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Arkansas Crop Rotation: Rice, Fish, and Sportsmen.

Source :
BusinessWeek; 7/18/1953, Issue 1246, p100-103, 4p
Publication Year :
1953

Abstract

The article discusses the efficacy of the crop rotation system, employed by Lonoke County farmers in Grand Prairie, Arkansas. It details the farmers' creative utilization of their fields in which rotation according to conventional pattern was applied where idle lands were used as pasturage for livestock such as ducks and fish farms including catfish and buffalo. Additional benefits of such scheme were cited which include increased rice production and improved water supply.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00077135
Issue :
1246
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
BusinessWeek
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
57400786