Soil Husbandry Transcends Soil Science

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"Husbandry, which is not replaceable by science, nevertheless uses science,

and corrects it too. It is the more comprehensive discipline. To reduce

husbandry to science, in practice, is to transform agricultural "wastes"

into pollutants, and to subtract perennials and grazing animals from the

rotation of crops. Without husbandry, the agriculture of science and

industry has served too well the purpose of the industrial economy in

reducing the number of landowners and the self-employed. It has transformed

the United States from a country of many owners to a country of many

employees..."