Author: KOERBER, Karl von
Title: Epistel an die Freunde des Feldbaues besonders an jene, die einen nasskalten Lehmboden haben.
Description: Wien: Johann Georg Ritter v. Mösle, 1805. 8vo. 53, [2]p. 19th-century marbled boards, a little worn. As owner of estates in the mountainous region of Silesia, the author had experience of the management of wet clay soils. He argues that fell farmers mistakenly concentrate on grain production to the neglect of cattle rearing, which should be the true basis of sound agriculture (the availability of manure being essential for the improvement of poor clay soils). He advocates the abandonment of the three-field system and the substitution of a system of crop rotation which will keep all arable land in use all of the time - the crops to include vegetables as well as cereals. Milk yields will increase from a greater variety of fodder, and thereby incomes will also rise. The benefits of crop rotation will become evident after five or six years.

Keywords: agriculture, farming, Germany, Silesia, antiquarian


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