(Ebook) The Fruited Plain 1st Edition by Walter Ebeling ISBN 0520310837 9780520310834

(Ebook) The Fruited Plain 1st Edition by Walter Ebeling ISBN 0520310837 9780520310834

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ISBN 10: 0520310837 
ISBN 13: 9780520310834
Author: Walter Ebeling

Some consider American agriculture as one of the wonders of the modern world. In this book Walter Ebeling tells its story. Professor Ebeling grew up on a farm, loves the soil, and had the good fortune to have been closely associated with the land in all its aspects. Beginning with a brief history of why and how preagricultural peoples changed from hunters and gatherers and eventually became tillers of the soil, Professor Ebeling then deals with the seven geographic regions of the United States--from the East to California--giving the history and present status of agriculture for each reason. Although the main thrust of The Fruited Plain is the drama, romance, and excitement of the American agricultural experience, Professor Ebeling is concerned with the environmental, ecological, and sociological aspects of agriculture and its supporting industries. He discusses environmental problems in America that began when the Indians' "shifting" agriculture (allowing for long periods of soil restoration) was replaced by the white man's permanent agriculture. He examines the modern technology for a successful and environmentally viable permanent agriculture and how it can be implemente on a much larger scale. The questions asked--and answered--are what are the principal environmental problems? What is being, and/or can be done about soil erosion? Scarcity of water? Urban encroachment on agricultural lands? What directions can be taken by benevolent technology? Does technology have remedies for land that is susceptible to water erosion and loss of topsoil? Likewise, pollution and environmental degradation resulting from excessive use of pesticides? Our society much recognize the importance of protecting our agricultural resources, and Professor Ebeling, in this monumental book, gives many suggestions on how to accomplish the sustained utilization of America's great resource--the farmlands. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.

(Ebook) The Fruited Plain 1st Table of contents:

1 How It All Began
TRANSITION FROM HUNTING-GATHERING TO AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, AND CIVILIZATION
ORIGIN OF VEGECULTURE
SEED CULTURE IN THE OLD WORLD
SEED CULTURE IN THE NEW WORLD
DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS
IRRIGATION
AGRARIAN PEOPLES IN NORTHERN EUROPE
MEDIEVAL FARMING IN ENGLAND
INFLUENCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE ESSENTIAL
2 Above the Fruited Plain
THE EASTERN FOREST
DEMOCRACY FORGED ON THE LAND
HUMANIZED NATURE
AMERICA’S LAND PRODIGALITY
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL MIRACLE
AN OHIO FARM
THE FAMILY FARM
THE AMERICAN PRAIRIE
MONOCULTURE AND MECHANIZATION
IOWA AGRICULTURE
THE FLINT HILLS PRAIRIE-GRASS REFUGE
KANSAS WHEAT
CIRCULAR FIELDS
THE FATE OF THE PLAINS INDIANS AND BUFFALO
CATTLEMEN AND NESTERS
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
THE ARID SOUTHWEST
THE GRAND CANYON
IRRIGATION IN THE ARID SOUTHWEST
THE MOJAVE DESERT
A NOSTALGIC INTERLUDE
THE LOS ANGELES BASIN
FUTURE SHOCK
3 The East
THE PILGRIMS RESCUED BY INDIAN CORN
THE DUTCH IN NEW YORK
THE FATE OF “RED INFIDELS”
THE FUR TRADE
LIVING HISTORICAL FARMS
THE SETTLERS’ DIET
THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY
CROP PESTS A SEVERE PROBLEM
THE SETTLERS’ LIVESTOCK
SOME FACTORS RETARDING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
THE NEW ENGLAND “FAMILY FARM”
THE ETHNIC AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES
INDENTURED SERVANTS AND REDEMPTIONERS
AN AGRICULTURAL PRIZE OF THE REVOLUTION
AGRICULTURE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND PERIODICALS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
A NATIONWIDE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
MECHANIZATION IN AGRICULTURE
EASTERN AGRICULTURE BECOMES SPECIALIZED
RESURGENCE OF FOREST AND WILDLIFE
4 The South
THE JAMESTOWN COLONY
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN JAMESTOWN
THE MARYLAND COLONY
SUSTAINING THE “COLONIAL GOOSE”
THE CAROLINAS
THE GULF COAST AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
MIGRATION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH IN THE ENGLISH COLONIES
GEORGIA
FLORIDA
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LAW AND ORDER
PLANT CROPS OF THE COLONIAL AND ANTEBELLUM SOUTH
TRANSMONTANE MIGRATION
CHEAP LAND IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE
THE RAPE OF THE CHEROKEE NATION
THE RAPID GROWTH OF TRANSMONTANE AGRICULTURE
SOUTHERN POOR WHITES AND HIGHLANDERS
PIONEER FARMERS, SOUTHERN YEOMEN, AND SMALL PLANTERS
BIG AND MIDDLE-CLASS PLANTERS
MODERN REAPPRAISAL OF SLAVERY
POSTWAR CHANGES IN SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE
THE POSTWAR NEGRO
FARMER ORGANIZATIONS
THE NEW DEAL
COTTON
TOBACCO
RICE
SUGARCANE
PEANUTS
SWEET POTATOES
COWPEAS
CITRUS FRUITS
CATTLE
THE BROILER INDUSTRY
FISH PONDS
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (Wengert, 1952)
SOIL EROSION
UNITED STATES SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
ECOLOGICAL RESURGENCE IN THE SOUTH
5 The Midwest
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FEDERAL LAND POLICY
EARLY MIDWEST CROPS
MACHINERY FOR HARVESTING
THE INFLUENCE OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
THE INFLUENCE OF SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANTS
YANKEE INFLUENCES
THE SIOUX WAR
KING CORN
SOYBEANS
OTHER BEANS
PEAS
SUNFLOWERS
DECIDUOUS FRUITS
ALFALFA
HOGS
BEEF CATTLE
INCREASING LIVESTOCK EFFICIENCY
DAIRY FARMING
CENTERS OF MILK PRODUCTION
DAIRY CATTLE BREEDS
LACTASE DEFICIENCY
LIVESTOCK AND ENVIRONMENT
6 The Great Plains
THE PLAINS INDIANS
THE NEAR EXTERMINATION OF BUFFALO
LONGHORN CATTLE
THE CATTLE KINGDOM
IMPROVEMENT IN CATTLE BREEDS AND RANGE GRASSES
WHEAT
BARLEY
OATS
RYE
TRITICALE
SORGHUM
MONOCULTURE AND GENE BANKS
THE DUST BOWL
WINDBREAKS
IRRIGATED FARMS
A WYOMING SHANGRI-LA
WIND, AN INEXHAUSTIBLE HIGH PLAINS POWER RESOURCE
CONVERSION OF BIOMASS TO FUEL
7 The Pacific Northwest
EARLY EXPLORATIONS
THE FUR TRADE
THE OREGON TRAIL
CATTLE AND SHEEP (Oliphant, 1968)
THE ROLE OF WHEAT IN THE HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST
CROPS OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAINS
THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF IDAHO
THE PALOUSE REGION
THE COLUMBIA BASIN
WEST OF THE CASCADES
FARMLAND IN AN URBAN SYSTEM
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS
EAST OF THE OREGON CASCADES
8 The Great Basin and the Southwest
CLIMATE
VEGETATION
INDIAN AGRICULTURE
EARLY SPANISH EXPLORERS AND MISSIONARIES
MOUNTAIN MEN
POWELL SHAPES ARID LANDS POLICY
UTAH AND NEVADA
ARIZONA AFTER AMERICAN RULE
MODERN ARIZONA AGRICULTURE
WATER PROBLEMS OF THE WEST
DESERTS IN THE COMING SOLAR AGE
9 California
CALIFORNIA INDIANS
VEGETATION BEFORE THE SPANISH OCCUPATION
THE SPANISH REGIME
THE MEXICAN REGIME
THE INFLUX OF FOREIGNERS
DIVISION OF THE RANCHOS
STATEHOOD AND THE GOLD RUSH
THE IMMIGRANT IN CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE
LIVESTOCK FARMING
THE EGG INDUSTRY
TURKEYS
GRAIN-FARMING (Gates, 1967)
CALIFORNIA’S CITRUS INDUSTRY
OTHER SUBTROPICAL FRUITS
DECIDUOUS FRUITS
TREE NUTS
VEGETABLE CROPS
FIELD CROPS
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE
PRESENT STATUS OF CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE
NEW RESEARCH NEEDS
CALIFORNIA LAND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1965
CALIFORNIA’S WATER SUPPLY
THE FARM-SIZE CONTROVERSY
HISTORY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY FARM
OCEAN FARMS
THE HOLISTIC APPROACH
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