Search Results: The Grass Crop by Davies William

London: E, & F, N, Spon Ltd. Very Good/Good. 1954. Second Impression. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket unclipped, a little loss to edges, now in a clear protective sleeve. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Frontis plate. Illustrations Tables & numerical Data. xiii, 318 pages clean and tight. THIS historical and practical review of grassland evolution, application and conservation, and of what the problems are and how they can best be solved with the help of the recent intensive scientific investigation of them, on publication established itself as the standard work on the subject. This new impression has been undertaken in order to meet the wide demand for the book. The subject is considered, in the light of the author's study of the grass crop in different parts of the world, from the threefold aspect of the crop itself, of the requirements of the livestock nourished on it, and of the soil on which it is grown. Written primarily… Read More