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Natural History of the Farm A Guide to the Practical Study of the Sources of Our Living in Wild Nature / By James G. Needham ...
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1957.
- en Book Program, National Endowment for the Humanities Op, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Outdoor books.
- Natural history.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 p.) incl. illus., forms.
- Edition:
- second edition
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y., The Comstock publishing company [1913]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- James G. Needham (1868-1957) studied with John Henry Comstock at Cornell University from 1896 to 1898. From 1898 to 1907, he taught biology at Lake Forest University and then returned to Cornell as Assistant Professor of Limnology. In 1914, when Professor Comstock retired, Needham succeeded him as head of the Department of Entomology at Cornell, a position he held until his retirement in 1935. He published numerous scientific articles, educational papers, and textbooks; he also wrote poetry and philosophical writings.
- Summary:
- This is a guide to the practical study of the sources in wild nature of our living. It contains a series of study outlines for the entire year, and deals with both the plants and animals of the farm-the things that men have chosen to deal with as a means of livelihood and of personal satisfaction in all ages.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- PART I. STUDIES FOR THE FALL TERM
- PART II. STUDIES FOR THE SPRING TERM
- PART III. STUDIES FOR THE SUMMER TERM
- Outdoor Equipment
- Index
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781501740763
- 1501740768
- 9781501740770
- 1501740776
- OCLC:
- 1124639773
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