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Mainline Farming for Century Twenty-One [Paperback]

Dan Skow (Author), Charles Walters (Author), Charles Walters (Author)
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April 1995
Mainline Farming for Century 21 is a graduate course in agriculture. It does not settle for tiptoeing beyond the conventional, it takes bold strides — and it answers what the farmer wants to know, all the while demolishing the mythology on which toxic rescue chemistry has been built. Few people have asked and answered the right questions with the total consistency of Dr. Dan Skow. His teacher was the late Dr. Carey Reams, and the lessons Dan Skow learned — and improved upon — were bold and innovative. They led him to a full appreciation of cause and effect, and the role of precedence in agriculture.

Dan Skow and Charles Walters have taken the complex biological theory of ionization as applied to agriculture and made it accessible to all. But Mainline Farming for Century 21 is more than a book of theory -- it teaches how to measure fertility down to the atomic level and project forward bins and bushels with brix high enough to confer immunity to fungal, bacterial and insect attack—and to ward off weeds. The practical, hands-on advice in this manual will lead growers to increased yields and more fertile acres, all without the use of toxic, synthetic chemicals.


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About the Author

Dan Skow, D.V.M., a veterinarian by formal education, studied under the late Carey Reams, learning his methods of soil and crop management. Building and improving upon this system, Skow demonstrates the role of causality in healthy farming. With partner Wendell Owens, he consults with growers across North America under the umbrella of International Ag Labs. His veterinary practice focuses on nutritional solutions to swine health problems.

Charles Walters was the founder and executive editor of Acres U.S.A., North America's oldest and largest magazine on organic and sustainable farming. In this role, he penned thousands of articles on the technologies of organic and sustainable agriculture and was author or co-author of many books, including: Eco-Farm; Weeds, Control Without Poisons; Unforgiven; Hands-On Agronomy; A Farmer's Guide to the Bottom Line; Grass, the Forgiveness of Nature; Minerals for the Genetic Code; and others.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 247 pages
  • Publisher: Acres U.S.A.; 2 edition (April 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0911311270
  • ISBN-13: 978-0911311273
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars excelent reference, January 3, 2008
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A bit technical but a great resource for understanding plant life and nutrient requirements. This information is totally different than most of your standard gardening methods. A must read for someone serious about high quality food.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Mainline Farming, June 12, 2006
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I find this book very interesting since it gives us the view of people when chemical farming was just starting and the warnings at that time and how things have turned out. It gives a lot of practical advice on balancing the soil so we might produce healthy plants and livestock also.
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2.0 out of 5 stars The author knows what he is talking about, but the reader?, November 10, 2010
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Having read Beddoe's Nourishment Homegrown (a new edition is available on his website) and the Ideal Soil by Astera and Agricola (on their soilminerals site) I can say that these two are way more useful than this one. While the author without doubt knows about his field he is not very specific even when he (rarely) goes into recipes there are omissions regarding one or the other part, so the whole book leaves one with the impression that the author knows all but the reader is not on his mind too much, whether intentionally or not.

You still may be able to pick up a few useful bits of information but the intensity can't be compared to the two books mentioned above, which in my opinion should be read both.
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