hard red
spring wheat flours and vital gluten as binders in extruded
aquaculture rations.  Cereal Foods World, v. 36(8), 1991, p.
712.
NAL Call No.:  59.8 C333

Burtle, G.J. and G.L. Newton.  Ammonia tolerance is enhanced
by feeding L-carnitine to channel catfish.  Journal of Animal
Science, v. 69(suppl. 1), 1991, p. 184.
NAL Call No.: 49 J82

Degani, G. and A. Revach.  Digestive capabilities of three
commensal fish species: carp, Cyprinus carpio L., tilapia,
Oreochromis aureus x O. niloticus, and African catfish,
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822).  Aquaculture and Fisheries
Management, v. 22(4), 1991, pp. 397-403.

Fagbenro, O.A. and I.A. Arowosoge.  Growth response and
nutrient digestibility by Clarias-isheriensis Sydenham 1980
fed varying levels of dietary coffee pulp as replacement for
maize in low-cost diets.  Bioresource Technology, v. 37(3),
1991, pp. 253-258.
NAL Call No.:  TD930 A32

Fagbenro, O.A. and I.A. Arowosoge.  Replacement value of some
household wastes as energy substitutes in low-cost diets for
rearing catfish in South-Western Nigeria.  Bioresource
Technology, v. 37(3), 1991, pp. 197-204.
NAL Call No.:  TD930 A32

Fermin, A.C. and M.E.C. Bolivar.  Larval rearing of the
Philippine freshwater catfish Clarias-macrocephalus Unther fed
live zooplankton and artificial diet:  A preliminary study.
Israeli Journal of Aquaculture Bamidgeh, v. 43(3), 1991, pp.
87-94.
NAL Call No.:  SH1.A6

Gannam, A.L. and R.T. Lovell.  Effects of feeding 17-alpha
methyltestosterone, 11 ketotestosterone, 17-beta estradiol and
3 5 3' triiodothyronine to channel catfish Ictalurus-
punctatus.  Aquaculture, v. 92(4), 1991, pp. 377-388.
NAL Call No.:  SH1.A6



This AQUA-TOPIC lists selected aquaculture publications and
does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.

Gannam, A.L. and R.T. Lovell.  Growth and bone development in
channel catfish fed 17-alpha methyltestosterone in production
ponds.  Journal of The World Aquaculture Society, v. 22(2),
1991, pp. 95-100.
NAL Call No.:  SH138.W62

Johnsen, P.B. and H.K. Dupree.  Influence of feed ingredients
on the flavor quality of farm-raised catfish.  Aquaculture, v.
96(2). 1991. pp. 139-150.
NAL Call No.:  SH1.A6

Killian, S.  Winter feeding adds to catfish profits.
Feedstuffs, v. 63(31), July 1991, p. 10.
NAL Call No.:  286.81 F322

Lovell, R.T.  Nutrition of aquaculture species.  Journal of
Animal Science, v. 69(10), 1991, pp. 4193-4200.
NAL Call No.:  49 J82

Lovell, R.T. and M. Li.  Are fish farmers feeding too much
protein to catfish?  Highlights of Agricultural Research, v.
38(4), Winter 1991, p. 6.
NAL Call No.:  100 Al1h

Masser, M.P. [et al].  A simulation model representing effects
on dietary energy-protein ratio and water temperature on
growth of channel catfish Ictalurus-punctatus fisheries and
allied aquacultures.  Ecological Modelling, v. 54(1-2), 1991,
pp. 17-36.
NAL Call No.:  QH541.15 M3E25

Meyer, F.P.  Aquaculture disease and health management.
Journal of Animal Science, v. 69(10), 1991, pp. 4201-4208.
NAL Call No.:  49 J82

Newton, G.L. and G.J. Burtle.  Gastric pH of channel catfish
effect of feeding rate and water temperature.  Journal of
Animal Science, v. 69(suppl. 1), 1991, pp. 184-185.
NAL Call No.:  49 J82

Robinson, E.H.  A practical guide to nutrition, feeds, and
feeding of catfish.  Bulletin (Mississippi Agriculture and
Forestry Experiment Station), No. 979, Oct 1991, p. 18.
NAL Call No.:  S79.e3

Santha, C.R. and D.M. Gatlin.  Growth response and fatty acid
composition of channel catfish fry fed practical diets
supplemented with menhaden fish oil.  The Progressive Fish-
Culturist, v. 53(3), 1991, pp. 135-140.
NAL Call No.:  157.5 P94

Silva, J.L.(Ed.).  Proceedings Nineteenth Annual Catfish
Processors' Workshop.  Information Bulletin (Mississippi
Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station), No. 209,
January 9, 1991. 33 pp.
NAL Call No.:  S79.e34 No.209

Sugita, H., C. Miyajima and Y. Deguchi.  The vitamin B-12-
producing ability of the intestinal microflora of freshwater
fish.  Aquaculture, v. 92(2-3), 1991, pp. 267-276.
NAL Call No.:  SH1 A6

Webster, Carl D. et al.  "Effects of Feeding Diets Containing
34 or 38% Protein at Two Feeding Frequencies on Growth and
Body Composition of Channel Catfish."  Journal of Applied
Aquaculture, v. 1(3), 1992, pp. 67-80.
NAL Call No.:  SH135 J69

Webster, C.D., J.H. Tidwell and D.H. Yancey.  "Effect of
Protein Level and Feeding Frequency on Growth and Body
Composition of Cage-reared Channel Catfish."  The Progressive
Fish-Culturist, v. 54(2), April 1992, pp. 92-96.
NAL Call No.:  157.5 P94

Webster, C.D., J.H. Tidwell and D.H. Yancey.  Evaluation of
distiller's grains with solubles as a protein source in diets
for channel catfish.  Aquaculture, v. 96(2), 1991, pp.
179-190.
NAL Call No.:  SH1 A6

Wilson, Robert.  "Channel Catfish." In:  Handbook of Nutrient
Requirements of Finfish.  Boca Raton, FL:  CRC Press.  1991.
pp. 35-54.
NAL Call No.:  SH156.H355 1991



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Tim L Gross (grossstl@ornl.gov) wrote:
: Hi Everyone,

:   If some one knows of magazines such as Mother Earth News, which I subscribe 
: to, that would give us some enjoyable yet practical reading , would they be so 
: kind as to respond to this inquiry.   I have read before of a Backwoods 
: magazine, but I didn't get the address or phone.  Any help is greatly 
: appreciated.


: Thanxs   - Tim

I like 
Countryside & Small Stock Journal
N6201 Winter Sports Rd      Withee      WI   54498
subscription ~ $18/year
most of the material comes from subscribers.

A recent issue had an ad for
Backwoods Home magazine    PO Box 2630  Ventura  CA 93002
subscription ~ $18/yr
(no additional info on this one)



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Backwoods Home Magazine can be reached via the 'net, according to a recent
issue.  The address is: 74404,1713@compuserve.com
 
Another magazine to look at is Back Home, published by a bunch of ex-Mother
staffers.  It's a quarterly, but you can usually find it at one of the major
bookstore chains for most of the three month shelf time.
 
--Gordie
  biblinski@delphi.com


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Backwoods Home Magazine
1257 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR  97520
(916) 459-3300
$17.95 per yr (6 issues), 2 yrs $29.95

The July-August issue was 98 pages, nicely laid out with several articles
on independent energy, plus raising fish in the farm pond, and a number of
others.  Lots of interesting ads, and some political commentary (nothing
too outrageous).  A good buy - recommended!


--
****************
L.J. Street


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In article <1994May13.210115.29528@nmt.edu> martha@baervan.nmt.edu (Martha Cather) writes:
>
>what a coincidence,
>
>A friend of mine just walked into my office and plunked down a book
>entitled "The Bat House Builder's Handbook" by Merlin Tuttle and
>Donna Hensley.   The book came from Bat Conservation INternational,
>PO Box 162603, Austin TX 78716. It has many plans for bat houses,
>along with lots of useful information about bats (or propoganda, if
>you are one of the above-posting bat haters).  Personally, I think
>we had about 23 million mosquitos per night last year, and I live in
>the middle of a desert.  Yes, we had to screen in our porch last year,
>and no bug zappers do not work for the bugs that eat us--gnats and
>mosquitos.  
>
>Martha in NM



Thanks for the above post concerning the bat house book.  I'll see
about ordering it..........after I get through reading the incredible
flames generated from my original post.....my apologies to those of
you being offended.  It's too bad....I had just discovered misc.rural
& pleased to find it so civil compared to rec.motorcycles...oh well

Gary


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To understand soil...what it is, what it does, how to make it
better...my favorite of them all is Square Foot Gardening by 
Mel Bartholomew and Easy Care Perennials by Patricia Taylor.
After 5 years of disasterous gardens I had concluded that I had
a black thumb and had sworn off gardening forever! (And me
living on a farm!!!) The Bartholomew book was a lifesaver.  It practically
said "This is soil.  This is a seed. " Neither of these is a
landscape type of book.  Barbara Damrosch's book Theme Gardens
is a nice one for design and lots of fun to look at


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From: mcgrew@rahul.net (Darin McGrew)
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In article <1994Apr08.065645.183536@zeus.aix.calpoly.edu>,
Christopher Ambler <cambler@harp.aix.calpoly.edu> wrote:
>Well, I did it. I bought this house. And now, I've got a pretty nice back
>yard for growing things.

Congratulations!

>                         I'd like to grow anything I can, preferably good
>salad vegies and I'd love to grow corn if possible. I know, however, almost
>nothing about gardening. Is there a FAQ I could find, or any essential books?

For veggie gardening, I'd recommend the following book:

Ball, Jeff, _Jeff Ball's 60-Minute Vegetable Garden: Just One Hour a Week
for the Most Productive Vegetable Garden Possible_.  New York, NY:  Collier
Books, 1992, 228 pages, photographs by Liz Ball, illustrations by Frank
Rohrbach 1st Collier Books edition, ISBN 0-02-030376-9 (paperback).
First published as _Jeff Ball's 60-Minute Garden_.  Emmaus, PA:  Rodale
Press, 1985.  Presents numerous time-saving tools, devices, and techniques
for organic, intensive, raised-bed gardening.  Dispite the subtitle, his
emphasis is on getting a good harvest with minimal effort, although he does
point out ways that a few extra hours a week can help bring an excellent
harvest.

Here's another good beginner's book, although I prefer Jeff Ball's
less time-intensive techniques for some things (eg, watering):

Bartholomew, Mel, _Square Foot Gardening_. Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, 1981,
347 pages, photographs by John Hamel, illustrations by Erick Ingraham, ISBN
0-87857-340-2 (hardcover), ISBN 0-87857-341-0 (paperback).
Presents a simple, easily followed gardening style for organic, intensive,
flat- or raised-bed gardening.  The author's experience with traditional
community gardens motivated the design of a system that avoids the most
common mistakes of beginning gardeners.

>If location is an issue, I'm in Central/Coastal California (San Luis Obispo).

I forget offhand how much the coastal fog affects San Luis Obispo, but
you might find the following useful:

Peirce, Pam, _Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food
Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area & Coastal California_.  Davis, CA:
agAccess, 1993, 397 pages, illustrations by Mimi Osborne, ISBN
0-932857-10-8 (paperback).
This is easily the most useful book we've found for gardening in the San
Francisco Bay Area and Coastal California.  While it isn't as comprehensive
as other books when it comes to general gardening topics (eg, soil
amendments), it does thoroughly address the issues unique to our climate,
with its mild winters and cool, foggy summers.  Its illustrated compendium
vegetables covers an amazing variety of familiar and unfamiliar crops,
although a few crops that just don't do well anywhere in this region
receive a rather cursory treatment.  I don't mind its lack of photographs,
but there aren't enough sketches, so I need another book to help identify
the pests and diseases described.  Also, some readers may wish that the
information on flowers (both edible and ornamental) were as comprehensive
as that on vegetables and herbs; flowers recieve a sufficient, but
extremely concise treatement.

Anyway, happy reading, and happy gardening!
-- 
Darin McGrew <mcgrew@rahul.net>


From C531539@MIZZOU1.missouri.eduFri Nov 25 11:30:14 1994
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 94 00:27:47 CST
From: "chang,rhi-kao" <C531539@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
To: et-parti@searn.BITNET, one-l@clvm.BITNET, ecol-econ@csf.colorado.edu,
    pol-econ@shsu.edu, ae@sjsuvm1.BITNET, renew-energy@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Biodiesel

Hi,
  My name is Rhi-Kao Chang. I has recently done my dissertation defense.
The title of dissertation is " AN ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS OF USING BIODIESEL IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA ".
 Attached message shows references of the thesis.
                                        Thank you.


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From andrew@HONUA.ARC.NASA.GOV Thu Sep  2 21:27:50 1993
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 10:56:52 PDT
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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 expressly 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 presented, 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 andrew@HONUA.ARC.NASA.GOV Thu Sep  2 21:27:50 1993
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 10:56:52 PDT
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To: Multiple recipients of list AGRIC-L <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
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 expressly 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 presented, 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 rdobert@nalusda.gov Mon Nov 21 22:19:22 EST 1994
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The following publication is now available from the Biotechnology and 
Alternative Farming Systems Information Centers (NAL/USDA).


		BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
			     A BIBLIOGRAPHY

A range of crops and agricultural products have been modified using the
molecular tools of biotechnology will likely be utilized in U.S.
agricultural systems in the near future.  At the same time, an increasing
number of farmers are adopting sustainable cultural practices.  Are these
two developments compatible? 

Over the past decade a body of literature has accumulated addressing this
question.  This Special Reference Brief (SRB 94-13), prepared jointly by
the Biotechnology Information Center and the Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center of the USDA's National Agricultural Library, contains
citations and keywords to 127 books, reports, magazine and journal
articles that focus on this issue.  It provides an introduction to the
debate surrounding the use of biotechnology in sustainable farming
systems.  While not an exhaustive search of the literature, its purpose is
to serve as a foundation upon which to build a continuing dialogue. 

The scope of literature covered is broad, and includes the impact of
biotechnology on technical deployment of alternative control methods, e.g.
biocontrol and integrated pest management (IPM), as well as the cultural
and sociological issues surrounding the changes that this new technology
might bring to agriculture.  Agriculture is a global enterprise, so many
of the articles focus on the international arena and role of biotechnology
in sustainable development in developing countries.  Several bibliographic
databases, including AGRICOLA and CAB Abstracts, were used to locate
appropriate citations. 

This publication is now available from the Biotechnology Information
Center or the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.  To receive
a copy by mail please send a self-addressed label to one of the
addresses below.  

The bibliography is also available at the NAL gopher at:
gopher.nalusda.gov, OR 
via WWW at http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/Biotech 
Look under Information Centers/Biotech Info Center/Bibliographies. 

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact: 
                                    
Biotechnology Information Center     
National Agricultural Library, Fourth Floor
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351, USA.
301-504-5947
301-504-7098 fax
biotech@nalusda.gov

Alternative Farming Systems 
Information Center
National Agricultural Library, Fourth Floor
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351, USA.
301-504-6559
301-504-6409 fax
nalasfic@nalusda.gov



From rdobert@nalusda.gov Sat Jan  7 22:36:17 EST 1995
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Joel,

For you final topic of sustainable agriculture research and biotechnology 
you might consult the recent publication "Biotechnology and Sustainable 
Agriculture: A Bibliography." See below for more information.  

The publication is available at our gopher (gopher.nalusda.gov) under Info. 
Centers/Biotech/Bibliographies. 

Ray Dobert
Biotech. Info. Center, NAL/USDA
Beltsville, MD

On Fri, 6 Jan 1995, Joel B Gruver wrote:

> Hello SANET subscribers:
> 
> I am teaching a seminar course on sustainable ag. research  this January
> that  will investigate the following 4 research areas:
> Soil Quality Assessment
> Agroforestry
> NewCrops/New Uses
> Biotech

> [text deleted]
> Joel Gruver
> Hampshire College Farm
>   
> 
		BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
			     A BIBLIOGRAPHY

A range of crops and agricultural products have been modified using the
molecular tools of biotechnology will likely be utilized in U.S.
agricultural systems in the near future.  At the same time, an increasing
number of farmers are adopting sustainable cultural practices.  Are these
two developments compatible? 

Over the past decade a body of literature has accumulated addressing this
question.  This Special Reference Brief (SRB 94-13), prepared jointly by
the Biotechnology Information Center and the Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center of the USDA's National Agricultural Library, contains
citations and keywords to 127 books, reports, magazine and journal
articles that focus on this issue.  It provides an introduction to the
debate surrounding the use of biotechnology in sustainable farming
systems.  While not an exhaustive search of the literature, its purpose is
to serve as a foundation upon which to build a continuing dialogue. 

The scope of literature covered is broad, and includes the impact of
biotechnology on technical deployment of alternative control methods, e.g.
biocontrol and integrated pest management (IPM), as well as the cultural
and sociological issues surrounding the changes that this new technology
might bring to agriculture.  Agriculture is a global enterprise, so many
of the articles focus on the international arena and role of biotechnology
in sustainable development in developing countries.  Several bibliographic
databases, including AGRICOLA and CAB Abstracts, were used to locate
appropriate citations. 

This publication is now available from the Biotechnology Information
Center or the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.  To receive
a copy by mail please send a self-addressed label to one of the
addresses below.  The bibliography is also available at the NAL gopher 
at gopher.nalusda.gov. Look under Information Centers --> Biotechnology 
Information Center --> Bibliographies 

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact: 
                                    
Biotechnology Information Center     
National Agricultural Library, Fourth Floor
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351, USA.
301-504-5947
301-504-7098 fax
biotech@nalusda.gov

Alternative Farming Systems 
Information Center
National Agricultural Library, Fourth Floor
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351, USA.
301-504-6559
301-504-6409 fax
nalasfic@nalusda.gov



From bree@netcom.com Sun Sep 25 16:26:46 EDT 1994
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Good Morning!

Let me start by saying that this is a commercial posting.

Books From Bree is a westcoast dealer in rare books, specializing in life 
and physical sciences.  We have been asked to present a private library 
of over 800 items in botany for sale to the general public.  
Approximately 20% of the collection might loosely be called 
"collectible."  The remainder is serious scholarly material (books, 
pamphlets, monographs, ephemera) of interest to professional botanists, 
horticulturalists, etc.

If you would like to receive a copy of the catalogue when completed, 
please email us your request.  The file will be quite large, so if you 
would prefer to receive the list by snail please so indicate and include 
your snail address.

Thank you for your patience in reading this post.

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From: dmiller@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller)
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In article: <1994Jan12.053833.106389@zeus.aix.calpoly.edu>
    dlord@cymbal.aix.calpoly.edu (D.Lord) asked:
>I've been following the BAT thread with interest, especially the post
>from Maryland about dimensions.
>But, does it work?  I would like to know if any bats actually live in
>these houses before I invest the time and energy constructing one.
>Anyone else had positive experience with a BAT house?
>I read somewhere that you should install the house on the EAST side of
>the residence, at least 25 feet above the ground.  Any wisdom would bew
>appreciated.

I've had a bat house for several years and no bats.  HOWEVER, I recently
learned that my homemade house is not well designed and in the wrong 
location.  The best book I've seen on the subject is "America's 
Neighborhood Bats", by Merlin D. Tuttle, Univ. of Texas Press, 1988, ISBN
0-292-70403-8 or 0-292-70406-2 (I suppose one is paperback, one 
hardcover).  One hint I've gotten recently is that bats find roosts by 
the smell of bat guano, therefore one should spray/smear some guano on a 
new house to make it more attractive to bats.  Now all I need is a source 
of bat guano! :')

--Jill

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In the past, I've found Varro E. Tyler's 1987 "New Honest Herbal" an
excellent guide to herbal remedies that work, or don't work, and the
pharmacological bases, and pitfalls of the remedies.  I telnetted
to Library of Congress to get the publication year, and found a new
book by him, Herbs of Choice, 1994, published by Pharmaceutical Products
Press (ISBN 1-56024-895-5).  Tyler is/was (?) a pharmacology prof in
Indiana with a strong interest in herbal and home remedies.  The 1987
book was especially good about including contraindications, and 
possible drug interactions: I hope the 1994 book will have similar 
information (I just placed an order about 5 min ago!).

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI


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I'm interested to find out the cost of the following text at your institution

Biology of Plants (5th edition)
by Raven, Evert, and Eichhorn

This book is listed at $81.75 (Canadian funds) in our bookstore.

You can respond directly to: LACROIX@UPEI.CA

Christian Lacroix
Department of Biology
University of Prince Edward Island
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You ought to check out Tales of the Shaman's Apprentice, by Plotkin, 
which is in the stores now.  There are lots of suggestive leads in this 
book.  You could contact Plotkin himself for that matter.  He was at 
Harvard and maybe still is.  You could also contact Lisa Conte or her 
colleagues at Shaman Pharaceuticals in Northern California for current leads.
P Wickware
Oakland, CA

On Fri, 14 Jan 1994, Cynthia wrote:

> I am looking for programs in graduate study (MS/PhD) in Ethnobotany.
> The Peterson's guides haven't been much help.  :)  I've surmised
> that this may be partly due to the interdisciplinary nature of the,
> erm, discipline.  I've been given one tip regarding the Smithsonian's
> ethnobotany program which is probably affiliated with some university,
> and have a number of books and journals at my disposal of Ethnobotany
> papers on various areas of the world, but would still appreciate
> any advice about graduate departments that anyone might happen to
> know a bit about.
> 
> I don't have a degree in Bio but I do have a Bachelor's, and
> a lot of background in Biology and other sciences, as well as
> anthro and American Studies, and have done a lot of personal
> research into medicinal & other plants.
> 
> thank you
> 
> Cynthia Murphy
> camurphy@acsu.buffalo.edu
> aa009@freenet.buffalo.edu
> 
> 



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In response to the request about second hand bookshops specializing 
in botanical history and illustrations, I might be able to help a 
bit.  Last May, while visiting London for a few days, I literally 
stumbled upon the big annual Antiquarian book sale at the Russell 
Hotel, Russell Square.  The whole main floor and ballroom were jammed 
with stalls of antiquarian books, and many dealers had biologically-
oriented books.  I certainly didn't see all the stalls, but one of 
the dealers I talked to specializes in Darwin.  His name is:

M. E. Korn, 47 Tetherdown, London N10 1NH
Tel: 081-883 5251.

He must be just one of dozens.  Have you ever just wandered along 
Charing Cross Road?  There are lots of shops there that sell 
botanical illustrations of varying quality and price.  Happy hunting.

Jean Gerrath
Department of Horticultural Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada


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chozinsa@ava.bcc.orst.edu (Ann Chozinski) writes:
>I am looking for resources that describe the culture of Chinese herbs.
>does anyone know of an English-written source, or english speaking resource
>who would know the specifics on culture and production of these herbs?
>a book?  a person?  a university that deals with this?

The University of California Botanical Garden, above the UC Berkley
Stadium has a Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden. The phone number of the book
and plant store there is 415-642-3343.

Chinese Herbal Medicine by Daniel Reid, 1986, 1992 Shambala Publications
Boston, MA 02116. ISBN 0-87773-398-8 has many illustrations but little on
cultivation.

Please post the results of your search


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A good plant systematics text is Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics by
Clive A. Stace.  It ISN'T a book about plant identification but it has
lots of systematics - phylogenetics theory suitable for the undergraguate
student.  I think the publisher is Academic Press but I don't have a copy
with me to check.
David Orlovich.



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    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








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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.


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In article <ttuomasj.53.2D59EB32@silvia.helsinki.fi>,
TOMI TUOMASJUKKA (MMVAR) <ttuomasj@silvia.helsinki.fi> wrote:
			.
			.
			.
>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
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In article <2jtehs$o8v@sugar.neosoft.com>, I <claird@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> wrote:
>			.
>			.
>			.
		[lots of stuff about]
>	Johnson, Hugh
>	1984	Hugh Johnson's Encyclopedia of Trees.
>		Gallery Books, New York City
>
>a marvelous coffee-table book.  As the dust jacket says,
			.
			.
			.
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
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From bholtzma@moose.uvm.edu Thu Mar  3 12:50:37 1994
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 16:51:45 -0500 (EST)
From: beth holtzman <bholtzma@moose.uvm.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: New Publication Announcement


Here's a news release about a new publication. Unfortunately, we can't 
take orders over the phone or by e-mail at this point. However, you can 
FAX us purchase orders at 802-656-4656. 



			N E W S  R E L E A S E



Jan. 20, 1994		
						
Contact: 	Beth Holtzman

For Release: Immediately								802-656-0554		

The "Real Dirt" on Organic Farming
	BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A new book sorts the myths from the truth 
about organic and reduced-input farming.
	Edited by Miranda Smith and members of the Northeast Organic 
Farming Association, The Real Dirt presents a vivid snapshot of organic 
and low-input farming in the Northeast. 
	The book, released in January, is based on interviews with more 
than 60 farmers in eight states. It offers first-hand knowledge about the 
many biological, cultural, mechanical and even chemical tools available 
to modern organic and low-input farmers. The Northeast Region Sustainable 
Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program provided funding for 
the publication.
	The Real Dirt covers vegetable, fruit, agronomic crop and 
livestock production in a practical, farmer-oriented way. Unlike other 
books about organic farming, it doesn't just cheerlead. Instead, each 
chapter presents the how-tos, the why-tos, and the what-not-tos.
	"I'm impressed by the tone and quality of this book," says Ron 
Prokopy, an apple producer and professor of entomology at the University 
of Massachusetts. "It will be of high value both to farmers and to 
Extension agents who are developing educational programs for interested 
commercial and lay growers."
	Massachusetts farmer Sam Smith says: "What an amazing catalogue 
of ingenious responses to variable conditions faced by farmers! It will 
encourage the creativity of aspiring and experienced farmers ... The book 
can be used around the country and the world to help build a sustainable 
agriculture community."
	The 272-page, 8 1/2 by 11-inch paperback is fully indexed and 
illustrated. It features an innovative glossary, in-depth profiles of all 
farmers discussed in the book, and an exhaustive list of contacts.
 	Priced at $13.95, the book is available through NOFA chapters or 
through the Sustainable Agriculture Publications, Hills Building, 
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0082.
	For more information about the book or to find out about bulk 
order discounts, call 802-656-0471.
-30-


From WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu Thu Mar  3 12:59:03 1994
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 08:39:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Irwin Weintraub <WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Information sources in alternative agriculture

I recently published a bibliography of information sources in
alternative agriculture which may be of help to those who are seeking
information sources in sustainable agriculture.  The citation is:


Alternative Agriculture: Selected Information Sources 
Part I: Databases, Abstracts and Indexes, Periodicals, and Newsletters
and Newspapers, by Irwin Weintraub.    Journal of Agricultural and Food
Information, Volume 1, No. 3, pages 41-100, 1993.


Part II: Bibliographies, Reports, and Directories is in progress and
will be published shortly.

I hope this will be helpful in your searches for information on
all aspects of sustainable agriculture.

I plan to expand and update this bibliography as new sources become available. I
would greatly appreciate it if you would bring to my attention any
sources that have not been cited that you think should be included. 


Irwin Weintraub
Agriculture Resource Librarian
Library of Science and Medicine
Rutgers University
P.O. Box 1029
Piscataway, New Jersey  08855-1029
Telephone: 908-932-3526
weintraub@zodiac.rutgers.edu
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	An interesting book on Oranges (history, varities,e etc.)
is Oranges by John McPhee.  "More than you ever wanted to know"
told in McPhee's charming style.
-- 
     ********************************************************
     * Jenny & Don Lawrence  *  It's a damn poor mind that  *
     * 101 Monroe Street     *  can only think of one way   * 
     * Radford, VA 24141     *  to spell a word.            *


From 72253.3505@compuserve.com Mon Oct  3 12:09:40 EDT 1994
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From: 72253.3505@compuserve.com (Elaine Moore)
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Elaine Moore
Compuserve 72253,3505

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Here it is fall; we're putting the garden to bed.  What better time to be
recalling the joy of springtime gardening?  Which is why I thought you might
like to know about the picture book, GRANDMA'S GARDEN (published by Lothrop, Lee
& Shepard).  In it, Grandma is shown as healthy and active in her jeans and
jacket as she tends to her garden with her granddaughter, Kim. The theme of the
book is hope and perseverence (Don't we need both when we garden?) while the
love between the two is clearly evident.  Just like carrots and radishes,
Grandma and Kim make good partners in the garden! 

Here's a review from Book List:  "In this companion to GRANDMA'S HOUSE and
GRANDMA'S PROMISE, Kim makes a spring visit to the country to help Grandma with
her garden. together they prepare the soil, select and sow the seeds, and
construct a scarecrow. Later that night a thunderstorm awakens Kim, frightening
her and washing away most of their hard work. Undaunted by the unpredictability
of spring weather, the two later take advantage of a brisk wind by flying a
kite, hose down some plum trees to protect them from a predicted frost, and
finally, replant their garden. Although Kim's visit has come to an end, Grandma
promises she can return in summer when the garden matures. Moore's quiet story,
just right for intergenerational sharing, teems with information about gardening
and plants.  Andreasen's realistic, earth-tone paintings ably portray the wealth
of feelings shared by the pair as well as the lushness of the rural landscape."

GRANDMA'S GARDEN is available at bookstores and the library.  It's such a
beautiful book and like a garden, one that's nice to share with someone special.
Or, if you'd like a signed copy perhaps inscribed for that someone special
(example: For Emily, always remember the fun you had in _________'s garden), I'd
be happy to do that for you and send it through the mail.  You would have to
write me and let me know how to inscribe the book. If you can't think of what to
say, tell me a bit about the person the book is for, and I'll come up with the
inscription. You'd also have to tell me where to send the book (print this
information).  The price would be $18.00 for each book and includes postage and
mailing material.  Now for those seed catalogues. . . .

Write to me at:
Elaine Moore
702 Seneca Road
Great Falls, VA  22066



From rob.king@nfe.com Sun Jan  1 21:30:57 EST 1995
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J>>Can anyone give me any ideas for a "TREE" book?
 >>We have moved to a new house and have several trees that aren't
 >>familar to us. My husband said that he wanted a "TREE" book, like
 >>a BIRD book...

A little late for Christmas this year... but the best all-around tree
guide has to be "Trees of North America" by Golden Press.  Color
illustrations are hard to beat.  An excellent value at $4 <6 years ago>

For more detailed work, the Peterson Field Guide Series "Guide to Trees
and Shrubs" would be a good choice... perhaps a little too technically
involved for the novice who wants to key a species mostly from pictures,
tho.  Peterson's is not full-color, either.

Rob.

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 * QMPro 1.53 * ------>---->--->-->->> rob.king@nfe.com <<-<--<---<-----


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In article <9412260817486068@nfe.com>, rob.king@nfe.com (Rob King) wrote:

> J>>Can anyone give me any ideas for a "TREE" book?
>  >>We have moved to a new house and have several trees that aren't
>  >>familar to us. My husband said that he wanted a "TREE" book, like
>  >>a BIRD book...
> 
> A little late for Christmas this year... but the best all-around tree
> guide has to be "Trees of North America" by Golden Press.  Color
> illustrations are hard to beat.  An excellent value at $4 <6 years ago>
> 
> For more detailed work, the Peterson Field Guide Series "Guide to Trees
> and Shrubs" would be a good choice... perhaps a little too technically
> involved for the novice who wants to key a species mostly from pictures,
> tho.  Peterson's is not full-color, either.
> 
> Rob.
> 
> ---
>  * QMPro 1.53 * ------>---->--->-->->> rob.king@nfe.com <<-<--<---<-----

The best 'World' book is Hugh Johnson's Encylopedia of Trees. Yes this is
the same Hugh Johnson who writes on wine. My copy is published by Gallery
Books.

A delightful book is A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central
North America by Donald Culross Peattie originally published in 1948 and
republished by Houghton Mifflin. The social and economic history of trees.
I understand that there is alsoone for western North America.


From tom@avatar.ftc.nrcs.usda.gov Sun Jan  1 21:32:03 EST 1995
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From: tom@avatar.ftc.nrcs.usda.gov (Tom Rudnick)
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Subject: Re: TREE BOOK?
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John Woodworth (jrwoodworth@mmm.com) writes:
> In article <19941219164837BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU> BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU (Vickie L. Jernigan) writes:
> >From: BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU (Vickie L. Jernigan)
> >Subject: TREE BOOK?
> >Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 22:48:00 GMT

> >Can anyone give me any ideas for a "TREE" book?
> >We have moved to a new house and have several trees that aren't
> >familar to us. My husband said that he wanted a "TREE" book, like
> >a BIRD book...

> >I want to get him one for Christmas. I haven't had the chance to
> >look at the bookstores yet but thought someone might have an
> >opinion on one. THANKS!

> >Vickie Jernigan
> >jernivl@mail.auburn.edu

<snip>
I couldn't find the original article, so I'm posting followup to this one.

Vickie-

It's too late for Christmas now, but the reference that I use is by 
Michael Dirr, entitled "Manual of Woody landscape Plants, their culture
and Propogation". Actually, I'm not sure of the title, but it is a large,
300 page Green paperback that includes line drawings of distinguishing
characteristics along with a good discussion of how to grow each tree
and their uses. No color pictures, but a good reference.

-Tom
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Fort Collins,CO | They Might Be Giants - | and the vessel runs aground
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| Land's where we know the boat is found.


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In <3dpk47$34u@ftcnews.nrcs.usda.gov>, tom@avatar.ftc.nrcs.usda.gov (Tom Rudnick) writes:
>John Woodworth (jrwoodworth@mmm.com) writes:
>> In article <19941219164837BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU> BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU (Vickie L. Jernigan) writes:
>> >From: BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU (Vickie L. Jernigan)
>> >Subject: TREE BOOK?
>> >Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 22:48:00 GMT
>
>> >Can anyone give me any ideas for a "TREE" book?
>> >We have moved to a new house and have several trees that aren't
>> >familar to us. My husband said that he wanted a "TREE" book, like
>> >a BIRD book...
>
>> >I want to get him one for Christmas. I haven't had the chance to
>> >look at the bookstores yet but thought someone might have an
>> >opinion on one. THANKS!
>
>> >Vickie Jernigan
>> >jernivl@mail.auburn.edu
>
><snip>
>I couldn't find the original article, so I'm posting followup to this one.
>
>Vickie-
>
>It's too late for Christmas now, but the reference that I use is by 
>Michael Dirr, entitled "Manual of Woody landscape Plants, their culture
>and Propogation". Actually, I'm not sure of the title, but it is a large,
>300 page Green paperback that includes line drawings of distinguishing
>characteristics along with a good discussion of how to grow each tree
>and their uses. No color pictures, but a good reference.
>
>-Tom
>--
>----------------/------------------------------------------------------------
>Tom Rudnick     | trudnick@ftc.nrcs.usda.gov | When the ship runs out of ocean
>Fort Collins,CO | They Might Be Giants - | and the vessel runs aground
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| Land's where we know the boat is found.


From: Tom Atkinson (Toronto)

 "Manual of Woody Landscape Plants", by Michael A. Dirr.

 Published by Stipes Publishing Co.,
                    10-12 Chester St.,
                     Champaign, Illinois 61820.

 This book is a <must> if you are serious about vines, shrubs, trees.


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Eyewitness Handbooks puts out a book called, ingeniusly, "Trees", it is a 
self-proclaimed "visual guide to more than 500 species of trees from 
around the world."  I would recommend it, as it will help with 
identification.  For cultural requirements, you can ask at your local 
nursery to read their copy of Michael Dirr's "Manual of Woody Landscape 
Plants" (much too huge to be practical for the average home owner).  The 
Eyewitness Book doesn't have everything but it probably has a great 
variety (therefore you are likely to run into something at least closely 
related to what you find in your garden) and it has very helpful photos 
and illustrations of each tree.  
Sorry I am too late for Christmas.

Have fun!
Kathleen

On Wed, 21 Dec 1994, John Woodworth wrote:

> In article <19941219164837BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU> BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU (Vickie L. Jernigan) writes:
> >From: BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU (Vickie L. Jernigan)
> >Subject: TREE BOOK?
> >Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 22:48:00 GMT
> 
> >Can anyone give me any ideas for a "TREE" book?
> >We have moved to a new house and have several trees that aren't
> >familar to us. My husband said that he wanted a "TREE" book, like
> >a BIRD book...
> 
> >I want to get him one for Christmas. I haven't had the chance to
> >look at the bookstores yet but thought someone might have an
> >opinion on one. THANKS!
> 
> >Vickie Jernigan
> >jernivl@mail.auburn.edu
> 
> Vickie,
> 
> There's a couple by the Audubon Society for native trees. There's an 
> eastern and western version. It's small enough to fit in a pocket if you go 
> hiking and want to identify trees. I'd stay away from the Ortho books you see 
> in discount stores and the more pedestrain nurseries. They have pretty 
> pictures but the information is incomplete and often untrue.
> 
> 
> 
> John
> 
> "Pro meo lingua graeca est!"
> 
> 


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Nicholas Wiley (nwiley@u.washington.edu) wrote:
: Eyewitness Handbooks puts out a book called, ingeniusly, "Trees", it is a 
: self-proclaimed "visual guide to more than 500 species of trees from 
: around the world."  I would recommend it, as it will help with 
: identification.  For cultural requirements, you can ask at your local 
: nursery to read their copy of Michael Dirr's "Manual of Woody Landscape 
: Plants" (much too huge to be practical for the average home owner).  The 
: Eyewitness Book doesn't have everything but it probably has a great 
: variety (therefore you are likely to run into something at least closely 
: related to what you find in your garden) and it has very helpful photos 
: and illustrations of each tree.  
: Sorry I am too late for Christmas.

: Have fun!
: Kathleen

: On Wed, 21 Dec 1994, John Woodworth wrote:

: > In article <19941219164837BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU> BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU (Vickie L. Jernigan) writes:
: > >From: BO674VJ@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU (Vickie L. Jernigan)
: > >Subject: TREE BOOK?
: > >Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 22:48:00 GMT
: > 
: > >Can anyone give me any ideas for a "TREE" book?
: > >We have moved to a new house and have several trees that aren't
: > >familar to us. My husband said that he wanted a "TREE" book, like
: > >a BIRD book...
: > 
: > >I want to get him one for Christmas. I haven't had the chance to
: > >look at the bookstores yet but thought someone might have an
: > >opinion on one. THANKS!
: > 
: > >Vickie Jernigan
: > >jernivl@mail.auburn.edu
I swear by "A Field guide to Trees and Shrubs" by Petrides.  It's in
the Petersen field guide series.  There's one for east and west US.
Also have The Audubon Socienty Guide, which is OK, but I'm less
partial to the actual photos as a primary means of ID.  There's too
muc variability out there.  Petrides' diagramatic style of
illustration seems more efficient for me.

Then, check your University Press.  Most states have local guides to
trees found in that state.  
-- 
Jim Lewis - jkl2@freenet.scri.fsu.edu
 . . . Without ecology . . . there would _be_ no economy.



From klier@cobra.uni.edu Sat Jan 28 23:50:16 EST 1995
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In article <3g3p6l$gev@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, jstone9352@aol.com (JSTONE9352) writes:
> Does anyone know of a good book on weeds.?  What I am looking for is a
> book that is just about weeds and not flowers, trees and then weeds as a
> seperate section but just weeds only.  Something along the line of a Zim
> or Golden book, that is not too scientific but has illustrations and a
> brief description.  I saw one in a bookstore years ago but now I can't
> find one.           John S.


Where are you?  If you're in the north central US, I'd tell you to 
get a copy of Weeds of the North Central States from your local
cooperative extension office.  It's a thickish paperback that will
run you about $5.  My students can use the keys even on the first
day of class (I often start them out with those keys "for practice"),
and there are good line drawings and non-technical descriptions.

My favorite weed id book for the US is Conrad Muenscher's _Weeds_,
and you may be able to find old editions published by MacMillan
for a few bucks in a used book store.  There's an updated version
reflecting some name changes out in paperback from Cornell University
Press.

I like Muenscher because it's not just about weed identification,
(and it has great line drawings!) but it also has all sorts of
important information on the biology of each species.  Understanding
what conditions favor the growth of a certain weedy species sure
helps you control that weed with *much* less work.  The first edition
was done in 1935, I think, and the second in 1955... times when weed
control depended not on herbicides but on cultural controls, and
cultural controls are exactly what most gardeners should be using.

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  Univ. Northern Iowa    klier@cobra.uni.edu



From amberlyn@comtch.iea.com Sat Jan 28 23:50:40 EST 1995
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JSTONE9352 (jstone9352@aol.com) wrote:
: Does anyone know of a good book on weeds.?  What I am looking for is a
: book that is just about weeds and not flowers, trees and then weeds as a
: seperate section but just weeds only.  Something along the line of a Zim
: or Golden book, that is not too scientific but has illustrations and a
: brief description.  I saw one in a bookstore years ago but now I can't
: find one.           John S.

The one I find so useful here in Spokane is _Weeds of the West_, 
published by the Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with the 
Western US Land Grant Universities Cooperative Extension Services. This 
is a quality text with photographs of different stages of growth and 
different plant parts. Text is also highly descriptive. It includes a 
number of the grasses. The book is considered a bible to the Noxious Weed 
folks here.

For order info, write: The Western Society of Weed Science, PO Box 963, 
Newark CA 94560. This is a 600+ page book, no more technical than a good 
field guide, and sells (I think) somewhere around $20. 

Amberlyn


From jtmax@netcom.com Sat Jan 28 23:51:20 EST 1995
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From: jtmax@netcom.com (judith meskill)
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In article <75059.jware@cdpa.state.ms.us>, <jware@cdpa.state.ms.us> wrote:

> On 24 Jan 1995 15:50:29 -0500, 
> JSTONE9352  <jstone9352@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> >Does anyone know of a good book on weeds.?
> 
> The weed is in the eye of the beholder...<snip>
> 
> All kidding aside, such a book would be of great use. I would love to see 
> one with pictures/illustrations of the "weed" at differant stages in its 
> life cycle.
> 
One of my prize possessions is a book published by the Department of
Agriculture in Canada called "Farm Weeds" (1909)... It is replete with 76
full page water color illustration plates of "weeds" such as: Yellow Dock,
Sheep Sorrel, Chickweed, Nettle, Burdock, Evening Primrose... One farmer's
weeds are another gardener's herbs...

-- 
judith t. meskill
macintosh consultant & internet trainer
jtmax@netcom.com or judith_meskill@bmug.org


From jfsanders@delphi.com Sat Jan 28 23:51:46 EST 1995
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From: jfsanders@delphi.com (jack sanders)
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In article <3g3p6l$gev@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, jstone9352@aol.com (JSTONE9352) 
writes: 

> Does anyone know of a good book on weeds?

Try these:

COMMON WEEDS OF THE UNITED STATES, prepared by the Agriculture Research
    Service of the US Department of Agriculture, New York: Dover, 1971 (this
should be     still in print from Dover Books; includes grasses, but is mostly 
herbs; technical,     but very comprehensive; aimed at farmers; lots of B&W
drawings) 

Martin, Alexander C, WEEDS, New York: Golden Press, 1972 (a little
pocket-sized 
    Golden guide, with decent color illustrations but limited number of
species) 

Spencer, Edwin Rollin, ALL ABOUT WEEDS, New York: Dover, 1974 (another Dover
   reprint; 1957 original publication; very readable and interesting; called a 
Who's 
   Who among Weeds; a lot about 102 of the most common species; good reading)

Crocker, Lawrence J., WILDLY SUCCESSFUL PLANTS: A Handbook of North American
   Weeds, New York: Collier, 1977 (informative, entertaining, concise book by
a 
   Columbia University professor who has a good sense of humor; good on ways
to    eliminate weeds; probably out of print, but libraries may have)


Walters, Charles, Jr. WEEDS: Control without Poisons, Kansas City, Mo.: Acres
USA, 1991    (A comprehensive guide to weeds, aimed at farmers).


--Jack Sanders, Ridgefield, Conn., jfsanders@delphi.com
   (author of "Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles: The Lives and Lore of North
American    Wildflowers," TAB/McGraw-Hill, 1993 -- which sings the *praises*
of many weeds!) 


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In article <75059.jware@cdpa.state.ms.us>, <jware@cdpa.state.ms.us> wrote:

> On 24 Jan 1995 15:50:29 -0500, 
> JSTONE9352  <jstone9352@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> >Does anyone know of a good book on weeds.?
> 
> The weed is in the eye of the beholder...<snip>
> 
> All kidding aside, such a book would be of great use. I would love to see 
> one with pictures/illustrations of the "weed" at differant stages in its 
> life cycle.
> 
One of my prize possessions is a book published by the Department of
Agriculture in Canada called "Farm Weeds" (1909)... It is replete with 76
full page water color illustration plates of "weeds" such as: Yellow Dock,
Sheep Sorrel, Chickweed, Nettle, Burdock, Evening Primrose... One farmer's
weeds are another gardener's herbs...

-- 
judith t. meskill
macintosh consultant & internet trainer
jtmax@netcom.com or judith_meskill@bmug.org


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From: pbs1@Elsburg.els.agric.za (Mark (Gerald) Wright)
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there is a quite comprehensive book by Biggs (1991??) which deals with all 
aspects of pesticide side effects.  Give me a call by email if you want a 
more complete reference.

Cheers, MGW
(PBS1@elsburg.els.agric.za)


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A good reference for serpentine plant communities is

A.R. Kruckeberg. 1984.  California Serpentines: Flora, Vegetation,
Geology, Soils, and Management Problems. University of California Press,
Berkeley.


From ghegyes@nalusda.gov Wed Mar  9 13:12:02 1994
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 1994 09:01:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabriel Hegyes <ghegyes@nalusda.gov>
To: SANET-mg <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: SAN Showcase Update Request

SHOWCASE OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) sponsors a "Showcase of
Educational Materials."   Begun by John Ikerd, at the University of
Missouri, it is a compilation of publications, videos, and other
materials, as a way  to identify both the exemplary and the missing
in sustainable agriculture knowledge.  Materials that synthesize
information in forms readily usable to farmers are a particular
focus of the Showcase.  The results can be read as a printed
document; over Internet through Almanac, Gopher and WAIS; and
available as a computerized database that can be downloaded from
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Those interested in contributing materials to the Showcase, or
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and Education Materials

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From steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu Thu Mar 24 23:18:54 1994
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 11:55:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Steve Diver <steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: LITERATURE: Bibliography of Beneficial Nematodes

To add to the recent discussion on beneficial nematodes, here
are several key bibliographies on these little critters. 

Smith, K.A., R.W. Miller, and D.H. Simser.  1992.  
Entomopathogenic Nematode Bibliography:  Heterorhabditid and 
Steinernematid Nematodes.  Southern Cooperative Series Bull. 370. 
81 p.

    This bulletin is one in a series of Southern Cooperative 
    Extension bulletins.  It is a publication of the nematode 
    subcommittee of Regional Project S-240, "Development of Ento-
    mopathogens as Control Agents for Insect Pests."  The Arkansas
    Agricultural Experiment Station is the publishing station.
    Requests for copies of this bulletin should be sent to:

        Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
        110 Agriculture Building
        University of Arkansas
        Fayetteville, AR  72701

    This bulletin lists 1413 citations and contains a 
    keyword index of over 140 listings.  It is the latest 
    project since Shepard's (1974) and Gaugler and Kaya's
    (1983) published bibliographies.

Shepard, M.R.N.  1974.  Anthropods as final hosts of 
nematodes and nematomorphs.  An annotated bibliography
1900 - 1972.  Farnham Royal: Commonwealth Agric. Bureau,
Tech. Comm. 45.  248 p.

Gaugler, R., and Kaya, H.K.  1983.  Bibliography of the
entomogenous nematode family Steinernematidae.  Bibliogr.
Entomol. Soc. Am.  1: 43-64.


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In article <jeffyCDILHs.CHx@netcom.com>
jeffy@netcom.com (Jeff Youngstrom) writes that he is looking for a
simple key.

I've had excellent luck with the "Finder" series, published by the
Nature Study Guild. (Box 972, Berkeley, CA 94701 in 1963)  I have 
their "Master Tree Finder," and there are several others, including a
Pacific Coast Tree Finder.  Of course, mine is thirty years old, so
they MAY be difficult to find...  Good luck!

_________________________________
William E. Williams
Department of Biology
St. Mary's College of Maryland


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In article <waverheu.153.000ACEE7@vub.ac.be> waverheu@vub.ac.be (Willy A Verheulpen) writes:
>Hello everyone,
>Does anyone have any info on enhancing seeds germination.
>This interests me very much. The striation/scratching &
>sulphuric acid treatments are known in the raising
>of many plant species.(I am mainly interested in cacti)
>I am more interested in experiments that show a chemical/
>biochemical or other influence that breaks seeds dormancy
>and that is able to amplify the seeds germination rate.
>I know giberillines are used as such but is there anyone
>who has experimented with these? With what results?
>I have come across a reference in German literature where
>they speak of "something" they call "KAPROMIN". Has anyone
>ever heard of this? I have no idea wheter this is a single
>component/mix/commercial name or whatever.
>Experiments are mentioned by which germination experiments
>show 0% germination wh the compound up to 60% germination
>when the compound is used or even applied afther sowing.
>Would very much appreciate your comments.
>
>
>I##################################################################I
 There is a guy named Norman Deno who has experimented with gibberelic  
acid, primarily with alpines.  He's written a book (self-published) on 
his experiences.  There is a review of it in my October Horticulture (just  
arrived today)  Deno's a ex chemistry prof who apparently conducted 
extensive research on seed germination.  The prose is described a "knotty"
which propably means the guy should have hired an editor.  If you want a 
copy of the review E-mail me your snail mail address.  

His address is
Dr. Norman Deno
139 Lenor Dr.
State College, PA 16801

The book is titled Seed Germination Theory and Practice.  Cost is $20 which 
includes surface mail oversears.

Sorry for all the errors but I'm new on this system and am not a computer
whiz bang

Jan Jeddel

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>I Willy A Verheulpen                          Systems Coordination I
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In article <Leath.43.000DB50E@cs.upei.ca>,
Stephen James Leath <Leath@cs.upei.ca> wrote:
>Does anyone know of a good reference book on propagation by stem cuttings ?  
>When to collect  cuttings for different plants, shrubs and trees and what sort 
>of medium ,temp, hormone  etc.. 

One of the most complete references is 
	Plant propagation : principles and practices / Hudson
	T. Hartmann, Dale E. Kester, Fred T. Davies, Jr.
	5th ed. Prentice Hall, c1990

This is a big, expensive textbook that may be available in university libraries.
It is technical, and oriented toward commercial production.

Another book that may well be in your public library is 'Plants-a-Plenty'
by Catherine Osgoode Foster.  (Rodale Press, I think.)  It is oriented more
toward the small scale or home hobbyist, but has a remarkable amount of info
on various plants in it.

There is also a standard reference called something like 'Manual of Woody
Plants' or something similar, I haven't seen it personally, but it is said
to be what professional horticulturalists use.

There are many other books on propagation.  Before you buy one, have a look
through what is available in your public and/or university library.  You may
well find a book that meets your needs better than the above.

Beverly Erlebacher
Toronto, Ontario Canada


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Netters:

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.


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Subject: Re: "Strange" food plants wanted
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In article <28cm3r$f24@news.bu.edu> 
bailey@butyng.bu.edu (Sherry Bailey) writes:
>So, Kay -- what IS "economic botany"???

_Economic Botany_
Devoted to Past, Present, and Future Uses of Plants by People.
ISSN 0013-001, published quarterly by the New York Botanical Garden.
Membership in the Society for Economic Botany is open to all individuals
who are interested in the past, present and future uses of plants by
people. Three types of membership are available. Annual dues for each are:
Regular membership, ; Student membership, ; Family membership, ;
Sustaining membership, -99; Patron membership, -499; Benefactor
membership,  or more; payable at par in United States currency. Each
membership includes an annual supscription to ECONOMIC BOTANY. Application
for Membership, accompanied by dues for one year, should be sent to
Economic Botany Business Office, P.O. Box 368, Lawrence, KS 66044 USA.

Vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 215-344, July-September, 1993:
Workshop: Economic Valuation and Sustainable Management of Non-Timber
  Tropical Forest Products:
The Economic Value and Sustainable Harvest of Plants and Animals from the
  Tropical Forest: Assumptions, Hypothesis, and Methods. p. 215
A Method for the Economic Valuation of Non-timber Tropical Forest Products
Methods to Assess the Impact of Extraction of Non-timber Tropical Forest
  Products on Plant Populations. p. 234
Introduction to Case Studies from South Asia. p. 248
The Value of Non-timber Forest Products: An Estimation for Tropical Deciduous
  Forest in India. p. 258
Extraction of Non-timber Forest Products, Including Fodder and Fuelwood, in
  Mudumalai, India. p. 268
Role of Non-timber Forest Products in the Economy of Peripheral Communities
  of Knuckles National Wilderness Area of Sri Lanka: A Farming Systems
  Approach. p. 275
Interdisciplinary Research Towards Management of Non-timber Forest Resources
  in Lowland Rain Forests of Sri Lanka. p. 282
Acknowledgements. p. 290
Traditional Uses of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) in Rotuma. p. 291
The North Wakashan "Wild Carrots"; Clarification of some Ethnobotanical
  Ambiguity in Pacific Northwest Apiaceae. p. 297
Adaption of Five Columnar Cactus Species to Various Conditions in the Negev
  Desert of Israel. p. 304
Agave Studies in Yucatan, Mexico. I. Past and Present Germplasm Diversity and
  Uses. p. 312  II. Nutritional Value of the Inflorescence Peduncle and
  Incipient Domestication. p. 328
Howard Scott Gentry. p. 335
Book Reviews. p. 311, 337, 338
Manuscript Requirements. p. 343


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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

<<Del_Col@ab.wvnet.edu>>

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.

J. Del Col
-- 
Jeff Del Col   * DECONSTRUCTIONISM- Word salad soused in French
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In article <timinCF235B.Ju7@netcom.com>, timin@netcom.com (Mitchell E. Timin) writes:
> 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


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In article <93293.155621U14371@uicvm.uic.edu>, <U14371@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>  I would also appreciate it if someone (Kay? Susan?) could recommend a
> GOOD basic(?) botany book I could learn from on my own. Also, where
> could I find a good glossary for botanical terms (eg. scabrous [sp?])?

For just plain readable, with a slight horticultural bent, Kingsley
Stern's botany book is quite nice.  For a slightly more academic
(drier, less chatty) tome that is *very nice*, Peter Raven's botany
text is also good.  Another I've liked, though it's dated, is Rickett's
Botany for Gardeners.  I've looked at Brian Capon's book, with a similar
title, but wasn't so much impressed... maybe I'm just jaded.

There's also a very nice Visual Dictionary of Plants, often to be
found in children's sections of bookstores.  Wonderful, accurately
named pictures of plant parts and major plant groups.  Well worth the
$10-$15.

As to scabrous, scarious, scalariform, and all those other descriptive
terms we bandy about in the taxonomic literature, one of the very best
is the (alas!) out of print Radford, Dickison, Bell, Ritchie et al.
Vascular Plant Systematics.  About 2" of closely typed 8.5 x 11" 
pages that are sort of "everything you wanted to know about plant
taxonomy but are afraid to ask".  Borrow a copy from the library
and photocopy the terminology section.  (And if you find a spare
copy laying around in a bookstore, Susan will swap you trilliums and
probably even first born children for it.   I've got a copy, but
would love a second, since mine gets "borrowed" so often I'm thinking
of chaining it to the bookcase.)  If Radford et al isn't handy,
most plant taxonomy texts do a good job with most of the terminology.
I've taught with Porter's text, James Payne Smith's text, and I'm
blanking on the current text... (grr).

I'm away from the herbarium right now, but I'll look up your plants
later...

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI


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Del_Col@ab.wvnet.edu (Jeff Del Col) writes:

In a message of 02 Oct 93 you write in rec.gardens:

 > I will pay $15.00 for a copy of the book
 >  UNDEREXPLOITED TROPICAL PLANTS OF POTENTIAL ECONOMIC VALUE. 

                              [TEXT DELETED]

 > 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.

According to info in the back of LOST CROPS OF THE INCAS, it's a BOSTID
report. For more info about these reports, send your Name, Title,
Institution, and Address to the following.

        Board on Science and Technology for International Development
        Publications and Information Services (HA-476E)
        Office of International Affairs
        National Research Council
        2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
        Washington, D.C. 20418  USA

I wrote to this address and was given 2 sources, one of which was
agAccess. I don't recall the other name & I threw away the letter. I was
able to buy a BRAND-NEW copy of LOST CROPS OF THE INCAS for $24.95 (plus
shipping) in June of `93. They're probably your best bet on fiding both
books. Their address is:

        agAcess
        P.O. Box 2008
        Davis, CA 95617
        Tel: 916-756-7177
        FAX: 916-756-7188

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Bob Batson
bob.batson@p3.f322.n280.z1.fidonet.org          |       Primary address
bob.batson@mtask.omahug.org                     |       Backup address



From RAUTIALA@cc.Helsinki.FI Wed Nov  2 21:18:03 EST 1994
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A very good natural history bookseller in Switzerland is:
F.Fluck-Wirth, International Booksellers for Botany and Natural Sciences
CH-9053 Teufen, Switzerland
    telephone  071 33 16 87
    telefax    071 33 16 64
    cable address krypto 9053 Teufen
    email address unknown, possibly not still available (?)


Marjatta Rautiala
Botanical library
PB 7
FIN 00014 University of Helsinki
email: Marjatta.Rautiala@Helsinki.Fi


From blkorbe@srv.PacBell.COM Sun Jan  1 21:57:21 EST 1995
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In article <1994Dec27.234902.1@wkuvx2.wku.edu>,
 <sweetll@wkuvx1.wku.edu> wrote:
>I am interested in starting a garden on a plot of land less than a
>half acre in size in rural Kentucky.  I want to be environmentally
>responsible, and I would like to plant things that will attract birds,
>butterflies and other small wildlife.  Is planting indigenous plants
>and wildflowers a good way to go about this?  I have been to a couple
>of bookstores, but I haven't seen any books on the subject (if it
>exists).  Can anyone recommend some books?  Also, are there agencies
>or other resources I can use to find out what plants are native to my
>region?
>Thanks for the help!
>


Yes, wildflowers and indigenous plants are a great way to attract
wildlife. I butterfly garden in Southern California and use natives
and have had much success. Two very good books on the subject are:

Butterfly Gardening - Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden
by Xerces Society and Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 0-87156-615-X


Butterflies - How to Identify and Attract Them to Your Garden
by Marcus Schneck
ISBN 0-87857-917-6


Good luck!


Brian Korbelik




From riley@prairienet.org Tue Jan 10 22:44:01 EST 1995
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It's great to see butterfly gardening again on rec.gdns. There's a 
new file (sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera) just for butterfly fanciers
& I'm encouraging butterfly gardeners to cross post there also. Lloyd
Fortney is correct in that a large sweep or bed of a single flower species
will attract better. I have a several page packet on butterfly gardening
which I will send FREE to anyone who will e-mail me their snail mail 
address. On Prairienet's Garden Gate is a very good list of butterfly-
attracting plants & Karen Fletcher would probalbly be happy to post it
here (again). Park's Seed catalog has a small butterfly next to each
plant (which they claim) will attract butterflies. Plant more habitat
for butterflies & they will prosper.
-- 


          "The more necessary anything appears to my mind, the more
           certain it is that I only assert a limitation."


From GOODE@ZOOL.UMD.EDU Tue Oct  4 20:27:12 EDT 1994
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Alberts et al recently (1994) came out with a new  edition of 
Molecular Biology of the Cell (Garland Publishing) which is the most 
up to date Cell Biology text available. Garland also has a set of 
Kinamages of protein and DNA strucures on disk that you might want to 
use.
Darnell et al.'s Molecular Cell Biology is also excellent, with some 
beautiful color illustrations you might want to use. They are coming 
out with a new edition in Feb 95 (Lodish et al., Scientific American 
Press- Freeman).

Good luck on your project,
Dennis


From kruskal@a1.tch.harvard.edu Wed Oct  5 11:12:36 EDT 1994
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Good college textbooks on cell biology include Alberts', which you
mentioned, and Darnell's, which is called something like "Molecular
Cell Biology."  Both are excellent and comprehensive; I can't recommend
one over the other.

For the general public:  Scientific American (WH Freeman is the
Publisher) put out a beautifully illustrated book on cell biology for
the intelligent layman some years ago.  I can't remember the title,
although the word "cell" does occur in it somehow; however, Christan de
Duve was one of the authors or editors.


From jrwoodworth@mmm.com Tue Jan 10 22:23:07 EST 1995
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I recommend *anything* by Leon Snyder, especially:

_Trees and Shrubs for Northern Gardens_
_Gardening in the Upper Midwest_
_Flowers for Northern Gardens_

Dr. Snyder founded the MN Landscape Arboretum and lead research into the 
development of successful, hardy hybrids (Northern Lights azaleas come to 
mind) for USDA zones 5-2.

John


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From starr@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca Mon Jan  2 23:36:43 EST 1995
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I'm another Zone 3 gardener (Edmonton, Alberta).  My favorite books are 
as follows:
Andrews, Brian. _Northern Gardens_. Lone Pine Publishing, 1987. ISBN 
0-919433-35-9
Bennett, Jennifer. _The Harrowsmith Northern Gardener_. My copy is 1982 
but there is a newer edition.
Toop, Edgar. _Annuals for the Prairies_. Lone Pine Publishing, the 
University of Alberta and the University of Saskatchewan, 1993. ISBN 
1-555105-034-X
Toop, Edgar W. and Sara Williams. _Perennials for the Prairies_.  
Publisher as above, ISBN 1-555091-005-1
Hole, Lois. _Northern Flower Gardening_. Lone Pine, 1994. ISBN 1-55105-039-0
Hole, Lois. _Northern Vegetable Gardening_. Lone Pine, 1993 I think, 
can't locate my copy.
Harp, H.F. _The Prairie Gardener_. Hurtig, 1970. ISBN 0-88830-093-X 
(probably out of print, but ask your local library).
Vick, Roger. _Gardening on the Prairies : a guide to Canadian Home 
Gardening_. Western Producer Prairie Books, 1987. ISBN 0-88833-119-3

I know there are others as well.  There's one on trees and shrubs for the 
prairies that we have at work.  I work for Alberta Agriculture, Food and 
Rural Development Library, so if anyone wants to email me direct I can 
look it up.

Jane Starr
starr@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca or starr@agric.gov.ab.ca


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In-reply-to: karenp@sybase.com's message of Mon, 7 Mar 1994 20:35:13 GMT

  
  A good book on the subject of starting a community garden is:

 TITLE:   A handbook of community gardening / by Boston Urban Gardeners;
          edited by Susan Naimark.
 IMPRINT: New York : Scribner, c1982.
 PHYSICAL FEATURES: xi, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
 NOTES:   Bibliography: p. 175-176. * Includes index.
 OTHER AUTHORS, ETC:  Naimark, Susan. * Boston Urban Gardeners.
 OTHER TITLES:  Community gardening.
 SUBJECTS: Community gardens. * Gardening.
 LC CARD: 81-23302
 ISBN:    0684174669 :

  The book briefly discusses soil contamination, and the Agricultural
Extension Service in your area (probably listed under county govt in the
white pages) should have other information.  Did you send the soil to be
analyzed by the Extension Service, or to a private lab for lead analysis
only?
  

Shih Tung
Chem E
Best l'il Tech School 
on the Charles











From lhalprin@ucdavis.edu Wed May  4 19:47:08 1994
Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 13:02:12 -0700
From: lhalprin@ucdavis.edu
To: "Joel P. Bach" <JPB@ag-eco.tamu.edu>, sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Re: Interest in Commercial Composting

The University of California Sustainable Agriculture (UC SAREP) published a 
$5, 40-page publication "Organic Soil Amendments and Fertilizers" in November 
1992.  It may not answer all the commercial inquiries you get re. composting, 
but it's very useful and is easy to read and understand (it also has good 
charts, tables and a few great photos.)  The authors are David E. Chaney, UC 
SAREP annual cropping systems analyst (dechaney@ucdavis.edu); Laurie E. 
Drinkwater, formerly a systems ecologist at the UC Davis Dept. of Vegetable 
Crops now at Rodale Research Institute; and Stuart Pettygrove, soils 
specialist in the Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources at UC Davis. To 
order, contact:

ANR Publications
University of California
6701 San Pablo Ave.
Oakland, CA 94608-1239

Phone: 510-642-2431
FAX: 510-643-5470

Payment must accompany order.  Price includes postage, handling, sales tax.  
Please make check or money order payble to UC Regents.  You may order by 
phone or FAX using MasterCard or VISA. 

> I have answered numerous requests for information on composting
> (mostly commercial type inquiries).
> 
> However, this is not my particular area of expertise.
> 
> Could any of you give me relevant information and/or internet addresses
> for folks working in these areas?  I'm wanting to put together a package
> of information and mostly more and better contacts for those writing and
> calling me.
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance!
> 
> JPB
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>              Joel P. (JP) Bach          (409) 845-0996  Voice
>       Range Ecology & Mgmt. (MS 2126)   (409) 845-5579 RLEM Sec'y
>         and Agri-Economics (MS 2124)    (409) 845-2336 AGEC Sec'y
>             Texas A&M University        (409) 845-6430  FAX
>         College Station, Texas 77843      jpb@ag-eco.tamu.edu
> 
>             "First there was the grass - then the people"
>        "When there's no more grass, there'll be no more people"
> 
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> 

Lyra Halprin
Senior Writer
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program
Davis, CA 95616
(916) 752-8664
lhalprin@ucdavis.edu

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Try dictionary of the environmental sciences.  1973.  By Robert W.
Durrenberger.  National Press Books.



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stoddard@helium.Gas.UUG.Arizona.EDU (Mari J Stoddard) writes:

>After years in apartments and condos, I have house. And a yard.
Help!

>What's a good book on desert gardening and landscaping?  I have the
Sunset 
>Western garden book, but the lists of plants are a bit intimidating 
>without more planning-type information.

>Tucson is zone 8, Sunset's region 12. Easy care plants, especially
herbs, 
>edibles, or sweet scented shrubs that attract hummingbirds, would be
my 
>first choice.  It's a little yard, so little plants would be best.

>Recommendations for nurseries, seed catalogs, books, or magazines
will be 
>appreciated.  Thank you very much,

I'm told that the Sonoran Desert Museum in or near Tucson is an
excellent source for native landscape planting.  I've never been
there but most museums have a book shelf, and they certainly have
people who want to help.

There is also Mountain States Nursery, (602) 247-8509.  I'm not sure
if they are retail but I have some nice consumer literature from
them.  Mountain States specializes in arid horticulture.

Finally, without getting too technical there is an HP Book on "Plants
for Dry Climates" and a new updated version of Bob Perry's book,
"Trees and Shrubs for Dry California Landscapes."  Get the new
release it is spectacular.

Good luck
Gregg Polubinsky
Landscape Architect


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I have found two dictionarys that have been quite helpful to me.  One is the
"concise oxford dictionary of ecology", by Michael Allaby, published by Oxford
Paperbacks and the other is "The cambridge dictionary of biology" Cambridge
University Press"    Hope this helps.

Ernie O'Toole (otoole@utkvx.utk.edu)


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Thanx guys

I got many answers to my Q on an eco-dictionary.  Here are
the results:
        - The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ecology, Oxford 1994
        - _A_Dictionary_of_Ecology,_Evolution_and_Systematics_
        by R.J. Lincoln, G.A. Boxshall, & P.F. Clark.  1982
        - The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History
        - I might also concider a GOOD general English dict. like the
        American Heritage Dictionary

I was also pointed out an article by John Lawton in Nature
v. 369, 1994, p.368 that I might gain sth. from.

It seems that I now have some choosing to do (and also some
locating 'cause not all of these might be available in Helsinki).

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Albert Sigurdsson asked for help with dictionaries. These are the one=
s I
located in our library collection, but there are probably many more (=
we also
have a great French-English dictionary collection for ecology, if any=
one's
interested in getting good titles).

I'm not 100% sure that the file will get through, as it is a message =
attachment
and I'm not terribly UNIX-compatible. Let me know and I will rekey th=
e entries.

Ciao!

Julia Innes
Librarian
Environment Canada
Quebec City
innesj@cpque.am.doe.ca

dictionary
ISBN: 0781601711
KING, JAMES J
2d ed.New York : Executive Enterprises Publications Co., c1993.
xvi, 977 p. ; 28 cm.

Dictionary of environmental terms
ISBN: 0702210102
GILPIN, ALAN
St. Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 1976.
191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliogr.: p. [185]-191.

Dictionary of biology : English, German, French, Spanish
ISBN: 0444419683
HAENSCH, GUNTHER
2nd rev. and enlarged ed.Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific P=
ub. Co., 1981.
xii, 680 p. ; 23 cm.Includes indexes.

The Penguin dictionary of chemistry
ISBN: 0140512322
SHARP, D. W. A
2nd ed.
London ; New York : Penguin Books, c1990.
434 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary=20
ISBN: 0442011318
HAWLEY, GESSNER GOODRICH, 1905-
12th ed.New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1993.
xiii, 1275 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Glossary of water terms, English-French
ISBN: 0969453531
DEMAYO, ADRIAN
[Cambridge, Ont.] : Environment Canada : Canadian Water Resources Ass=
ociation.
49, 53, iv p. ; 23 cm.
Text in English and French with French text on inverted pages.

DICTIONARY OF BIRDS
ISBN: 0-931130-12-3
BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION
VERMILLION, SD. : BUTEO BOOKS, 1985.

Nanogen index : a dictionary of pesticides and chemical pollutants
ISBN:PACKER, KINGSLEY
FREEDOM, CALIF, NANOGENS INTERNATIONAL.1975.
INSERTABLE UPDATING SHEETS FOR NANOGEN INDEX. KEPT UP-TO-DATE BY SUPP=
LEMENTS

MCGRAW-HILL DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TERMS
ISBN: 0070452709
PARKER, SYBIL P
4TH ED.
NEW YORK : MCGRAW-HILL, 1989.
xvii, 2088 + appendices ; 28 cm.

The Penguin dictionary of science
ISBN: 0140511563
UVAROV, E. B. (EUGENE BORIS), 1910-
6th ed.
London : Penguin, 1986.
468 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Academic Press dictionary of science and technology
ISBN: 0122004000
MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER G
San Diego : Academic Press, c1992.
xxxii, 2432 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Macmillan dictionary of toxicology
ISBN/ISSN: 0333390644
HODGSON, ERNEST, 1932-
London : Macmillan, 1988.
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We are planning a graduate seminar here at Bowling Green on the techniques
and uses of genetic approaches in ecological research.  We have identifed
two recent books as logical choices to use as frameworks for the seminar.
Can I get your collective opinions on the value of these books (not on the
value of using a book for a seminar).  The books are:

Avis, John. 1994. Molecular Markers, Natural History, and Evolution.

Berry, R.J.  1992. Genes in Ecology.

Thanks for your insights.

Jeff Miner
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I'll present the List of books and papers on ecology and economics as for as
I know ;

  (Ed.)F.Archibugi & P.Nijkamp,"Economy and Ecology:Towards Sustainable
Development",Kluwer Academic Publishers,1989
  Ahmad,Y.J.,El Serafy,S.,Lutz,E.(1989),Environmental Accounting for
Sustainable Development,A UNEP-World Bank Symposium,Washington,D.C.
  Bartelmus,P.(1989a),Environmental Accounting and the System of National
Accounts,in:Ahmad,El Serafy,Lutz(1989)
  Bartelmus,P.(1989b),Sustainable Development:A Conceptual Framework,United
Nations,Development of International Economic and Social Affairs,Working
Paper:
No.13,New York
  Bartelmus,P.,Stahmer,C.,van Tongeren,J.(1991a),Integrated Environmental and
Economic Accounting:Framework for a SNA Satellite System,in:Review of Income
and Wealth,Ser.37,No.2,pp.111-148
  Bartelmus,P.,Stahmer,C.,van Tongeren,J.(1991b),Integrated Environmental and
Economic Accounting:Paper presented at the Special IARIN Conference on
Environmental Accounting,Baden
  Bartelmus,P.,Lutz,E.,Schweinfest,S.(1992),Integrated Environmental and
Economi c
Accounting:A Case Study for Papua New Guinea,World Bank,Environment Working
Pape r
  Beutel,J.(1983),Verflechtungsanalysen des Umweltschutzes,in:Reich,Stahmer(19
83),pp.171-207
  Cornere,P.(1986),Nature Resource Account in France,in:OECD(1986),pp.41-76
  Cumberland,J.H.(1971),Application of Input-Output Techniques to the Analysis
of Environmental Problems:Paper presented at the Fifth International
Conference
on Input-Output Techniques,Geneva
  Cumberland,J.H.,Stram,B.N.(1974),Empirical Results from Application of
Input-
Output Models to Environ. Problems:Paper presented at the Sixth International
Conference on Input-Output Techniques,Vienna
  Daly,H.E.(1989a),Sustainable Development:From Concepts and Theory towards
Operational Principles,To be published in:Populations and Development Review
  Daly,H.E.(1989b),Toward a Measure of Sustainable Social Net National
product,
in:Ahmad,El Serafy,Lutz(1989),pp.8-9
 $@!! (JEl Serafy,Salah,and Emst Lutz (1989) Environmental and Resource
 Accounting:
An Overview,in Environmental Accounting for Sustainable Development,The World
Bank,1-7.
  El Serafy,S.(1991a),Depletable Resources:Fixed Capital or Inventories
?Forth-
coming,in:A.Franz,C.Stahmer(eds.),Proceedings volume of the Special IARIW
Conference on Environmental Accounting,Baden
  El Serafy,S.(1991b),The Environment as Capital,in:Costanza(1991),pp.168-173
  Federal Ministry for the Environment of Germany(1991):An Overview of the
Research Programme "Costs of Environmental Pollution/Advantages of
Environmental Protection",Bonn
  Ferran,B.(1981),Corporate and Social Accounting for Petroleum,Review of
Income and Wealth,1981(1),pp.97-105
  Forsund,F.R.,Strom,S.O.(1972),Outline of a Macro-Economic Analysis of
Environ. Pollution:A Multi-Sectoral Approach,in:OECD(1972):Problems of
Environmental Economics,Record of the Seminar held at the OECD in Summer
1971,pp.125-179
  Franz,A.(1988),Grundzuge einer okologischen Gesamtrechnung fur Osterreich,
Osterreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt(ed.):Osterreichs Volkseinkommen
1987,
Beitrage zur Osterreichischen Statistik,Heft 918,Wien
  Franz,A.(1989),Ein Bearbeitungsraster fur die okologische Gesamtrechnung in
der VGR,OSZ(ed.):ebenda 1988,Wien
  Franz,A.(1991),Entwicklung einer Oko-VGR in Osterreich:Input-Output als
Alpha
und Omega?in:OZSI,21(1991).No.1-2,PP.15-37
  Friend,A.M.(1988),Land Use Statistics in Natural Resource  Accounting
System,
Statistic Canada,Ottawa $@!! (J
  Friend,A.M.,Rapport,D.J.(1989),The Evolution of Information Systems for
Sustainable Development,Institute for Research on Environment and
Economy,Univ.
Ottawa
  Gilbert,A.J.(1990),Natural Resource Accounting:Some Experiences,Paper
presente d
at the Conference "Environmental Cooperation and Policy in the Single European
Market" ,Venice
  Gilbert,A.,Kuik,O.Arntzen,J.(1990),Natural Resource Accounting:Issues
related
to Classification and Valuation of Environmental Assets,Paper presented for
the
United Natins Environ. Programme,Amsterdam
  Hamer,G.(1986),Satellitensysteme im Rahme der Weiterentwicklung der Volks-
wirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen,in:Hanau,K.,Heyer,R.,Neubauer,W.(eds.),
Wirtschafts-und Sozialstatistik,Gotteingen

Hetteling,J.P.,Olsthoorn,A.A.,Thomas,R.,Vos,J.B.,Hordijk,L.,Haftkamp,W.A.(1985
), RIM:A Modeling and Institute for Environmental Studies,Amsterdam
  Hohmeyer,O.(1988),Sozile Kosten des Energieverbrauchs,Berlin,Heidelberg,New
Yo rk
  Hueting,R.(1988b),Should National Income be corrected for Environmental
Losses ?:A Theoretical Dilemma,but a Practical Solution
  Hueting,R.(1991),Correcting National Income for Environmental Losses:A
Practic al
Solution for a Theoretical Dilemma,in:Costanza(1991).pp.194-213
  Hueting,R.,Bosch,P.(1990),On the Correctin of National Income for
Environmenta Losses,in:Statistical Journal of the United Nation
ECE,7(1990).pp.75-83
  Hueting,R.,Bosch,P.,de Boer,B.(1991),Methodology for the Calculation of
Sustainable National Income,Central Bureau of Statistics,Voorburg(Netherlands)
  Institut Nationale de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques(INSEE) et
Ministere de l'Environnement(1986),Les Comptes du Patrimoine Naturel, La
Documentation Francaise,Paris
  Isard,W.et al.,(1968),On the Linkage of Socio-Economic and Ecologic Systems,
Regional Science Association Papers,Vol.21,pp.79-100
  Isard,W.et al.(1972),Ecologic-Economic Analysis for Regional Development,New
York
  Juster,F.Th.,Courant,P.N.,Dow,G.K.(1981),A Theoretical Framework for the
Measurement of Well-Being,in:Review of Income and Wealth,Vol.27,No.1,pp.1-32
  Kneese,A.V.,Ayres,R.U.,d'Arge,R.C.(1970),Economics and the Environment:A
Material Balance Approach,Resources for the Future,Baltimore,London
  Lehbert,B.,(1972),Die Volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten des Umweltschutzes,Ein
erweitertes Input-Output System,in:Weltwirtschaftliches Archiev,Vol.108(1972),
pp.298-318
  Lemaire,M.(1987),Satellite Accounts:A Solution for Analysis in Social
Fields,
in:Review of Income and Wealth,Series 33(39,pp.305-325
  Leontief,W.(1970),Environmental Repercussion and the Economic Structure:An
Input-Output Approach,in:Review of Economics and Statistics
  Leontief,W.,Ford,O.(1971),Air Pollution and the Economic Structure,Empirical
Results of Input-Output Compilations,in:Brody,A.,Carter,A.(eds.):Input-Output
Techniques,Amsterdam
  Leontief,W.(1973),National Income,Economic Structure and Environmental
Externalities,in:Moss(1973),pp.565-578
  Maler,K.-G.(1989),Theoretical Foundations of the Concept of Sustainable
Development,OECD Economics and Statistics Department/Environment Directorate,
Joint Seminar on The Economics of Environment Issues,1989,Paper No/1

Masters,Ch.,Attanati,E.,Dietzmann,W.D.,Meyer,R.F.,Mitchell,R.W.,Root,D.H.(1987
), World Resources of Crude Oil Natural Gas,Natural Bitumen and Shale
Oil,Twelfth World Petroleum Congress,Houston
 $@!! (JMorita,T.,Environmental and Natural Resource Accounting in Japan Paper
presented at the CIDIE Workshop,UNEP,24-26 February 1992,15p.
  Moss,M.(ed.)(1973),The Measurement of Economic and Social
Performance,Studies
in Income and Wealth,Vol.38,New York,London
  Myers,N.(1988),Natural Resource Systems and Human Exploitation Systems:
Physiobiotic and Ecological Linkages,World Bank,Environment Dept. Working
Paper
No.12,Washington
  Nijkamp,P.(1977),Theory and Application of Environmental Economics,New York
  NNW Measurement Committee(1973),Measuring Net National Welfare of
Japan,Tokyo
  Nordhaus,W.D.,Tobin,J.(1973),Is Growth Obsolete? in:Moss(1973),pp.509-531
  Nyborg,K.(1991),Eco Domestic Product:The Answer to Which Question?
in:A.Franz, C.Stahmer(eds.),Proceeding volume of the Special IARIW Conference
on Environ. Accounting,Bade
  Odum,E,& P.(1959),Fundamentals of Ecology,
  OECD,Environmental Indicators:Progress Report of Environment,1990
Committee Meeting at Ministrial at Ministrial Level,Background Paper No.4,21p.
  Pearce,D.,(1989),Sustainable Development:Towords an Operationl Definition
and
its Practical Implications,OECD Economics and Statistics Department/Environ.
Directorate,Joint Seminar on the Economics of Rnvironmental Issues,Paris
  Pearce,D.,Markandya,A.,Barbier,E.(1989),Blueprint for a Green Economy,London
  Peskin,H.,Lutz.E.(1990),A Survey of Resource and Environmental Accounting in
Industrialized Countries,World bank,Environ. Dept. Working Paper No.37
  Peskin,H.(1991a),National Accounting for Resource and Environmental
Degradation:alternative Approaches and Concepts,in:A.Franz,C.Stahmer(eds.),
Proceeding volume of the Special IARIW Conference on Environmental Accounting,
Baden
  Peskin,H.(1991b),Alternative Environmental and Resource Accounting
Approaches
in:Costanza(1991),pp.176-193
  Reich,U.P.,Stahmer,C. and others(eds.),Satellitensysteme zu den
Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesantrechnungen,Stuttgart,Mainz
  Richter,J.(1991),Environmental Accounting:Some Non-Technical Remarks,in:
Franz,C.Stahmer(eds.)Proceedings volume of the Special IARIW Conference on
Environmental Accounting,Baden
  Rose,A.,Miernyk,W(1989),Input-Output Analysis,The First Fifty
Years,in:Economi c
Systems Research,Vol.1(2),pp.229-271
  Scafer,D.,Stahmer,C.(1989),Input-Output Model for the Analysis of
Environmenta l
Protection Activities,Economic Systems Research,Vol.1(2).pp.203-228
  Schafer,D.,Stahmer,C.(1990),Conceptual Considerations on Satellite
Systems,in: Review of Income and wealth,Ser.36,No.2,pp.167-176
  Shmuel Amir,'On the Use of Ecological Prices and System-Wide Indicators
Derived Therefrom to Quantify Man's Impact on Ecosystem',"Ecological
Economics", Vol.1No.3,Elsevier,1989
  Stahmer,C.(1991),Cost-and Welfare-oriented Measurement in Environmental
Accounting,in:P.O.Aven,Chr.M.Schneider(eds.),Economies in
Transition:Statistical Measure Now and in the Future,IIASA,Luxemburg,pp.51-67
  Tappeiner,U.(1992),Darstellung und Bewertung der Wechselbeziehung zwischen
dem Wirtschaftsprozess und dem Zustad der Umwelt:Analyse aus Sicht der
Okologie, Paper presented at the Input-Output Workshop,Stuttgart
  Teillet,P.(1988),A Concept of Satellite Accounts in the Revised System of
National Accounts,in:Reich,Stahmer(1988),pp.29-59
  Tisdel,C.(1993),ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS:Policies for Environmental
management and Sustainable Development,EE,1993
  van Tongeren,J.,Schweinfest,S.,Lutz,E.(1991),Integrated Environmental and
Economic Accounting:A Case Study for Mexico,World Bank:Environ.Working Paper
No.50
  UNITED NATIONS(1980),Classification of the Functions of Government,Statostic
Papers,Ser. M.,No.68,New York
  UNITED NATIONS(1984),A Framework for the Development of Environment
Statistics ,
Statistical papers,Ser.M,No.78,New York
  UNITED NATIONS(1988a),Mdelling of World Economic Development,ST/ESA/195,New
Yo rk
  UNITED NATIONS(1988b),Concepts and Methods of Environment Statistics:Human
Settlement Statistics, A Technical Report,E.88,17-14,New York
  UNITED NATIONS,Economic Commission for Europe(1988),Environment Statistics
in
the Work Programme of the Conference of European Statistcians,in:Statistical
Journal of the United Nations ECE,Vol.5(1988),pp.113-121
  UNITED NATIONS(1990),SNA Handbook on Integrated Environmental and Economic
Accounting,Preliminary Draft of the Part 1:General Concepts,New York
  UNITED NATIONS(1991a),Concepts and Methods of Environmental Statistics:
Statistics of the Natural Environment,A Technical Report,Draft
ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F ,
New York
  UNITED NATIONS(1991b),Provisional Central Product Classification(CPC),
Statistical Paper,Ser.M,No.77,New York
  UNITED NATIONS(1992),Revised System of National Accounts,Preliminary Draft
Chapter,ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/2 Rev.4
  UNITED NATIONS(1992),HANDBOOK OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTING:SEEA
  Ward,M.(1990),How can we Acount for the Environment(and our
Future)?,Personal
Paper
  Weber,J.-L.(1983),The French National Patrimony Accounts,Statistical Journal
of the United nations ECE,Vol.1,pp.419-444
  Weber,J.-L.(1992),National Patrimony Accounting and Integration of Environ.
Statistcs,in:Review of Income and Wealth
   World Commision on Environment and Development(1987),Our Common Future,
Oxford,N.Y.

 $@!! (JK.Ueda(1990),The theme and perspective of the theory on the
sustainable  development,in "Global Environ. and Economy",Chuoh-hohki,pp.41-60
  K.Katsuragi(1984),"The Economics of Environment and Welfare",Shinzan-sha
 $@!! (JK.Katsuragi(1987),"Environmental and Welfare Economics",Minerva shobo
  K.Katsuragi(1992),"Environmental and Welfare Economics(revised ed.)",Minerva
shobo

  K.Katsuragi(1992),Environ. Economy in Global age,"Auto Manufacture",Japan
Auto Manufacture Association,No.92-5
  K.Katsuragi(1993),What is System of Environ. and Economic Accounting?,"NGO
Environ. Club Newsletter",93-9,
  K.Katsuragi(1993),Measure of the Earth,in "Environ. Information Sciences"
93-11,
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Environ and Economy",Chuoh-hohki,pp.13-40
  N.Matsubara & T.Morita(1990 $@!K (JThe Moderating Problem of the Interest
between Southern countries and Northern countries,in "Global Environ. and
Economy", Chuoh-hohki,pp.75-84.
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of the Environment?,in "The Environment",16-(10),pp.10-11.
  T,Morita(1991b),The Trial of Envoron. Friendly Macro-Economic Indexes and
It's Perspective,in "The Journal of Society for the Entropy Studies",No23,1-14
  T,Morita(1992,The Report of the Workshop on the Environmental Resources
Accounting of UNEP,in "Newsletter of Global Environ. Studies Centre",2(11),1-5
  T.Morita & J.Matsuoka(1992),The Install of the Global environ. friendly
Indexes of Economy,in "The Study on Environments",No.86,143-151
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and Economic Policy:The Innovation of the sustainable development and it's I
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hohki,348p.
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limit of Human's Usuable Energy,"The Economist"(Mainichi-shinbun),92.06.09
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cc: Michael Million [MM24681@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU]
From ez021587@hamlet.ucdavis.edu Fri Apr 15 10:03:31 1994
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 14:38:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: ez021587@hamlet.ucdavis.edu
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: References for Organic Farming Economics


Hi Sanet'ers

Thank you to everyone who provided information on economic comparisons of 
conventional and organic farming systems.  Below is a selected listing of 
references on this topic for anyone interested in learning more.

ECONOMIC COMPARISONS OF ORGANICALLY AND CONVENTIONALLY PRODUCED CROPS
SELECTED CITATIONS

Batie, S. 1989. Widespread adoption of non-conventional agriculture: 
Profitability and impacts.  Am. J. of Alt. Ag. Vol.4, Nos. 3&4: 128-134.

Berardi, G.M. 1978. Organic and Conventional Wheat Production: 
Examination of Energy and Economics. Agro-Ecosystems, 4:367-376.

Cacek, T. 1986. The economic implications of organic farming. Am. J. of 
Alt. Ag. Vol. 1, No. 1:25-29.

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. Oct. 1992. Organic Potatoes: 
They can be grown, but can they be profitable? Research Update No. 4.

Chase, C. 1991. An economic comparison of conventional and 
reduced-chemical farming systems in Iowa. Am. J. of Alt. Ag. Vol.6, No.4.

Dabbert, S. 1990. Organic viticulture in West Germany. Am. J. of Alt. Ag. 
Vol. 5, No. 3:106-113.

Dabbert, S. 1986. The transition to organic agriculture: A multi-year 
simulation model of a Pennsylvania farm. Am. J. of Alt. Ag. Vol. 1, No. 
3:99-107.

Franco, J. 1989. An analysis of the California market for organically 
grown produce. Am. J. of Alt. Ag. Vol. 4, No. 1:22-27.

Klepper, R. 1977.  Economic Performance and Energy Intensiveness on Organic 
and Conventional Farms in the Corn Belt: A Preliminary Comparison. Am. J. of 
Agr. Econ. Feb.:1-11.

Lockeretz, W. 1989. Comparative local economic benefits of conventional 
and alternative cropping systems. Am. J. of Alt. Ag. Vol. 4, No. 2:75-83.

Mueller, D. 1985. Short- and long-term cost comparisons of conventional 
and conservation tillage systems in corn production. J. of Soil and Water 
Cons. 40:466-470.

Oelhaf, R. 1978. Organic Agriculture: Economics and Ecological Comparison 
with Conventional Methods. Allanheld, Osmun and Co., Montclair, NJ.

Pimentel, D. 1993. Economics and Energetics of Organic and Conventional 
Farming. J. of Ag. and Env. Ethics. vol. 6 (1):53-60.

Pimentel, D. 1989. Low-input sustainable agriculture using ecological 
management practices. Ag., Eco. and Env., 27:3-24.

Rader, J. 1985. Efficacy and economics of codling moth control in organic 
and conventional pome fruit production. Biol. Ag. and Hort. Vol. 2, No. 
4:315-321.

Stanhill, J. 1990. the comparative productivity of organic agriculture. 
Ag. Eco. and Env. 30:1-26.
From f2f@igc.apc.orgThu Nov  3 15:56:51 1994
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 08:36:13 -0800
From: Farmer to Farmer <f2f@igc.apc.org>
To: london@president.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Need information on growi

Re: growing cotton organically, the first issue of Farmer to Farmer was 
about this very topic. It is out of print, but can be found on the World 
wide WEb (I'm sorry I don't have the address on me; we'll post it soon. 
In the meantime e-mail Thomas Nelson at CAFF: caff@igc.apc.org). I could 
send you a hard copy if you prefer. . . give me a mailing address. Since 
we are a small nonprofit, I can't send lots of copies to lots of people, 
though. Thanks!
Lori Pottinger, assoc. ed.
f2f@igc.apc.org
(1641)  Tue 15 Dec 92  9:50
By: Bob Batson
Re: FREE BOOK

  The USDA has recently published _Fire Blight---Its Nature, Prevention,
and Control; A Practical Guide to Integrated Disease Management_. This
Agricultural Information Bulletin (AIB 631) was written by T. van der Zwet
of the ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station and S.V. Beer of the
Department of Plant Pathology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
  While supplies last, copies may be obatained, AT NO COST, from the
following: USDA-ARS-NAA, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, 45 Wiltshire
Road, Kearneysville, WV 25430; and Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY 14853.


(552)   Thu 10 Mar 94 12:43
By: John Mudge
Re: Fish farming

 CW> Does anyone in this echo have experience with raising fish in tanks (not
 CW> aquariums)?  I am thinking about raising catfish and would appreciate any
 CW> ideas/hints/etc. you have.

Since I have no idea what (if any) experience you have in raising catfish, it
would not hurt to briefly remind you that the big problem in raising fish in
small containers is keeping adequate oxygen in the water.  Small air pumps
designed for this purpose are available through marine supply stores.  They are
used in live-bait tanks in sport-fishing boats.  Shade is also necessary in
most parts of the country.

Tanks must be made of food-grade material and provide a method for removing
excess food.  If you are referring to large tanks, considerable research has
been done.  Here is a literature survey:

From:

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Blvd.
Beltsville, Maryland  20705-2351

Feeds and Feeding for Catfish
Aqua-Topics Series
August 1992

Eileen M. McVey
National Agricultural Library
Aquaculture Information Center

(Citations were selected for 1991-1992)

Anderson, M.J. and A.W. Fast.  Temperature and feed rate
effects on Chinese catfish Clarias-fuscus Lacepede growth.
Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, v. 22 (4), 1991, pp.
435-442.

Bahnassey, Y.A., W.M. Breene, and M. Kazemzadeh.  Hard red
spring wheat flours and vital gluten as binders in extruded
aquaculture rations.  Cereal Foods World, v. 36(8), 1991, p.
712.
NAL Call No.:  59.8 C333

Burtle, G.J. and G.L. Newton.  Ammonia tolerance is enhanced
by feeding L-carnitine to channel catfish.  Journal of Animal
Science, v. 69(suppl. 1), 1991, p. 184.
NAL Call No.: 49 J82

Degani, G. and A. Revach.  Digestive capabilities of three
commensal fish species: carp, Cyprinus carpio L., tilapia,
Oreochromis aureus x O. niloticus, and African catfish,
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822).  Aquaculture and Fisheries
Management, v. 22(4), 1991, pp. 397-403.

Fagbenro, O.A. and I.A. Arowosoge.  Growth response and
nutrient digestibility by Clarias-isheriensis Sydenham 1980
fed varying levels of dietary coffee pulp as replacement for
maize in low-cost diets.  Bioresource Technology, v. 37(3),
1991, pp. 253-258.
NAL Call No.:  TD930 A32

Fagbenro, O.A. and I.A. Arowosoge.  Replacement value of some
household wastes as energy substitutes in low-cost diets for
rearing catfish in South-Western Nigeria.  Bioresource
Technology, v. 37(3), 1991, pp. 197-204.
NAL Call No.:  TD930 A32

Fermin, A.C. and M.E.C. Bolivar.  Larval rearing of the
Philippine freshwater catfish Clarias-macrocephalus Unther fed
live zooplankton and artificial diet:  A preliminary study.
Israeli Journal of Aquaculture Bamidgeh, v. 43(3), 1991, pp.
87-94.
NAL Call No.:  SH1.A6

Gannam, A.L. and R.T. Lovell.  Effects of feeding 17-alpha
methyltestosterone, 11 ketotestosterone, 17-beta estradiol and
3 5 3' triiodothyronine to channel catfish Ictalurus-
punctatus.  Aquaculture, v. 92(4), 1991, pp. 377-388.
NAL Call No.:  SH1.A6



This AQUA-TOPIC lists selected aquaculture publications and
does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.

Gannam, A.L. and R.T. Lovell.  Growth and bone development in
channel catfish fed 17-alpha methyltestosterone in production
ponds.  Journal of The World Aquaculture Society, v. 22(2),
1991, pp. 95-100.
NAL Call No.:  SH138.W62

Johnsen, P.B. and H.K. Dupree.  Influence of feed ingredients
on the flavor quality of farm-raised catfish.  Aquaculture, v.
96(2). 1991. pp. 139-150.
NAL Call No.:  SH1.A6

Killian, S.  Winter feeding adds to catfish profits.
Feedstuffs, v. 63(31), July 1991, p. 10.
NAL Call No.:  286.81 F322

Lovell, R.T.  Nutrition of aquaculture species.  Journal of
Animal Science, v. 69(10), 1991, pp. 4193-4200.
NAL Call No.:  49 J82

Lovell, R.T. and M. Li.  Are fish farmers feeding too much
protein to catfish?  Highlights of Agricultural Research, v.
38(4), Winter 1991, p. 6.
NAL Call No.:  100 Al1h

Masser, M.P. [et al].  A simulation model representing effects
on dietary energy-protein ratio and water temperature on
growth of channel catfish Ictalurus-punctatus fisheries and
allied aquacultures.  Ecological Modelling, v. 54(1-2), 1991,
pp. 17-36.
NAL Call No.:  QH541.15 M3E25

Meyer, F.P.  Aquaculture disease and health management.
Journal of Animal Science, v. 69(10), 1991, pp. 4201-4208.
NAL Call No.:  49 J82

Newton, G.L. and G.J. Burtle.  Gastric pH of channel catfish
effect of feeding rate and water temperature.  Journal of
Animal Science, v. 69(suppl. 1), 1991, pp. 184-185.
NAL Call No.:  49 J82

Robinson, E.H.  A practical guide to nutrition, feeds, and
feeding of catfish.  Bulletin (Mississippi Agriculture and
Forestry Experiment Station), No. 979, Oct 1991, p. 18.
NAL Call No.:  S79.e3

Santha, C.R. and D.M. Gatlin.  Growth response and fatty acid
composition of channel catfish fry fed practical diets
supplemented with menhaden fish oil.  The Progressive Fish-
Culturist, v. 53(3), 1991, pp. 135-140.
NAL Call No.:  157.5 P94

Silva, J.L.(Ed.).  Proceedings Nineteenth Annual Catfish
Processors' Workshop.  Information Bulletin (Mississippi
Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station), No. 209,
January 9, 1991. 33 pp.
NAL Call No.:  S79.e34 No.209

Sugita, H., C. Miyajima and Y. Deguchi.  The vitamin B-12-
producing ability of the intestinal microflora of freshwater
fish.  Aquaculture, v. 92(2-3), 1991, pp. 267-276.
NAL Call No.:  SH1 A6

Webster, Carl D. et al.  "Effects of Feeding Diets Containing
34 or 38% Protein at Two Feeding Frequencies on Growth and
Body Composition of Channel Catfish."  Journal of Applied
Aquaculture, v. 1(3), 1992, pp. 67-80.
NAL Call No.:  SH135 J69

Webster, C.D., J.H. Tidwell and D.H. Yancey.  "Effect of
Protein Level and Feeding Frequency on Growth and Body
Composition of Cage-reared Channel Catfish."  The Progressive
Fish-Culturist, v. 54(2), April 1992, pp. 92-96.
NAL Call No.:  157.5 P94

Webster, C.D., J.H. Tidwell and D.H. Yancey.  Evaluation of
distiller's grains with solubles as a protein source in diets
for channel catfish.  Aquaculture, v. 96(2), 1991, pp.
179-190.
NAL Call No.:  SH1 A6

Wilson, Robert.  "Channel Catfish." In:  Handbook of Nutrient
Requirements of Finfish.  Boca Raton, FL:  CRC Press.  1991.
pp. 35-54.
NAL Call No.:  SH156.H355 1991



DOCUMENT DELIVERY:  Requests should be made through local
public, academic, or special libraries.  For information on
NAL services, contact Lending Branch, USDA, National
Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, MD
20705-2351; Phone:  (301) 504-5755

John Mudge

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From szbehren@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu Fri Feb 11 10:31:41 1994
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 94 22:49:53 -0500
From: szbehren@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu
Reply to: maxlife@gibbs.oit.unc.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <maxlife@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: request soapmaking info

Rodale's Book of Practical Formulas (Easy-to-Make, Easty-to-Use Recipes 
for Hundres of Everyday Activities and Tasks) edited by Paula Dreifus 
Bakule has a nine page section on soap making all the way from "Basic 
White Bar" to scented and decorated models.  Rodale Press is located in 
Emmaus, Pennsylvania and if you need it I have an address for them, but 
any bookstore should be able to order it.

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From vgblackwell@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu Sun Jan  1 11:09:24 EST 1995
Article: 5247 of misc.survivalism
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Message-ID: <1994Dec26.163021.36208@miavx1>
From: vgblackwell@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (George, gone fishin)
Date: 26 Dec 94 16:30:21 -0500
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        FREE SUBSCRIPTION to a FISHING NEWSLETTER!
 
 
I talked the powers to be in allowing me to publish a newsletter
about fishing.  This is needed because of the high cost of
materials and distribution. (Postage)  I now have sponsorship if,
and this could be a big IF, I can get up a large enough subscriber
list. I hope this will not be to hard, after all, the newsletter
is free to all.
 
I wish to convey a lot of information about fly fishing and surf
fishing.  My two great loves.  I wish to compile a lot of
information and reduce it to handy charts for easy reading.
Flies vs. season, maybe with enough input this could be done for
specific rivers.  Fly tieing, fishing tips and wilderness travel.
You get the idea.
 
Perhaps you have info you would like to share?
 
How to subscribe:
 
Send you name and address for snail-mail delivery.
 
 
DO NOT POST YOUR REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIPTION VIA THIS NEWS GROUP!!
IT WILL NOT BE READ HERE.  PLEASE DO NOT CLUTTER BANDWIDTH.
 
Send your name and address by e-mail OR snail-mail ONLY.
 
To:
 
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P.O. Box 505
Oxford, Ohio
45056
 
include the words:  "Subscribe Free Fish Letter"
 
 
If the response is worthwhile, I can proceed with the project.
 
Wish me luck and thanks,
 
George
 
         Send no money, the newsletter is free.


From kathpyle@netcom.com Sat Jan 28 23:57:45 EST 1995
Article: 52490 of rec.gardens
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From: kathpyle@netcom.com (Katherine Pyle)
Subject: Re: Garden design book recommendations?
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Check out the books by John Brookes, an English garden designer. Two or 
three of his books have been released in this country and should be 
available in any book store with a good gardening section.

Katherine Pyle
Berkeley, CA
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            P.O. Box 2008
            Davis, CA 95616                             Catalog: Free
            916-756-7177       Fax: 916-756-7188
            Offerings: agricultural books
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         2. American Nursery Publishing Co., Attn: Book Department
            111 N. Canal Street, Suite 545
            Chicago, IL 60606-7203                      Catalog: $5
            312-782-5505
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            Comments: catalog of books, video tapes and and audio
            cassettes targeted for horticultural professionals
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            12 Pine Hill Rd.
            Englishtown, NJ 07726                       Catalog: Free
            908-446-3583
            Offerings: horticulture and botanical books
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         4. Capability's Books, The Gardening Bookstore
            Hwy.46, Box 114
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            715-269-5346
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            P.O. Box 8354
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            1-800-327-1828
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         6. GrowerTalk's Bookshelf
            P.O. Box 9
            Batavia, IL 60510-0009                      Catalog: Free
            708-208-9089       Fax: 800-456-0132
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         7. The Haworth Press, Food Products Press
            10 Alice St.
            Bighampton, NY 13904-1580                   Catalog: Free
            1-800-342-9678     Fax: 607-722-6362
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         8. Johnny's Select Seeds
            Foss Hill Road
            Albion, ME 04910-9731                       Catalog: Free
            207-437-4301       Fax: 207-437-2165
            Offerings: fower and vegetable seeds, herb seeds, gardening
                       tools and supplies, books
            Comments: offers seeds in packets and in bulk quantities,
            catalog has good descriptions, some pictures and includes a
            small section of edible flowers
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            One Bean Road
            Buckfield, ME 04220                         Catalog: Free
            207-336-2778
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            Comments: natural history books
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        10. Professional Plant Growers Association
            P.O. Box 27517
            Lansing, MI 48909-0517                      Catalog: Free
            517-694-7700       Fax: 517-694-8560
            Offerings: products, services and books
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            others in the bedding plant and container industry
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            Schoolhouse Road
            Pownal, VT 05261                            Catalog: Free
            413-664-7195
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            99999 S.W. Wilshire
            Portland, OR 97225-9962                     Catalog: Free
            800-327-5680
            Offerings: gardening, horticultural and botanical books

Article 12676 (59 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Subject: Books, etc.
Date: 31 Dec 92 22:45:41 GMT
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

Just got through browsing the Pinetree Garden Seed Catalog over lunch
[I was supposed to be editing my syllabi, but I'd sooner be thinking
gardens ;-) ]  and was pleased to notice that most of their seed prices
are holding fairly steady, in the $0.50-$0.60 range.

This is not meant as a testimonial, and I have no connection to the 
company except as a satisfied customer, but I've always found them to
be truthful about their merchandise, and the seed quality quite good.

However, they _also_ carry books and tools, and I noticed a few book bargains
I thought I'd mention on the net... they appeal to my tight-fisted soul! ;-)

How about the 1978 edition of _The Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening_ for
$16.98?  (The new edition is $30).  Or Reddell & Galyean's _Growing Fragrant
Plants_ for $15.98, marked down from $36 (I have a copy, and really like
it.) Or Frances Perry's _Scent in the Garden_ for $15 instead of $35 (I
like it, too)  Or _Building & Using Greenhouses_ from the Grolier Homeowner 
series for $2.98, down from $10, or the LL Bean Guide to Outdoor Photography 
(Lefty Kreh) for $6 instead of $17?

There are some newish books on the full-price list that look like they
might answer some of the questions that pop up here fairly often,
like  _Pesto Manifesto_ by Lorel Nazzaro (110 pages of pesto recipes?!?!?)
and Bill Adler's _Outwitting Critters: a surefire manual of confronting
devious animals and winning_, or Ric Staines' _Market Gardening: Growing
and selling produce_, which is supposed to have a major section on
marketing strategies, or Ralph Hils' _Market what you grow_, a 50 pp
workbook on the accounting needed in pricing commercial produce ($3
marked down from $10).

I'm particularly looking forward to two books:  Richard Goodman's _French
Dirt_, about a year a New Yorker with no gardening experience, spent
growing a garden the south of France-- mainly as a means of meeting people.
(Hm... I've noticed even the stiffist Brit unbends and even smiles when
talking to an enthusiastic Yank gardener ;-)  )

The other book I'm not waiting for: I ordered it full price (gasp, choke!)
Kathleen Yeoman's _The Able Gardener: Overcoming barriers of age and
physical limitations_.  She's an RN, writing about modifying garden
techniques and tools for those of us with heart problems, back problems,
arthritis, strokes, etc.  I'll let you know how I like it...

  Pinetree Garden Seeds, Box 300, New Gloucester, ME 04260
  (207) 926-3400
  
As I browse through other catalogs, I'll probably be bringing other
bits and pieces to the attention of the net...  Hope you'll
share, too!

Oh yes, got a nice note from Chiltern's the other day, with a 
packet of Desmodium gyrans that I'd been lusting for.  Their
catalog should be along any day now...  8-)

Kay

(922)   Mon 18 May 92 11:49
By: Lawrence London
To: ALL
Re: New book on working with difficult soils (from Usenet, rec.gardens)
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Article 7352 (132 more) in rec.gardens:
From: BAUM, STEVEN K
Subject: new book about difficult soils
Keywords:  limstone, alkaline, clay, caliche
Date: Wed, 13 May 1992 13:35:00 GMT


           I purchased my copy of the May/June "Texas Gardener"
        yesterday (which is, by the way, a nifty publication all
        around) and ran across an editorial about a book in which
        a bunch of (beware of incipient regionalism) y'all might
        have some interest.  The title is _Gardening Success With
        Difficult Soils:  Limestone, Alkaline, Clay and Caliche_
        and the author Scott Ogden.  I don't know if he's related
        to the other Ogdens of gardening reknown.  Here's a few
        bits from the review (w/o permission, of course):

             "Ogden explains the nature of calcareous soils in
           a very detailed and easy-to-understand style.  His
           background as a gardener adds immensely to the book.
           It is obvious that he has done a good job of research
           and his list of credits is impressive.

              In addition to covering the basics of limey soils,
           Ogden makes specific recommendations on a host of plants
           ranging from mid-season flowers to fruits and vegetables
           and just about everything in between.  If you follow the
           guidelines he presents in this book you can't help but
           be a more successful gardener.

              My favorite chapter is titled 'Treasures of the Sierra
           Madre.'  Here, Ogden writes 'Gradually, ineluctably, the
           gardener's attention draws southward, to the botanical
           treasure-house of North America:  Mexico.  Perhaps no
           comparable area on earth offers a greater diversity of
           floral wonders than the Mexican republic.  Mexico combines
           the botanical provinces of plains and mountains in the
           north with tropical lowlands, deserts, plateaus, and barrancas
           in the south, so that each square mile displays and astounding
           array of species.  Many of these grow happily on lime, and
           a great number accept intense heat and summer rain."
              Ogden goes on the charm the reader with his knowledge of
           Mexican flora as well as specify candidates for adaptation
           to limey soils.

        The book is published by Taylor Publishing Company and sells
        for $17.95.  I notice further back in the magazine that is is
        also available via mail order (for cover price + $2.50) from
        Gardener's Bookshelf, TG5 PO Box 16416, Hooksett, NH 03106-6416.
        I've no interest in the book financially.  My interest stems
        from two years worth of sore muscles and broken garden forks
        contending with the local "epoxy when wet, concrete when dry"
        montmorillonite "soil".


        May your tomatoes be juicy, your peppers hot, and your soil friable,

        S. Baum,

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File:       shb-132
Author:     Anon.
Title:      Sustainable Farming Guide Book
Publisher:  Minnesota Department of Agriculture/Energy & Sustainable
            Agriculture Program
Year:       1990
Contact:    Linda Bougie  (612-296-7673)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Written for farmers who want to change from conventional
            management practices to more sustainable practices and
            for the agri-professionals who assist them.  The
            objective is to provide current information on
            sustainable agriculture practices and how to adapt these
            practices to Minnesota farms.  Discussions include
            chapters on how to make the transition to sustainable
            practices; detailed descriptions of twelve Minnesota
            sustainable farms; sustainable weed management; and
            intensive rotational grazing.

File:       shb-133
Author:     Anon.
Title:      Sustainable Agriculture Resources and Information
            Directory Minnesota 1991
Publisher:  Minnesota Department of Agriculture/Energy & Sustainable
            Agriculture Program
Year:       1991
Contact:    Linda Bougie  (612-296-7673)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   A comprehensive listing of individuals and organizations
            involved in sustainable agriculture in Minnesota and
            surrounding states.  It lists addresses, telephone
            numbers, contact people, and brief descriptions of the
            organizations.

File:       shb-134
Author:     Anon.
Title:      Greenbook 1991
Publisher:  Minnesota Department of Agriculture/Energy & Sustainable
            Agriculture Program
Year:       1991
Contact:    Linda Bougie  (612-296-7673)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   An annual report of activities of the Energy and
            Sustainable Agriculture Program (ESAP) of the Minnesota
            Department of Agriculture.  Included are summaries of
            on-farm research conducted by ESAP staff and
            participating farmers; results of grant projects funded
            by the program; and descriptions of the sustainable
            agriculture loan program.

File:       shb-105
Author:     Stone, Nicholas D.,
Title:      The Planning Problem in Agriculture:  Farm-Level Crop
            Rotation Planning as an Example".
Publisher:  AI Applications
Year:       1991
Contact:    Dr. Rosalind D. Buick or Dr. Nick D. Stone
            (703-231-9116 or 703-231-6885)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Not freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Legislatures now require farmers to file resource
            management plans.  However, neither farmers nor the
            government agencies responsible for administering and
            approving the plans have the tools necessary to devise
            plans that meet environmental, economic, and practical
            needs of farmers.  In this paper we introduce AI
            planning methods, discussing three different planning
            engines(case-based planning, heuristic search and
            pruning, and constraint-based planning) applied to the
            problem of developing whole-farm crop rotation plans on
            a specific farm. The discussion is based on the
            development of CROPS, the Crop ROtation Planning System,
            a program funded by the USDA's program in low-input
            sustainable agriculture.

File:       shb-110
Author:     Gardner, John C. (Editor)
Title:      Alternative Crop and Alternative Crop Production
            Research
Source:     An annual report including progress summaries of
            on-going studies.
Publisher:  North Dakota State University
Year:       February 1991
Contact:    John C. Garner or Blaine G. Schatz  (701-652-2951)
Notes:      Not available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Summarizes the second year of production research
            undertaken by the Alternative Crops Task Force at North
            Dakota State University.  Research has been directed at
            developing new crops and providing needed production
            information on existing alternative crops.  Other
            research has been directed to evaluating new crop
            production methods compatible with both traditional and
            new crops.  Multiple cropping is being evaluated as a
            practice which holds the potential to effectively
            maintain or increase yield levels while decreasing the
            dependance upon purchased crop production inputs.

File:       shb-121
Author:     Anon.
Title:      Conservation Tillage Fact Sheet Series
Publisher:  Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
Year:       February 1991
Contact:    Mary Ann Bahler
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   A series of 15 fact sheets on conservation tillage
            developed by the Conservation Tillage Educational
            Planning Group of which CTIC is a member.  These single
            sheets are printed on recycled paper with soy ink.
            Topics covered include conservation tillage, non-till,
            ridge-till and residue management.

File:       shb-148
Author:     Eckert, D. J.
Title:      Crop Production Alternatives
Source:     Bulletin 812
Publisher:  Ohio Cooperative Extension Service
Year:       1990, 1991 reprint
Contact:    OCES Office of Information  (614-292-2011)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   A compilation of recommendations designed for farmers
            who wish to produce field crops with fewer or no
            commercial ag chemicals. Covers tillage, fertility, weed
            control, insect control, disease control, and erosion.
            Written by a team of specialists with particular
            expertise in these fields.

File:       shb-106
Author:     Anon.
Title:      Crop ROtation Planning System - a whole-farm planning
            system
Source:     A Trifold Brochure.
Publisher:  Information Systems & Insect Studies, Dept. of
            Entomology, VPI&SU.
Year:       1991
Contact:    Dr. Rosalind D. Buick or Dr. Nick D. Stone
            (703-231-9116 or 703-231-6885)
Notes:
Abstract:   A color trifold brochure that describes the Crop
            ROtation Planning System (CROPS), the need for such a
            system in agriculture today and the system's output as a
            series of plans; a soil conservation plan, a pesticide
            management plan, a nutrient management plan, and a crop
            rotation and tillage plan.

File:       shb-101
Author:     Strange, Marty
Title:      Family Farming, a New Economic Vision
Publisher:  Institute for Food and Development Policy and the
            University of Nebraska Press
Year:       1988
Contact:    Stansberry, Jan  (402-846-5428)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Not freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Americans decry the decline of family farming but stand
            by helplessly as industrial farming takes over.  The
            prevailing sentiment is that family farms should survive
            for important social, ethical and economic reasons.  But
            will they?  Possibly not, if current policies are not
            altered, says Marty Strange. encourages expansion - a
            bias evident in federal commodity programs, income tax
            provisions, and subsidized credit services.  The farm
            financial crisis of the 1980's is a result of this
            trend.

File:       shb-127
Author:     Krush, Ann (Editor)
Title:      Practical Rewrites
Publisher:  Iowa's Organic Information Network
Year:       1991
Contact:    Ann Krush  (515-244-4727)
Notes:      Not available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Iowa's Organic Information Network recognizes the
            difficulty in finding practical information on organic
            farming methods. Each "Practical Rewrite" is a single
            fact sheet which combines and presents information on
            one topic from several sources.

File:       shb-147
Author:     Anon.
Title:      Information Packets
Publisher:  Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Year:       1991
Contact:    Lara Ervin  (918-647-9123)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Information Packets on: Blackberries, Blueberries,
            Christmas Trees, Eastern Gamagrass, Meat Goat Production
            and Marketing, Organic Gardening, Range Layers, Shiitake
            Mushrooms, Sorghum Syrup, Strawberries, U-pick Farming,
            Walk Through Cattle Fly Trap.  The packet includes KCSA
            "Newsletter" reprints, extension fact sheets, articles
            from appropriate periodicals, and materials from
            associations.

File:       shb-130
Author:     Jackson, Wes
Title:      Altars of Unhewn Stone:  Science and the Earth
Publisher:  North Point Press
Year:       1987
Contact:    Beth Gibans  (913-823-5376)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Not freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Restores the critical link between science and cultural
            wisdom, showing that recent findings support traditional
            attitudes about farming, land and resource use, and the
            interrelations of cultural and biological communities.

File:       shb-131
Author:     Jackson, Wes,
Title:      Meeting the Expectation of the Land
Publisher:  North Point Press
Year:       1984
Contact:    Beth Gibans  (913-823-5376)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Not freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Essays in sustainable agriculture and stewardship by 19
            authors.

File:       shb-125
Author:     Ward, Jack,
Title:      Pacific Northwest Sustainable Ag Farming for Profit and
            Stewardship Newsletter
Publisher:  Oregon and Washington State Universities
Year:       April 1990 on
Contact:    Daniel McGrath  (503-588-5301)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Represents a significant commitment by the Directors of
            the Experiment Stations and Extension Services of Oregon
            State, Washington State, and Idaho Universities.

File:       shb-145
Author:     Sullivan, Preston
Title:      Summer Annual Green Manure Crops
Publisher:  Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Year:       1991
Contact:    Lara Ervin  (918-647-9123)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   One page fact sheet describing legumes adapted to the
            mid- South region including mungbeans, cowpeas,
            soybeans, and annual lespedezas.  Selected seed sources
            are also listed.

File:       shb-129
Author:     Jackson, Wes
Title:      New Roots for Agriculture
Publisher:  University of Nebraska Press
Year:       1980
Contact:    Beth Gibans  (913-823-5376)
Notes:      Available in quantities.  Not freely duplicatable.
Abstract:   Jackson calls for the development of plant combinations
            that yield food while holding the soil and renewing its
            nutrients without plowing or applying fossil-fuel-based
            fertilizers or pesticides.  His new way of raising
            crops, working with the soil's natural systems, would
            keep the world's breadbasket producing perpetually.

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Article 9856 (53 more) in rec.gardens:
From: Lynsey Gedye
Subject: Suggestion for books on landscaping...
Date: 9 Aug 92 17:37:41 GMT-12

  Further to books on how to design a garden...

  John BROOKES  "Your Garden Design Book"
  - The complete practical guide to planning, styling and planting
    any garden.

  1991 Dorling Kindersley Ltd, 9 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8PS, U.K.
  ISBN 0 85091 404 3

  In Australia, 1991, Lothian Publishing Company Pty Ltd
  11 Munroe Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207

  Published in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  "John Brookes takes you step-by-step through every stage in creating your
  own design blueprints, from the easy to learn skills for measuring your
  garden and drawing up a plan, to judging scale and siting plants.

  He shows you how to give your garden a coherant style by the approriate
  choice of surfaces and enclosures as well as accessories, such as furniture
  and sculpture.

  He approaches planting from a design viewpoint, focusing on the plants'
  visual potential and showing how to integrate them successfully into
  your design."    - from the sleeve notes, which are, IMHO, on the button.

  Please note I'm not a publisher's puppet - but if you're out there, Mr
  Dorling Kindersley, a) please continue to produce books like this and
  b) for a suitable sum I'm open to becomming a publisher's puppet =:)!!

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Message #6332 on "The Herbalist"  (public)
Date : 07-10-92  14:35
From : Song Bird
To   : All
Subj : A sense of humus

Til late in the midnite hours I buried myself in the old pages of this book.
It's the recollections of a transplanted Californian woman who finds herself
in New England territory back in the 30's.  She remarks in vivid detail on the
all the things that left indelible marks upon her as she attempted to garden
in a place where the population considered her attempts to build humus for her
garden as almost an affront to the natural way of things.  Along the way her
lively and sometimes lurid descriptions carried me away until I was no longer
curled up in bed, but touching the knots of old pine floors, and savoring the
smell of sweet corn-cob smoked ham.  The feeling and passion of being in such
a pleasureable "elsewhere" was not one I could easily put away.  The room in
the attic (saved for those family members that didn't rate the spare room)
where the chimney kept the place toasty in winter and the first sound to greet
you in the morning was the singing of birds, the dark cool root celler where
was stored the toil of the summer in preserves - smoked meats - vegetables -
and buttery things, and the kitchen that was yearly whitewashed and lovingly
papered over wooden slats.  She gives the heart of the book in a page that is
at once terribly funny and thought provoking.  Perhaps there is wisdom in her
laughter.

A Sense of Humus
Bertha Damon
Simon and Schuster
1943
"One who has used humus in horticulture falls into the way of thinking about
other kinds of culture in terms of humus.  Such education as he himself has --
what is it but a compost of all the things he once learned and has in a way
forgotten -- a humus in which the original elements have lost their identity?
Have not those green scraps of knowledge, mixed with tough experiences and
ripened by time, turned into a kind of wisdom?  He understands how it is that
a word is said to have roots, and how its present meanings have grown up out
of layers of old meanings.  He sees a book as a small deposit of humus made
from the writer's experiences and reflections, and a library as a great rich
compost heap which has accumulated and preserved stored energy for future
growth.  Decayed liturature, as Thoreau observed, makes the richest of all
soils.  He sees that certain period of human history, such as the Periclean,
the Renaissance, and the Elizabethan, are like certian geologic periods; they
made better growth than others and laid down deeper layers.
  A humusist comes to think the answer to many problems would seem to be more
humus -- more of that which was once vital itself and now has power to give
vitality.  For a soil, this might be a leaf mold or a green crop turned under;
for a mind, it might be a page of history or an example left by a hero.  To
have a sense of humus is to have an appreciation of the past, to realize that
to discard the achievements and virtues slowly built up through long periods
of human society and to attempt to live solely in this present is like
throwing away humus and trying to exist in more or less inorganic hardpan.  A
young human plant needs mellowed soil deep enough to encourage his roots to go
down and rich enough in stored energy to give vigor.
  One who works much with humus sees it to be a symbol of democracy, in which
many work for the good of one, and one works for the good of many.  He comes
in time to honor the ideal of service for itself and not for individual
recognition, of service great and unending in which small and brief services
have been blended.  He comes to hold the modest hope that his immortality may
be in a diffused influence for good, the hope that among "those immortal dead
who live again in minds made better by their presence" he may take his
honorable but undistinguished part."


Take just a moment to clear the grand and noble laughter from the brain and
think....

What makes a gardener garden?  For me it comes in the indescribable joy of my
hands in good soil, in the lingering sweetness of fresh corn upon the tounge,
in the bundles of dried herbs the hang in the kitchen.  Perhaps Damon gives
breath to a wider feeling that leaves my own faculty wordless. Perhaps it's a
secret fear of being made to feel foolish by such grand thoughts.

It's not the money savings, though thats certainly something I'd love to
pretend.  As my husband casually remarked the other evening whilst chewing
upon fresh garden lettuce, "Why, dear, I believe this is the most expensive
lettuce I've ever eaten."

It's not some sort of personal fastidiousness about clean food.  After carting
about loads of odoriferous manures, making war on bugs making whoopee, and
rescuing Lady bugs from my disposal, I've come to the clear conclusion that
food is much tidier from the store.

So what is it?  The hail beats my babies to a pulp, and the frost pulps my
pumpkin and yet I persist.  Maybe Bertha Damon has something and there is
truly a grand and larger scheme in all of our struggles.  It's certainly
better than believeing that I'm one card short of a full deck.

Song Bird
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>>> Continued from previous message
I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick,
I made the garden, and for holiday
Rambled over the fields where sang the larks
And by Spoon River gathering many a shell,
And many a flower and medicinal weed--
Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys,
At ninety-six I had lived enough, that is all,
and passed to a sweet repose.
What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,
Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?
Degenerate sons and daughters,
Life is too strong for you--
It takes life to love life.
--Edgar Lee Masters: Spoon River Anthology
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(4376)  Tue 8 Sep 92 13:12
By: Lawrence London
To: ALL
Re: ECOLINK
St: Local Sent
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alt.gathering.rainbow #94 (5 more)                                         (1)
Date: Fri Sep  4 22:20:00 1992
From: Peter Fraterdeus <pfraterdeus>
Subject: EcoLinking -- Book Access

Attn: awf.rainbownews

 EcoLinking -- Book Access
The book I referred to as "Econetting" is actually called "Ecolinking", and is
being offered (interestingly) for $14. from MacZone, a Macintosh software
distributor.
The book, by Don Rittner is published by PeachPit Press.

MacZone catalog says this about it:
>> Join Forces and Save our Planet!

Join forces with others who are battling to save our environment!
EcoLinking is the first guide to the rapidly growing phenomenon of activists
and researchers using personal computers and modems to link up with each other.
The book covers four major resources: Global Networks, Electronic Bulletin
Boards, Commercial Online Services, and Libraries that never close.
With resources like these, you _can_ make a difference!
<< MacZone has a 24 hour 800 number for orders: 1 800 248 0800

I recommend this book as a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in how
to use "new age" technology to help heal and re-direct the energies on the
planet!

Petros

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By: Lawrence London
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Article 5034 (48 more) in rec.gardens:
From: Bob.Batson@kcufgat.fidonet.org (Bob Batson)
Subject: HousePlant Forum
Date: 28 Jan 92 19:23:01 GMT

According to the January 1992 update to _Gardening by Mail: A Source Book_
by Barbara J. Barton (ISBN 0-395-52280-3), 3rd edition, the magazine
_Houseplant Forum_ has ceased publication, but will be replaced by
_HousePlant Magazine_, a quarterly. It will be larger, with color, and
cost 19.95 a year. The address is as follows:

        HOUSEPLANT MAGAZINE
        1449 William
        Sillery, PQ, Canada G1S 4G5

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(1519)  Sat 15 Feb 92 23:28
By: Lawrence London
To: ALL
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Article 4730 (12 more) in rec.gardens:
From: Kay Klier
Subject: Rix and Phillips photographic books
Date: 9 Jan 92 16:59:38 GMT
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix have collaborated on a number of
photographic books for plant identification that I think are
superb!  Nicely photographed, often including habitat shots of
the plant in its native area, all sorts of species I don't normally
see in the horticultural trade (but I've often read descriptions
and wanted to see the plant), and pretty solid information.

I think the first book in the series was Bulbs, and was published in
England-- finally republished here by Random House, who have since
gone on to publish Mushrooms, Trees, Roses, Shrubs, and now two
volumes on perennials.   I drooled over the library's copy of the
Bulb book, haunted the used book stores, but didn't find it again
until it was republished.  Now I'm starting to see the books show
up in used book stores, and sometimes even in the bent-and-dent sale
section in regular book stores.  I think they're running about $25/
volume new, but I bought a copy of Roses with a damaged cover for
$2 last week, and a copy Bulbs (virtually unused) for $10  (second
copies for my class to use -- I wince when someone casually flops
a book face down on a lab bench).

Kay Klier       Biology Dept  UNI

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By: Helen Fleischer
To: Lawrence London
Re: Re: MORE SEED SOURCE INFO
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Brussels sprouts, "Rubine" is now widely available. It is inthe current
Thompson and Morgan catalog and is also carried by Parks, and I think a few
others I ordered form, like Pinetree. It is a great plant and winters over fro
a second late-winter or early spring crop here in MD.
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(1592)  Wed 4 Mar 92 15:15
By: Cissy Bowman
To: Lawrence London
Re: Organic Farmer Magazine
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Hi!
        I promise I will try to get that stuff in the mail ASAP.
Meanwhile, here is info. on the magazine:
Editor:  Grace Gershuny, 15 Barre St., Montpelier, Vermont 05602,
(802)223-7222voice/(802)223-0269fax.  Current cost is $15.00/year  (just went
up);  2 year subscription for $28.00.
This is a great source for legislative updates, and provides input from many of
the big names in TRULY alternative ag.  grace is a busy woman, but generally it
is easy to get through to her.  You may have read some of her books/articles in
the past..  The publication encourages input from the grassroots level as
well--let them know what you are doing.
I'm gonna go see if I can get some plowing done!!!
Keep in touch, and don't get too fed up with the system.  As my husband says:
"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!"
                        Later,
                                       Cissy

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Article 5619 (5 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier
Subject: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
Date: 5 Mar 92 16:57:06 GMT

CALLING ALL EXPERIENCED GARDENERS!  First garden season is upon us, and
it might be nice if we compiled a list of worthwhile beginning gardening
books.  If you had a friend who wanted to start gardening and didn't
know much more about plants than "green side up", and only wanted to
read or buy one book, what would you recommend?

My first choices for really basic and easily available:

Better Homes and Gardens _Gardening Book_, very basic, and well suited to
     midwest/east and parts of the west.  But probably less suited to the
     far west and south.

Sunset _Western Gardening Book_, for the western states

Time-Life gardening series, with titles like "Annuals", "Perennials",
  "Lawns", "Vines"-- though these are not exactly general because
   each major topic is a whole book, they are very nice, and often
   available at public libraries.

Rodale has _The Complete Book of Organic Gardening_, but it's rather
   expensive, and I've never been able to spend much time with it.  But
   it must be useful, since the 3 copies we purchased for a small
   public library were all stolen almost immediately, and the copy
   that I bought for myself developed legs after a day on my bookshelf...

So:  What over goodies are out there?????

Kay

From: K. Rogers
Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST: HELP!!!
Date: 5 Mar 92 18:57:21 GMT

>read or buy one book, what would you recommend?

Don't know how experienced I am but -

>Sunset _Western Gardening Book_, for the western states

This book is a God-send for us in the West.  I use it over and over.

>So:  What over goodies are out there?????

Ok, you didn't specify what kind of gardening, so here's my input.  I
like specialty books better than general ones, usually, because you
get more than a glossing of the topic.

Ferns:
The Encyclopedia of Ferns, (by Davis, I think.)  Timber Press.
This is THE book to have for all fern lovers.

Orchids:
Orchid Grower's Manual (I think), the author is Northen.  The best of
a zillion introductory orchid books, IMO.

Fruits:
The HP manual on Western Fruits, Nuts, and Berries by Stebbins, for
those of us in the West again.

Bulbs:
The HP manual on bulbs.  I like virtually all HP books - more than
Ortho or Sunset ones which are similar.

Herbs: The Rodale book is my favorite of 6 or so books I own and more
I've scanned or read.

Xeriscaping:
For Rocky Mountain states only (or primarily) The Xeriscape Flower
Garden.  A small book by a guy in Colorado on a mission from God to
reduce or eliminate sensless water hogs for those of us who live in
deserts.  Lots of luck to him.  In my case, he's preaching to the
choir, after talking with other employees who have new yards they need
to landscape, the only thing they'll listen to is Kentucky Bluegrass
and roses.  Makes a lot of sense for a place that gets 14" of water a
year, 70% of it in the winter.  But I digress and preach...

Houseplants:
No overwhelming favorite, but I like the Good Housekeeping
Encyclopedia (Manual?) of Houseplants best of the ones I've read.

Also, one college level introductory botany text is good stuff if they
really get into gardening.  My favorite of the ones I've read is
Biology of Plants, by Raven, et al.  Maybe Kay has some better ones or
ones she likes better since she teaches this stuff for a living.

I won't divulge titles about my real interest, lower vascular plants,
living and fossilized, in which all the books are rather technical and
obscure...
--
Keith Rogers

rec.gardens:
From: david.j.daulton
Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
Date: 5 Mar 92 19:47:36 GMT

What books does every gardener need.  I know of two.

1.  Wyman's.  (That's how me and my gardening friends refer to it.
    I am sure someone will give the complete name.)

2.  Dirr's (I think it is "Manual of Woody Landscape Plants" or something
    such.)

Unfortunately, neither has good pictures, and I am still looking for a
good book that illustrates plants, A-to-Z.  Most such books are divided
into inconvenient catagories, such as "pink ground covers", so as I go
through my spring catalogues, I have to keep skipping back and forth
through the picture-type book.  Anybody got any suggestions in this area?

Dave Daulton

P.S. Since you are in Iowa, if you get a chance, stop by the "Bald Eagle
Nursery" east of Clinton (in Indiana, I guess).  He has American Chestnuts,
a cold-hardy pecan, and lots of grasses.

rec.gardens:
From: kistler
Subject: RE: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST:  HELP!!!
Date: 5 Mar 92 21:13:41 GMT

The New Seed Starters Handbook by Nancy Bubel, Rodale Press.  I think it
gives an nice overview of seed starting techniques.  It has a table of
germination rates and optimal soil temperatures.  She discusses a wide
variety of plants, giving germination as well as transplanting hints.  The
book also has chapters on cold frame, hotbeds and greenhouses.  The primary
emphasis is on vegetables although she does discuss some flowers.  I don't
remember how much it cost but I think it was about $15.00.

Doris Kistler

rec.gardens:
From: Paul Harvey
Subject: Re: Banana seeds (growing bananas)
Date: 5 Mar 92 18:52:28 GMT

Some tips on growing bananas:

You have to remove pups or offshoots. In a pot, only allow one
pup to grow. Remove all others and repot or give away to friends
or better yet distribute them on the net. Once the main plant has
flowered and fruited and you have eaten the fruit, cut it off. You
can eat it or compost it. The one replacement pup becomes the new
plant and you allow a new pup to develop that will eventually
be its replacement. In a pot, the pup competes with the main plant,
so ideally you would remove all pups until the main plant has flowered
and then keep one pup. The male blossom is ussually removed to avoid
cigar-end rot, you cat eat it also. Growers place a plastic bag over
the fruit to keep rain off, this might affect ripening and could
be worth experimenting with.

As for the fruit, some bananas produce better fruit as the corm matures,
ie later and later pups produce better fruit. Also the fruit is
somewhat like pears in that it ussually ripens better off of the
plant. The trick, just like pears, is to know when to pick. You have
to experiment, but when they just begin to yellow would be a good
starting point. At this point, you can remove some fruit and ripen
it like you would store bought fruit, (not in the fridge please!)
Fruit left on the plant will either dry out or rot into mush.

One of the virtues of the common banana that you find in the store
is consistency. All fruits are equally bland and have equal texture.
Most other bananas vary from fruit to fruit, so often no two fruit
are alike. This is a trait common to most tropical edibles and is
ussually expected and prefered by tropical peoples. It's us Europeans,
in particular us US types, that have a hang up with consistency,
some kind of fallout from industrialization. So if you are willing
to occasionally eat some average fruit, you will also be rewarded with
some occasionally incredibly good fruit from the same plant. You could
argue that the non-commercial bananas have not been "developed", but
I think if you want the best tasting edibles, you have to give up
on the consistency requirement. If you want consistency, you have to
settle for average taste. Isn't this the lesson of the 80's,
you can't get it all for nothing, there is a price for everything?

rec.gardens:
From: Paul Harvey
Subject: Re: BASIC GARDEN BOOKLIST: REQUIRED TEXTS
Date: 6 Mar 92 18:20:19 GMT
References: <1992Mar5.105706.2698@iscsvax.uni.edu>

#1 CORNUCOPIA
   source book of edible plants,Stephen Facciola,Kampong publications,
   1810 Sunrise Drive, Vista CA, 92084

#2 GROWING VEGETABLES WEST OF THE CASCADES
   Steve Solomon's complete guide to Natural Gardening, Sasquatch Books,
   1931 Second Ave, Seattle, WA, 98101, (206) 441-5555

#3 SUNSET NEW WESTERN GARDEN BOOK, Lane Publishing, Menlo Park, CA, 94025

#4 Any of the SUNSET/ORTHO/HP books, esp. Ortho's Citrus and Subtrop's

----
#1 CORNUCOPIA:
If you only grow what you find at your local sources, this book has little
value. BUT, if you are at all interested in edible plants and their sources,
YA GOTTA GET THIS BOOK. It is frequently referenced right here on rec.gardens!
With this book, you too could be a rec.gardens super-guru! Maybe someone
should submit a review of this book!

#2 GROWING VEGETABLES WEST OF THE CASCADES
OK, ignore the title. If you want one book to explain everything there is
to know about growing food in your back yard in straight-forward english,
this is it. No urban or rural legends here, he explains everything and
covers all options. If you ever wanted to know why things are done certain
ways, this it the book. Of course if you live in a maritime climate like
Pacific NaM, NE NaM, N. Europe, this book is required.

#3 SUNSET NEW WESTERN GARDEN BOOK
Yeah, this book is for W NaM, but let's be honest here, we grow mostly European
plants just like the rest of the non-tropical world. Oh sure, you'll also find
S. European plants in here, and even some NaM natives! This book is such a
good collection of plants and how to grow them, I think it has value for
everyone. As a matter of fact, I would like to propose a challange. What
are the other regional books that are equivalent to this one, if there are
any?

#4 SUNSET/ORTHO/HP books
These books are in about every hardware store and they are a good source
of low cost info. Ortho's Citrus and Subtropical Fruits is a must read.

rec.gardens:
From: Paul Harvey
Subject: Re: human manure dangers
Date: 13 Mar 92 17:44:42 GMT

>Like you, I would like more scientific information. DOES anyone have any
>or know where to point us in the correct direction?

More other Homes and Garbage, Designs for self-sufficient living, Jim Leckie
et al.,Sierra Club Books, 530 Bush Street, SF, CA, 94108, ISBN:0-87156-274-X

Appropriate Technology Sourcebook, A guide to practical books for village and
small community technology, Ken Darrow, Mike Saxenian, VIA press, POBox 4543,
Stanford, CA, 94305, ISBN:0-917704-17-7

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 * Forwarded from "Home and Garden"
 * Originally by John Tucker
 * Originally to All
 * Originally dated 22 Mar 1992, 10:10


found in the 1991 Southern Farmer's Almanac:

"I have often thought that if heaven had given me a choice
of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich
spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for
the productions of the garden. No occupation is so delightful
to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable
to that of the garden. Such a variety of subjects, some
one always coming to perfection, the failure of one thing
repaired by the success of another, and instead of one
harvest a continued one through the year. Under a total
want of demand except for our family table, I am still
devoted to the garden. But though I am an old man,
I am but a young gardener."

                ---Thomas Jefferson to Charles Wilson Peale
                                            August 20, 1811


---John

... The cost of feathers has risen... Now even DOWN is up!
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Article 57 (2 more) in sci.engr.civil:
From: JOSEPH T CHEW
Newsgroups: sci.engr.civil,sci.geo.meteorology,sci.environment,
misc.books.technical
Subject: Heat islands book available
Keywords: heat islands architecture city planning thermal urban summer
Date: 20 Mar 92 23:17:38 GMT

A book is now available through the US Environmental Protection Agency
on the phenomenon of urban heat islands.  "Cooling our Communities:
A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing," by Akbari,
Huang, Taha, and Davis, is available for $13 and is supposed to be
written in nontechnical language for use by utility planners, government
officials, and others interested in energy and environmental issues.

Write:

Superintendent of Documents
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954

--Joe

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"Blossom by blossom, the greening of the land is now well under way.
 It started where the bogs are deep and silent, the first flaming of
 the swamp maples flaunting their red flags, signaling that the coast
 was clear. And then came the clear, clarion calls of the forest nymphs,
 those sprightly peepers in disorganized choir chirping their ancestral
 songs of spring in deafening harmony. Their words seem to say, 'The
 frost is gone; long live the sun.'
   The awakening call has sounded, the cathedral doors have been flung
open, and something deep within Earth's bosom has responded. The pulsing
of the Earth in its renewal affirms that there is something, some
force beyond human control, that causes birds to return, spurs grass to
grow, tells seeds to bring forth new life, puts perfume in blossoms,
and summons bees to pollinate. Its certainty and purpose lift hope with
the same power that causes sap to rise to the top of a giant tree.
   Spring comes in many colors. The deep blue of winter-washed skies,
the pink-tinged white of apple blossoms, the fresh green of willow catkins,
the purple of violets, the crimson flash of red-wing blackbirds and the
gold of daffodils, all emerge from the tawny browns of death and decay.
   Winged messengers bring songs and colors, of bluebirds and golden
finches, of iridescent buntings and russet of robins. Spring is a
kaleidoscope of sound, of perfume, of color, all segments of nature's
reassurance of a future."

-!-relayed by John


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Article 5679 (9 more) in rec.gardens:
From: Jeff Fabijanic
Summary: organic gardening thoughts
Date: 8 Mar 92 02:28:22 GMT

I thought this was a really interesting post and am taking the liberty of
forwarding it here (don't have tracy's e-dress to ask her 1st).

**Forwarded msg follows***

Subject: Deeper reasons for growing a garden
From: TRACY LOGAN
Date: 4 Mar 92 01:12:00 GMT

Social Ecologist Murray Bookchin claims that an "organic garden"
provides "chemically untreated food," and "a superior inventory
of nutrients," and also improves rather than destroys our soil.

"But organic farming does much more than this," he argues. "It
brings us _into_ the cultivation of food, not merely its
consumption... It brings us closer to the natural world as a
whole from which we have been alienated.  We grow part or all of
our food and use our bodies artfully to plant, weed, and harvest
crops.  We engage in an ecological `ballet,' if you like, that
greatly improves upon the current fad for jogging on asphalt
roads and concrete sidewalks.

"As one occupation among many that the individual can practice in
the course of a day (to follow Fourier's advice), organic
gardening enriches the diversity of our everyday lives, sharpens
our natural sensibilities to growth and decay, and attunes us to
natural rhythms.  Hence, organic gardening, to take only one case
in point, would be seen in an ecological society as more than the
solution to our nutritional problems. It would become part of our
entire being as socially, culturally, and biologically aware
beings."

It's nearly garden-starting time, folks, if you live in the
temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.  You don't need a
large plot:  3 meters by 4 meters would provide a lot of
vegetables and even more opportunities for learning.  No suitable
land at all?   Perhaps your college or business has some.  Many
places I've been, like Penn State, Lafayette, and in Yellow
Springs OH, Antioch College, the Yellow Springs Instrument
Company, and the municipality, all provide land for gardens.

The Bookchin quotes are from p. 192 of *Remaking Society*,
published by South End Press, 1990.  I recommend the entire short
book.  In it Bookchin explains why he is deeply concerned by
aspects of Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, and Green Spirituality.
The book is also a good overview of his longer works, including
the *Ecology of Freedom*, and of Social Ecology.

And if you don't know Charles Fourier's work (19th century), look
him up.  Especially the "Butterfly Principle."          - tracy

***End forwarded msg***

Now, I'm sure this is a question that  is often asked, but is there a specific
netnewsgroup that deals with organic gardening issues?

Deciduously,
 Jeff

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Article 5991 (25 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier
Subject: Good basic book
Date: 19 Mar 92 07:17:01 GMT

I've just gotten a review copy of Rodale's Chemical-Free Yard and Garden: The
ultimate authority on sucessful organic gardening.  Anna Carr, et al. (ed)
1991.  Rodale Press.  ISBN 0-87857-951-6  $27

Despite the overblown title (gag! gag!), it's a pretty solid book covering
the basics of thoughtful gardening.  I can recommend it for most North
American gardeners without reservation (though much would not be applicable
in the desert southwest).  No pretty pictures, but lots of good information.

The chapters on disease and insect control seem particularly useful.

And they've gotten away from the self-congratulatory "holier than thou"
rhetoric that used to pervade much of the organic gardening literature.
(Some of that sort of stuff made me want to spread great quantities of
chlordane and DDT, in hopes of taking out some of the worst preachers
of the organic holy writ.  ;-)  (For those of you who don't know me, I
consider myself a basic slob gardener with a good understanding of the
biology behind gardening.  I rarely use pest control methods, but if
something gets totally out of hand, I'll use (horrors!) a synthetic
pesticide.  But only in minimal amounts, carefully chosen and applied.
And I use a lot of compost, but I also use a lot of 10-10-10 (Arhgh!
my heart!  Chemical Fertilizers!!!!)))

Chapter titles:
8pt system  for successful organic gardening.
garden planning and record keeping
month by month garden management
soil improvement and fertilizing
weed control
disease control
insect control
vegetables
flowers
fruits
trees and shrubs
lawns

Do your public library a favor.  Tell 'em to get a copy.  It should
circulate well.

In fact, I'm considering it as a text for my proposed "botany for
gardeners" lab class.

Kay Klier        Biology Dept    UNI

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Article 6164 (59 more) in rec.gardens:
From: Bob.Batson@kcufgat.fidonet.org (Bob Batson)
Subject: New RHS Dictionary
Date: 25 Mar 92 23:21:32 GMT

The following text is not meant as an advertisement, but is posted
for informational purposes only!
---------------------------------------------------------------------

                         NEW RHS DICTIONARY

   A publishing project that's been underway since 1987 will
culminate this month with _The New Royal Horticultural Society
Dictionary of Gardening_.
   The dictionary is NOT a revision of the 1951 _RHS Dictionary_;
it's an entirely new work. Besides the 50,000 plant descriptions and
the 4,000 illustrations, the new four-volume set includes biographies
of notable gardeners, landscapers, & horticulturists; essays on
various aspects of garden design & regional gardening; extensive
information on cultivation, propagation, soils, climate, pests &
diseases; discussions of timely subjects such as ethnobotany,
conservation, organic gardening; & accounts of the history & gardens
of the world.
   This dictionary has been written with the needs of U.S. gardeners
in mind. Hardiness information based on the USDA Zones is given for
every plant, & the cultivation guidelines in each entry take into
account the full range of North American climates. Moreover, the
entries for popular genera such as Hosta incorporate descriptions of
the cultivars known to be in commerce both here & abroad.
   Because the dictionary has been generated from a computer data
base, it has been possible to keep taxonomic information almost
up-to-the minute. This will be a boon to readers who're seeking an
authoritative name for a dubious plant
   Unfortunately, the new work is expensive --- $795. So unless
you're a gardening professional with the need for such a
comprehensive reference, IMHO, I suggest you try to convince either
your local library or your garden club to purchase a copy of the
dictionary. If you're an information junkie like me, this book should
prove to be a virtual gold mine.
   The _RHS Dictionary_ is being published in the U.S. by Stockton
Press, a division of Macmillan (London) Books. Potential buyers may
obtain a free illustrated prospectus by writing the press at 275 Park
Avenue South, New York, NY 10010, or by phoning 1-800-221-2123; in
New York State call (212) 673-4400 collect.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Bob Batson
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 * Forwarded from "Herbs-n-Such"
 * Originally by Tom Hill
 * Originally to All
 * Originally dated 11 Apr 1992, 21:48


You should, whenever possible, get your herbs from the wild.
Unfortunately this is not normally possible if you live in the
city.  So, down below is a list of some various mail-order herb
companies.


APHRODISIA                            BURGESS PLANT & SEED CO. 28
Carmine Street                     2200 E. Oakland Ave.
New York, NY 10014                    Bloomington, IL 61701
"Dried herbs plus a large             "Herb seeds and plants."
selection of natural and
 and compounded oils, self-            GREENE HERB GARDEN
lighting charcoal, books,            Greene, RI 02872
 exotic cooking special-              "Herb seeds and bulbs."
ities.  Send a SASE for
 current catalogue price."            GUERNEY SEED & NURSERY CO.
                                    Yankton, SD 57079
NATURE'S HERB CO.                     "Herb Seeds and Plants."
281 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94102               HENRY FIELD SEED & NURS.
CO.  "Dried Herbs. Send SASE               407 Sycamore St.
 for catalogue info."                 Shenandoah, IA 51602
                                      "Herb seed and plants."
NICHOLS GARDEN NURSERY
1190 No. Pacific Highway              INDIANA BOTANIC GARDENS
Albany, OR 97321                      Hammond, IN 46325
                                      "Exotic herbs and oils."
GEO. W. PARK SEED CO.
Greenwood, SC 29647                    R.H. SHUMWAY SEEDSMAN
"Herb seeds, along with a              628 Cedar St.
 wide variety of unusual               Rockford, IL 61101
 seeds for many kinds of               "Herb seeds and plants."
plants.  Also a wonderful
 color catalogue."                     TAYLOR'S HERB GARDENS,
INC.                                        1335 Lone Oak Road
                                       Vista, CA 92083
                                       "Live herbs only, shipped
                                       anywhere in the union.
                                Send SASE for catalogue info."



                              WANDS

An important tool in Witchcraft and herbalism is the wand.  Many
types of wood are used.  Given below is a short list of different
type of woods and there best uses as wands.

        LOVE MAGICK - Apple
        HEALING MAGICK - Ash
        EXORCISMS - Elder
        PROSPERITY - Fir
        PROTECTION - Rowan
        PURIFICATIONS and BLESSINGS - Birch
        MOON MAGICK AND WISHING MAGICK - Willow
        GENERAL ALL-PURPOSE - Elder and Hazel
        FERTILITY MAGICK - Oak topped with an acorn

As the wood must be obtained from a living tree, you may not be
able to obtain the type of wood you desire.  But fortunately,
most trees, especially fruit trees, will work adequately in
magic.


                         GOOD BOOKS

There are many good books on the market for herbalism.  Many
about the medicinal value of the plants, others on the magickal
properties.  Included below is a small selection of very good
books.  (The ones marked with a star were used on this file.)

* Cunningham, Scott, "Magical Herbalism, The Secret Craft of the
Wise" Llewellyn Publications, (c) 1982, 1983

* Rose, Jeanne, "Herbs & Things", Grosset & Dunlap, (c) 1972

* Conway, D.J., "Norse Magic"  (One section in the back),
Llewellyn Publications, (c) 1990

* Conway, D.J., "Celtic Magic"  (One section in the back),
Llewellyn Publications, (c) 1990

Cunningham, Scott, "Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs",
Llewellyn Publications, (c) 1985-89


Well, that is it.  Enjoy the file, just remember that herbs
cannot do everything by themselves.  If you break your arm, SEE A
DOCTOR!  Don't just make a poultice and slap it on!  There is no
substitute for common sense.
                           Blessed Be!
                               The Wizard (a.k.a Muad'Dib)
                                     August 27th, 1991

 There ya go.  Remember, this is copyrighted so don't try to sell it or
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I heard about this magazine recently from a friend:

"Remineralize the Earth" magazine

soil remineralization technology & research for natural farming

issued 3 times a year @ $5/copy (not sure about this number)

available from:

The New Leaf Dist. Co. (book & magazine distributor)
5425 Tulane Drive SW
Atlanta, Ga., 30336-2323
404-691-6996
1-800-326-2665 (voice, orders only)

The title suggests that the publication deals with
the use of various rock powders as soil amendments
to increase fertility, tilth and microbial activity
by increasing the level of available macronutrients
and trace minerals, soil conditioners and Ph altering
agents. Some of these materials increase
water-holding capacity by creating a finer-grained soil
aggregate and can loosen compacted or thick soil by intermixing
with and separating particles of such, i.e. various types of
clay. There seems to be a lot of interest
recently in using these materials to build farm and
garden soil. Dusts or screenings from just about any
quarried or mined stone or mineral can be used.

Some available from North Carolina are:

pyrophyllite      contains trace minerals and about .2 percent potash
screenings        - when blended with compost/sharp or coarse sand/
                  topsoil/vermiculite/colloidal or rock
                  phosphate/N.J. greensand/granite screenings it
                  produces a versatile and unbeatable potting or seed
                  starting soil - added to garden soil, it will help
                  produce a loose, non-crusting seedbed for direct
                  seeding - added to clay or other heavy soils, it will
                  add tilth, friability and drainage - when used as a
                  potting medium it will retain water for long periods
                  of time and will not cake up or crust over - it
                  contains a high percentage of of fine talc dust which
                  enables it to finely texturize any soil it is
                  added to - truly a unique material, and very inexpensive
                  - it will produce seedlings with extremely long and dense
                  root systems - water/nutrient absorbing capacity is
                  thereby greatly increased, transplant shock would be
                  reduced also

rock              about 20% phosphoric acid, slow release; mined
phosphate         from coastal deposits of compacted skeletal
                  remains of ancient microscopic sea creatures

granite           available from granite quarries - some deposits contain
screenings        a significant amount of potash and trace minerals

bluestone         available from many quarries that mill various
screenings        grades of rock for construction purposes,
(from driveway    the screenings are usually used in the production
or constructon    of blacktop - it is a very good tilthing and
rock)             reminerlizing agent - may be basalt - mentioned
                  in Eliot Coleman's "The New Organic Grower"

high-calcium      from quarries in various locations - an
limestone         alternative to dolomitic limestone - contains more
(used as          calcium and less magnesium than dolomite -
livestock         useful when magnesium buildup in soil is to be
feed              avoided
supplement)

Available in N.C. but produced in Florida:

shell meal        ground seashells - can be used with/in place of
                  the limestones to add calcium, alter Ph, tilth
                  soil, break up clay - sold as a livestock feed
                  supplement to add dietary calcium

colloidal         low analysis (about 8%) but quick release (for
phosphate         a rock powder); same mineral as rock phosphate
                  but has colloidal clay mixed with it


Upshot is that most any rock powder when applied to farmland will
add significantly to the fertility and tilth of the soil. It is
especially useful when serious micronutrient depletion has occured.

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"Herbal Medicine Past and Present"

Covers the practice of Appalacian
herbalist, A.L. Tommie Bass. Based in large
part on recorded interviews with Bass,
his friends, neighbors and people
in his comunity.

Vol. I [covers practice of A.L. Tommie Bass, Herbalist]
Vol. II "A Reference Guide To Medicinal Plants"
         [monographs]

John K. Crellin
Jane Philpott

Duke University Press, 1990
[HB, in print]

From the introduction:

"This guide centers on plants known to Appalacian herbalist
A.L. Tommie Bass (whose practice is considered fully in Vol. I),
but by additionally referring to analagous species - indigenous, naturalized
and domesticated, and sometimes foreign to the U.S. - it has a broad coverage
of herbs known worldwide. Many of these have had a prominent place in Western
medicine".

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By: Lawrence London
To: ALL
Re: Books on plantings for wildlife (from Usenet, rec.gardens)
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From: klier
Subject: Re: natives to attract wildlife
Date: 24 Apr 92 05:37:27 GMT

>>>    NATIVE PLANTS THAT PROVIDE WILDLIFE HABITAT
>>            <list deleted>
>>This was a great list.  Does anyone have a similar list they could post
>>of wildlife-attracting plants native to the Southeast U.S., more
>>specifically, North Carolina.
> Ditto for Northeast U.S., specifically Western Pennsylvania, please.

Dear folks:  Try your local conservation commission/department of natural
resources/horticulture departments at local universities.  Many states
have similar lists.

I've got the Minnesota Non-Game Wildlife Program's _Landscaping for
Wildlife_ sitting in my lap at the moment.  145 pages of great information
on both the plants and the animals, all for the piddling sum of $9.

The National Wildlife Federation also offers a "Gardening for Wildlife" kit
that I haven't seen.  Has booklets, landscape plans, bird feeder designs,
seeds for butterfly and hummingbird attractant plants, and some other
goodies.  (1412 16th St NW, Washington DC 20036).


Kay Klier   Biology Dept  UNI

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By: Lawrence London
To: ALL
Re: Gardening magazines (from Usenet, misc.rural)
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misc.rural #2735 (5 more)                                                  (1)
From: Steven W. Buchele
[1] Journals, what do you read?
Keywords: OG,NGA
Date: Wed Apr 29 13:58:25 1992

I was wondering what journals misc.rural-ers subscribed
to and what they thought of them.  Currently I receive

Organic Gardening - (5 yrs) Glad that the former editor was replaced, sorry
        to lose R.Rodale.

National Gardening Association - (4 yrs) Tied for best gardening magizine.
        Best information source for new technology.

Harrowsmith (renamed Country Life) (4 yrs) Photography and writing are a class
        above all other magizines in this class.

Mother Earth News (3 yrs) - The reborn M.E.N. is better than the slick one, but
        still not up to the 70s M.E.N.

Progressive Farmer (1 mo) - Still in its probation period.

I purchase from time to time
New Farm - Too preachy about organic methods working on a large scale.  Don't
        really trust the writers, nor the source.

Countryside - Too folksy, very very little science, lots of factlets.

Backwoods - Very good "how to" journal. Didn't renew when price jumped from $6
        to $20- something.


One gripe: A few years back the postal service changed the price for bulk rate.
In response, M.E.N., OG, NGA and Harrowsmith all went from monthly bi-monthly.
Now they all arrive within days of each other.  It takes me about a month to
read them, and then I'm dry for about 3 weeks.  Couldn't just one of them
stagger their mailing month?

Steve Buchele

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By: Lawrence London
To: A. Balliett
Re: was: ALAN CHADWICK INFO WANTED new: John Jeavons information
St: Local
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 > Please refresh my memory: Who is Jeavson and what is the
 > title of the book?

Long and important story. John Jeavons is almost as innovative
and important as Chadwick, in my opinion. He is associated with
two organizations:

1) Bountiful Gardens, his mail order natural gardening
supplies company - seeds, fertilizers, some tools, books, etc.

2) Ecology Action of the Mid-Penninsula, who publishes his books
and sponsored the natural gardening community projects that
resulted in those books being written. They began in the early
seventies. There's more info on them in the Bountiful Gardens
catalogue. His three most important books (two of them co-authored)
are:

1) "HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES*
    *than you ever thought possible on less land
    than you can imagine", by John Jeavons

    Revised edition, 1991 c. Ecology Action of
    the Mid-Peninsula, 175 pps, $14.95. Published by:

    10 Speed Press
    P.O. Box 7123
    Berkeley, Calif., 94707

    Includes a chronology of events surrounding activities,
    projects and publications by E.A. from 1972-1990 plus
    much more information on the organization.

2) "The Backyard Homestead, Mini-Farm & Garden Logbook"
    by Jeavons, Griffin, Leler; $8.95, 224 pps., 10 Speed Press

3) "The Seed Finder" by Jeavons, Leler; $4.95, 160 pps., 10 Sp.Pr.

The Bountiful Gardens catalogue can be obtained by sending a
dollar to:

Bountiful Gardens
Ecology Action
5798 Ridgewood Road
Willits, Calif., 95490

His hillside organic farm in Willits, Calif. hosts projects in 3rd world
countries seeking to promote natural, permanent agriculture
and help low-income folks grow an abundant supply of clean,
nutritious food for themselves. His books have been translated into
nearly a dozen languages. He popularized the concept and methodology
of double-dug biointensive raised-bed gardening, utilizing the work
done previously by Alan Chadwick.

 > Interestingly enough, Peter Tompkins who wrote Secrets of
 > the Soil lives just outside of Shepherdstown. Even more
 > interesting, it is a friend of mine that works his garden,
Very impressive!
 > which apparently has been in production since colonial
 > times. We applied the biodynamic #500 there last weekend
 > (nothing is up (except sage ;-)
Tell me about the BD #500.

Could you pursuade Peter Tompkins to contribute to this conference? Could be he
might even find material he could use here. It might be worthwhile to let him
know that there is a grass-roots (organically grown, of course) telecomputing-
based discussion group devoted to Sustainable Agriculture.

I have Secrets of the Soil and The Secret Life of Plants in my library.

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Re: Plant dictionary (From Usenet, rec.gardens)
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rec.gardens #6539 (39 more)                                                (1)
From: klier
[1] Eyewitness Visual Dictionary of Plants
Date: Fri May  1 22:57:34 1992

I just bought a copy of the _Visual Dictionary of Plants_, part of the
Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries series ($14.95 hardcover, Dorling Kindersley,
NY, 1992, ISBN 1-56458-016-4).  It seems to be sold in the US as a
children's book, (is it considered such in Britain???), but I'm
thinking of using it as a lab supplement for the plant portion of the
beginning biology course here.

Absolutely gorgeous photos of plants (sensu lato) from fungi and lichens,
through algae to mosses, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms.  All the major
structures photographed and labeled, basic life history and ecological
information, anatomical sections-- you name it, it's there.  Good sections
on roots, leaves, fruits, pollination biology, carnivorous plants,
xerophytes, aquatics...

I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys looking at nicely illustrated
science books (check out the gladular trichomes of Pinguicula on p. 55!),
who is sorta hazy on the difference between a simple and a compound leaf,
or who has ever wondered what those little umbrellas are doing on liverworts.
Better yet, recommend it to your local library, and spread the botanical
wealth!!!

Kay Klier   Biology Dept  UNI

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Re: Wildlife plantings (from Usenet, rec.gardens)
St: Local
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Article 7130 (96 more) in rec.gardens:
From: Klier
Subject: Guide to Wildlife Food Habits
Date: 6 May 92 02:01:07 GMT

If you're looking for a cheap sourcebook on who eats what, I recommend
"American Wildlife & Plants: A Guide to Wildlife Food Habits"  by
Alexander C. Martin, Herbert S. Zim and Arnold L. Nelson.  Originally
published by McGraw-Hill in 1951, my copy is the 1961 Dover republication.

Although the focus is on game animals and cute&fuzzies, there is a small
section on fish, reptiles and amphibians.

The major portion of the book is organized by group of animals (for instance,
in the "Songbird section", under Cedar Waxwing, there is a rough US
distribution map, a short discussion of the biology of the species, and a
list of the "best" food plants in four regions of the country (in the
NE, the winners are redcedar, wild cherry, and flowering dogwood, followed by
blackberry, hackberry, chokecherry, mulberry, serviceberry, blackhaw,
pokeweed, grape, and some minor species.

Another section of the book is arranged by species of plants, or groups of
similar species.  For instance, witch hazel seeds are listed as being heavily
used by ruffed grouse, and less heavily by wild turkey...

Anyone know if there's an update to this volume?

Kay Klier   Biology Dept  UNI

Article 7133 (95 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier
Subject: More "Landscaping for Wildlife"
Date: 6 May 92 02:41:53 GMT

More information shamelessly stolen from the excellent book, "Landscaping for
Wildlife", from the Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources' Nongame Wildlife
Program.  $8.95 from DNR Giftshop, 500 Lafayette Rd, St Paul, MN  55101

Trees, shrubs and vines rated "Excellent" for butterflies, moths and bees:
Acer negundo   box elder
Aristolochia durior   dutchman's pipe
Betula spp.   birches
Ceanothus americanus  NJ tea
Cephalanthus occidentalis  buttonball bush
Cercis canadensis    redbud
Clethra alnifolia sweet pepperbush
Eleagnus commutata  silverberry
Ledum groenlandicum   labrador tea
Lindera benzoin   spicebush
Philadephicus coronarius   sweet mockorange
Populus spp.  aspens
Prunus spp.  cherries and plums
Quercus spp.  oaks
Rubus spp.  blackberries & raspberries
Salix discolor  pussywillow
Salix humilis  prairie willow
Salix nigra   black willow
Salix pentandra  laurel willow
Spiraea alba  narrowleaf meadowsweet
Spiraea latifolia  broadleaf meadowsweet
Spirea tomentosa  hard hack
Symphoricarpos occidentalis  wolfberry, coralberry
Viburnum lantana  wayfaring bush
Wiegelia florida  wiegelia

Annuals
-------
dill
heath aster
borage
calendula
canterbury bells
cleome
Dianthus barbatus (sweet william)
heliotrope
jewelweed
touch-me-not
sweet pea
four o'clock
sweet marjoram
flowering tobacco
petunia
parsley
anise
blackeyed susan, gloriosa daisy
scarlet sage
winter savory
marigold
tithonia
nasturtium
garden verbena
zinnia

SHALL I GO ON?  IS ANYONE INTERESTED???

Kay Klier   Biology Dept  UNI

Article 7134 (94 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier
Subject: "Landscaping for Wildlife"
Date: 6 May 92 02:27:53 GMT

Some information shamelessly stolen from the excellent book, "Landscaping for
Wildlife", from the Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources' Nongame Wildlife
Program.  $8.95 from DNR Giftshop, 500 Lafayette Rd, St Paul, MN  55101
(no, no connection except one of my students will begin working with another
division of the DNR next week...)

Plants rated "Excellent" for landscaping for wildlife:
  (*=native to MN)
Conifers
--------
*Abies balsamea
Abies concolor
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Juniperus chinensis
Juniperus communis
*Juniperus virginiana
Larix decidua
*Larix laricina
Picea abies
*Picea glauca
Picea glauca densata
*Picea mariana
Picea rubens
*Pinus banksiana
Pinus ponderosa var scopulorum
*Pinus resinosa
*Pinus strobus
Pinus nigra
Pseudotsuga menziesii
*Tsuga canadensis

Grasses
-------
*Andropogon gerardii
*Andropogon scoparius
*Bouteloua curtipendula
*Panicum virgatum
*Sorghastrum nutans

Legumes
-------
*Amorpha canescens
*Amorpha nana
*Astragalus adsurgens
*Astragalus agrestis
*Astragalus canadensis
*Astragalus crassicarpus
*Lotus purshianus
*Oxytropis lambertii
*Petalostemon candidum (=Dalea candida)
*Petalostemon purpureum (=Dalea purpurea)
*Psoralea argophylla
*Psoralea esculenta
*Vicia americana
(red clover, white clover, alfalfa and birdsfoot trefoil rate only "fair")

Kay Klier   Biology Dept  UNI

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Article 11421 (128 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu


Subject: Re: Books!
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:52:01 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
Lines: 48

In article <1992Oct15.170825.118791@watson.ibm.com>, clarke@watson.ibm.com (Ed C
larke) writes:
> 
> Ok, that does it!  One thing this group really needs is a review of some
> specific books.  Kay mentioned "Hortus Third" before; I bought it and it's
> wonderful.  I did a small review of "How to know the Hornworts and 
> Liverworts" a while ago but never posted it.  It'd sure be nice if people
> would post review of outstanding books (FAQ fodder?) ...
> 
> Information in reviews should contain ISBN, author, size, cost and publisher
> as well as whether or not you think the book is valuable.  I suspect that
> reviews should only be of GOOD books with only minor comments on bad ones.
> ( i.e. I didn't like xxxxx because it recommended poison ivy as a ground
> cover.  yyyyy has nice pictures and would make a good coffee table book
> but has no real information in it )

--MORE--(45%)

Yup, Ed, I've been collecting reviews of books for the FAQ list-- just haven't
gotten 'em put together.  I generally don't mention specific titles/ISBN's
etc., because I'm often writing from memory and am too lazy to go look 
the book up -- or I've loaned it to someone (the Klier Memorial Traveling
Library, my students call it, as I hand them a book and say, "Here, I 
think you'd like this one".)

When there's really basic info that's widely available, like photos of
nutrient deficiencies, I tend to mention likely places to find it, knowing
that every public library likely has that information, it's just in different
books.

I'd love to get a better sense of the books other folks on the net consider
important (there goes my book budget again, though, 'cause I'll buy
'em too).

I'd also be willing to contribute my "library database" of gardening/plant/
soils books, but these are only subject indexed...  and many of them are
out of print, and many are in my library simply because I could pick up
a copy of YYY for $0.50, but a new copy of ZZZ (a better written book) is
$89.95...   Any interest in that sort of thing????  Or should we deal
strictly with books in print????   Or should I contribute it after heavy
editing????
--MORE--(88%)


Anyhow, folks, time to let us all in on the books you consider indispensable,
a good read, or just plain fun.  We know the westerners love the Sunset
Western Gardens Book, but what are some good books on kitchen gardens?
victorian gardens?  garden design?  annuals? getting kids interested in 
plants?  etc, etc, etc....

Kay


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From: GC.SUL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Sullivan)


Subject: Books I use constantly
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 01:14:14 GMT
Lines: 34

Books I use constantly:

GROWING CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS  Marjorie G. Schmidt University of
California Press, Berkeley, Ca.  1980

SEED PROPAGATION OF NATIVE CALIFORNIA PLANTS Dara E. Emery
Santa Barbard Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA 1988

AN ILLUSTRATED MANUAL OF CALIFORNIA SHRUBS Howard E. McMinn
University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 1939

HOW TO IDENTIFY PLANTS H.D. Harrington L.W. Durrell
The Swallow Press, Inc, Chicago 1957 Very good little drawings and
explanations of all those strange terms such as: Imbricate,
Scorpiod, Caulescent, Cericeous, etc.  All those strange terms you
need to know if you every try to key out natives.
--MORE--(58%)


I am waiting with baited breath for the new Jepson Manual from the
Jepson herbarium.  Will update the old Jepson, probably Munz, and
McMinn, on California natives and new nomenclature.  Was supposed to
be out in December and I looked forward to poaring through it this
winter, but the herbarium said April now.

My biggest complaint about Sunset
Western Garden Guide is that is tends to list plant hybrids or
cultivars rather that straight species.  also, I feel they should
briefly state the origin of the plant so you know if it is native or
exotic.

However, when I was running Hummingbird Gardens Nursery and trying
to track down all the plants I could that attracted Hummingbirds, I
found Sunset to be helpful and also Hortus.

Karen
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Article 11428 (122 more) in rec.gardens:
From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)


Subject: Re: Books!
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 06:06:25 GMT
Lines: 41

In article <1992Oct15.170825.118791@watson.ibm.com> 
clarke@watson.ibm.com (Ed Clarke) writes:
>Ok, that does it!  One thing this group really needs is a review of some
>specific books.  Kay mentioned "Hortus Third" before; I bought it and it's
>wonderful.  I did a small review of "How to know the Hornworts and 
>Liverworts" a while ago but never posted it.  It'd sure be nice if people
>would post review of outstanding books (FAQ fodder?) ...

OK, so you bought Hortus Third, that's the standard hort reference for
North American Plants, available in most libraries, but I have to admit
that a home copy is nice. It is a BIG book and carries a steep retail
price of around a hundred dineros, if you look around at used books
stores you can probably find it a half off or more since there is no
shortage of these books out there. Now, what book to buy next? It's
gotta be:
Cornucopia, A Source Book of Edible Plants, Stephen Facciola, Kampong
--MORE--(46%)

Pubs, 1870 Sunrise Dr, Vista, CA, 92084, ISBN:0-9628087-0-9
That's assuming you're interested in edible plants beyond what's available
at your local market or seed rack. This book lists the plants by species
and cultivars and lists what is edible and how and lists the mail order
sources. It's packed with info, for example maple tree flowers are
edible and taste quite good, like brocolli and maple syrup. It has 1050
firms from the US and Canada and 150 "overseas" and 150 non-commercial
sources that if you beg from may send you something. This book does not
tell you how to grow, like zones, that is what Hortus is for or other
books. OK, next book:
Sunset New Western Garden Book, Lane Pub, Menlo Park, CA, 94025,
ISBN:0-376-03889-6
If you live in the Western US, you've gotta get this book, it's in many
hardware stores and garden centers. But, even if you don't live in the
west of the west, it's still useful, particularly if you'd like to grow
western plants. It's too bad no one else has done this type of thing to
other parts of the world. Sunset has divided the West into some 25 zones
or so and is a very good listing of plants and plant types and how to
grow. It puts the USDA zone system to shame. Alright, one more:
Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, Steve Solomon's Complete Guide
to Natural Gardening, Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA, ISBN:0-912365-20-X
OK, OK, I know another regional book, but sometimes these types of books
are the best. Obviously if you live in this region you have to get this
--MORE--(95%)

book, it's the BIG one. But, it's also a very useful, honest, no
nonsense guide to general organic gardening. Price about $15. Enjoy!
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Article 11464 (93 more) in rec.gardens:
From: jwilson@chopin.udel.edu (James Wilson)


Subject: Re: Books!
Nntp-Posting-Host: chopin.udel.edu
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 04:46:31 GMT
Lines: 40


If I had to pick just one iris book, it would be this one:
_The World of Irises_, edited by Bee Warburton, asst. ed. Melba Hamblen,
published by The American Iris Society, 1978, 519 pages, 32 color
plates, 219 b/w photos, 46 illustrations, ISBN 0-9601242-1-7 
Does indeed cover the world (up to 1978), well-researched, good sections 
on bearded iris development. about $15

Another good one is _IRIS_, by Fritz Ko"hlein, Timber Press, 1987,
370 pages, 210 color photos, 48 line drawings, ISBN 0-88192-049-5.
Somewhat more European perspective and discusses and pictures some
species and varieties that are less commonly grown here. about $35

_The Louisiana Iris_, edited by Marie Caillet and Joseph K.
Mertzweiller, pub. by the Society for Louisiana Irises, 1988,
--MORE--(51%)

233 pages, 93 color photos, 23 b/w photos, 16 illus., ISBN
0-914641-09-3.  Beautiful and well-done book on the topic, maybe
the best of the iris specialty books. about $23

_The Japanese Iris_, edited by Currier McEwen for The Society for
Japanese Irises, 1990, similar and also very good. about $25

_Siberian Irises_, edited by Currier McEwen for The Society for 
Siberian Irises, 1981, 74 pages, 9 color plates, is softback and more
a handbook than a book, but good as that. about $7

All of these and more (some aimed at beginners, some more toward
botanical illustration and photography) are sold by a place called
Ibis Books, 13235 Hwy 234, Gold Hill, OR 97525 (503) 855-1480, or
at least they were a year ago.  Their brochure lists lots of other
specialized horticultural books that I haven't seen elsewhere.

Most can also be obtained through the American Iris Society, which
also publishes series of checklists, updated from time to time.  These
are a reference to the many registered varieties.
-- 

Jim Wilson                             jwilson@brahms.udel.edu
--MORE--(95%)

Instructional Technology Center        (302) 831-1291
University of Delaware                 Newark, Delaware   19716
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Article 11468 (89 more) in rec.gardens:
From: Bob.Batson@mtask.omahug.org (Bob Batson)


Subject: Re: Wanted - The Perfect Tree
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:09:05 CST
Organization: Multitasking Systems, Kansas City
Followup-To: rec.gardens
Lines: 21

bryant@neural.Kodak.COM (Steve Bryant) writes:

 > I have a spot for a tree in my back yard and I want the perfect
 > tree to put there. The tree has to have most(if not all) of the 
 > following characteristics:
 >    
 >    * Flowers other than white in spring.
 >    * Interesting Fall colors, red or yellow.
 >    * Mature height less than 40 ft.
 >    * Interesting  bark/structure for winter viewing.
 >    * Hardy in Zone 6 ( a must).
 >    * Quick growing desirable.
 >    * Something interesting to look at for every season.

Try to obtain the book _Plants That Merit Attention: Vol. 1_ by Janet
--MORE--(88%)

Poor. This is a GREAT source of info (& descriptions) many beautiful trees
that aren't well known or widely used.


Bob Batson

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Article 11553 (131 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu


Subject: re: Books!
Date: 22 Oct 92 00:02:37 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
Lines: 29

A couple of new reference books for people interested in medicinal
plants and their properties that I believe to be scientifically
pretty solid:

Tyler, Varro E.  1992.  The New Honest Herbal: A sensible guide to 
  the use of herbs and related remedies.   3rd ed.  NY.  Pharmaceutical
  Products Press.  

Duke, James A.  1992.  Handbook of Biologically Active Phytochemicals
  and their Activities.  Boca Raton, FL.  CRC Press.

I've not seen either of these books, though I do know the first
two editions of Tyler's book.  If I remember correctly, he's a 
pharmacology professor at one of the Indiana state universities.
His book, quite readable by laypeople, is the one I recommend to 
my plant systematics students who are interested in medicinal plants.
--MORE--(63%)

Tyler goes through the lists of commonly talked about "herbal
remedies", talks about the active ingredients, possible side effects,
and, in general, separates useful information from bizarre claims.
References to primary literature, esp. on pharmacological actions,
are given for each species.  Seems to be very solidly researched.

Duke is a plant systematist working for the USDA on a variety of
"useful plants" projects.  His previous books have been well
researched and carefully written.  With that knowledge and the
fairly good reputation of CRC Press, I suspect this will be a 
substantial reference work.

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI   
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Article 11556 (131 more) in rec.gardens:
From: karenp@sybase.com (Karen Paulsell)


Subject: Re: Books!
Date: 21 Oct 92 03:59:58 GMT
Organization: Sybase, Inc.
Lines: 36

Here's a book for flower-lovers (and those who appreciate the
British sense of humour, I suppose). It's a good read:

Manual of Old-Fashioned Flowers by Lys de Bray
Oxford Illustrated Press, 1984, ISBN 0 902280 91 0

The book focuses on herbaceous plants grown before WW I, but still
available today, with cultural information and sources listed (mostly
British info). And even if you can't extrapolate from British 
regional climates to your own location, there's good suggestions
on plant combinations, propagation techniques, plant maintenance.

But it isn't for the cultural info and sources that I recommend this
rather odd tome, no.  It's for the delightful sense of humor, and the
great love for the trivia of plant history. Lots of info on who first
grew it, when and where, and how the common names were acquired, etc.
--MORE--(60%)

Quotes from early growers, folklore, plant-exploration sagas,
histories of hybridization, and wacky stuff.  My favorite extract:

  The Violets were grown (probably in frames) by that rather
  tetchy-tempered critic and poet, Walter Savage Landor, who in a fit
  of fury, threw his cook out of the window; rushing back to look out
  he cried "Good God, I forgot the Violets!"

Or how about this:

  Oenothera - Evening Primrose. This genus is often despised or scorned
  because some of the species rather let the side down by being seen
  scrambling about on railway embankments.

The story of the lily-collecting expedition in remote China is too long
to repeat here, but certainly conveys the flavor of the
botanical-collecting frenzies of earlier times!

Some so-so photos, but lovely color plates of a few families, she's a
botanical illustrator.
End of article 11556 (of 11558)--what next? [npq] Article 11533 (119 more) in rec.gardens:
From: farmer@cs.utk.edu (SUSAN FARMER)


Subject: Re: Wildflower seed sources?
Date: 21 Oct 92 15:38:23 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Lines: 28
Message-ID: <leaubfINNdoj@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>
References: <Bw0xK0.6ro.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Oct14.030521.3497@samba.oit.unc.edu>

>In article <Bw0xK0.6ro.1@cs.cmu.edu> moody@cs.cmu.edu writes:
>Thanks to all who replied to my groundcover querey last week.  Now,
>does anyone have handy a name and phone number for a wildflower farm?

Have you looked in the Wildflower Handbook put out by the National Wildflower
Research Center?  (2600 FM 973 North  Austin TX 78725-4201  1-512-929-3600)
It doesn't really tell you anything about the plants, but it *does* list
(Carl Sagan Voice, please) Billions and Billions (voice off) of Conservation
Organizations, Native Plant Societies, and (finally) Nurseries and Seed 
Companies (all arranged by state, thank you very much).

The book also has chapters on 1) buying in bulk, 2) propagating from seed,
3) creating a wildlife garden and 4) a listing of landscape architects and
designers who use native plants.
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The book is 12.95 and *may* be available from your local bookstore (I got mine
*at* BookStar, but B.Daltons couldn't even order it -- go figure) or you can
order it from the NWRC address and phone above.

Enjoy,
Susan


-- 
Susan B. Farmer     farmer@cs.utk.edu     Lady Jerusha Kilgore     
I can't even find time to clean house and you want me to come up with a .sig?
     And now she wants to go back to grad school after 14 years .....  
     We'll let her out when the delusion passes.
End of article 11533 (of 11572)--what next? [npq] Article 11588 (87 more) in rec.gardens:
From: ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez)


Subject: cherimoya questions..some answers
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 92 14:31:06 GMT
Lines: 13

Cherimoyas (named variety scions) are grafted onto seedling root stock.
They are never, to my knowledge, grafted onto any other related species.

I have a cherimoya growing in very slightly acid loam, somewhat shaded
by my 40 foot Washingtonia palm and a tamarisk.

As for type of grafting used, someone else will have to give advice.
I haven't done any cherimoya grafting and due to Remodeling Hell, my
 "Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Plants" by Popenoe is mislaid, buried,
temporarily lost.



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Article 11598 (96 more) in rec.gardens:
From: karen@athena.cs.uga.edu (Karen Snetselaar)


Subject: Re: Books!
Date: 23 Oct 92 22:44:00 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Lines: 21

The American Phytopathological Society publishes a series of
compendia of plant diseases that are relatively inexpensive and
generally very nicely done.  They usually deal with diseases of
a particular crop (e.g. Tomato, Rose, Strawberry) or a couple
related crops (Apple and Pear Diseases, Rhododendron and Azalea
Diseases) and a couple are more broad in scope (Ornamental Foliage
Plant Diseases, Turfgrass Diseases).  These guides have color
photos to help identify diseases, and detailed descriptions of
the organisms that cause diseases and possible control measures.
They're paper-bound and usually cost about $25 US, $31 elsewhere.
Most of these deal with disease caused by insects as well as by
bacteria, fungi and viruses, and some of them include environmental
causes (moisture stress, pesticide phytotoxicity, etc.).

I've used some of these casually, and I think a person with a yard
full of rhodies or roses or seeking that Perfect Lawn might find the
--MORE--(92%)

corresponding guide to be useful.

APS Press is at 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097.

Karen
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Article 11605 (95 more) in rec.gardens:
From: Ecology Center <ecologycntr@igc.apc.org>
Date: 23 Oct 92 08:42 PDT


Subject: Re: Books!
Lines: 22


Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines
Gary Hightshoe
Van Nostrand, Reinhold

Not sure if this is still in print: if it is, it's likely to cost >$80.
The book is an exhaustive compendium of woody plants native to the East
and Central US, and southern Canada, with some Western US plants thrown
in for good measure (usually if their range extends into the Central US.)

Each plant is represented by accurate and beautiful artists' drawings, 
showing form, leaf shape, fruit shape, etc. Alongside the art is a list
of "qualities" of the plant, including wildlife value, smog and compacted
soil tolerance, longevity, floristic associates (what grows near this tree
usually?), flower season, leaf drop season, etc. An incredible piece of
work. 

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This book sat on the shelf in my local bookstore for 2 years while I
summoned the nerve (and $$) to buy it. :)

chris

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Article 11611 (98 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu


Subject: Re: Books!
Date: 24 Oct 92 20:03:39 GMT
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
Lines: 40

In article <1453300095@igc.apc.org>, Ecology Center <ecologycntr@igc.apc.org> wr
ites:
> 
> Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines
> Gary Hightshoe
> Van Nostrand, Reinhold

Hightshoe, Gary.  1988.  Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Urban and
  Rural America: A planting design manual for environmental designers.
  Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY.   0-442-23274-8.  Right about $90 now, I
  think.
> 
> Not sure if this is still in print: if it is, it's likely to cost >$80.
> The book is an exhaustive compendium of woody plants native to the East
> and Central US, and southern Canada, with some Western US plants thrown
> in for good measure (usually if their range extends into the Central US.)
--MORE--(46%)

> 
> Each plant is represented by accurate and beautiful artists' drawings, 
> showing form, leaf shape, fruit shape, etc. Alongside the art is a list
> of "qualities" of the plant, including wildlife value, smog and compacted
> soil tolerance, longevity, floristic associates (what grows near this tree
> usually?), flower season, leaf drop season, etc. An incredible piece of
> work. 
> 
> This book sat on the shelf in my local bookstore for 2 years while I
> summoned the nerve (and $$) to buy it. :)

    Like Chris, I had to let this one percolate around in my brain before
stumping up the $$$ -- but I got it for half-price from the Garden Book
Club, on sale.  I really like it-- lots of information on coloration
at various seasons, form and spread of the plant, maps of native range,
soil conditions, etc.   If you want to play do-it-yourself-landscape
architect, this is (IMHO) the best book to have for natives.

   Hightshoe is a landscape architecture prof at my alma mater-- and
many of the trees illustrated are growing on the campus there.  Kinda strange
to look at a sketch of a redbud (with no background) and know that THAT
particular specimen is in front of the hort building, while that
sweet birch is on front of Student Health, etc., etc.  ;^)
--MORE--(99%)


       Kay
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Article 11621 (104 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu


Subject: Still more books!
Date: 24 Oct 92 22:08:15 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
Lines: 25

The other *big* purchase this fall was all of the remaining volumes in print
of HW Rickett's Wildflowers of the United States, volumes 1, 5 and 6
(NE, NW and Central Mountains and Plains States).  About $280 for 7
large volumes of color photos and descriptions, published between 1966
and 1973.  These books have the species arranged by family with pretty
good color pictures of most of the species in the region, excluding 
grasses, sedges and similar yucky-looking plants...   ;-)  

Why would I sink that much money into old books?  Aside from the fact
that I've been lusting after them since first finding out they existed
in 1971, there is still no complete flora of the US.  These volumes,
together with the o.p. volumes for SE, Texas and SW states, are about
the closest thing we've got till FNA (Flora of North America) starts
making its debut in bits and pieces (and I probably won't be able to
afford that, and it won't have colored photographs anyhow!).

--MORE--(77%)

If you're interested, or you think you can get your library to spring
for them, contact the Publications Department of the New York Botanical
Garden, Bronx, NY 10458.

They also have a limited supply of Luer's Orchids of North America
Exclusive of Florida (or something like that)-- a must for N Am
orchidophiles.  The Florida volume is also o.p.

 Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI
End of article 11621 (of 11621)--what next? [npq] Article 11620 (104 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu


Subject: More books!
Date: 24 Oct 92 21:48:25 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
Lines: 20

The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs, 6th ed.  1991.  David and 
  Charles, plc.  Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon.   ISBN 0-7153-9942-X.

I went on a book-buying binge this fall, and spent my entire year's raise
(post-taxes).  Oh, well, never wanted to be rich.  Always wanted to have
more books and more cats...  ;-)
 
In addition to Hightshoe, Garden Book Club also was offering the revised
Hillier's for half price, so I added that to the order.  It is 700+ pages
of descriptions of trees, shrubs and bamboos cultivated by Hillier's
Nurseries in Winchester, UK, and about the only good cultivar descriptions
I know of for many of these plants.   Good stuff, but it's a reference
book, not bedtime reading.

Hillier's Arboretum is 160 acres with about 11K different species, open
for visitors every day.  I didn't manage to visit during my trip to the
--MORE--(90%)

Stately Bogs of Britain (no, the kind with sphagnum, not the kind with
paper), but I hope to stop by next time.

Kay Klier
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Article 11628 (101 more) in rec.gardens:
From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)


Subject: Re: More books!
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'.
Date: 26 Oct 1992 01:25:21 UTC
Lines: 24

Here's a gem I highly recommend, matter of fact most of the Cali Natural
History Guides from UC Press are must reads. Though this book is about
the US, it is relevant to much of the temperate world where European
plants have gained a foothold.
Natural History of Vacant Lots, Vessel and Wong, UC Press, 1987,
ISBN:0-520-05390-7, price ~$10
"An imaginative introduction to the tenacious plants and animals that
battle people and pollution to survive. Anyone concerned with the
natural environment will be delighted by Vessel and Wong's guided tour
of this unexpected territory" -Tim Larimer, SJ Mercury News
"The book contains very good and useful descriptions of plants and
animals regularly found in neglected lots throughout California. ...
Part of the value of a little book like this is that it opens your eyes
to things you would otherwise miss." -Lee Dembart, LA Times
"Placed in the right hands, this book could help fuel another generation
of environmentalists. ... in topical chapters and species accounts the
--MORE--(72%)

authors introduce us to more that 300 denizens of ignored urban places.
They do so in clear, straightforward prose, accompainied by good line
drawings and photos. Their inclusions and exclusions are selected with
care and intelligence." -Gary Mozel, Naturalist Review
"These handbooks are models of their kind. They are useful both as basic
tools for ecologists and to instruct an interested public, partly so
that public can take intelligent part in the debates over applications
of ecology to our environmental problems." - Ecology
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                GREAT AMERICAN GARDENING BOOKS


Selections for a list of "great American gardening books" are
hard to make from the vast array of choices available in
libraries and bookstores.  Everyone will have different
candidates for a list of "great" ones. Some of those listed
below have been respected favorites of many people, especially
reference librarians, for a long time. Others are personal
choices. All have something to offer anyone who is devoted to
the art of gardening. This list was developed for a program
which announced the publication of the NATIONAL ARBORETUM BOOK OF
OUTSTANDING GARDEN PLANTS, Jacqueline Heriteau with Dr. H. Marc
Cathey and staff and consultants of the U.S. National Arboretum,
New York, Simmon and Schuster, 1990. It is a beautifully
illustrated encyclopedia-style work, which has the added bonus of
containing the new USDA PLANT HARDINESS ZONE MAP.

There are two basic kinds of gardening books: the first, those
you consult for information, and the second, the ones you read
for pleasure. There are even a few that combine both qualities.
 


                    HORTICULTURAL REFERENCE:

    AMERICA'S GARDEN BOOK, J. and L.C. Bush-Brown, Scribner, rev.
ed., 1980. Reliable and practical. NAL SB453.B8 1980

    THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL INSECT & DISEASE CONTROL, Roger
B. Yepson, Emmaus, PA, Rodale, 1984. Concentrates on non-chemical
means of pest control. NAL SB974.O73 1984

    A GARDENER'S BOOK OF PLANT NAMES, A.W. Smith, New York,
Harper, 1964. NAL QK11.S56.

    THE GARDENER'S INDEX OF PLANTS & FLOWERS, John Brookes,
Kenneth A. Backett & Thomas H. Everett, New York, Collier-
Macmillan, 1987. Concise quick reference guide. NAL SB407.B68.

    GARDENING BY MAIL 2: A SOURCE BOOK, Barbara Barton, ed.,
Sebastopol, CA, Tusker Press, 1987. $16.00. This excellent
directory lists horticultural societies and libraries, magazines,
books, and seed and supplies sources. An update is pending.
NAL SB450.943.U6B37 1987

    HORTUS THIRD: A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF PLANTS CULTIVATED IN
THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, Staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey
Hortorium, New York, Macmillan, 1976. Name any American plant,
and you'll find an authoritative concise write-up here.
SB45.B32 1976

    THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
HORTICULTURE, Thomas H. Everett, ed., New York, Garland, 1982.
10 volumes packed with easy to read and well illustrated articles
giving general cultural information for each plant.
SB317.58.E8

    THE ORTHO PROBLEM SOLVER, Michael Smith, ed., 2nd ed., San
Francisco, Ortho Information Services, 1982. Chemical solutions
to plant pest and disease problems plus helpful cultural
recommendations. A voluminous reference book. SB950.2.A1O7

    THE SEED STARTER'S HANDBOOK, Nancy Bubel. Emmaus, PA, Rodale
Press, 1978. NAL SB321.B9.

    THE STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE, L. H. Bailey, ed.,
Macmillan, Ed. 2, 1947. Old but hard to beat.
NAL SB45.B3 

    WILDFLOWERS OF THE UNITED STATES, Harold William Rickett, New
York, The New York Botanical Garden and McGraw-Hill, 1966.
Fifteen volumes, divided by regions, beautiful color photographs.

    WYMAN'S GARDENING ENCYCLOPEDIA, Donald Wyman, ed., rev., 
New York, Macmillan, 1977. Probably the most useful one-volume
collection of plant information.


TWO GOOD PLANT SOURCE PUBLICATIONS:

    ANDERSEN HORTICULTURAL LIBRARY'S SOURCE LIST OF PLANTS AND
SEEDS, Richard T. Isaacson, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Box
39, Chanhassen, MN 55317, 1987. Where to buy any of 20,000
plants, given in a coded computerized listing.
NAL SB115.I80 1987.

    THE GARDEN SEED INVENTORY, Kent Whealy, ed. Decorah, Ia,
Seed Saver Publications, 1985. "An Inventory of Seed Catalogs-- 
Listing all Non-Hybrid Vegetable and Garden Seeds Still Available
in the United States and Canada". A valuable source listing, with
a warning about the diminishing pool of plant varieties. 
NAL SB115.W4


                      HISTORIC WORKS:

    THE AMERICAN GARDENER'S CALENDAR, Bernard M'Mahon,
Philadelphia, B.Graves, first published in 1806 and was continued
through its 11th edition in 1857. This was the first truly
American book of gardening advice; it also contained a list of
all the important garden plants of the period. NAL SB93.M55 R

    FIELD AND GARDEN VEGETABLES OF AMERICA, Fearing Burr, Jr.,
Boston, J.E. Tilton & Co., 1865; reprinted, Chillicothe, IL, The
American Botanist, 1988. 600 pages of descriptions of herbs and
vegetables, many varieties of which have long since disappeared.
This compendium is a welcome reprint. NAL (original) 91 B94F
1865.

    A HISTORY OF HORTICULTURE IN AMERICA TO 1860, U.P. Hedrick,
[reprinted] With an Addendum of Books Published from 1861-1920, by
Elisabeth Woodburn, Portland, OR, Timber Press, 1988. A classic,
in print again and improved by a literature review added by the
knowledgable Ms. Woodburn, leading bookseller of horticultural
books in the U.S.. NAL SB319.H32 1988

    THE GARDEN AND FARM BOOKS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, edited by
Robert C. Baron, Golden, CO, Fulcrum, 1987. NAL SB435.52.W18C48
1987.


    Two by Andrew J. Downing, a seedsman and writer of towering
influence in the latter 19th century:

    THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF NORTH AMERICA, New York,
Wiley, multiple editions from 1845 to 1900. NAL 93.21 D75F.

    A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE
GARDENING, multiple editions from 1841 to 1885. A fascimile
edition of the 6th was published in 1967, New York, Funk &
Wagnalls. This was the first U.S. book devoted solely to
landscape gardening. NAL SB471.D6.


                       SPECIAL TOPICS:

Indoor Gardening:

    TROPICA: COLOR CYCLOPEDIA OF EXOTIC PLANTS AND TREES, 2nd
ed., Alfred Byrd Graf, East Rutherford, NJ, Roehrs, 1981. 1136
pages devoted to tropical or indoor plants, color photographs and
brief descriptions. NAL SB407.G72. EXOTICA is its companion
volume - same format, same publisher. NAL SB407.G7 

    INTERIOR LANDSCAPING, Tok Furuta, Reston, VA, Reston Pub.
Co., 1983.  Gives clear instructions about soil and light
requirements, along with discussions of aesthetic arrangements.
NAL SB419.F98.


Garden Flowers:

    THE ANNUAL GARDEN: FLOWERS, FOLIAGE, FRUITS, AND GRASSES FOR
ONE SUMMER SEASON, Peter Loewer, Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, 1988.
Practical growing information plus descriptions of annuals from
Abelmoschus to Zinnia. NAL SB404.9.L64.

    LANDSCAPING WITH PERENNIALS, Emily Brown, Portland, OR,
Timber, 1986. NAL SB434.B76.
    HORT-A-SORT: LANDSCAPE PLANT SELECTOR AND FILE ORGANIZER,
Birdbrain Software, P.O. Box 148, Big Bend, WI 53103. Software
for the personal computer that allows one to select from over 2000
plants, by appearance, cultural requirements and other useful
information. 

    PERENNIALS FOR AMERICAN GARDENS, Ruth Rogers Clausen and
Nicolas H. Ekstrom, New York, NY, Random House, 1988. New and
beautiful, concise but comprehensive. NAL SB434.C5

    TAYLOR'S GUIDE TO ANNUALS, edited by Gordon P. DeWolf, Jr. et
al, Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 1986. NAL SB422.T3 1986. One
of the volumes of the revision of TAYLOR'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
GARDENING, issued separately. Others include the volume BULBS
NAL SB425.T3 1986, and ROSES NAL SB411.T38 1986. All illustrated
with colored photographs; concise cultural information.


Ornamental Trees and Shrubs:

    AZALEAS, Fred Galle. Beaverton, OR, Timber Press, 1985. 
Considered to be the "bible" on these shrubs. NAL SB413.A9G34.

    BONSAI: THE ART AND TECHNIQUE, Dorothy S. Young. Prentice-
Hall, 1985. On an Oriental art by an American authority. 
NAL SB433.5.Y67.

    CITY OF TREES: THE COMPLETE BOTANICAL AND HISTORICAL GUIDE TO
THE TREES OF WASHINGTON, D.C. Melanie Choukas-Bradley and Polly
Alexander, Washington, D.C., Acropolis Books, 1987.
NAL SB435.52.W18C48 1987

    INSECTS THAT FEED ON TREES AND SHRUBS, Warren T. Johnson and
Howard H. Lyon, Ithaca, NY, Cornell Univ. Press, Comstock Pub.
Associates, 1988.  Excellent illustrations to aid in
identification. NAL SB601.J6 1988

    SEEDS OF WOODY PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES, C.S. Schopmeyer,
Technical Coordinator, Agriculture Handbook No. 450, Washington,
D.C., Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Technically exhaustive for general seed production and
propagation of individual species of trees. 1 AG84Ah no.450.


Edibles:

    THE BOOK OF EDIBLE NUTS, Frederic Rosengarten, Jr., New
York, Walker and Co., 1984, $35.00. Not a how-to-grow book, but
outstanding on history and uses of nuts, technically correct, and
lavishly illustrated. NAL SB401.A4R67

    THE COOK'S GARDEN: GROWING AND USING THE BEST-TASTING
VEGETABLE VARIETIES, Shepherd and Ellen Ogden, Emmaus, PA,
Rodale, 1989. The authors are small-scale professional growers,
who generously share their variety choices and seed sources.
NAL SB321.O35

    FRUITS OF WARM CLIMATES, Julia F. Morton, published by Julia
F. Morton, distributed by Creative Resource Systems, Winterville,
NC 28590, 1987. Complete and authoritative coverage of fruits
that are gaining in popularity. NAL SB359.M76

    HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE ON
LESS LAND THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE, John Jeavons, Rev. ed. Berkeley,
CA, Ten Speed Press, 1982. About French intensive method of
organic growing. NAL SB320.6.J43 1982


Many choices are available in herb books. Here are two good
ones:

    PARK'S SUCCESS WITH HERBS, Gertrude B. Foster and Rosemary F.
Louden, Greenwood, SC, George W. Park Seed Co., Inc., 1980. Two
experts give details on culture and uses. NAL SB351.H5F625.

    RODALE'S ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERBS, C. Kowalchik and
W.H. Hylton, eds., Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, 1987. "Everything you
ever wanted to know..." NAL SB351.H5R58.


                  REGIONAL REFERENCE WORKS:
   
    DIRECTORY OF REGIONAL GARDENING RESOURCES, New York, Garden
Club of America, 1987. A bargain at $3.50. 
NAL HD9003.D66

    FRED HEUTTE'S GARDENING IN THE TEMPERATE ZONE, Fred Heutte,
Norfolk, VA, Donning, 1977. Covers the upper South.
NAL SB453.2S66H48

    SUCCESSFUL GARDENING IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON AREA, Men's
Garden Club of Montgomery County, (P.O. Box 34863, Bethesda, MD
80817), c1989. $9.40. A reliable guide. NAL SB453.2.W35S83. 

    SUNSET WESTERN GARDEN BOOK, Editors of Sunset Books and
Sunset Magazine, Menlo Park, CA, Lane Pub. Co., 5th ed, 1988.
Aimed at gardeners in western states, but useful for others as
well. NAL SB453.2.W4S9 1988.

    THE WASHINGTON STAR GARDEN BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
GARDENING FOR THE DISTRICT, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, Deborah R.
Fialka, Arlington, VA, The Washington Book Trading Co. and Behnke
Nurseries, 1988. (Continues the book compiled annually for 43
years by Wilbur Youngman). 252 p., $9.95. NAL SB455.Y6

               GOOD READING OR PICTURE BOOKS:

    THE ESSENTIAL EARTHMAN: HENRY MITCHELL ON GARDENING, Henry
Mitchell, Blooomington, Indiana University Press, 1981. Selected
columns by a popular and knowledgable Washington, D.C. area garden
writer.

    FLOWERS OF THE WORLD, Frances Perry, illustrated by Leslie
Greenwood, Bonanza Books, 1981, rev. of 1972. Taxonomically
accurate and gorgeously illustrated. NAL QK50.P47

    ONWARD AND UPWARD IN THE GARDEN, Katharine S. White, edited
and with an introduction by E.B. White, New York, Farrar, Straus,
Giroux, 1979. Celebrates the history, lore and inspiration of
nursery and seed catalogs. NAL SB453.W43.


                  THREE ON PLANT EXPLORATION:

    FRANK N. MEYER: PLANT HUNTER IN ASIA, Isabel Shipley
Cunningham, Ames, Ia, Iowa State Univ. Press, 1984. Thoroughly
researched and interestingly written. Mrs. Cunningham made use
of the resources at the National Arboretum and the National
Agricultural Library in her research. NAL SB63.M55C86.

    IT STARTED IN EDEN: HOW THE PLANT HUNTERS AND THE PLANTS THEY
FOUND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY, Bertha S. Dodge, McGraw-Hill,
1979. Captures the adventures and hardships of plant explorers in
remote regions. NAL SB107.D62.
   
    THE WORLD WAS MY GARDEN: TRAVELS OF A PLANT EXPLORER, David
Fairchild, assisted by Elizabeth D. and Alfred G. Kay, New York,
Charles Scribner's, 1938, 1945. The premier USDA explorer tells
his story of exploration, and encounters with the famous men of
his day. NAL 452.9 F16W.



Prepared by:

Jayne T. MacLean, Coordinator
Horticulture Information Center
National Agricultural Library
Beltsville, Maryland 20705

May 1990
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From: dawnsingh@aol.com (DawnSingh)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re:  Is there a faq?; book recommendations
Date: 13 Jun 1994 14:01:04 -0400
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> nmiller@crl.com (Norman Miller) writes
>If there's a faq, please let me know where to find it.  If not,
would 
>some kind readers suggest a basic book for a small urban flower
garden?

There may be a faq, but I'm not aware of one.  Here are some book
recommendations:

Linda Yang, garden writer for the New York Times, has an excellent
book called, "The City Gardener's Handbook" (1990, Random House,
$26.95, 316 p.) that is all about small-space gardening.  

Peter Loewer has a new book out called "The New Small Garden"
(Stackpole Books, 1994, $19.95, 184 p.).  I'm a book reviewer and
will be reviewing the book in an upcoming issue of The American
Garden Newsletter.  However, I know Peter and have every confidence
it is  helpful  in planning a small garden.  In fact, the subtitle
is:  "Plans and Plants That Make Every Inch Count."    Peter spends a
lot of time on research and gets quite excited about new information
he uncovers in the process of writing.

Ken Druse's book, "The Natural Garden," (1989, Crown,  $35, 296)
covers small gardens a bit.  The author started out as a roof-top
gardener in NY and now lives in a Brooklyn townhouse, so his space is
quite limited.  He's a wonderful writer .

The American Garden Newsletter reviews garden books and interviews
authors.  It is free of charge and is not affiliated with any
organization.  To subscribe or correspond, send your e-mail address
to:  dawnSingh@aol.com

Best wishes,

Dawn Singh
Editor and Publisher



From wolffmad@ACM.ORG Tue Sep 27 10:45:45 EDT 1994
Article: 44698 of rec.gardens
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From: wolffmad@ACM.ORG
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Subject: Re: What garden writers do you like?
Date: 27 Sep 1994 05:36:21 GMT
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In article <CwrIFB.9p@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, bz2v@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Boyd  Zenner) writes:
>As a gardener, writer, and book collector, I'm always on the
>lookout for new (or old) garden writing that I might enjoy.  I
>esteem the work of the late Henry Mitchell ("Earthman") above all.
>
>I'd like to hear from any of you all who are so inclined about
>works or writers *you* particularly admire.
>
>Boyd
  
  I wish some editor would compile Henry Mitchell's columns about
traveling and visiting gardens in the United Kingdom into an article
or booklet.  We were stationed in the UK at the time he was writing,
and my family faithfully clipped and mailed those columns.  

I found them to be much more insightful and creative than most 
"What to Visit" advice.  Mitchell had a wonderful way of observing
plants and gardeners anyway, and his perceptions about traveling
around Britain were accurate, pleasant, and enjoyable.  He emphasized
seeing things not as a typical tourist but from a gardener's point
of view.

Anne
Zone 6-7





From dennis_goos@mindlink.bc.ca Sun Jan  1 21:08:47 EST 1995
Article: 50093 of rec.gardens
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From: dennis_goos@mindlink.bc.ca (Dennis Goos)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 12:57:37
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In article <pQ16IGl.csalmanson@delphi.com> ettings <csalmanson@delphi.com> writes:
>From: ettings <csalmanson@delphi.com>
>Subject: Re: Gardening book for colder climates
>Date: Sat, 31 DEC 94 12:09:49 -0500

>Taylor's book on perennials (widely available) has a wonderful chart in
>it, so that you can look up plants by zone, light, color, height, etc.
>You might find it helpful as a quick way to filter out the tropical stuff.
>Hope this was of help, and Happy New Year.
> 
>Carol

I'd like to recommend my favorite reference:

           "Ornamental SHRUBS for Canada" by Lawrence C.Sherk and Arthur R. 
Buckley   of the Ornamental Plant Section , Plant Research Institute, Research 
Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture , Ottawa, Ontario,1968.
            I have two copies garnered, from used bkstrs(One from 
Bellingham,Wa.) as a defense against over reaching garden enthusiasts who 
have failed to return earlier copies to my shelves!
           Another useful title might be 'The Annotated Checklist of Woody 
Plants of California, Oregon, and Washington, authored by Dr.E.Mc Clintlock 
and Prof.A.T.Leiser and published by the University of California.,1979.

            BTW, UCDavis has an excellent agricultural page available on the 
Web. 
            Good Luck and Happy New Year to all.

      Dennis




THE AVANT GARDENER (monthly)
Horticultural Data Processors
P.O. Box 489
New York NY 10028
Subscription: $18/year; $20 foreign
(Summarizes new garden info, lists sources, etc.)

CANADIAN GARDENING (6 times/year)
Camar Publications Ltd
130 Spy Court
Markham, Ontario
L3R 5H6 Canada
$19.95 in Canada; outside Canada add $5/year

FINE GARDENING (bi-monthly)
The Taunton Press, Inc.
63 S. Main St, PO Box 5506
Newtown CT 06470-5506
Phone: 203-426-8171
$26 1 year in US; $32 1 year Canada and other countries
Single copy $4.95 in US; outside US and possessions $5.95

FLOWER & GARDEN (bi-monthly)
Flower & Garden Magazine
P.O. Box 7507
Red Oak IA 51591-0507
Subscription (6 issues): $12.95 US; $20.28 Canada; $18.95 foreign countries

GARDEN DESIGN (bi-monthly)
Subscriptions
P.O. Box 55458
Boulder CO 20008-2302

GREENPRINTS (quarterly)
Pat and Becky Stone
PO Box 1355
Fairview NC 28730
One year $14
(Garden essays, humorous and inspirational)

THE GROWINGEDGE (quarterly)
New Moon Publishing
PO Box 1027
Corvallis OR 97333
'Indoor and outdoor gardening for today's grower'

HARDY ENOUGH (bi-monthly)
Joe Hebert, Publisher
351 Pleasant St, Suite 259
Northampton MA 01060
$27 for one year
$4 sample copy
'The journal of experimental gardening'
  (cold-tolerant varieties of exotic plants)

THE HERB COMPANION (bi-monthly)
Interweave Press
201 East Fourth St
Loveland CO 80538
'In celebration of the useful plants'

THE HERB QUARTERLY (quarterly)
Long Mountain Press
Subscriptions
PO Box 548
Boiling Springs PA 17007-0548

HORTICULTURE (10 issues/year)
Subscriptions
PO Box 53879
Boulder CO 80321
1 year $24 in US; add $6/year outside US
'The magazine of American Gardening'

HORTIDEAS (monthly)
Gregory and Patricia Y. Williams
460 Black Lick Rd
Gravel Switch KY 40328
Annual subscription rates: US $15 second class, $17.50 first class
  Canada and Mexico: $17 first class; Overseas: $20 surface, $30 airmail
(Latest horticultural research, book reviews, new sources, etc.)

HOUSEPLANT MAGAZINE (quarterly)
Rt 1, Box 271-2
Elkins WV 26241-3809
$19.95 a year

NATIONAL GARDENING (bi-monthly)
P.O. Box 52874
Boulder CO 80322-2874
Phone: 800-727-9097
Rates: US $18/year; foreign $24
NOTE:  See file SBSCRB.TXT in Lib 1 of Gardening Forum for
  information on special rate for forum members

ORGANIC GARDENING (9 issues/year)
Rodale Press
33 E. Minor St.
Emmaus PA 18098
Phone: 215-967-5171
Subscriptions rates: $25/year US; $32.10 Canada; $37 other foreign

PACIFIC HORTICULTURE (quarterly)
Circulation Office
Pacific Horticulture
PO Box 485
Berkeley CA 94701

TEXAS GARDENER (bi-monthly)
PO Box 9005
Waco TX 76714
'The magazine for Texas gardeners, by Texas gardeners'

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AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST
(6 times a year as magazine, 6 times as News Edition)
American Horticultural Society
7931 East Boulevard Dr.
Alexandria VA 22308-1300
Phone: 703-768-5700
National membership dues are $45, two years $80
Foreign membership $60
$12 of dues designated for American Horticulturist

AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY, BULLETIN OF (quarterly) (ISSN 0747-4172)
7414 East 60th St
Tulsa OK 74145
Annual society membership: $9.50, includes subscription
c/o Marilyn Harlow
PO Box 8455
San Jose CA 95155

AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY, BULLETIN OF (monthly)
American Orchid Society
6000 South Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33405-4159

AMERICAN ROCK GARDEN SOCIETY BULLETIN (quarterly)
American Rock Garden Society
PO Box 67
Millwood NY 10546
Annual dues: US $25; UK Pounds17; Canada $32

THE AMERICAN ROSE MAGAZINE (monthly)
P.O. Box 30000
8877 Jefferson Paige Rd.
Shreveport LA 71130-0030
Phone: 318-938-5402
Fax: 318-938-5405
Annual membership dues $32 in US and Canada
($30 if age 65 or over)

COMMON SENSE PEST CONTROL QUARTERLY (quarterly)
THE IPM PRACTITIONER (10 issues/year)
Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC)
PO Box 7414
Berkeley CA 94707
Phone: 510-524-2567
Fax: 510-524-1758
Membership in BIRC:
  Individual: US $25/year for IPMP
  Individual: US $35/year for CSPCQ
  Individual: US $45/year for combined IPMP and CSPCQ
  Canada, Mexico, and Foreign rates on request.

GREEN SCENE (bi-monthly)
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
325 Walnut St.
Philadelphia PA 19106
Green Scene available as subscription: $9.75
Or as membership benefit, annual dues: $40

HOBBY GREENHOUSE (quarterly)
Hobby Greenhouse Association
8 Glen Terrace
Bedford MA 01730
Phone: 617-275-0377
Annual dues US $12
Sample copy of magazine $3

MINNESOTA HORTICULTURIST (9 issues per year)
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
161 Alderman Hall
1970 Folwell Ave
St. Paul MN 55108
Membership: $25/year
'The magazine of northern gardeners'

PLANTS & GARDENS
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record (quarterly)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Ave
Brooklyn NY 11225

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COUNTRY JOURNAL (bi-monthly)
Cowles Magazines
PO Box 392
Mt Morris IL 61054

Harrowsmith (Canada)
Camden House Publishing
7 Queen Victoria Road
Camden East, Ontario
Canada K0K 1J0
$19.98 (add $1.40 GST) per year in Canada
$25/year in the U.S.; $29/year outside US and Canada

HARROWSMITH COUNTRY LIFE (bi-monthly)
PO ABox 52863
Boulder CO 80322-2863

SOUTHERN LIVING (monthly)
PO Box 830119
Birmingham AL 31283

SUNSET MAGAZINE: (monthly)
Central West Edition
Northwest Edition
Southern California Edition
Southwest Edition
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PO Box 2040
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Phone: 800-777-0117
One year $18 in US; $30 in Canada; $38 foreign.

Article 7831 of misc.rural:
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From: edwardbarry@ins.infonet.net
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Re: Address for goat journals
Date: 18 Feb 1994 19:37:36 GMT
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In article <1994Feb17.201014.14065@integrity.uucp>, marym@mpd.tandem.com (Mary Matejka) writes:
>
>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

>
>Thanks. (I already sent off for Country Living and Small Stock)
>
>
>
>ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>
>               Good judgement comes from experience - 
>	       Experience comes >	       marym@mpd.tandem.com
>ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


Article 7840 of misc.rural:
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From: aayyaa@mixcom.mixcom.com (Lloyd Schultz)
Subject: Re: Address for goat jour
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MA>Could someone tell me the subscribing address for the Dairy Goat Journal? Or
MA>any other good magazine specializing in goats?

MA>Thanks. (I already sent off for Country Living and Small Stock)



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
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Article 13353 of rec.gardens:
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From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)
Subject: Grafting Book was Home Orchard Society
Message-ID: <fYOhrDc@quack.sac.ca.us>
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In article <1993Feb01.214648.28546@news.mentorg.com> 
rreid@rreid.mentorg.com (Richard Reid) writes:
>PS> anyone know of a good book on grafting?

"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.


From jrwill@oxytricha.mit.edu Mon Jun 13 00:01:57 EDT 1994
From: jrwill@oxytricha.mit.edu (Jamie Williamson)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Good Greenhouse Book
Date: 12 Jun 1994 19:30:37 GMT

A while back, someone asked for a book about greenhouses.  
I posted the name, but not the author.

"The Complete Book of the Greenhouse" by Ian G. Walls, ISBN # 0-7063-7017-1.

I found this book to be really useful for heating, cooling, lights, etc.  
It seems really to be complete, describing types and designs and how to
grow things.  

-


From ssaunder@fox.nstn.ns.ca
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 94 11:52:59 -0400
From: Steve Saunders & Bev Richardson <ssaunder@fox.nstn.ns.ca>
Reply to: hydro@Hawg.Stanford.EDU
To: hydro@Hawg.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Re: clarification

Dean,

The most recent issue of The Growing Edge (Fall 1994 Volume 6 Number 1) has 
an excellent article comparing different artifical light sources by 
Don Parker "Lighting for Beginners - Part II". Don't be insulted by the 
title. It's probably the best article I've seen that explains and compares 
the incandescent, fluorescent, mercury vapour, metal halide and high 
pressure sodium lamps as light sources for indoor gardening.

I subscribe to The Growing Edge, a US magazine out of Oregon. It can be 
bought in magazine stores in Canada, and highly recommend it, especially if 
your interested in hydroponics and light gardening.

Briefly, I agree with Don Parker in his article, fluorescent light sources 
such as grow lux are great for starting seeds and cuttings, and you may 
even be able to grow some lettuce with them. (I grow orchid seedlings, 
pleurothallid orchids and vegetable starters for the spring under 
fluorescents). But there poor for plants that need lots of light to fruit 
or flower, as well as for tall plants. High Pressure Sodium works well for 
these especially the Son Agro. I used one this winter and was very happy 
with it. But beware of the heat generated so water your plants well.

Steve Saunders
Canadian Orchid Congress - Orchid Society of Nova Scotia
Blockhouse, Nova Scotia, Canada
ssaunder@fox.nstn.ns.ca
 --
 Steve Saunders, Nova Scotia, Canada
 ssaunder@fox.nstn.ns.ca

Mon 18 May 92 
Newsletter: "Growing for Market"

Market gardeners are editing and publishing this new
monthly newsletter, containing details of interest
to professionals in the field.
Subscriptions cost $24 per year
in the U.S.; $27 to Canada; $32 overseas.
Sample copies are $2.00 in the U.S.; $2.50 to Canada; $3.00 overseas.
Order from Fairplain Publications
P.O. Box 365
Auburn, KS, 66402.

From ag928@FreeNet.Carleton.CA Sat Aug 27 11:26:40 EDT 1994
Article: 42211 of rec.gardens
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From: ag928@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Earl J.S. Rook)
Subject: Re: REQUEST: Habitat Gardening
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In a previous article, tom@ccfadm.eeg.ccf.org (Thomas F Collura PhD.) says:

>I am interested in turning my 1-1/2 acre yard, surrounded by woods,
>into a habitat that attracts birds, animals, butterflies, hummingbirds,
>an occasional deer or fox, and so on.  Does anyone have information
>or suggestions?  I have already set in some birdhouses, a bat house,
>and I am planting flowers, fruit-bearing plants, etc.
>

If you live in the northern latitudes, USDA zones 3-5, you may want to look
at "Landscaping For Wildlife" by Carrol Henderson, published by the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources and available at bookstores nationwide.  It's
relatively cheap and the extensive appendices are invaluable.  They list an
incredibly wide range of plants, both native and popularly available exotics, 
rate them for their value to wildlife (with special lists for butterflies,
bees, and hummingbirds), and rundown the plant's size, hardiness, light,
water, and soil requirements.  I have been working to make my urban garden
an attractive place to wildlife and have found it to be my most used
reference.  Also available from the same author is "Woodworking for Wildlife",
which is mostly concerned with nesting boxes and platforms for birds (wrens to
great grey owls) but also touches upon bat houses.

If you are interested in either book and cannot find it locally, you can call
the Minnesota Bookstore information line at 1-800-657-3757.

Good luck,

Earl
--
Earl Rook                      E-mail to: ag928@freenet.carleton.ca
Saint Paul, Minnesota



From Fletcher@prairienet.org Sat Aug 27 11:27:07 EDT 1994
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From: Fletcher@prairienet.org (Karen Fletcher)
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Subject: Re: REQUEST: Habitat Gardening
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 23:12:38 GMT
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In article <1994Aug23.134733.2896@bme.ri.ccf.org> tom@ccfadm.eeg.ccf.org (Thomas F Collura PhD.) writes:
>From: tom@ccfadm.eeg.ccf.org (Thomas F Collura PhD.)
>Subject: REQUEST: Habitat Gardening
>Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 13:47:33 GMT

>I am interested in turning my 1-1/2 acre yard, surrounded by woods,
>into a habitat that attracts birds, animals, butterflies, hummingbirds,
>an occasional deer or fox, and so on.  Does anyone have information
>or suggestions?  I have already set in some birdhouses, a bat house,
>and I am planting flowers, fruit-bearing plants, etc.

Check out _Noah's Garden_, by ? Sarah Stone and _The Natural Habitat 
Garden_, by Ken Druse.  (Names from memory, so they may not be accurate) 
Sneak a peek at the bookstore if you can't find it at your local library.  
The National Wildlife Association has information, too.  I don't have the 
reference handy, check with the reference staff at your library.  Also, 
your state's Natural History Survey will probably have some relevant 
publications on wildlife and plants.

Enjoy.  
Karen Fletcher                                     fletcher@prairienet.org  
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From Eng-Leong_Foo_MIRCEN-KI@micforum.ki.se Fri May  6 22:51:59 1994
Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 16:29:00 -0100 
From: Eng-Leong_Foo_MIRCEN-KI@micforum.ki.se
Reply to: "Announcements: Ecotechnology conference 1994"
     <ET-ANN@SEARN.BITNET>
To: Multiple recipients of list ET-ANN <ET-ANN@SEARN.BITNET>
Subject: ET-012: The Solar Oven: A Tool of Sustenance 


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Milt Epstein <epstein@ta9.cs.uiuc.edu> writes:
 
>Hi.  I was hoping to get some book recommendations.  Two actually.
>One for something on herb gardening, and the other on wildflowers (but
>perhaps you already figured that out :-).  I'm interested in books
 
If you are interested in learning of the natural history, folklore, name
origins, etc., as well as something about gardening with wildflowers,
I would humbly (well, perhaps not) recommend "Hedgemaids and Fairy
Candles: The Lives and Lore of North American Wildflowers" (TAB/McGraw-Hill,
1993), written by this writer. It might help you decide which species
would be most fun to have as well as which would do best in your
environment.
 
All the best,
--Jack


From kathpyle@netcom.com Fri Aug 26 21:59:50 EDT 1994
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My favorite is "Herbs" by Roger Phillips & Nicky Foy (Random House Books, 
NY, USA; originally published in England by Pan Books). Another nice one 
is "Herbs: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy" by Norma Jean Lathrop (HP 
Books, Tucson, AZ, USA). "Herbs: Gardens, Decocrations, and Recipes" by 
Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead (distributed by Crown Publishers, New York, 
USA) doesn't describe individual herbs but has lots of ideas for herb 
garden layouts, and how to use them in the kitchen, as decorations, etc.

Katherine Pyle
Berkeley, CA
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From stlouins@cnsvax.uwec.edu Fri Aug 26 22:00:40 EDT 1994
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In article <3319vp$m3j@search01.news.aol.com>, ckirkg@aol.com (CkirkG) writes:
> I have purchased a home with a tremendous herb garden.  Being somewhat
> herb illiterate, I am seeking a good illustrated reference book or two. 
> Suggestions?
> 
> I would also love ideas on using herbs as gifts.
> 
> J. G.  

One of my favorites because it's a good quick reference is Martha E. Kraska,
_Herbs_ (New York: Prentice Hall Gardening, 1992); it's one of the Burpee
American Gardening Series, $8.00 on my copy, though that may have changed
in two years.  Not encyclopedic, by any means, but it does give a quick over-
view of a wide range of herbs and their cultivation needs, as well as asstd.
uses for them, a short section on pests and diseases (tho that part hasn't
been as helpful), a few FAQ.

Dina


From melnick@stsci.edu Fri Aug 26 22:01:27 EDT 1994
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In article <3319vp$m3j@search01.news.aol.com>, ckirkg@aol.com (CkirkG) writes:
> I have purchased a home with a tremendous herb garden.  Being somewhat
> herb illiterate, I am seeking a good illustrated reference book or two. 
> Suggestions?
> 
> I would also love ideas on using herbs as gifts.
> 
> J. G.  


Many people have already mentioned the Rodale Encyclopedia of Herbs, which
I also heartily recommend.  While not profusely illustrated with photographs,
it does have at least a drawing of each herb.  It covers the history, use,
and cultivation of each herb, well-known and not so well-known.  I have quite
a few herb books, but the Rodale one is the one I use the most.

As for using herbs as gifts, I recommend "A Gift of Herbs -- How to Make
Easy, Inexpensive and Thoughtful Gifts Using Herbs" by Heidi Hartwiger.
Published by Down Home Press, Asheboro, NC.  It's a very practical book,
and worth the $13.95.

One source not to be overlooked:  The Herb Companion bimonthly magazine.  it
covers all aspects of herbs: cultivating, designing, cooking, medicine, etc.
You'll want to keep each issue to build a reference library.  I've referred
back to issues from 2 to 3 years past at one time or another, and each year
they publish an index to the previous year's topics and issue number.

Good luck, and enjoy!

Rita Melnick
melnick@stsci.edu



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I have a file on my BBS called Herbfarm.txt. It is a serious,
specific, technical treatise on starting an herb business. I 
think it would be too long to send as a message, but you might
want to call the BBS and download it. The number is 503-843-4214.
There is another file called Outlooks.txt which discusses the
possibilities for production of herbs as a cash crop. There is
also a large archive of things herbal at ftp.sunsite.unc.edu
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Article 2698 of alt.folklore.herbs:
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From: saxmania@rci.ripco.com (Sax Therapy)
Subject: Re: GOOD HERB BOOKS?
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  Gregory C. Brown (a10295@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
: >In article <2n08hu$sb4@netnews.upenn.edu>, anissel@sas.upenn.edu (Angela R
: >Nissel) writes:

: >Msg-ID: <2n08hu$sb4@netnews.upenn.edu>
: >Posted: 26 Mar 1994 03:01:18 GMT

: >Org.  : University of Pennsylvania


: >Hi, does anyone know of a good accurate herb dictionary?

I thought I would post this list of Herbal books that I have in my
collection as a reference to those who are interested.

COMMON AND UNCOMMON USES OF HERBS FOR HEALTHFUL LIVING
Richard Lucas
Parker Publishing 1969

NATURE'S MEDICINES: The Folklore, Romance,
 and Value of Herbal Remedies
Richard Lucas
Parker Publishing 9th prg 1970

MASTERING HERBALISM
Paul Huson
Stein & Day 1974

SECRETS OF THE CHINESE HERBALISTS
Richard Lucas
Parker Publishing 1977

CUNNINGHAM'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MAGICAL HERBS
Scott Cunningham
Llewellyn Publications 1992

HERBCRAFT:  A Compedium of Myths, Romance, and Commonsense
Violet Schafer
Yerba Buena Press 1971

USING PLANTS FOR HEALING
Nelson Coon
Rodale Press 1979

HERB MAGIC AND ITS ANCIENT ASPECTS
No author or publisher listed 1943

INDIAN DOCTOR: Nature's method of curing and 
preventing disease according to the Indians
Nancy Locke Doane
Aerial Photography Services, Inc.

SCHOOL OF NATURAL HEALING
Dr. John R. Christopher
BiWorld Publishers 1979

JEANNE ROSE'S HERBAL BODY BOOK
Jeanne Rose
Grosset & Dunlap 1976

MYSTERIOUS HERBS & ROOTS: Ancient Secrets
 for Beautie, Health, Magick, Prevention and Youth
Mitzie Stuart Keller
Peace Press 1978

PROVEN HERBAL REMEDIES
John H. Tobe
Provoker Press 1969

BACK TO EDEN: Healing Herbs, Home Remedies, Diet & Health
Jethro Kloss
Longview Publishing 19th prtg 1969

KITCHEN MEDICINE
Ben Charles Harris
Barre Publishers 1968

THE WAY OF HERBS:Simple Remedies for Health and Healing
Michael Tierra, C.A., N.D.
Unity Press 1980
Pocket Books 1990

THE HERB BOOK
John Lust
Bantam Books 1974

HERBS & THINGS: A Compendium of practical and exotic herbal lore
Jeanne Rose
Grosset & Dunlap 1974

ILLUSTRATED PHYTOTHERAPY
Thos. Deschauer
Deschauer Publications 1945

OLD WAYS REDISCOVERED
Clarence Meyer
Meyerbooks, Publisher 1988

EDIBLE AND USEFUL WILD PLANTS of the United States and Canada
Charles Francis Saunders
Dover Publications 1974

HERBAL HIGHS a guide to natural & legal narcotics, psychedelics & stimulants
Mary Jane Superweed
Flash Transactions 1970

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Article 756 (5 more) in bionet.plants:
From: richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (C. Richter)
Subject: Re: Medicinal plants to grow???
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:21:21 GMT

>I have a friend that is moving to Costa Rica.  He has grown ornamental
>plants for many years but would like to try and grow plants that could
>be used for medicinal purposes.  He would like to know where to get help.
>His questions include: what types of plants should he grow now and which
>ones are in demand?
>He has the ability to grow many different species but he wuld like any
>information on the culture of digitalis and others.

Unfortunately, there is no one source for detailed cultural information for 
medicinal crops, but we may be able to provide some.  As a start, we 
recommend two books which deal with commercial cultivation and marketing.  
They certainly not exhaustive or even very up-to-date, but they do help to 
get the prospective grower oriented on relevant production and marketing 
issues.  The books are: 

     _Culinary & Medicinal Herbs_ put out by the British Ministry of 
      Agriculture, softcover, 70 pp.  Available from us at $16 (Canadian 
      funds, plus postage and handling) 
and 
     _The Potential of Herbs as a Cash Crop_ by Richard Miller, softcover, 
      230 pp.  $24 from us. 

After your friend has studied these, we can provide more detailed information 
from our extensive data file.  

Conrad Richter 
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Richters Herbs                     71550.3411@compuserve.com
Goodwood, ON L0C 1AO Canada        Tel 416-640-6677 / Fax 416-640-6641

Article 645 of alt.sustainable.agriculture:
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From: aj498@yfn.ysu.edu (Jonathon D. Haskett)
Subject: New list of Historical Sources on Sustainable Agriculture
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REFERENCES AND HISTORICAL SOURCES ON 
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 

This is the a partial list of the responses I got to my request 
for historical sources dealing with sustainable agriculture. I have 
left out those which I felt were more currently descriptive or 
philosophical, to focus more on historical materials. I have not 
personally reviewed these sources, the comments are those which
came with them. I included them to provide further information, 
but I cannot comment on their accuracy. Where the reference is 
incomplete, it reflects all the information  which was provided 
to me and all the information obtained via 3 library 
Gopher search. I have also included some none print resources 
which might provide more access to these types of materials, 
these are listed at the end of the file.  

------------------------------------------------
Jonathan Haskett
jhaskett@asrr.arsusda.gov
------------------------------------------------

Special thanks to those who contributed sources and references:
Ray Newman, Paul Foster, Preston Hardison, Doug Evans,
JR Joshi, Rick Boyce, Dan Binkley, Dan Freidus, Grover Partee,
Orin G. Gelderloos, Nancy Y Sterngold, Fred Heutte, Tom Chester
 (if I missed anyone I apologize). 

* Artzy, M. and Hillel, D. (1988). A defense of the theory of progressive
soil salinization in ancient Southern Mesopotamia. Geoarchaeology
(3): 235-238.

* Butzer, Karl W.,1976. Early hydraulic civilization in Egypt : a study 
in cultural ecology. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1976. 
Series: Prehistoric archeology and ecology Bibliography: 
p. 113-134. ISBN: 0-226-08634-8 : ISBN: 0-226-08635-6 pbk.
RE: Butzer wrote some of the best early works about climate, 
society and the evolution of agriculture in the Middle East  in the 
1960s.

* Carter, Vernon Gill and Dalle, Tom 1974(revision of 1955 edition).
Topsoil and Civilization.  

* Diamond, J.M. 1988. The golden age that never was. Discover
December 1988: 71-79.  
Re: Popular article.

* Eckholm, Erik P .1976. .Losing ground : environmental stress 
and world food prospects .1st ed. New York : Norton,  223 p. ;
Bibliography: p. [203]-219. Includes index. ISBN: 0-393-06410-7.
ISBN: 0-393-09167-8 pbk.
Re: Has reference to many of the agents of sustainable/"non-
sustainable" agriculture.

* Hillel, D.J. (1991). Out of the Earth: Civilization and the Life of the
Soil.  The Free Press, New York.

* Hughes, J.D. (1975). Ecology in Ancient Civilizations. University of
New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

* Hyam, E. (may not be the right spelling). Soil and Civilization 
Re: He argues that decline of ancient civilizations was
often due to failure of agriculture, bad management of soil, etc.

* Jackson, W., Berry, W.,& Colman, B.(eds) 1984. meetings the 
expectations of the land.  

* Paarlberg, Don, 1984. Farmers of five continents / Don Paarlberg. 
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,  ISBN: 0-8032-3670-0 
Re: Very anecdotal, interesting though it doesn't have much in the 
way of good references or historical information.

* Perlin, John. 1989. A forest journey : the role of wood in the 
development of civilization / 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton,
445 p. : ill., maps ; Includes bibliographical references and 
index. ISBN: 0-393-02667-1
Re: It has an entire chapter devoted to Mesopotamia, as well 
as a good discussion of the history trees and deforestation has 
played in all of ancient history.  (It does seem a little 
"arborpocentric" at times, and attributes nearly all causes 
of war, famine, and disease to deforestation.

* Ponting, Clive, 1992.A green history of the world : the environment 
and the collapse of great civilizations / 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. 
Martin's Press, 1992. 432 p. : ill., maps ;"First published in Great 
Britain by Sinclair-Stevenson Limited"--  T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [408]-412) and index. ISBN: 0-
312-06987-1 :

* Reader, John. 1988. Man on earth. with photographs by the author. 
1st University of Texas Press ed., Imprint: Austin : University of
Texas Press.
Re: It is about places on earth where people have managed to exist
in more or less stable relationship with their environment.  It 
covers more than agricultural systems, and its focus is primarily
on the social systems that have evolved. Interesting chapters
about Swiss farmers and Balian rice farmers.

* Sheets, Payson.1992. The Ceren Site : a prehistoric village buried
 by volcanic ash in Central America. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 
College Publishers, 1992. Series: Case studies in archaeology series.
ISBN: 0-03-078856-0
Archeology and volcanism in Central America : the Zapotitan  
Valley of El Salvador. edited by Payson D. Sheets.Austin : 
University of Texas Press, 1983. 307 p. : ill., maps., charts ;
SERIES: The Texas Pan American series.
RE: Payson Sheets of the University of Colorado has been working
on a climatological/cultural theory of the Mayan collapse for over
two decades.  These are the only books references by him I could 
find, but I don't know if they pertain directly to the Mayan 
collapse.

* Turner, B.L. II, Clark, W.C., Kates, R.W., Richards, J.F., Mathews, J.T.,
and Meyer, W.B. (eds.)(1991). The Earth as Transformed by Human 
Action.  Cambridge University Press.
Re: It also has older insights too.

* Worster, Donald, 1985. Rivers of empire : water, aridity, and 
the growth of the American West. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon
Books, Bibliography: p. 339-388.Includes index. 
ISBN: 0-394-51680-X :
RE: Discusses reasons behind the failure of early agricultural 
societies due to salinization. Comes highly recommended. 

==========================================================
Electronic resources on the broader issue of Sustainable
Development:

CONSLINK is "a Bitnet based electronic conference and bulletin 
board on all topics of biological conservation" (their description) 
operated by the Smithsonian. 
Send   	   subscribe conslink <name>
   to   	   listserv@sivm.si.edu

Most of what you find here will, of course, focus more on the
conservation side.  However, the Smithsonian's international 
programs HAVE to find ways to deal with local needs and 
desires including the need to raise food crops.
   
Somewhat more to the point is SANET-L, the Sustainable 
Agriculture Network List operated by the Extension Service 
at Oregon State University. 
Send   	   subscribe sanet-l <name>
to   	            almanac@oes.orst.edu

The OSU ES also maintains the Showcase bibliographic database. 
send 	extension showcase catalog
to   	        almanac@oes.orst.edu
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From clively@onramp.net Thu Jan 19 09:52:06 EST 1995
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From: clively@onramp.net (Carol M Lively)
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Hope I'm not posting to the wrong group.  If this is a "serious, really
and truly scientific kind of group, just tell me, and I will resume my
lurking.  

I just suggested a couple of books to someone looking for information on
EMF on plants and other biological systems,  ("Cross Currents by Robert
Becker, and "The Secret Life of Plants" and "Secrets of the Soil" by
Peter Tomkins and Christopher Bird), and I was just wondering if anybody
else had read them, and if so, what do they think about them?  

Perhaps I'm a "lunatic on the fringe", but I really liked those books,
and have always wanted to discuss them with someone, but have never met
anyone else who has read them.

Sincerly, with no desire to offend,

Carol Lively




From jdillon@imap2.asu.edu Tue Nov 22 18:21:06 EST 1994
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Harold Kamperman (H.Kamperman@bioch.utas.edu.au) wrote:

: Is there a site (ftp, USDA, etc.) where I can obtain statistics on crop & 
: animal production and the levels of importation/export of these commodities ? 
: I would primarily be interested in the USA at this stage but would be really 
: (!!!) interested in a world data base.

Absolutely. Here's three great sources:

1. The USDA FAS's Export Services program, "AgExport".
They have a free import/export info package, the
"AgExport Action Kit".
	tel.202\720-7103
	fax.202\690-4374 ask for it by name.

2. The US Department of Commerce publishes the
"Export Programs: A Business Directory of US
Governent Resources". It's free too, call
800\872-8723 (this assumes they'll mail outside
the US; if not, let me know and I'll get you a
copy).  In particular, they list the "National
Trade Data Bank" (NTDB) which is on CD ROM and is
available at many federal depository libraries.
This one is REALLY worth checking into. You can
contact NTDB directly at 202\482-1986 or fax them
at 202\482-2164.

3. The USDA Office of Public Affairs publishes the
"USDA'S Computerized Information Delivery Service"
(The subtitle is "Current Information Online Immediately
To You - Research, Statistical, Analytical"! exhaustive
but cute, wouldn't you say?) Contact Mr. Jim Borland,
CID Service Coordinator at:
	tel.202\720-8098
	fax.202\720-5505,
I think I had to fax my request before I actually
received a packet.

Best of luck,
Jan Dillon, the USDA: this is Australian for salad

Internet:jdillon@imap2.asu.edu



From spring@ecst.csuchico.edu Sun Jan 29 17:39:47 EST 1995
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Suggested Books that might help: THE UNSETTLING OF AMERICA; STANDING BY 
WORDS; WHAT ARE PEOPLE FOR; HOME ECONOMICS; and SEX, ECONOMY, FREEDOM & 
COMMUNITY: all by US author and small farmer Wendell Berry. Also NEW 
ROOTS FOR AGRICULTURE by Wess Jackson, founder of the Land Institute in 
Salina, Kansas.

There doesn't seem to be a short answer to this. Good question though.


From CSWANTON@crop.uoguelph.caThu Oct 27 16:42:08 1994
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 16:03:48 EDT
From: CSWANTON@crop.uoguelph.ca
Subject: Re: Information on Agriculture and Energy (fwd)

    Read the next issue of Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  
Journal and note paper by CLements at al.

Dr. C.J.Swanton,
Associate Professor, Weed Ecology,
Department of Crop Science,
Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. N1G 2W1

Email: cswanton@crop.uoguelph.ca
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Phone: 1-519-824-4120  Ext. 2512

Sat 27 Nov 93 19:23
By: Daniel Cohen
Re: ENDURING SEEDS

Found the following in the Earth Forum on America Online and thought you
might be interested:

"Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation"
by Garry Paul Nabhan.
1989.  North Point.  $17.95  ISBN 0-86547-343-9.

Nabhan outlines rediscovered native American farming practices and shows
how they may ensure the food supply of the future.

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From: rom@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu (Roy J. Martens)
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Subject: Re: Moon's effects on plants
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In article <2093800001@cdp>, CLAUDIA CAHAN <cahanc@igc.apc.org> writes:
> Does anyone have any information on how the extra light provided by the 
> waxing moon effects plant growth?  Citations/references to previous studies
> would be much appreciated.  I need this information A.S.A.P. for a science
> experiment I'm doing in a Statistics class.
> 
> 
I don't believe that light reflected off of the lunar surface has enough
energy to be classified as PAR (Photosyntheticaly active radiation).  In fact
I'm sure it doesn't have enough energy.  The light could have some effect on
phytochrome which is a pigment that absorbs red and far-red light.

For more info on phytochrome and PAR check:

Salisbury, F.B., and C.W. Ross. 1985.  Plant physiology. 3rd. ed.  Wadsworth
	Publishing Co., Inc., Belmont, CA.

There may be a new addition out since 1985.

Roy J. Martens
rom@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu


From RMERNER@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca Mon Oct  3 12:08:56 EDT 1994
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In article <mjpicker-290994130807@computrendslciii.book.uci.edu>
mjpicker@e4e.oac.uci.edu (MJ Pickering) writes:
 
>
>I would like to get a magazine subscription for my parents in New Zealand,
>but I live in America.  Is there a magazine here that is particularly good
>about not being too US (or California) specific that might be suitable as
>well as good.  Or, if there is a keen gardener in NZ that has a favourite
>magazine from NZ, I'd appreciate a recommendation and a phone number.
>
>TIA
>
>MJ
I would recommend an English magazine called BBC Gardener's World. We
can obtain it here in Victoria, British Columbia. Our climate is very
much like a warmer version of the south of England and I am told it is
similar to New Zealand in both appearance and climate. I would think
this magazine would be easily obtainable in NZ as it is also part of
the Commonwealth.You can reach tm in the UK at 071-331 9022 and
FAX: 071-331 8001
 
 
 Regards,
 Ron Merner                 Phone:      (604) 952-1248
 Ministry of Health,        FAX:        (604) 952-1289
 1515 Blanshard St V8W 3C8  Internet:   rmerner@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca


From potterke@student.msu.edu Wed Apr 20 22:50:29 1994
Date: 20 Apr 94 15:50:17 GMT
From: kelvin potter <potterke@student.msu.edu>
To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Plain & Others

Plain--the magazine of life, land and spirit. From the Center
for Plain Living. Contribs: W. Berry, W. Jackson, Logsdon, Kline,
Egenes, Robbins. 6/yr. $18. POB 200 Burton, OH  44021

Dwelling Portably & Light Living Library. Tiny-print homemade
pubs network about ultra-cheap nomadic lifestyles. $1 per issue.
A bunch have been made. (Send $5 why not.) POB 190, Philomath,
OR  97370

Bummers & Gummers. Reports, info and advice from a big communal
farm/homestead project. Looks like it's not being executed in
standard groovey-hippy form. Humor and realism actually abound.
Seems better and un-culty compared to likes of Zendik, etc.
Fresh ideas, good thinking. $6/yr for 4-6 issues. POB 91,
Lorane, OR  97451

P.S. These are some of the best 'alt' mags related to this 'alt' subject 
that I've seen...and I see fifty a month. (All topics.) If you contact
these folks, tell em I sent you. In the case of Plain, ask "Why no note 
yet to JP @ OYB? Why no trade? He's a good guy." I wrote em, no response--
I know they're busy, but what the hey. Much obliged. Jeff Potter, editor 
Out Your Backdoor.
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I've been reading the very interesting newish book entitled 
"Gregor Mendel's Experiments on Plant Hybrids: A Guided Study"
by Alain F. Corcos and Floyd V. Monaghan (Rutgers Univ. Press,
1992). At one point the authors mention that peas have seven
pairs of chromosomes. It sounds like Mendel chose 22 varieties
of peas, from which he further selected seven pairs of varieties
which each differed for a single trait, with one variety
"dominating." It is truly impressive to read the account of
how Mendel worked out his conclusions from monohybrid crosses.
Then he did a bunch of di- and trihybrid crosses, which led
him to what we call today, his law of independent assortment. These 
left me wondering why he never found a pair of these traits that
were linked, i.e., on the same chromosome, particularly if
peas only have seven pairs of chromosomes. Am I missing something?
Also, can anyone explain how a simple dominant pattern of
inheritance is explained at the level of gene expression?

Doug


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From: ceci@lysator.liu.se (Cecilia Henningsson)
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The Royal Horticultural Society (of Great Britain) has published two
encyclopedias; one about ornamental plants, and one about gardening
methods. I have their plant dictionary, and it's a treasure trove with
4000 colour pictures and 8000 plant descriptions. It isn't for any
specific climate, but rather lists which growing conditions the plants
appreciate. Now if I could just lay my hands on the methods book too,
everything would be fine. :)

--Ceci
--
=====ceci@lysator.liu.se===========================================
"There is no one true path. I always try to follow three or four to
 maximize my odds of picking the right one."              Paul Bort
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In article <21obrj$in1@scratchy.reed.edu> envy.reed.edu!drenner (Hopi) writes:

   Does anybody know of a good mail order seed or seedling supplier for  
   exotic plants.  ie both foreign and domestic flora, supplies for herb  
   gardens, ornamental shrubs, and gardening.

You can get this info from the book "Gardening By Mail: A Source Book."
It is by Barbara J. Barton, published by Houghton Mifflin in Boston.
ISBN 0-395-52280-3.


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Forgive me for jumping in as a newcomer, but I want to
start a discussion about a book I've just read.  I've
gardened some but not much in the past, so I'm not trying
to sound like an expert, its just that I read this book
that impressed me greatly and I'd like to hear the opinions
of others.

I've just finished reading a new book by Sara Stein called
"Noah's Garden".  I found it very inspiring; I always felt
there was something missing for me from gardening and this
book finally showed me what it is.  Instead of trying to
create a visual tableau the aim could be to create a richer
and healthier community of plant and wildlife, appropriate
to the local environment.

To this end, she advocates and discourages many things
contrary to the usual advice, and even some advice I've read
on this newsgroup.  For example, lawns are a monoculture
which can only exist unaided in cool, rainy climates like
the U.K., and they provide little nourishment or cover for
wildlife.  For these reasons, their use should be minimized.
She advocates native berrying shrubs and ponds with mud
bottoms.  In a chapter about soil structure she discourages
excessive tilling and weed control -- the soil is a system,
and turning it upside down disturbs its working.  She
discourages most forms of pest control, on the grounds that
there are natural checks and balances which should come into
play, and if they don't the community needs to be enriched.

Each chapter is an analysis of a different system in the
garden - forest, hedgerow, soil, ponds, lawn, prarie (or
meadow), etc.  She is not pedantic about natural methods,
she uses a herbicide at one point, and she advocates deer
hunting (especially doe hunting.)

After reading this book I have come to see much of what we
call landscaping today to be quite barran.  A huge expanse
of lawn looks like a desert, a forest with the understory
cleared away is no longer a forest, it can only be called
a tree collection.  Best of all, the writing is wonderful.
This is not a reference book, it is really a personal point
of view.  I recommend it highly, and would be interested
in hearing what others thing about it.

-david

P.S.  This book was reviewed in the New York Times book
review about a month ago.

P.P.S. The neighbor's cat attacked our Cardinal yesterday.
I wonder if we have any recourse?


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In article <Co1xr2.DG1@mercury.wright.edu>,
Mike Smith <msmith@discover.wright.edu> wrote:
>Bob Lucas (rnlucas+@cs.cmu.edu) wrote:
>
[previous discussion removed]

... I am a mushroom "hobbyist" if you will. I don't own
>a microscope or know one reagent from another. Just like to look at,
>photograph, and occasionally eat the fleshy fungi. The above response
>caught my eye. What is "Mushroom Magazine"?  Where and by whom is it
>published?  Where can I get a sample copy?  Any info would be
>appreciated.
>

Microscopes (and reagents) are often very useful when you're trying to
identify a mushroom, although spore prints and a magnifying glass are
often enough.

For information on subscribing to "Mushroom" (Mushroom the Journal, actually)
write:

	Mushroom
	Box 3156
	University Station
	Moscow, Idaho  83843

Sorry, I couldn't find a phone number.  They tend to concentrate
macroscopic fungi, so you might find it more useful than some of
the more technical mycological publications.

- Elizabeth Barrow (using Bob's account)




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In article <1nvtgbINNf9e@access.digex.com> ewebber@access.digex.com (Eric Sean Webber) writes:
>
> 
>             LOOKING for any INFO regarding
>
>  >>>>>>  MICRO/NANO MACHINE TECHNOLOGY  (close to BIOLOGICAL in scale)  <<<<<
>
>
>Looking for a source of info, old magazine articles, FTP sites, USENET
>conferences TELNET sites, IRC channels etc.
>
Try Eric K. Drexler's new book on nanotechnology.  It's technical,
comprehensive, and authoritative.


-- 
Tom Mandel              mandel@netcom.com           mandel@unix.sri.com

[1] Opinions are mine, not my employer's, except when we agree.
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[3] Email to the above; flames to alt.fan.amy-fisher.


From LMITTEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU Tue May 10 15:08:07 1994
Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 10:45:51 -0500
From: Lisa Mitten <LMITTEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW <INDKNOW@UWAVM.BITNET>
Subject: New Books on Native Peoples

        Here are the most recent books on Native Peoples acquired by the
University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library.  Although most titles are new,
several are new reprints of older works.

=========================================================================

        IN THE WAKE OF CONTACT : BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO CONQUEST /
by Clark Spencer Larsen.  New York : Wiley-Liss, 1994.

        MANIFEST MANNERS : POSTINDIAN WARRIORS OF SURVIVANCE / by
Gerald Vizenor.  Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, 1994.

        DISCOVERING COMANCHE HEALTH BELIEFS USING ETHNOGRAPHIC
TECHNIQUES / by Anne Walendy Davis.  1992.

        ALASKA NATIVE FOOD PRACTICES, CUSTOMS, AND HOLIDAYS / by Karen
Halderson.  Chicago : American Dietetic Association, 1993.

        TIME AMONG THE NAVAJO : TRADITIONAL LIFEWAYS ON THE REWSERVATION /
by Kathy Eckles Hooker.  Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, 1991.

        NAVAHO LEGENDS / collected and translated by Washington Matthews.
Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 1897, 1994.

        BLACKFEET AND BUFFALO : MEMORIES OF LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS / by
James W. Schultz.  Norman : University of Oklaoma Press, 1966,1988.

        BACKWARD CLASSES OF CONTEMPORARY INDIA / by Andre Beteille.  New York;
Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1992.

        ABORIGINAL WOMEN AND VIOLENCE : A REPORT FOR THE CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH
COUNCIL AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE / by Audrey Bolger.
Australian National University, 1991.

        TREATIES OF CANADA WITH THE INDIANS OF MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST
TERRITORIES, INCLUDING THE NEGOTIATIONS ON WHICH THEY WERE BASED, AND OTHER
INFORMATION RELATING THEREFORE / by Alexander Morris.  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan :
Fifth house Publishers, 1880, 1991.

        TANGLED WEBS OF HISTORY : INDIANS AND THE LAW IN CANADA'S PACIFIC
COAST FISHERIES / by Dianne Newell.  Toronto : University of Toronto Press,
1993.

        WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE : WOMEN IN CREATION MYTHS AND CONTEMPORARY
LITERATURE OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST / by Maria Moss.  Hamburg, Germany
: Lit, Munster, 1993.

        PEACEFUL PEOPLES : A BIBLIOGRAPHY / by Bruce Bonta.  Metuchen, NJ :
Scarecrow Press, 1993.

        WOMEN IN VANUATU : A BIBLIOGRAPHY / by SOnja Boersma.  Port Vila,
Vanuatu : Vanuatu National Council of Women, Festival Information and
Publication Committee, 1991.


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"Human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself
                        from one place to another."

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From dough@tau-ceti.isc-br.com Sat Jun  4 13:34:49 1994
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 1994 21:39:35 GMT
From: Doug Hockin <dough@tau-ceti.isc-br.com>
To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Ethics in Agriculture (fwd)...Drucker (fwd)

In article <Pine.3.89.9406031352.A22628-0100000@calypso-2> london@SunSITE.Unc.EDU (Larry London) writes:
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 3 Jun 1994 09:36:56 CST
>From: Greg McIsaac <GFM@age2.age.uiuc.edu>
>To: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>,
>    nmodena@unity.ncsu.edu
>Subject: Re: Ethics in Agriculture (fwd)...Drucker (fwd)
>
>On Friday, June 3, Steve Modena wrote:
>
>> Due to the magnitude of today's world population, ag production can
>> *only* be industrial in construction;
>
>In the most populous contries, most of ag production is not
>industrial in consturction.  It is most industrial in construction in
>one of the least densely populated nations (USA).
>

In their book "Food First" Frances Moore Lapea (sp?) and Joseph
Collins discuss the myth that industrial agriculture is more
productive than "primitive" agriculture -- it's not, it's just more
profitable for a few people. They argue that it is "scientific",
export based agriculture that has caused starvation around the world.

See also Vandana Shiva's book: "The Violence of the Green Revolution".

-- 
Doug Hockin                     Internet:  Doug.Hockin@mail.spk.olivetti.com
Olivetti North America          UUCP:      oliveb!isc-br!Doug.Hockin
22425 East Appleway             Phone:     509 927 5477
Liberty Lake WA 99019-9534 USA  Fax:       509 927 5612
From wikstrom@botan.su.se Tue Oct 18 23:38:06 EDT 1994
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In article <37m73f$233@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, peburnsx@prairienet.org
(Pamela E. Burns-Balogh) wrote:

> does anyone know of a good natural history bookseller, anyone hear
> of a Koeltz Scientific Books?
> -- 

Here are two excelent natural history booksellers.

Natural History Book Service Ltd.
2-3 Wills Road, Totnes
Devon TQ9 5XN
United Kingdom
Fax:     +44 803 865280
e-mail:  nhbs@gn.apc.org

Koeltz Scientific Books
P.O. Box 1360
D-614 53 Koenigstein
Germany
Fax:  +49 6174 1634

-- 
Niklas Wikstrom
Dept. of Botany
Stockholm University
e-mail: wikstrom@botan.su.se


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In article <37m73f$233@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, peburnsx@prairienet.org
(Pamela E. Burns-Balogh) writes:

For natural history books.
Bioquip has entomological, botanical and some ecology titles: Ph
(310)324-0620.


From conrad@richters.com Tue Nov  8 23:21:46 EST 1994
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From: conrad@richters.com (Conrad Richter)
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z005114b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Joan Bradley) writes:

> I am now the proud owner of a neem tree in a one-gallon pot. It was 
> a gift. How much water and fertilizer does it need? How big does it get? 
> I'm in South Florida. How do they fare in this area? I'd appreciate 
> learning about this before I plant it and would hope some of the 
> knowledgeable people "out there" could help.

A gift?  You what enlightened friends you have.  Neem is a fascinating 
plant with some pretty remarkable medical, insect-inhibiting and other
commercially useful properties.  It has been the subject of a lot of 
research in the last few decades. 

This summer I collected seeds in Ghana where it has become naturalized
as it has in much of the tropics.  It is very hardy -- ethnic East Indians
tell me it is almost weedy in its disposition, and indeed the USDA has 
some concerns over its potential to become the next _Schinus_ in Florida. 
(I say they need not have much concern for while it is agressive I have 
never seen it become a nuisance.)

I understand that there are people trying to develop strains that are 
frost tolerant, but as far as I know nothing significant has come of the 
efforts yet.  So, for now, assume that it will suffer badly if it gets 
hit by frost.  Indeed, it doesn't even like temperatures below 60F -- in 
our greenhouses they suffer badly during the winter months when our 
greenhouses drop to 50F nightly.  

Neem will grow in full or partial shade, needs heavy feeding (high N) and
doesn't mind copious water if it can get it.  I have the notion to promote 
neem as a house plant, since it seems to do very well in bright windows.  
Would require the occasional heavy pruning, but otherwise it requires little 
care.  And it has its own pest defense system...

There is a book out on neem put out by the National Research Council 
called _Neem: A Tree for Solving Global Problems_ (1992).  (We are planning
to list it in our next catalogue.  Sorry, Adam, I couldn't help myself, 
but at least I avoided mentioning the price.)

Conrad Richter 

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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
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 93 22:11:45 CDT
From: "David L. Watt" <WATT@vm1.nodak.edu>
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 <andrew@HONUA.ARC.NASA.GOV>
Reply to: Agriculture Discussion <AGRIC-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
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 <agaccess@igc.apc.org>
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 <pdh@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW <INDKNOW%UWAVM.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
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

<<Del_Col@ab.wvnet.edu>>

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
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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 <dletour@cats.ucsc.edu>
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.  Colonization of crops by arthropods: non-equilibrium
communities  in soybean fields. Environmental Entomology 5: 605-611.

14.  Rabb, R. L. 1978.  A sharp focus on insect populations and
pest management from a  wide-area view. Bulletin of the
Entomological Society of America 24(1): 55-61.

15.  Risch, S.J.  1979.  A comparison, by sweep sampling, of the insect
fauna from corn  and sweet potato monocultures and dicultures in Costa Rica.
Oecologia 42: 195-211.

16.  Root, R. B. 1973.  Organization of a plant-arthropod association in
simple and diverse  habitats: the fauna of collards (Brassica oleracea).
Ecolog. Monographs 43: 95-124.

17.  Smith, R. F.; H.T. Reynolds; Farvar, M. T.; J.P. Milton, (eds ). 1972.
Effects of  manipulation of cotton agro-ecosystems on insect populations.
The Careless Technology:  Ecology and International Development.
Natural History Press. 373-406.

18.  Stern, VM; RF Smith; R van den Bosch; KS Hagen.  1959. 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 <hunn@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW <INDKNOW@UWAVM.BITNET>
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 <BCARLIN@chall.mhs.compuserve.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW <INDKNOW@UWAVM.BITNET>
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 <bcompton@UNIXG.UBC.CA>
To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW <INDKNOW@UWAVM.BITNET>
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. Ag., Miller Graves & Williams, 1989, 24 pgs,ANR173, .50
Cover Crops for Clean Water, Hargrove, 1991, 198 pgs, SCS008, 
Uncommon Fruits Worthy of Attention, Reich, 1991, 240 pgs/hrdcvr, ADD012,.95
All About Citrus & Subtropical Fruits, Bond, 1985, 96 pgs, ORT028, .95
General Viticulture, Winkler, 1974, 710 pgs/hrdcvr, UCA013, 
Ball Redbook: Greenhouse Growing, Ball, 15th ed,1991,802pgs/hrdcvr,GTS002,
Ball Culture Guide: Ency. of Seed Germination, Nau, 1989, 109pgs,GTS003,
Hortus Third, 1976, 1,290pgs/hrdcvr, MAC002, 
Plant Propagation: Principles & Practices,Hartman/Kester,1990,647pgs,PRN081,
Gardener's Dict. of Horticultural Terms,Bagust,1992,377pgs/hrdcvr,STE078,.95
Designing & Maint. Your Edible Landscape Naturally,Kourik,1986,370pgs,MTP001,
Western Garden Book, Sunset, 1988, 512 pgs, LAN001, 
Complete Book of Bananas, Lessard, 1992, 120pgs/hrdcvr, LSD001, 
African Gardens & Orchards, Dupriez & DeLeener, 1989,333pgs,MML014,
Drip Irrigation, Kourik, 1992, 118pgs, MTP004,
Gray Water Use in the Landscape,Kourik,1988,28pgs,MTP002,
Color Handbook of Garden Insects,Carr,1979,241pgs,ROD013,.95
Common Sense Pest Control,Daar et al.,1991,715pgs/hrdcvr,NRT024,.95
Fertile Soil, Parnes,1990,210pgs,PAN032,.95
Fermented Foods of the World, Platt,1987,291pgs/hrdcvr,BUT041,.95
Seed to Civilization: The Story of Food, Heiser, 1990,228pgs,HRV039,.95
Seeds of Woody Plants of the US,USDA,1974,882pgs/hrdcvr,USA034,
Seed to Seed, Ashworth, 1991, 222 pgs, SEE008, 
Let it Rot!, Campbell, 2nd ed, 1990, 150pgs, GAR101, .95
American Ginseng: Green Gold, Persons, 1986, 172pgs, BMB001,
Ginseng: Concise Handbook, Duke, 1989, 273pgs/hrdcvr,REF008,.95
Cornucopia: Source Book of Edible Plants,Facciola,1990,675pgs,KMP001,
Olive Oil, Kiritsakis, 1991, 185pgs/hrdcvr, AOC001, 
Raising Snails for Food, Baratou, 1988,68 pgs, ILL001, .95
Ill. Dict. of Chinese Med. Herbs,Chin/Keng,1992,184pgs/hrdcvr,CRP001,.95
Mushrooms Demystified,Arora,2nd ed,1986,759pgs,TEN005,.95
Sus. Ag. for Ca: Info Guide,UC Sus. Ag Research,1991,191pgs,ANR219,
93 CCOF Cert. Handbook,66pgs,CCO007,
Sus. Ag. Dir. of Expertise 93,USDA,300pgs,SUP002,.95
Farmers of Forty Centuries,King,1911,441pgs,ROD021,.95
Prin. & Prac. of Dryland Farming,Brengle,1982,178pgs/hrdcvr,HPL002,.50
Gardener's Guide to Fava Beans,Evans,1992,48pgs,APV001,.50
Organic Farming,Lampkin,1989,350pgs/hrdcvr,DIA028,.25
Natural Way of Farming,Fukuoka,1985,280pgs,JAP001,.95
Pests of Garden & Farm,Flint,1990,288pgs,ANR183,
Permaculture: Designer's Manual,Mollison,1988,576pgs/hrdcvr,TAG003,.95
Intro to Permaculture,Mollison,1991,198pgs,TAG004,.95
How to Grow More Veg ... in less space...,Jeavons,2nd,1991,158pgs,TEN006,.95
Breed Your Own Veg,Deepe,1993,282pgs,LBC041,.95
Common Weeds of US,USDA,1971,454pgs,DOV026,.95
Weeds of the West,Whitson,1991,630pgs,ANR216,
Oaks of Ca.,Pavlik,1992,184pgs,CCH001,.95
Compatible Plants Under & Around Oaks,CA Oak Found,1991,69pgs,COF002,
Golden Gate Gardening,Peirce,1993,397pgs,PAN036,.95
Scythe Book,Tresemer,1982,120pgs,BHF002,.95
Grafter's Handbook,Garner,5th,1988,324pgs,STE069,.95
Manag. 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 <steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu>
To: Ian Staples <ianst@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au>
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.


From polsons@cruzio.com Wed Jan 11 21:55:28 EST 1995
Article: 50886 of rec.gardens
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From: polsons@cruzio.com (The Polsons)
Subject: Attention Seed Swappers!
Organization: Cruzio Community Networking System, Santa Cruz, CA
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 20:49:49 GMT
Message-ID: <polsons-1101951249490001@165.227.10.98>
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HEY! Wanna swap seeds? I just happen to be the editor of a new gardening
newsletter and can use your seed swaps for the first issue. (Kinda hard to
generate swaps when people don't know you exist, yes?)

E-mail me with your haves and wants, and I'll get you a free copy of our
first ish, due out in April. Don't forget to include your mailing address!

-Willow     (polsons@cruzio.com)
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From jbgFC@hamp.hampshire.eduSun Oct 30 22:58:07 1994
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 11:18:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Joel B Gruver <jbgFC@hamp.hampshire.edu>
To: london@sunsite.unc.edu
Subject: organic beef and poultry

Dear Sir:
     In response to your request for information about organic beef and 
poultry, I suggest that you locate the following resources:

New Farm magazine May/June 94' "Get Ready For Organic Beef" 
- This is a comprehensive look at organic beef. It discusses animal 
husbandry, marketing , regulation etc...

ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas) 
- This organization will respond to all questions and will also send out 
free pre-prepared info packets. The info-packet titled "Sustainable Beef 
Production" is 20+ pages and is very good.
 1-800-346-9140

Stockman Grass Farmer is the journal to subscribe to if you are 
interested in rotational grazing. (Rotational grazing is the most cost 
effect and ecological way to raise all ruminant animals.)
1-800-748-9808

Pastured Poultry Profits is a very comprehensive book describing Joel 
Salatin's method of raising organic poultry. He uses portable cages which 
are moved daily. His book can be ordered from the following address:
Joel Salatin
Polyface, INC.
Route 1, Box 281
Swoope, VA 24479

I hope this info is useful. Feel free to contact me.
                                   Joel Gruver
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From: "Jim Chinnis" <p00511@psilink.com>
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Greg KD3SU asked for people's favorite organic gardening books.

Mine is "Step By Step Organic Vegetable Gardening" by Shepherd Ogden, 
1992, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd St, NY, NY, 10022.

/Jim Chinnis
/Manassas VA, USA
/Zone 6 and 7 border


From hmiddlet@uoguelph.ca Wed Nov  9 00:02:20 EST 1994
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: : I'm just starting out with organic gardening and was wondering if
: : you would be kind enough to share with me your recommendations for the
: : most useful organic gardening books.  I'm interested in books with

The books that I recomend the most are Geoff Hamilton's book " The 
organic garden" by crown publishers 1987 and " Rodale's Chemical-free 
yard and garden". I like the first book particularly because of the good 
pictures and step by step process. The second book has tones of good 
information about a lot of stuff, particularly the science of this aspect 
of organic gardening. If you are interested in pest control in organic 
gardens, I picked up a really good book by Sunset on organic pest 
control. It's got excilent pictures and ideas + one that I would recomend 
for people who are just starting out in organic gardening and need a 
quick trouble shooting book ( I lots my copy so I don't know the specific 
title ).

Heather Middleton
Environmental biology
University of Guelph
e-mail: hmiddlet@uoguelph.ca


From gthomas@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu Wed Nov  9 00:02:57 EST 1994
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I am also new at organic gardening and gardening in general. I find
the "organic" aspect absolutley fascinating. As in the other response
to your listing I also find the "All-New Encyclopedia of Organic
Gardening" by Rodale Press an indispensible resource book. Two other
books I have also found to be very helpful are "Improving the Soil" in
Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening series and the "The Harrowsmith
Country Life Book of Garden Secrets" by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and
Diane E. Bilderback. Hope you find them equally helpful. Good reading
and successful gardening!
-- 

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of those explanations make no sense.
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Guy Thomas: gthomas@freenet.scri.fsu.edu



AGRI-TOPICS Series, National Agricultural Library
Public Services Division, Beltsville, Maryland  20705
October 1989
                              ORGANIC GARDENING
     The term "organic gardening" is of fairly recent origin.  Robert
     Rodale, son of J. I. Rodale, credits his father with first using
     the word "organic" to describe the "natural method of gardening and
     farming".  The senior Rodale used it in founding his publication,
     "Organic Gardening and Farming", in 1942.  The term "organic
     farming" was first used in a 1940 publication, "Look to the Land",
     by Lord Northbourne (London:  Dent). Not just a technique, but a
     philosophy as well, the components of what we now call organic
     gardening and farming have been practiced for centuries.
     Practice of good husbandry of the land was of significant
     importance to ancient writers such as Cato, Virgil, Pliny and
     Columella ("The Husbandry of the Ancients", by Adam Dickson.
     Edinburgh, Scotland:  Dickson & Creeca, 1788).  The rotation of
     crops was recommended by Thomas Tusser in his classic and often
     reprinted work of 1580, "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry"
     (Great Britain:  n.p.). In this country "green manuring and
     manures" was discussed in depth by John Wolfinger in the "1864
     Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture" (Washington DC:
     Government Printing Office, 1865, pp. 299-328) two years after
     President Abraham Lincoln established the Department of
     Agriculture.
     Pioneers of organic practices in the United States have
     acknowledged their debt to these men and to those others whose
     written works continue to influence us.  J. I. Rodale, believed by
     many to be the father of organic practices in the U.S., called Sir
     Albert Howard of England the "father of the movement".  Howard's
     classic study on soil fertility, "An Agricultural Testament"
     (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1940) includes a chapter on the
     "Agriculture of the Nations Which Have Passed Away" as well as
     observations of agricultural techniques practiced in both the Orient
     and the Occident.
     There has always been a wide range of variation in organic
     gardening practices.  From the purist view of followers of Masanobu
     Fukuoka of Japan, who advocates "no tillage, no fertilizer, no
     pesticides, no weeding, and no pruning" ("The Natural Way of
     Farming: the Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy", Tokyo, Japan
     Publications, 1985) to the perspective of those gardeners who seek
     to combine conventional and organic procedures, the field of
     opportunity for choice in organic gardening practice is fertile
     indeed.
     We hope that this Agri-Topic will assist you in making the choices
     appropriate to your situation and philosophy.  Whether you are
     landscaping a small city backyard, planning a community garden,
     protecting the environment and/or your pocketbook, or just
     endeavoring to grow tastier fruits and vegetables for home or
     market, we wish you each, "Good Gardening!"
     Prepared by:
     Jane Potter Gates
     Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
     National Agricultural Library
     10301 Baltimore Blvd.
     Beltsville, MD  20705
     Telephone (30l) 344-3704
     September, 1989
     
     BOOKS:
     -----
     Abraham, George; Abraham, Katy
     "Organic gardening under glass:  fruits, vegetables, and
     ornamentals in the greenhouse."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, 1975. viii, 308 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB415.A27

     Alth, Max
     "How to farm your backyard the mulch-organic way."
     New York:  McGraw-Hill, [1977], x, 272 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.A47

     Ball, Jeff; Cresson, Charles O.
     "The 60-minute flower garden:  have a yard full of dazzling flowers
     in one hour a week."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1987. xii, 276 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB405.B2

     Basham, Charles W.
     "Organic gardening."
     Fort Collins, CO:  Colorado State University.  Cooperative
     Extension Service, 1975.  Bulletin no. 486A, 15 pp.
     NAL 275.29 C71e No.486A

     Berg, Donald J.
     "The kitchen gardeners' guide."
     Berkeley, CA:  Ten Speed Press, c1987. 160 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.K58

     Blakely, E.; Adams, C.E.; Kroger, M.; Kuhn, G.D.; Molonon, B.R.
     "The issues of organic foods and organic gardening."
     Farm-Econ. University Park, PA: The Service. Oct 1979. 4 pp. : ill.
     NAL 275.28-P38

     Bowers, Warner Fremont; Bowers, Lucile
     "Common sense organic gardening."
     [Harrisburg, PA]:  Stackpole Books, [1974], 224 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.B68

     Bubel, Nancy
     "The seed-starter's handbook." ill. by Robert Shetterly; photos. by
     Mike Bubel.
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1978. xviii, 363 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.B9

     Bucaro, Frank; Wallechinsky, David
     "Chico's organic gardening and natural living."
     Philadelphia, PA:  J. B. Lippincott, [1972], 154 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.B8

     Carr, Anna
     "Advanced organic gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. v, 138 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.C37

     Carr, Anna
     "Rodale's color handbook of garden insects."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1979. xii, 241 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB931.C34

     Cocannouer, Joseph A.
     "Organic gardening & farming."
     New York:  Arco, [1971, C1954], 147 pp.
     NAL S591.C62

     Coleman, Eliot
     "The new organic grower."
     Chelsea, VT:  Chelsea Green, 1989.
     NAL SB324.3.C65

     Cox, Jeff
     "How to grow vegetables organically."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1988. vii, 312 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.C69

     Creasy, Rosalind
     "The complete book of edible landscaping."
     San Francisco:  Sierra Club Books, c1982. xiv, 379 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB473.C73

     Cuthbertson, Tom
     "Alan Chadwick's enchanted garden." 1st ed.
     New York:  Dutton, c1978. xv, 208 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.C87

     Doscher, Paul; Fisher, Timothy; Kolb, Kathleen
     "Intensive gardening round the year."
     Brattleboro, VT:  S. Greene Press, c1981. xvi, 144 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.D67

     Easey, Ben; Furner, Brian George, ed.
     "Practical organic gardening."  Rev. ed.
     London:  Faber and Faber, 1976. 151 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.E3

     "Encyclopedia of organic gardening, The."  New rev. ed.
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1978. x, 1236 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB45.07-1978

     Engelken, Ralph; Engelken, Rita; Slattery, Pat
     "The art of natural farming & gardening."
     Greeley, IA:  Barrington Hall Press, 1981. vi, 225 pp. : ill., map,
     ports.
     NAL S605.5.E53

     Fenten, D. X.
     "Gardening. . naturally."  Line drawings by Howard Berelson.
     New York:  F. Watts, 1973. 87 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.F45

     Evans, Burton R.; Gay, Johnny Dan; Bullock, Fitzroy
     "Organic gardening and Pest Control."
     Athens, GA:  University of Georgia, 1989. Bulletin 1007. 20 pp.
     NAL 255.29.G29B

     Fogg, Harry George Witham
     "Vegetables naturally:  an organic-gardening guide.
     "Edinburgh:  J. Bartholomew, c1976. 168 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB324.3.F63"

     Foster, Lee
     "Backyard farming:  growing your own fresh vegetables, fruits, and
     herbs in a small space."
     San Francisco:  Chronicle Books, c1982. 87 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.F67

     Franck, Gertrude
     "Companion planting:  successful gardening the organic way."
     Wellingborough, Northamptonshire;  New York:  Thorsons; Distributed
     by Sterling Publishing Co., 1983. 128 pp., [16] pp. of plates : ill.
     (some col.)
     NAL SB318.F69

     Freeman, John A.
     "Survival gardening." Expanded 2nd ed.
     Rock Hill, SC:  John's Press, 1983. 102, [2] pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.F7-1983

     Fryer, Lee; Gresser, Sy
     "The bio-gardener's bible."
     Radnor, PA:  Chilton Book Co., c1982. x, 240 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.F79

     Grounds, Roger
     "The natural garden."
     London:  Davis-Poynter, 1976. 168 pp.
     NAL SB453.5.G7

     Halpin, Anne Moyer
     "Rodale's encyclopedia of indoor gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1980. vii, 902 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB419.R74

     Hamilton, Geoff
     "The organic garden book."
     New York:  Crown Publishers, 1987. 288 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB453.5.H36

     Hart, Harold
     "Growing food for health and pleasure:  a comprehensive guide to
     practical organic gardening."
     Croydon, Surrey:  Gateway Book Co. [1971], 159 pp.
     NAL SB322.H32

     Harter, Walter
     "Organic gardening for city dwellers."
     [New York]:  Warner Paperback Library, [1973], 191 pp.
     NAL SB453.5.H37

     Hills, Lawrence Donegan
     "Organic gardening."
     New York:  Penguin Books, 1977. 240 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.H5

     "How to grow vegetables and fruits by the organic method."
     By the staff of Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine.
     Compilation supervised
     by Dorothy Franz and Jerome Olds.
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Books, c1961. 926 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.O68

     Hunt, Marjorie.
     "Basic organic gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. v, 161 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.H86

     Hunt, Marjorie; Bortz, Brenda.
     "High-yield gardening:  how to get more from your garden space and
     more from your gardening season."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1986. xi, 403 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.H863

     Hylton, William H.; Coon, Nelson
     "The Rodale herb book:  how to use, grow, and buy nature's miracle
     plants."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press Book Division, 1974, 653 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB351.H5H94

     Jackson, Wes; Berry, Wendell; Colman, Bruce, eds.
     "Meeting the expectations of the land:  essays in sustainable
     agriculture and stewardship."
     San Francisco, CA:  North Point Press, c1984. xvi, 250 pp.
     NAL S442.M38

     Jeavons, John
     "How to grow more vegetables than you ever thought possible on less
     land than you can imagine, a primer on the life-giving
     biodynamic/French intensive method of organic horticulture." [Rev.]
     Berkeley, CA:  Ten Speed Press, c1982. xv, 159 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB320.6.J43-1982

     Johns, Glenn F.
     "Best ideas for organic vegetable growing."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Books, [C1969], 197 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.J6

     Johns, Glenn F.
     "Lawn beauty the organic way."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Books, [C1970], 411 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB433.L35

     Kourik, Robert; Kane, Mark
     "Designing and maintaining your edible landscape naturally."
     Santa Rosa, CA:  Metamorphic Press;  Emmaus, PA:  Distribution,
     Rodale Press, c1986. xxi, 370 pp., 8 pp. of plates : ill. (some
     col.)
     NAL SB473.K64

     Kreuter, Marie-Luise
     "The Macmillan book of organic gardening."
     New York:  Macmillan, 1985, 128 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.K74

     Lacey, Roy
     "Organic gardening."
     London:  David & Charles, 1988, 184 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.L3

     "Let's take a look at organic gardening; health foods, composting,
     pest management, research, food additives, plant nutrition."
     Minn Univ Ext Bull, 1973. #377-1973. 20 pp.
     NAL 275.29-M66S

     Logsdon, Gene
     "The gardener's guide to better soil.  By Gene Logsdon and the
     editors of Organic gardening and farming."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1975. ix, 246 pp. : ill.
     NAL S591.L57

     Logsdon, Gene
     "Organic orcharding:  a grove of trees to live in."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. xiii, 415 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB357.24.L63

     Logsdon, Gene
     "Two acre Eden." Rev. ed.
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1980. x, 237 pp.
     NAL SB455.L58

     Main, Jody; Portugal, Nancy
     "Potted plant organic care." 3d ed.
     Palo Alto, CA:  Wild Horses Potted Plant, 1980. 78 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB419.M263

     Mather, Jim
     "Soil care for gardeners:  a practical guide."
     Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire:  Crowood, 1988. viii, 87 pp. :
     ill.
     NAL S591.M37

     Mintz, Lorelie Miller
     "Vegetables in patches and pots:  a child's guide to organic
     vegetable gardening. " ill. by the author."
     "New York:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1976], [1], 115 pp. : ill.
     NAL jSB324.M55"

     "Natural gardening handbook."
     Brooklyn, NY:  Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Handbook #77, 1975, 73 pp. :
     ill.
     NAL 450-P694

     Nearing, Helen; Nearing, Scott
     "Building and using our sun-heated greenhouse:  grow vegetables all
     year-round."  photos. by Richard Garrett.
     Charlotte, VT:  Garden Way Pub., c1977. 148 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB415.N36

     Ogden, Samuel R.
     "Step-by-step to organic vegetable growing."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, [C1971], 182 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.O4

     Olkowski, Helga; Olkowski, William
     "The city people's book of raising food."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, 1975, xi, 228 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.O43

     "Organic gardener's complete guide to vegetables and fruits."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. xviii, 510 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.O37

     "Organic gardening's soil first aid manual."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. 92 pp. : ill.
     NAL S633.O7

     "Organic way to mulching, The."
     By the editors of "Organic gardening and farming," Robert Rodale,
     editor. Compilation supervised by Glenn F. Johns
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, [1972, C1971], x, 192 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.O73

     Overdahl, C. J.; Turnquist, O. C.; Miller, G. R.; Pfleger, F. L.;
     Ascerno, M. E.;
     Packard, V. S.
     "Organic gardening: an integrated approach."
     Bull Agric Ext Serv Univ Minn, 1977, #377-1977, 18 pp.
     NAL 275.29.M66S

     Pendergast, Chuck
     "Introduction to organic gardening."
     New York:  Paperback Library, [1972, C1971], 190 pp.
     NAL S605.5.P4

     Pfeiffer, Ehrenfried
     "Soil fertility, renewal & preservation:  bio-dynamic farming and
     gardening."
     East Grinstead, Sussex:  Lanthorn, 1983. v, 199 pp., [5] pp. of
     plates : ill.
     NAL S605.5.P5

     Philbrick, John; Philbrick, Helen; Steiner, Rudolf
     "Gardening for health and nutrition:  an introduction to the method
     of bio-dynamic gardening inaugurated by Rudolf Steiner."
     Blauvelt, NY:  Rudolf Steiner Publications, [C1971], 93 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.P5-1971

     Powell, Thomas; Powell, Betty
     "Your garden homestead on inches, yards, or acres."
     Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1977. xii, 272 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.P67

     Proulx, Annie
     "The gourmet gardener:  growing choice fruits and vegetables with
     spectacular results."
     1st ed.
     New York:  Fawcett Columbine, c1987. viii, 197 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.P7-1987

     Rateaver, Bargyla and Gylver
     "The organic method primer."
     Pauma Valley, CA:  Rateaver, 1973, 257 pp.
     NAL S605.5.R37

     Riemer, Jan
     "The beginner's kitchen garden."  drawings by Lauren Jarrett.
     New York:  Morrow, 1975. 132 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.R54

     Rodale, Jerome Irving
     "The organic front."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, l948. 198 pp.
     NAL 56.6 R610

     Rodale, Robert; Johns, Glenn F.
     "The basic book of organic gardening."
     New York:  Ballantine, [C1971], 377 pp.
     NAL S605.5.R6

     Sanzone, Susan J.; Burman, Jenny; Hage, Mary Agnes
     "Healthy harvest III:  a directory of sustainable agriculture and
     horticulture organizations, 1989-1990." 1989-1990 ed.
     Washington, DC:  Potomac Valley Press c1989. 159 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.H425-1989

     "Sense of humus, A." (Motion picture)
     Oley, PA:  Bullfrog Films, 1976, 28 min. sd. color. 16 mm.
     NAL S633.S4-F&N-AV

     Shewell-Cooper, W. E. (Wilfred Edward)
     "Basic book of natural gardening."
     London:  Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. 159 pp., 2 leaves of plates : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.S55

     Shewell-Cooper, W. E. (Wilfred Edward)
     "Dr. Shewell-Cooper's basic book of fruit growing."
     London:  Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. 176 pp., 2 leaves of plates : ill.
     (some col.)
     NAL SB357.24.S53

     Smith, Marny
     "Gardening with conscience:  the organic-intensive method."
     New York:  Seabury Press, 1981. ix, 86 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.S63

     Smith, Miranda
     "Greenhouse gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1985. x, 278 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB415.S657

     Solomon, Steve
     "The complete guide to organic gardening west of the Cascades."
     Seattle, WA:  Pacific Search Press, c1981. 172 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.S67

     Stickland, Sue
     "Planning the organic herb garden:  from pots on patios to larger
     layouts."
     Wellingborough, England;  New York:  Thorsons, 1986. 127 pp., [8]
     pp. of plates : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB351.H5S76

     Strandberg, Meta
     "Food growing without poisons."
     London:  Turnstone Press Ltd., c1976. 96 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB453.5.S8

     Tyler, Hamilton A.
     "Organic gardening without poisons."
     New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold, [C1970], 111 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.T8

     Wallechinsky, David
     "Chico's organic gardening and natural living."
     Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott, [1972], 154 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.B8

     Wickenden, Leonard
     "Gardening with nature:  how to grow your own vegetables, fruits
     and flowwers by natural methods."
     New York:  Devin-Adair, 1954. 396 pp.
     NAL 90 W632

     Winter, Jean
     "The organic network."
     Clinton, Michigan:  Eden Acres, Inc., 1984. ca. 300 pp.
     NAL SB453.5.W5

     Yepsen, Roger B.
     "The encyclopedia of natural insect & disease control:  the most
     comprehensive guide to protecting plants--vegetables, fruit,
     flowers, trees, and lawns--without toxic chemicals."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1984. 490 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB974.O73-1984

                                    *****
     PERIODICALS
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     "Acres, U.S.A."
     Kansas City, MO
     NAL S601.A1.A25

     "IPM practitioner."
     Berkeley, CA:  Bio Integral Resource Center
     NAL SB950.A1I66

     "Natural food and farming."
     Atlanta, TX:  Natural Food Associates
     NAL 389.8.N218

     "New farm, The."
     Emmaus, PA:  Regenerative Agriculture Organization
     NAL S2.N32

     "Organic gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press
     NAL S605.5.O74

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From bigblue.oit.unc.edu!oit-mail2news-gateway Sun Jul 17 17:42:17 EDT 1994
Article: 3072 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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From: GORDONSE@steffi.uncg.edu
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Subject: Organic Soil Conditioning-book
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In the August 1994 issue of Writer's Digest there was an announcement of
the top award winner in their nonfiction book category.  It went to
a book entitled: Humic, Fulvic and Microbial Balance: Organic Soil
Conditioning by William R. Jackson, PhD.  It results from 9 years of
research and is 958 pages.  It's available for $149 plus $8 shipping
and handling from Jackson Research Center, Box 3577,  Evergreen,
Colorado 80439.  In the description they say that the book is
exhaustively researched and beautifully presented and organized along
with the comment that is both comprehensive and accessible.

Sharon
gordonse@iris.uncg.edu



From tq6q@midway.uchicago.edu Wed May 25 22:54:50 EDT 1994
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From: tq6q@quads.uchicago.edu (Rick  Schoen)
Subject: Illustrated Perennial Book
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I have found the following book to be extremely helpful: "Pictorial Guide to Perennials" by M. Jane Coleman Helmer and Karla S. Decker, 1991 (Fourth Printing January 1992), Kalamazoo: Merchants Publishing Company. It cost $12.95 at our local garden center. In addition to containing an alphabetical listing of perennials, most with color photos, the authors have also included lists for sunny spots, shade gardens, moist soils, dry soils, etc. The index is also very helpful list plants by both Latin and popula



r names.
    



-- 
Rick Schoen, Production Controller, The Astrophysical Journal
The University of Chicago Press      tq6q@midway.uchicago.edu
"Many people are fond of accounts of old Buildings and Monuments, but for me I confess that if I could find in my travels a receipt for making Parmesan Cheese, it would give me more satisfaction than a transcript from any inscription from any Stone whatev
er." --Benjamin Franklin


From A.F.Brown@bradford.ac.uk Tue Nov 29 19:15:11 EST 1994
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From: A.F.Brown@bradford.ac.uk (Frederick the not-so-great)
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Subject: Are there any British climate permaculture publications???
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 13:20:46
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I'm after any knowledge to do with setting up 'indoor' systems for us poor 
rented accomodation dwellers who can't even dig their gardens for fear of 
psychotic landlord provocation.
Any info sought to help.
I've got 'The Permaculture Way' by Graham Bell, and an english very thin book 
called 'The Forest Garden' but these involve mostly outdoor pursuits.
Ta, Fred.



From bdickey@haverford.edu Tue Nov 29 19:08:06 EST 1994
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From: bdickey@haverford.edu (Brad Dickey)
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Hi 

I am looking for some bibliographic software to organize the papers
and the information in them that I have to read for my research.  I
have heard of programs such as papyrus, endnote and refmenu, but my
understanding is that they are all commercial packages, and DOS based.
Since my computer runs unix, and I am a poor undergrad, I am looking
for some free-ware (ftp'able) software that does the same thing...

If anyone knows of such a thing, could they email me with the 
information (or even if you might know of such a thing, or if you
just want to sympathize about the excrutiating cost of buying
commercial software...)?  

Thanks,

Brad_.
--
Brad Dickey; bdickey@haverford.edu - (610)-649-7428.


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In article <1994Mar31.081414.141298@yuma>, mcarroll@lamar.ColoState.EDU
(Matthew Carroll) wrote:

> 
> I am looking for a reference on the affects of temperature and
> humidity on plant photosynthesis rate and a formula which can
> relate the two.  Any help in locating this would be appreciated.

A quick literature search brought up 233 recent research articles
specifically on that.  I personally like Park S. Nobel's book "Biophysical
Plant Physiology and Ecology" for this subject (and he has an even newer
book with a similar title).  

The short answer:  Photosynthesis increases with temperature until it gets
too hot, then it goes down.  Low humidity tends to close stomata, reducing
photosynthesis.  Parts of the relationship can be explained by physical
laws, and Nobel's book has all the formulae.  Overall, though the exact
relationship will be different for just about every leaf.  The species,
genotype, growing conditions, age of plant, age of leaf, other present
conditions will all affect how large an effect changes in temperature and
humidity will have on photosynthesis.  


From ao826@FreeNet.Carleton.CA Fri Apr  8 11:28:26 1994
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 02:30:40 GMT
From: David A Hosten <ao826@FreeNet.Carleton.CA>
To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Professsor Pimentel Info...



	"The Tightening Conflict: Population, Energy Use, and the Ecology
of Agriculture," by Mario Giampietro and David Pimentel; taken from THE
NPG FORUM (Negative Population Growth), October, 1993.

	"Natural Resources and an Optimum Human Population," by David
Pimentel, Rebecca Harman, Mathew Pacenza, Jason  Pecarsky and Marcia
Pimentel to be published in 'Population and Environment: A Journal of
Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 15, Number 5, May 1994.

	These are both small papers, with the usual overlap of
information. Taken in context, comparing the work of Kenneth Boulding, J.
K. Galbraith, Ursula Franklin, and A. Toffler (to name a few) much that he
says seems plausible.

*******************************************************
-- 
"In that hollow upon which just now, I think a spirit born of my own blood
laments the guilt which, down below, costs one so much." Canto XXIX,
Inferno_Dante Alighieri (translation by Allen Mandelbaum.)
From kevinduffy@aol.com Sat Jun 25 15:57:58 1994
Date: 25 Jun 1994 06:55:02 -0400
From: KEVINDUFFY <kevinduffy@aol.com>
To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Modern Pioneering Ideas

In article <2uc8d3$6fu@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, buttrill@ACFcluster.nyu.edu
writes:

There are many sources for this type of lifestyle including the
magazines called Tracks of the Tracker from Seven Arrows (304)
876-3503, Countryside, Wildfire from the Bear Tribe (509)
326-6561,and Backwoods Home.  There are books from the Bear Tribe and
many books authored by Tom Brown of Tom Brown, The Tracker Inc.  The
Bear Tribe and Tom Brown 's Wilderness Survival School have many
classes on self sufficiency.  In the latest issue of Tracks of the
Tracker is listest too many schools and classes to mention on this
diverse topic.
From greggpsky@aol.com Tue Jan 10 23:11:18 EST 1995
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From: greggpsky@aol.com (Gregg Psky)
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Take a look at:
Wyman's Garden Encyclopedia, Donald Wyman
Hardy Herbaceous Perennials, Leo Jellitto et. al.
Perennials for American Gardens, Ruth Rogers Clausen et. al.
Herbaceous Perennial Plants, Allan M. Armitage
Encyclopedia of Perennials, Christopher Woods
Encylopedia of Ornamental Grasses, John Greenlee
The Color Dictionary of Flowers and Plants, Roy Hay et. al.
Landscape Plants for Western Regions, Bob Perry
Cooking from the Garden, Rosalind Creasy
All these duplicate information.  Each is unique in it's own way.
Happy gardening.
Gregg Polubinsky
Landscape Architect
Bakersfield, California


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In article <Leath.43.000DB50E@cs.upei.ca>,
Stephen James Leath <Leath@cs.upei.ca> wrote:
>Does anyone know of a good reference book on propagation by stem cuttings ?  
>When to collect  cuttings for different plants, shrubs and trees and what sort 
>of medium ,temp, hormone  etc.. 

One of the most complete references is 
	Plant propagation : principles and practices / Hudson
	T. Hartmann, Dale E. Kester, Fred T. Davies, Jr.
	5th ed. Prentice Hall, c1990

This is a big, expensive textbook that may be available in university libraries.
It is technical, and oriented toward commercial production.

Another book that may well be in your public library is 'Plants-a-Plenty'
by Catherine Osgoode Foster.  (Rodale Press, I think.)  It is oriented more
toward the small scale or home hobbyist, but has a remarkable amount of info
on various plants in it.

There is also a standard reference called something like 'Manual of Woody
Plants' or something similar, I haven't seen it personally, but it is said
to be what professional horticulturalists use.

There are many other books on propagation.  Before you buy one, have a look
through what is available in your public and/or university library.  You may
well find a book that meets your needs better than the above.

Beverly Erlebacher
Toronto, Ontario Canada


From klier@cobra.uni.edu Mon Oct  3 11:57:17 EDT 1994
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From: klier@cobra.uni.edu
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Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
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In article <6b.3550.2616.0N8D6B3A@sound.com>, bob.batson@sound.com (Bob Batson) writes:
> Can anyone recommend a good introductory book about Plant Taxonomy?

I'm currently using Walters, DR & Keil, DJ 1988 Vascular Plant Taxonomy, 
3rd ed. Kendall Hunt, Dubuque, IA for my plant systematics course.  Pretty
good explanations of terms and descriptions of important families and their
recognition characteristics, pretty good discussion of the philosophy and
practices behind evolutionary classifications.

I like Tod Stuessy's (1990) Plant taxonomy: The systematic evaluation of
comparative data (Columbia Univ. Press) for its discussions of the whys
and wherefores of classification, but my students find it very dry, and 
it does not cover family recognition characteristics (they're mainly
interested in "what is it and how do I key it out", not great philosophical
ruminations on the differences between a subspecies and a variety and a semi-
species.)

If you're interested primarily in the identification and family recognition
aspects, and not the philosophy, CL Porter (1967) Taxonomy of Flowering Plants
(WH FReeman) does a nice job of explaining terminology, giving good drawings
and diagrams, and talking about recognition characteristics, but the 
organizing system he uses (Engler) is pretty well dead now.
It is, however, very readable, and I see copies in used book stores fairly
often for about $3-5; I own several copies that I often lend to students
who have trouble visualizing flowers in cross section, since Porter
uses floral diagrams.

There's a lot of other good books out there, too, so don't let me dissuade
you from one you find to be useful.

For my own use, however, when I want to refresh my memory of a family,
I reach for GHM Lawrence's Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (1951; Macmillan,
out of print, alas).  It's got good information in a nice compact form,
and good (if tiny) diagrams for each family.  The organization of the
book may be out of date, but it's still a handy compendium, but not a
"do it yourself beginner's taxonomy book".

If I knew a bit more about what you wanted, I might be able to suggest
a specific title or titles.

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI



From una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu Mon Oct  3 11:57:42 EDT 1994
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From: una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu (Una Smith)
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The classic "Flowering Plants of the World" is in press again,
at long last!  Have your favorite bookshop special-order it
for you.  The ISBN is 0-19-521037-9, and it is from Oxford
University Press.  This book is an extremely popular college
textbook, a reference used by most professional taxonomists,
an important original source (the editor, V.H. Heywood, and
the authors are all world-class experts), and a coffeetable
picture book popular with naturalists, horticulturalists, and
gardeners.

-- 
	Una Smith			una.smith@yale.edu

Dept. of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT  06520-8104  USA


From klier@cobra.uni.edu Mon Oct  3 12:00:23 EDT 1994
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From: klier@cobra.uni.edu
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Subject: Re: Plant Taxonomy Book?
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In article <6b.3550.2616.0N8D6B3A@sound.com>, bob.batson@sound.com (Bob Batson) writes:
> Can anyone recommend a good introductory book about Plant Taxonomy?

I'm currently using Walters, DR & Keil, DJ 1988 Vascular Plant Taxonomy, 
3rd ed. Kendall Hunt, Dubuque, IA for my plant systematics course.  Pretty
good explanations of terms and descriptions of important families and their
recognition characteristics, pretty good discussion of the philosophy and
practices behind evolutionary classifications.

I like Tod Stuessy's (1990) Plant taxonomy: The systematic evaluation of
comparative data (Columbia Univ. Press) for its discussions of the whys
and wherefores of classification, but my students find it very dry, and 
it does not cover family recognition characteristics (they're mainly
interested in "what is it and how do I key it out", not great philosophical
ruminations on the differences between a subspecies and a variety and a semi-
species.)

If you're interested primarily in the identification and family recognition
aspects, and not the philosophy, CL Porter (1967) Taxonomy of Flowering Plants
(WH FReeman) does a nice job of explaining terminology, giving good drawings
and diagrams, and talking about recognition characteristics, but the 
organizing system he uses (Engler) is pretty well dead now.
It is, however, very readable, and I see copies in used book stores fairly
often for about $3-5; I own several copies that I often lend to students
who have trouble visualizing flowers in cross section, since Porter
uses floral diagrams.

There's a lot of other good books out there, too, so don't let me dissuade
you from one you find to be useful.

For my own use, however, when I want to refresh my memory of a family,
I reach for GHM Lawrence's Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (1951; Macmillan,
out of print, alas).  It's got good information in a nice compact form,
and good (if tiny) diagrams for each family.  The organization of the
book may be out of date, but it's still a handy compendium, but not a
"do it yourself beginner's taxonomy book".

If I knew a bit more about what you wanted, I might be able to suggest
a specific title or titles.

Kay Klier  Biology Dept  UNI



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Subject: Re: Recommend me a good book
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Gloria Mercado-Martin <desidia@solano.community.net> writes:
 
>text.  Please give me some advice (preferably before Xmas, so that i can 
 
The best books for basic information are : The Harrowsmith Annual Garden, the
Harrowsmith Perennial Garden, Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-step successful
gardening, Flowering bulbs indoors and out, and I'm not sure of the title on the
last- the Rodale encyclopedia of Perennials (it is NOT the same as the Rodale
organic gardening book recommended by others above but it is full of practical
information on starting and designing a garden, as well as choosing perennials
suited to your situation.) When you get around to reading garden writers just
for pleasure, read Ann Lovejoy, Pamela Harper, Allen Lacy, Henry Mitchell and
Christopher Lloyd for starters :)


From sean@hand.timeinc.com Wed Dec 21 23:00:42 EST 1994
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tootie <tootie@delphi.com> wrote:
>
> Gloria Mercado-Martin <desidia@solano.community.net> writes:
>  
> >text.  Please give me some advice (preferably before Xmas,

You can read a collection of reviews of garden books by Allen Lacy.

They are part of his newsletter, Homeground, which is in the Virtual
Garden. To go to the reviews section set your browser to:
http://www.timeinc.com/vg/Magazine-Rack/Homeground/indexbooks.html

Sean Callahan
The Virtual Garden
Time Life
TimeLife@AOL.com



From sfinger@cs.cmu.edu Fri Jun 17 00:39:40 EDT 1994
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From: sfinger@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Finger)
Subject: Great reference book
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Ever wonder:

	What's the difference between a liverwort and a moss?
	What are monocotyledons and dicotyledons? 
	What a flower looks like to a bee?
	What's inside a stem or a root?
	What's a phylum?
	Which part of a flower is the stigma and which is the anther?

_The Visual Dictionary of Plants_ is a reference book that answers all
these questions.  It's written for children -- so those of us without
degrees in botany can understand it.  It's full of colorful
photographs and diagrams.  Everything is labeled with its proper name,
and functions are explained clearly and simply.  All plants have both
their common names and Latin names given.

My niece has a copy of this book - but I couldn't very well grab it
away from her - so I ordered my own.  Now I think I have to buy
another one for a friend who has started gardening with her three-year
old.  He has done things like pull up a plant because he wanted to
know what was underneath.  (She says he may be a budding botanist, but
couldn't he pull up a dandelion instead of a dahlia?)

The Visual Dictionary of Plants, Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries,
Dorling Kindersley, New York, $14.95 (US), 64pp

Susan Finger
sfinger@ri.cmu.edu


From lunaj@BCC.ORST.EDU Mon Apr  4 18:10:56 1994
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 94 10:14:51 PDT
From: lunaj@BCC.ORST.EDU
To: ecorom@aol.com
Cc: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Resource Guides to Sustainable Agriculture

To:  Jim Clark

Concerning your request for resource guides to sustainable agriculture, one
source of information for the Pacific Northwest is the following:

A Sustainable Agriculture Resource Guide for Oregon and Washington
Oregon State University Extension Service Public. EM 8530. 221 pp.  
Edited by Helene Murray, Gwendolyn Bane, and Richard Dick. 


Make checks for $9.00 payable to Oregon State University
Send to:
Publications Orders
Agricultural Communications
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-2119


        This is an excellent summary of information on agricultural
organizations, periodicals, general books and handbooks, university
resources, databases and computer software, videotapes and media offerings,
educational opportunities, and specific information on pest and water
resource managment, soils, on-farm experimentation, and marketing. 

 
John M. Luna
Department of Horticulture
4143 Agriculture & Life Sciences Bldg.
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331  
503-737-5430   FAX  503 737-3479
E-mail LUNAJ@bcc.orst.edu

From potterke@student.msu.edu Wed Apr 20 22:49:29 1994
Date: 20 Apr 94 15:50:17 GMT
From: kelvin potter <potterke@student.msu.edu>
To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Plain & Others

Plain--the magazine of life, land and spirit. From the Center
for Plain Living. Contribs: W. Berry, W. Jackson, Logsdon, Kline,
Egenes, Robbins. 6/yr. $18. POB 200 Burton, OH  44021

Dwelling Portably & Light Living Library. Tiny-print homemade
pubs network about ultra-cheap nomadic lifestyles. $1 per issue.
A bunch have been made. (Send $5 why not.) POB 190, Philomath,
OR  97370

Bummers & Gummers. Reports, info and advice from a big communal
farm/homestead project. Looks like it's not being executed in
standard groovey-hippy form. Humor and realism actually abound.
Seems better and un-culty compared to likes of Zendik, etc.
Fresh ideas, good thinking. $6/yr for 4-6 issues. POB 91,
Lorane, OR  97451

P.S. These are some of the best 'alt' mags related to this 'alt' subject 
that I've seen...and I see fifty a month. (All topics.) If you contact
these folks, tell em I sent you. In the case of Plain, ask "Why no note 
yet to JP @ OYB? Why no trade? He's a good guy." I wrote em, no response--
I know they're busy, but what the hey. Much obliged. Jeff Potter, editor 
Out Your Backdoor.
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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 18:13:38 -0500
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Back Home, P.O.Box 370, Mountain Home, NC 28758.  $16/year (four issues), 
$4.50 for sample issue.  "Dedicated to providing practical and useful informa-
tion designed to help people gain more control of their lives, whether it be 
in country, town or city."  Nice homey feel, wide variety of articles.

Backwoods Home Magazine, 1257 Siskiyou Blvd #213, Ashland, OR 97520.  
$17.95/year (six issues), $4.00 for sample issue.  Alternative energy, home 
building, gardening, storing food, raising animals, other aspects of self-
sufficiency.  Very good!

Coping with Turbulent Times, Box 4630T SFA Sta., Nacogdoches, TX 75962.  
$5/four issues, $1 plus SASE for sample issue.  The theme of this newsletter, 
as may be evident from the title, is that the times we live in bring many 
problems and that there are lots of things we can do to be better prepared to 
meet them.  

Country Journal, 6405 Flank Dr., Harrisburg, PA  17112.  $24/year (six 
issues).  The only one of the slicker country magazines that seems worthwhile.  
Has some good practical information.
 
COUNTRYSIDE & Small Stock Journal, "The honestly original country magazine", 
N2601 Winter Sports, Withee, WI  54498  $18/year (six issues), $3.00 for 
sample issue.  Some emphasis on small stock (rabbits, chickens, sheep, etc), 
but has variety of articles & tips from readers on gardening & other skills 
for the homestead.

Dwelling Portably (formerly Message Post), P.O.Box 190, Philomath, OR 97370.  
Sample $1 (cash).  Although aimed at people living in tents, tipis, etc. it 
has many tips useful to the rest of us too.

Gentle Survivalist, Box 4004, St. George, UT  84770  $17.00 year (12 
issues), $1.00 plus stamp for sample issue.  An interesting mixture of philos-
ophizing, helpful tips, and useful sources (with addresses) - "focus on natu-
ral living and Native American culture".

Living Free, Box 29, Hiler Branch, Buffalo, NY 14223  $9/six issues (about a 
year)  Newsletter on low cost, low profile living.  Strong Libertarian view-
point and discussions may be repellent to some, but provides useful ideas and 
sources of ideas.

Mother Earth News, 24 E 23rd St. New York, NY 10010.  $17.95/year(six issues), 
$3.00 per copy.  "The original country magazine." - looks more like the old 
MEN than before it ceased publishing in 1990 - has information on gardening, 
homesteading, do-it-yourself projects, "bootstrap" businesses, etc.

Organic Gardening, 33 E. Minor St., Emmaus, PA 18098.  $25/year (nine issues), 
(usually offer lower introductory rate).  Excellent source of organic garden-
ing methods and tips.  Also recipes, etc.


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Coltsfoot, "In appreciation of wild plants", Route 1, Box 313A, Shipman, VA  
22971  $10/year (six issues), $2.00 for sample issue.  Articles, letters, 
reviews on the use of wild plants.

Eagle-Eye Communicator, P.O.Box 391, Jamestown, NY 14702  $21/year (12 
issues), $37/two years, $3.00 for sample issue.  Wild edibles, medicinal use 
of herbs, outdoor living & survival, first aid, field courses, etc.

Environmentarian Newsletter, Wild Foods, Inc., 2351 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, 
AZ  85021  $25/year (6pp monthly).  A curious name, but a useful letter.  
Information and recipes on edible wild plants.

Family Friends, Box 961, Portales, NM  88130  $5/year (4 issues), Sample copy 
$1.  Tips for family living, resources, ads.
 
Farming Uncle, 2917 Grand Concourse #CN, Bronx, NY  10468.  Quarterly, $2 for 
sample issue.  Ads, reprints, recipes relating mainly to poultry and small 
livestock.

Greener Pastures Gazette, Box 2190, Henderson, NV  89009  $25/year (6pp, 
quarterly).  "The readers digest to the 'back to small town values and 
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Notes from the Ark, The Ark c/o III, Box 4630T SFA Sta., Nacogdoches, TX 75962
A series of single sheets (front and back) directed at particular self-suffi-
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Living Cheap News, Box 700058, San Jose, CA 95170.  $12/year (10 issues). 4pp 
per issue.  Sample for $1 & #10 SASE. "Promoting Practical Parsimony".  Essay 
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Skinflint News, 1460 Noell Blvd., Palm Harbor, FL  34683.  $9.95/year (12 
issues). 8pp per issue.  Short articles, tips (including financial & cooking), 
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Tightwad Gazette, RR1, Box 3570, Leeds, ME 04263. $12/year (12 issues). 8pp 
per issue.  Sample for #10 SASE. "Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative 
Lifestyle".  Articles, tips, letters, essays on thinking about thriftiness.

The Wild Foods Forum, 4 Carlisle Way, NE, Atlanta. GA 30308. $15/year 
(12 issues). 8pp per issue.  "for people who are interested in wild edible, 
medicinal, and useful plants."  Articles, reviews, recipes, letters.




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From dressse@ferrari.network.com Sun Jan  1 21:26:41 EST 1995
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There are two other books which I have found useful in this regard:

    60 Minute Gardening by Jeff Ball
    Grow More Vegetables... by John Jeavons

The 'Jeavons' book is subtitled: A Primer on the Biodynamic and French
Intensive Method.  It is extremely useful because of the extensive
charts included which detail plant spacings in the bed, expected yields
per 100 sq ft area, and average annual US consumption of each item.

Jeff Ball's book is also excellent because it helps trim some of the
labor inherent in an intensively managed garden.  He also includes
many charts on plant succession(s) etc.



From 0006001580@mcimail.com Tue Mar 15 23:31:23 1994
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 21:22 EST
From: John Rath <0006001580@mcimail.com>
To: sanet-mg <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Small Farmer's Journal

The address for the Small Farmer's Journal is as follows:
		Small Farmer's Journal
		P.O.Box 1627 
		Sisters, Oregon, 97759
		503-549-2064
A one Year (4 Issue) subscription is $22.00.

Hope this helps
Jack Rath DVM
Granville, NY
MCIMAIL:600-1580
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Get a good basic book on soil ecology.  I like this one:

    _Start with the Soil_ by Grace Gershuny, 1993, Rodale Press

Organic gardening is fundamentally about building a vital, healthy
balanced community of soil organisms, large and small.  Be good to
your soil, and your soil will be good to your plants--and you!

--
Greg McGary          (804) 361-1665          gkm@cichlid.com
   (ask me for information about intentional communities)


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In article <island.net> rneville@epaus.island.net (Robert Neville) writes:
>
>We are interested in building a greenhouse at very reasonable cost.  Does
>anybody know of a source of designs?  We would be especially interested in
>solar greenhouses.  
>

A good book to check out is:

	The Solar Greenhouse Book
	Edited by James C. McCullagh
	Rodale Press
	isbn 0-87857-198-1 hardcover
	isbn 0-87857-222-8 paperback
Part 1
How to determine the best greenhouse location
How to get the most sun into your greenhouse
How to rate and select glazing materials
How to shutter and curtain your greenhouse
to cut donw on heat loss
How to choose materials for string heat
How to determine your local weather conditions

Part 2
How to build a freestanding solar greenhouse
How to build an attached solar greenhouse
How to build a pit solar greenhouse
How to build a solar cold frame

Part 3
How to prepare your greenhouse for plant production
How to choose the right plants for your solar greenhouse
How to successfully grow plants in your solar greenhouse
How to get extra CO2 and heat into your greenhouse

-alan


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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

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Jim Ryan (jimryan@cats.ucsc.edu) writes...
>I am participating in a plant gathering "expedition" in Yunnan,
>China
>next month.  The Chinese college sponsoring it has requested I
>gather
>some information.  I'd appreciate any information on the following
>be
>emailed to "jimryan@cats.ucsc.edu".  Thanks.
>          
>1. Is anyone doing, or know someone who is doing, research on or
>using
>bamboo?
>          
>2. Can anyone recommend a good English language botanical
>dictionary? 
>Especially interested in botanical Latin,composition of plant
>botanical names.

I use the everyday run of the mill Penguin Dictionary of Botany
which is pretty good and for Latin I use Stearn's excellent
"Botanical Latin" which is old (1973) but Latin hasn't been
changing much in the last two decades so it is still reasonably up
to date.

As for Bamboo, why don't you go and have a look in Bio Abstracts? 
Or do a WAIS if you're not keen on libraries.

Stearn, William T. 1973. Botanical Latin. David & Charles, Newton
Abbot, Devon.


Mark J. Hovenden        	       	    	Ph:     	002 323441
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In article <268qkpINNeda@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu>,
 <stinger@pine.circa.ufl.edu> wrote:

>I am looking for researchers with lat/long distribution
>data in ASCII format.  I am interested in any clade of plants
>for which all "known" populations are mapped...

You should consider getting ahold of a copy of the book _Areography_ by
Eduardo Rappaport (full citation below) for some intersting ideas, but
more directly relevant, doing a citations index search for articles in the
botanical literature that have cited him: they are very likely to have
collected the sorts of data in which you are interested...

Rappaport was very interested in geographic range, and, loosely speaking,
range "geometry", as a taxonomic property, and used many examples from the
floras and faunas of South America. 

good luck!

jonathan kochmer
unixversity of washington
seattle, wa


ME   Rapoport, Eduardo.
DT   Areography : geographical strategies of species / Eduardo
     H. Rapoport ; translated by Barbara Drausal.
ED   1st English ed., rev. and enl.
PI   Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Published on behalf of
     the Fundacion Bariloche by Pergamon Press, 1982.
AE   Rapoport, Eduardo. Areography.


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In article <25slq2$6ab@news.ysu.edu> al401@yfn.ysu.edu (David R. Smith)
writes:
>
>any recommendations for good book on growing vegetables, fruits
>etc. (not flowers or other non edibles) in a greenhouse
>situation?
>I am looking for a pretty detailed book with light and
>temperature requirements, if possible and I understand
>some vegetables and greens are more susceptible to problems
>in greenhouses and some really are not worth trying at
>all.
>thanks for any info on source material.
>David Smith
>

'Be Your Own Greenhouse Expert' by Dr. D. G. Hessayon has just the
information you want. It's a slim paperback from England.  I believe I got
mine from Storey's Books or some such.

Judith Moore
judith@mermaid.larc.nasa.gov




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Subject: Re: heirloom seeds
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In article <STNGIAM.93Sep4180737@carbonara.mit.edu>,
Shih-Tung Ngiam <stngiam@athena.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>Suppose I grow an "Early Girl" tomato and let the fruit drop to the
>ground, and suppose further that the seeds survive the winter and
>germinate in Spring. And that this cycle goes on year after year.  I'll
>accept that the descendant plants may not mature as early or may produce
>fruits that don't taste as good (to humans) as true "Early Girls", but
>they will still be tomatoes, nonetheless.  Why should the genes of these
>descendants be considered inferior to those of "heirloom varieties" ? 

[First, some suggested reading:  "Breeding Your Own Vegetable Varieties"
a recent book by Carol Deppe.   Explains plant breeding objectives and
methods used by professional breeders and how to adapt them to backyard
projects.  Easy to understand, and very inspiring, makes you want to get
out in the garden and do some crosses!]

The offspring of hybrids are quite variable.  If you select and inbreed
for several generations you can create new varieties with the properties
you like, assuming they occur in the genes of the hybrid you started with,
or arise from mutation.  Early Girl would be a poor choice of starting
material if you wanted to produce yellow cherry tomatoes, but you could
select for several generations and get a new open-pollinated variety that
resembles Early Girl quite closely, but breeds true.

If you just let tomatoes fall, rot and germinate their seeds in the spring,
you will be selecting for plants that are productive of seeds under these
conditions, which may not be very good eating tomatoes.  For millenia, long
before the principles of genetics were discovered, people have been saving
seed from their best plants, and now we have domesticated crops which are
 very different from their wild ancestors.

Assuming 100% inbreeding, which is common in modern tomatoes, and ignoring
mutation for now, your self-sown population will have only the genes found
in Early Girl.  If Early Girl has no genes for e.g. yellow colour, enormous
size, stripes, intense tomato flavour, resistance to disease X, these traits
will not show up in any offspring, no matter how hard you select.

>  But these seeds must have been themselves the products of deliberate
>or accidental hybridization, too.  Since seed companies employ plant
>breeders who are all the time creating new varieties, it hardly seems
>fair to blame them for reducing genetic diversity. 

In the 'good old days' people saved seed from plants that produced the
way they liked, under their local conditions.  The old small regional
seed companies, most of which are gone now, also developed locally adapted
varieties.  Modern large seed companies are interested in creating varieties
that produce adequately under widely varying conditions, so they can sell
them across the continent.  Heirlooms often do extremely well under the
conditions in which they were developed, but sometimes poorly under
different conditions.  This isn't always the case:  some tomatoes developed
for cold, short-season climates do very well in hot deserts - the ability
to set fruit under cold conditions appears to really be an ability to set
fruit under generally adverse conditions including heat and dryness.

>>   When seed companies began to sell to consumers, they found that if they
>>   developed hybrid seed (purported to be better) and sold this to their
>>   customers, one of the "benefits" to them (the companies) was repeat 
>>   business, because the seed could not be saved. Because of this practise,
>>   we have lost many valuable plants that cannot be recovered, as there 
>>   is no seed for that particular varilety left on the planet! 
>
>   There must have been some reason for farmers to have switched to
>hydrid varieties from heirloom varieties, though.  After all, why would
>past generations of farmers have paid good money for seed when they
>could have kept their own seeds for the price of lost production ?

There are some plants, like corn, that are strongly outbreeding by nature.
These plants develop 'inbreeding depression', and hybrids really tend to
be superior to open pollinated varieties, unless a large and variable
population is maintained for seed year after year.  Other plants, including
tomatoes, are natural inbreeders.  Hybrid tomato varieties are not necessarily
superior to open-pollinated ones.  Even Dr. Ernie Kerr, who has been a 
professional tomato breeder, for the Ontario government until retirement
and then for Stokes Seeds (maybe 50 years total experience), says so.

The seed companies incorporate their advances into hybrids, because it
is of advantage to sell something that has to be bought again next year.
You can use these "hot new genes" to create your own varieties that have
the properties you like.  You can combine the disease-resistance and other
new developments with the desirable home garden traits of heirlooms.

Farmers generally want different properties in a crop than home gardeners
do.  In the case of tomatoes, someone raising acres of them wants a variety
that will ripen all at once, so the pickers (or picking machine) need only
go over the field once or twice.  The fruit should be cosmetically perfect,
smooth, symmetrical, red, uniform size and shape, no cracks or other defects,
hard enough to survive a lot of handling and shipping.  Resistance to
herbicides is a big plus, flavour is low priority.  When I grow tomatoes in
my garden, I am willing to put up with cosmetic imperfections, the fruit
doesn't get any rough handling, flavour is important to me, I don't mind
staking and weeding, I want them to ripen over a period of weeks or months,
I like to grow varieties that have various colours and shapes and sizes. 
Most plant breeders are breeding for the big producer who buys most of the
seed, and/or the home gardener who wants to grow stuff that looks like what
they sell in the supermarket.



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klier@cobra.uni.edu wrote:

: One place to start reading about heirlooms is Carolyn Jab's _Heirloom
: Gardener_ (approximate title) -- about mid 1980's publication date,
: if I recall.

Another good reference (which you can order through the SSE) is 
"Seed to Seed", by , um, uh, I used to have it here somewhere.  Anyway,
it is a good reference on techniques required for harvesting and 
storing seeds.  

Tom

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	I misremembered the author of the book I mentioned.
	The correct information is:  _The Heirloom Gardener_ 
by Carolyn JABS, 1984, Sierra Club Books, 2034 Filmore Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94115 USA  268pp + bibliography, appendices and index
= 310pp total.

ISBN 0-87156-803-9.  Cover Price for the hardcover is $17.95
(on clearance at Borders book Shop for $3.98).

A good discount read, IMHO.  The information on seed companies, organizations,
membership fees, and federal seed repositories is all outdated, but 
still useful for generalities.  It also gets a bit repetitive at times,
especially WRT the federal seed storage program.

Mind like a 2mm-mesh sieve,
Dorothy Klein


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From: allyn@u.washington.edu (Allyn Weaks)
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At long last I have a house with a miniscule yard (average by seattle
standards, but I'm from the midwest where 1/2 acres are more common than
10th acres...).  The time has come to start looking at trees to plant.  I
have room along the west side of the house for about three semi-dwarf sized
fruit trees (15' spread, 15-20' tall), and I'd like to get at least one
started this fall.  They probably won't get much morning sun until they
grow up enough to peak over the eaves, but they should get plenty in the
afternoons (as much as you ever get here, anyway.)

I'd rather not get standard modern hybrids.  I remember reading about a
book from the 1930s that listed over 3000 varieties of apple trees
available at the time, many with wonderful properties (taste! texture!)
that don't necessarily include easy mass harvest or long storage times. 
Are there any suppliers of some of these?  I'd like to find a really good
tart hard apple that doesn't turn to mush when cooked.  Hopefully self
pollinating, since I'd rather have three completely different kinds of
fruit than two out of three trees be apples.  Disease, pest, and
maintenance-free a plus :-)

I'd also like to look into old varieties of cherries, plums, pears, or
other things that would do well here (the growing season is really too
short for peaches).  Small nut trees may also apply for space.  (A hazelnut
bush is already in the planning stages for the back yard. Know any good
ones?  I'd kind of like to go with the northwest native, but the nuts are
teensy.)

Do the old varieties of fruit trees come in smallish sizes, or are the
dwarf/semi-dwarfs only a product of the hybridization era?  I vaguely know
how grafting and hybridization work and what they're for, but I have no
grasp of the history involved of when various techniques started being
used.  It wouldn't actually surprise me to find out that grafting is
medieval or older.

I've had a look in several bookstores, and haven't been able to find
anything much about fruit trees at all, let alone old or uncommon ones. 
Any good references?

Many thanks.
-- 
Allyn Weaks
allyn@u.washington.edu


From WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu Mon Jun 13 23:21:57 1994
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1994 08:57:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Irwin Weintraub <WEINTRAUB@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Abstracts on Sustainable Agriculture

Does anybody know whether the following two sources are still being
published:


1. ABSTRECO: Abstracts on Sustainable Agriculture.
Published by Wageningen Agricultural University, Department of
Ecological Agriculture, Wageningen, Netherlands.

This is published quarterly but we have not received an issues since
Vol. 5, No. 1/2, June 1993.


2. Abstracts on Sustainable Agriculture - published annually by
Deutsches Zentrum fuer Entwicklungstechnologien - GATE in Eschborn,
Germany.

The last issue we received was 1991. They are usually one year late. We
are waiting for the 1992 issue published in 1993.

Our periodicals vendor has been trying to find out if the above sources
are still being published but has not been successful.


I would appreciate any information you may have about these two sources.


Irwin Weintraub
Agriculture Resource Librarian
Library of Science and Medicine
Rutgers University 
Post Office Box 1029
Piscataway, New Jersey  08855-1029
weintraub@zodiac.rutgers.edu
 
From ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 12:29:40 EDT
From: "E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor" <ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca>
To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Sustainable agriculture references sought.

Friend:  two popular press subscriptions they should definitely have 
are New Farm and Grass Farming Consultants.  Both are excellent 
sources of practical information and success stories on alternative 
ag practices.  Ann
ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
Dr. E. Ann Clark
Associate Professor
Crop Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1
Phone:  519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
FAX:  519 763-8933

Agriculture

Books:

Agribusiness in the Americas.  Roger Burbach and Patricia Flynn.  
New York: North American Congress on Latin America, 1980.

Alternative Agriculture.  National Research Council, 
Committee on the Role of Alternative Farming Methods 
in Modern Production Agriculture.  
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1989.

America's Growing Dilemma: Pesticides in Food and Water.  
League of Women Voters of the United States.  
Washington D.C.: LWV, 1989.  
Order for $4.95 from LWV, 1730 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.

Chicken Little, Tomato Sauce, and Agriculture: 
Who Will Produce Tomorrow's Food?  
Joan Dye Gussow.  New York: The Bootstrap Press, 1991.  
Order for $12.50 from the Bootstrap Press, 
777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017.

Escape from the Pesticide Treadmill: 
Alternatives to Pesticides in Developing Countries.  
Mount Vernon, NY: Consumers Union.  
Institute for Consumer Policy Research, May 1986.

The Harvest: State Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture.  
Anne Hoskins and Jeffrey Tryens, Washington, D.C.: 
Center for Policy Alternatives, 1990.  
Order for $15 from the Center for Policy Alternatives, 
2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009.

Silent Spring.  Rachel Carson.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1951.



From samba!sunSITE!london Wed Jan  6 21:35:35 EST 1993
Subject: test 1
Title:    Altering Chemical Imbalances in Iowa Lawns and Gardens
Abstract: Information to increase the understanding of lime, gypsum, and
          sulfur and their effects on the soil.
Format:   Publication
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1992
Pages:    4
Author:   Rindels, Sherry; Edwards, Elaine; Melchert, Dennis


Title:    Backyard Composting
Abstract: Condenses information contained in AG-FO-3296, "Composting and
          Mulching: A Guide to Managing Organic Yard Wastes."  For the
          general public.
Format:   Publication
Source:   University of Minnesota
Year:     1990
Pages:
Author:   Brown, D.; Rosen, C.


Title:    A Step-by-Step Guide to Nutrient Management
Abstract: Helps determine the crop nutrient requirements for individual
          farm fields.  Focuses on adjusting commercial fertilizer
          application rates by properly crediting nutrients
          supplied by manure, legumes, residual soil
          nitrate and organic wastes.
Format:   Publication
Source:   University of Wisconsin
Year:     1992
Pages:    4
Note:     Includes worksheet for conducting field nutrient assessments.
Author:   Wolkowski, Richard P.


Title:    Crop Management Practices: Establishing Realistic Yield Goals,
          Soil Management and Conservation
Abstract: This program is designed educate & inform the part-time farmer
          about profitability, efficient soil management practices, and
          in establishing realistic yield goals.
Format:   Videotape
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1986
Pages:
Note:     Avalible for rental from ISU Film/Video Library, 121 Pearson
          Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Ia 50011, or call (515)
          294-1540.  1 hour,1/2" VHS.
Author:   Amemiya, Min; Miller, Gerald


Title:    We Are The Soil
Abstract: Examines use of soil in relation to the heritage of the prairie.
          Contrasts increased emphasis on crop production with
          exploitation of natural resources. Review progress
          in establishing conservation practices.
Format:   Film
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1977
Pages:    0
Author:   Unit, Film Production; University, Iowa State


Title:    Nebraska Corn Hybrid Tests -- 1992
Abstract: Contains a progress report of corn hybrid performance tests,
          includes averages, entrants, location of tests, results,
          cultural practices, and performance data.
Format:   Publication
Source:   University of Nebraska
Year:     1992
Pages:    59
Note:     Revised annually.
Author:   Nelson, Lenis A.; Moomaw, Russell S.; Elmore, Roger W.;
          Nordquist, Paul T.; Klein, Robert N.; Baltensperger, David D.




From samba!sunSITE!london Wed Jan  6 21:35:35 EST 1993
Subject: test 2
Title:    Low-Input/Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Projects
          for 1988
Abstract: Describes low-input and easily maintained agricultural projects
          and the appropriations involved.
Format:   Publication
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1988
Pages:    28
Author:   Madden, Patrick; Hubbard, Dixon; O'Connell, Paul;
          Jennings, Vivan


Title:    First Steps: Moving Toward Sustainability -- Machinery Management
Abstract: Series of 6 videotapes examining various sustainable practices
          currently used by Midwest farmers.
Format:   Videotape
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1990
Pages:    0
Note:     Available Feb. 1st, 1991, Media Resources Center, ISU,
          515-294-1540; length 27:00
Author:   Menz, Brian


Title:    First Steps: Moving Toward Sustainability -- Pest Management
Abstract: This series of 6 videotapes examines various sustainable
          practices currently used by Midwest farmers.
Format:   Videotape
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1990
Pages:
Note:     Length - 27:00 minutes
Author:   Menz, Brian


Title:    First Steps: Moving Toward Sustainability -- Soil Management
Abstract: This series of 6 videotapes examines various sustainable
          practices currently used by Midwest farmers.
Format:   Videotape
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1990
Pages:    0
Note:     Length - 27:00
Author:   Menz, Brian


Title:    First Steps: Moving Toward Sustainability -- Nitrogen Management
Abstract: This series of 6 videotapes examines various sustainable
          practices currently used by Midwest farmers.
Format:   Videotape
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1990
Pages:    0
Note:     Length -- 27:00
Author:   Menz, Brian


Title:    First Steps: Moving Toward Sustainability -- Livestock Management
          (hogs)
Abstract: This series of 6 videotapes examines various sustainability
          practices currently used by Midwest farmers.
Format:   Videotape
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1990
Pages:    0
Note:     Length - 27:00
Author:   Menz, Brian


Title:    First Steps: Moving Toward Sustainability -- Economic Management
Abstract: This series of 6 videotapes examines various sustainable
          practices currently used by Midwest farmers.
Format:   Videotape
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1990
Pages:    0
Note:     Length - 27:00
Author:   Menz, Brian


Title:    Nebraska Soybean Variety Tests -- 1992
Abstract: This circular is a regional progress report of soybean variety
          trials, includes procedures, cultural practices, test
          locations, sites, entries, entrants, and performance.
Format:   Publication
Source:   University of Nebraska
Year:     1992
Pages:    43
Note:     Revised annually.
Author:   Nelson, L. A.; Elmore, R. W.; Moomaw, R. S.; Klein, R. N.;
          Baltensperger, D. D.


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Subject: Test 2
Title:    Kansas Extension -- Your Link to Tomorrow
Abstract: Describes Kansas Extension's core programs and initiatives.
Format:   Publication
Source:   Kansas State University
Year:     1991
Pages:    6
Author:   Daly, Myrna


Title:    Sustainable Agriculture -- Practical Farmers of Iowa: Reducing
          Weed Pressure in Ridge-Till
Abstract: Summarizes techniques for successful management of weeds in
          ridge-till cultivation, using mechanical and cultural
          controls as defense.
Format:   Publication
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1992
Pages:    4
Author:   Exner, Rick; Thompson, Richard


Title:    Farm, Rural Economy, and Policy Implications of Sustainable
          Agriculture in South Dakota
Abstract: Summarizes a study of sustainable agriculture in South Dakota.
          Includes effects of alternative farming, environmental
          policies on the profitablities of different farming
          systems, and the economic implications of each system.
Format:   Publication
Source:   South Dakota State University
Year:     1992
Pages:    20
Author:   Dobbs, Thomas L.; Taylor, Donald C.; Smolik, James D.


Title:    South Dakota Farm & Home Research
Abstract: Reports on various research results. Includes research on oats,
          flax, Vet Lab breakthroughs, tomatoes, oilseed, sustainable ag,
          biostress, and low cholesterol cheeses.
Format:   Publication
Source:   South Dakota State University
Year:     1992
Pages:    22


Title:    A Closer Look at the Spring Wheat Cropping System for More
          Efficient Yield and Sustainability
Abstract: Contains general intensive cereal management/maxiumun economic
          yield principles and practices that are applicable to the
          spring wheat producer.
Format:   Publication
Source:   North Dakota State University
Year:     1992
Pages:    96
Author:   Jenny, Richard


Title:    Walking the Journey...Sustainable Agriculture that Works
Abstract: Features an Iowa farmer outlining his ridge-till system of
          farming.  Includes cover crops on ridges, manure
          application, planting, rotary hoeing, and cultivating.
Format:   Videotape
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1992
Pages:
Author:   Thompson, Dick; Thompson, Sharon; DeWitt, Jerald


From samba!sunSITE!london Wed Jan  6 21:35:35 EST 1993
Subject: Test 1
Title:    Sustainable Agriculture
Abstract: Summarizes ten Leopold Center-funded research projects.
Format:   Publication
Source:   Iowa State University
Year:     1991
Pages:    6
Note:     To order contact: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, 126
          Siol Tilth Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3120.
Author:   Pirog, Richard; Leopold Center; Larry DeWitt

From samba!sunSITE!london Wed Jan  6 21:35:35 EST 1993
Subject: Test 2
Title:    Windbreaks in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Abstract: Discusses the value of windbreaks for soil and water
          conservation, livestock, the farmstead, wildlife and
          forestry.  Includes a drawing of a 160A farm
          designed to take full advantage of
          windbreaks and other woody plantings.
Format:   Publication
Source:   University of Nebraska
Year:     1992
Pages:    4
Note:     This publication was jointly sponsored by the USDA Soil
          Conservation Service, North Dakota State University,
          and the Forest Stewardship Program of the Nebraska
          Forest Service.
Author:   Quam, Vernon C.; Gardner, John; Brandle, James R.;
          Boes, Teresa K.


Title:    Illinois Research -- Sustainable Agriculture
Abstract: Contains articles on sustainable agriculture, economic incentives
          for alternative cropping systems, canola, reduces input farms,
          conservation tillage, high-fiber livestock diets, producing
          fuel, solar salt ponds, biotechnology, and more.
Format:   Publication
Source:   University of Illinois
Year:     1989
Pages:    38
Note:     Published quarterly.  To subscribe contact: Office of
          Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois,
          47 Mumford Hall, 1301 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801.
Author:   Ag. Experiment Station


Title:    Illinois Research -- Student Research
Abstract: Contains articles on graduate student and professor
          relationships, disease prevention, student research
          program, sustainable agriculture, selling science,
          embryo preservation, animal breeding, and more.
Format:   Publication
Source:   University of Illinois
Year:     1991
Pages:    25
Note:     Published quarterly.  To subscribe contact: Office of
          Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois,
          47 Mumford Hall, 1301 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801.
Author:   Ag. Experiment Station

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In article <3g83bg$654@rhino.cis.vutbr.cz>, zbynek@pok0.vszbr.cz says...
>
>     Can anyone help help with the indicators of sustainability of agricultural
>systems - indicators of environmental quality, productivity, and socioeconomic
>viability?
>     Any ideas, suggestions, refferences would be greatly appreciated.

Call Island Press and ask for a free catalog:
    1-800-828-1302 or 1-707-983-6432 Fax 1-707-983-6164

Call Worldwatch Institute, tell them wht you are looking for:
..Worldwatch Institute
..1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, 
..Washington, DC  20036 
..Tel: 202/452-1999
..Fax: 202/296-7365 
..E-mail: wwpub@igc.apc.org

Aloha,
Jay

>
>Zbynek Ulcak                 ULCAK@pok0.vszbr.cz
>Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno
>Department of Landscape Ecology
>Zemedelska 1
>613 oo Brno, Czech Republic
>

-- 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
   "When Leon the tyrant of Phlius asked Pythagoras who he was, he said,
 'A Philosopher,' and he compared life to the public festivals, where some
 went to compete for a prize and others went with things to sell, but the
  best as observers;  for similarly, in life, some grow up with servile
  natures, greedy for fame and gain, but philosophers seek the truth."
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Sonia--

These materials are not specifically about composting but might give
you ideas on/models for translating sustag information into K-12
curriculum materials.

The Center for Integrated Ag Systems (UW Madison) published a
teacher's guide and supplement for K-12 sustag education which
includes a learning activity about composting and background info
for teachers on that topic. The guide, "Toward a Sustainable
Agriculture," is available for $10; the resources supplement is free
with purchase of the guide.  The guide includes a teacher reference
section (intro to sustag, sustainable cropping and livestock systems,
alternative ag enterprises, public policy issues, ethics and ag), an
instructional unit, and suggested activities.  The resources
supplement is an annotated bibliography.

These are available from CIAS.  Call (608) 262-5200; ask for Selma. 
Or send e-mail to:     troyanoski@ae.agecon.wisc.edu

The Wisconsin Rural Development Center has a set of interdisciplinary
lessons for sustag instruction called "Lessons for Teaching
Sustainable Agriculture."  Very nicely produced.  Call WRDC: (608)
437-5971.  I don't know the price on that.

The Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction has long had an extensive,
nationally recognized, and well-awarded K-12 curriculum/teaching
materials publishing program.  Good models for anyone doing K-12
curriculum.  Call them for a catalogue:  (800) 243-8782.   

Michele


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Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Agricultural Technology and Family Farm Institute
UW-Madison--Voice: (608) 262-8018   FAX: (608) 265-3020

I don't play cards, I don't play golf, and I don't go to
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A good plant systematics text is Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics by
Clive A. Stace.  It ISN'T a book about plant identification but it has
lots of systematics - phylogenetics theory suitable for the undergraguate
student.  I think the publisher is Academic Press but I don't have a copy
with me to check.
David Orlovich.



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The recommendation to acquire a book by Liberty Hyde Bailey for
self-tutoring help in taxonomy is great! I agree that although many
families and genera have "split" since he was alive, he is the
clearest at laying out the essentials. His book "Hortus," (avoid the
revised third edition, by the way) is essential reading. 

The mention of the MALVA group made me smile. My daughter is named
Althaea (the old spelling, not the more common Althea). The word
means "healer," and the soothing juice of roots of several plants in
that family were once used in medicine. (The juice of Marsh Mallow
roots, for instance,  was mixed with honey and beaten egg whites to
cure soore throats, but it was so tasty that it became a kind of
treat, and now a "marshmallow" is a candy made from sugar and
geletine.)

Anyway, rather than give our child a middle name, her father and i
planted an assortment of Althaeas, including some which had been
split off into other genera (Sidalcea, Hibiscus, etc.). When she was
four, she asked why her friends had middle names and she didn't, so
we told her we wanted her to pick her own middle name and we took her
out to the Hollyhock family patch. She went right to the Althaea
zebrina and said, "That's the one i want for my middle name," and she
has been Althaea Zebrina Yronwode ever since. (For those of you
unfamiliar with it, A. zebrina is a rangy plant with rather small
flowers for its family, but they are beautifully striated in purple
over lavender, hence "zebrina" -- zebra-striped.) 

Only once in her life has anyone commented on her name. When she was
a student at the University of California at Berkeley, she went on a
blind date with a friend of a friend. The young man was a botany
student. He told her that Althaea was an "obsolete name for the
Hollyhock." She responded that she knew that -- and that her middle
name was Zebrina. "That's a Turkish species, i believe," he said. She
joked that she was afriad to date him again because next time he
might chide her for capitalizing Zebrina! 

Gosh, was that off-topic or what?

Sorry!

catherine anna yronwode, hollyhock grower


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I'm looking for a sales source of John Daws' (sp?) Book of Water Gardening. I 
believe it was last published in 1989. Local bookstore here (Barnes & Noble) 
lists it but does not know if it is still available.

This book was recommended to me by a gardener at a local conservatory that 
maintains several ponds.

e-mail: ron.ginsberg@tstation.mn.org
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I've just seen the ad of the
"The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionaty - Index
 of Garden Plants" (1994)
according to the ad it has 1234pp. and provide revised names for over
60,000 ornamental and economic plants, and "each plant named
carries a brief description and a hardiness rating" (no photos).

Does someone know this book? Is it any good ?
How much detailed are the descriptions ?
(Well 60,000 / 1234 > 48, so they must be very concise !)
Thanks,
Giovanni.


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In Article <aquilla.1130397109B@sadye.emba.uvm.edu> "aquilla@salus.med.uvm.edu (Tracy Aquilla)" says:
>     Has anyone else out there tried interplanting beans and corn before? If
> so, I'd like to hear about it, since this didn't work out too well for me.
> This year, I decided to plant pole beans in with my sweet corn crop. I
[snip]
> (eg. every-other corn plant) or pruned the bean runners more. Any advice
> from someone who has had better success with this system would be sincerely
> appreciated. Picking pole beans from these sprawling vines is not much fun,
> to say nothing of the poor sweet corn yield I got. Thanks for any help.
> 
> Tracy Aquilla, Ph.D.
If you were to wait for the corn to sprout and grow a bit, you could come in
and plant your beans next to the stalks with minimal disturbance to the corn
roots (just a finger hole in the dirt^h^h^h^h soil :).  The growing bean roots
would work out an amiable relationship with the corn roots, and your more fully
developed corn stalk would be better able to support the weight of the beans 
& vines.  I think that a problem you might have is that sweet corn is harvested
earlier than the field corn traditionally used in this intercropping scheme
(Edwards, Lal, Madden, Miller and House 1990 Sustainable_Agriculture_Systems).
Good luck.
...........

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        All opinions expressed are entirely my own.



"Vegetable Production" 

by Nonnecke 


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Check out 

Woodland Ecology, Forest Management for the Small Owner
By Leon S. Minckler

and

Country Journal Woodlot Primer

By Richard M. Brett.


Both are good for an introduction into good woodlot management.


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_Shade and Color with Water-Conserving Plants_, James Walters and Balbir 
Backhaus, published by Timber Press.  $39.95.

I was really tempted to buy this book even though I live in the beautiful 
Pacific Northwest.  One of the writers lives in the Phoenix area, and the 
"233 color photos" look like they were taken there.  

Karen


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auer@stsci.edu (Robin) writes:

> 
> 
> I am looking for any suggestions on a good book or two to buy on
> Herbs.  Something with tips on growing, drying, uses for herbs in cooking,
> and tips for making potpourri.  Is there one book out there that covers
> all this or will I have to buy several books?  
> 
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
> 
> Also, what can you do with lemon thyme - it sure smells great in the
> garden and looks good with cut flowers, but can you make potpourri with it 
> or cook with it?   
> 

I have a nice book that covers most of these topics;

Growing and using Herbs successfully
Betty E. M. Jacobs

Storey Communications, Inc.
Pownall Vermont 05261
ISBN 0-88266-249-x

This book is done by a lady who has run an herb farm and has a lot of tips
from that perspective.

As to Lemon thyme, she says it's used in cooking, makes a nice tea, can be
used as a house plant and in potpourri.




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Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of herbs
0-87857-699-1
-- 
Charles Creegan  NC Wesleyan College  ccreegan@uncecs.edu


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Summary: two green thumbs up

This is the second year my wife and I have been container
gardening, after several years of growing houseplants.  We are
going to move next month, hopefully to a home where we can have a
"real" garden.  Our inclinations are towards growing food crops
(veggies, herbs, and fruits), intending to get fresh-picked
quality, rather than to become self-sufficient.

We are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and recently picked up a
copy of the new book _Golden Gate Gardening_.  Its subtitle
claims that it is "The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food
Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area & Coastal California".
I'm not sure I'd call any book the "complete guide" to gardening,
but _Golden Gate Gardening_ is the most useful book we've found
so far for our interests.

First and formost, the unique gardening issues of the
"Mediterranean" climate are addressed.  Mild winters and cool,
foggy summers make it possible to garden year-round, but make it
difficult to grow some traditional garden favorites successfuly.
The climate is also characterized by a delay of 45 days or more
between the summer solstice and the hottest day of the year.
While the author only mentions California (and a bit of the
Oregon coast), I believe that a similar climate prevails in the
Mediterranean area, as well as in regions of the western coasts
of Africa, South America, and Australia.

The largest section of the book is a comprehensive compendium of
vegetables, with information on growing an enormous array of both
familiar and unfamiliar crops in our region.  Herbs and fruits
are also well covered in their respective chapters.  I should
mention though, that some crops that just don't do very well in
this climate receive a rather cursory treatment; given that the
author has little experience with them, this is to be expected.

There are weaknesses in this book.  Some general gardening topics
that aren't specific to this region (eg, soil amendments, pruning
techniques) are covered less thoroughly, and readers would be
well advised to seek out the books listed in the bibliography
that cover various subjects in more detail.  Also, I would have
liked more thorough illustrations of the regional pests and
diseases, so that I don't have to reread the text as much to
identify what's ailing my crops.

_Golden Gate Gardening_ also includes quite a few recipes
scattered among the gardening information, as well as a rather
concise (but probably sufficient) treatment of both edible and
ornamental flowers.  I'm not going to get rid of my other
gardening books, but _Golden Gate Gardening_ is my favorite.

Peirce, Pam, _Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to
Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area & Coastal
California_.  Davis, CA:  agAccess, 1993, 397 pages,
illustrations by Mimi Osborne, ISBN 0-932857-10-8 (paperback).

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If you are interested in herbs, try Landscaping With Herbs. Simon and Schuster have a series of books that have great pictures of individual flowers and plants.
Believe it or not Reader's Digest has a very useful book on plants. It is printed in England. 
Pat Salem,MA


