Skip to main content
Home

Arid Agriculture

Feeding People and Livestock with Minimal Water
  • Login
  • Home
  • Books
  • Diseases
  • Institutions
  • Journals
  • People
  • Pests
  • Posts
  • Research
  • Videos
  • Water
  • About
    • Contact Us

New Content

Date Type Title/Summary
Burt C. Buffum 02/03/2024 Person Burt C. Buffum, MS

Born in Indiana in 1868, Buffum was raised west of Fort Collins, Colorado, on his father’s sheep ranch. Upon graduating in 1889 from the Colorado Agriculture College (now CSU), he stayed to teach in its agriculture program.
02/02/2024 Farm Log Wet and Rainy

Wet drizzle, rain and hail in the afternoon.
Insect Behavior 02/02/2024 Books Insect Behavior

I am an entomologist. I study insects for a living. Whenever I catch myself thinking that I know more about insects than do most people, I promptly think of a conversation in Oliver Wendell Holmes’ The Poet at the Breakfast Table:

"I suppose you are an entomologist? 
...
The Evolution of Insects by Philip Callahan, Ph.D. 02/02/2024 Books The Evolution of Insects:

Louis Pauwels, a French writer and editor, and Jacques Bergier, a nuclear physicist, state in their remarkable book The Morning of the Magician that “those who are really interested in the future should also be interested in the past and as ready to look for what they are seeking in...
02/02/2024 Books Paramagnetism: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Force of Growth

This book is the culmination of all of Callahan's previous works and will certainly be his most popular book to date and a classic for years to come. Quite frankly, the author considers this his most important work ever, as he believes an understanding of paramagnetism —and its practical...
  • ‹ previous
  • 93 of 108
  • next ›

Information on this web site is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusions of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

FAIR USE

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of issues of scientific, historical and educational significance. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.