The natural order : essays in the return to husbandry / by Edmund Blunden [and others]. Illustrated by Thomas Hennell. Edited with an introduction and notes by H.J. Massingham

Massingham, H. J. (Harold John) (1888-1952)

1945, 1st edition. London : J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #425314

Physical description; v, [1], 178 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; "First published 1945." Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-178). Contents; The rural tradition, by Edmund Blunden.--Work and quality, by H.J. Massingham.--Agricultural and industry, by B.D. Knowles.--Self-sufficiency, by Philip Mairet.--Feeding ourselves, by Philip Oyler.--Farming is the feet of the nation, by L.F. Easterbrook.--Is modern farming unsound? By C.H. Jones.--Mechanization and the land, by J.E. Hosking.--Health and fertility, by Lord Northbourne.--Grassland and livestock, by Michael Graham.--Forestry and husbandry, by Rolf Gardiner.--The small farm, by Adrian Bell.--Industrialism comes to the village, by C.H. Warren.--The future of the estate management, by the Earl of Portsmouth.--List of books (p. 172-178). Subjects; Agriculture Economic aspects Great Britain. Country life Great Britain. agriculture.

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