The Contrary Farmer
Cottage Farming part-time for fun and profit
From: Bill Anderson Thursday 2:46 PM
Network 6000, Inc.
Dear Friend:
I love these “down to earth” type books that teach you something useful and entertain you at the same time. As the price of oil goes higher and higher, so will the price of food in the grocery stores. Tractors, harvesters, fertilizers, processing equipment, storage, and delivery trucks - guess what? - they all need fossil fuels to run! As the supply of oil dries up and the prices rise, can you rely on the traditional sources for your food? Will you know how to grow enough food to support you and your family? This will all happen sooner rather than later. If you don’t believe me, then you probably have not read “The Oil Age is Over”. This book explains to you in an undeniable way, what will happen in the near future when oil starts getting scarce. Go to my eBay store now and get it if you have not already. Then you will for sure understand why you need this book on cottage farming...
From the back cover...
Gene Logsdon has become something of a rabble-rouser in progressive farm circles, stirring up debates and controversies with his popular New Farm magazine column, “The Contrary Farmer.” One of Logsdon’s principle contrarities is the opinion that—popular images of the vanishing American farmer, notwithstanding—greater numbers of people in the U.S. will soon be growing and raising a greater share of their own food than at any time since the last century. Instead of vanishing, more and more farmers will be cottage farming, part-time.
This detailed and personal account of how Logsdon’s family uses the art and science of agriculture to achieve a reasonably happy and ecologically sane way of life in an example for all who seek a sustainable lifestyle. In The Contrary Farmer, Logsdon offers the tried-and-true, practical advice of a manual for the cottage farmer, as well as the subtler delights of a meditation in praise of work and pleasure. The Contrary Farmer will give its readers tools and tenets, but also hilarious commentaries and beautiful evocations of the Ohio countryside that Logsdon knows as his place in the universe.
About the Author
Gene Logsdon farms on 32 acres in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, a mile from his boyhood home. Logsdon has written twelve books and hundreds of articles for publications such as New Farm, Mother Jones, Orion, Utne Reader, Organic Gardening, and The Wall Street Journal.
Book Reviews...
"Logsdon . . . describes himself as a 'contrarian farmer,' more of an artist working in the complex and intriguing medium of biological processes than a mere manager of crops and soil. . . How-to farm advice, agroeconomic theory, and lyrical effusions all combine to convey Logsdon's playful sense of wonder and devotion."
—Sierra
"Logsdon is as staunch an advocate for the small family farm...
as you are likely to find. [The Contrary Farmer] is thoughtful, entertaining,
often irreverent, and brimming with ideas and practical advice."
—Library Journal
"Logsdon’s correctives are not easily applied,
but their promise and appeal (like his own) are powerful."
—Publishers Weekly
Table of Contents
The Ramparts People xiii
CHAPTER 1 At Ease with the Work of Farming 1
CHAPTER 2 Pastoral Economics 16
CHAPTER 3 The Garden is the Proving Ground for the Farm 38
CHAPTER 4 The Peaceable Kingdom of the Barnyard 53
CHAPTER 5 Water Power 83
CHAPTER 6 A Paradise of Meadows 104
CHAPTER 7 Groves of Trees to Live In 125
CHAPTER 8 King Corn 149
CHAPTER 9 Cottage Mechanics 175
CHAPTER 10 Winter Wheat, Spring Oats, Summer Clover, Fall Pasture 200
Books the Contrary Farmer Treasures
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