Gordon Ogilvie wrote his 1973 book over a farmer who pioneered in what field?
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Gordon Ogilvie Gordon Bryant Ogilvie, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 8 May 1934) is a New Zealand historian and biographer who has written over 20 books, mainly about the people, places and institutions of the Canterbury region. He played a considerable role in uncovering the exploits of pioneer aviator Richard Pearse and popularising these for the first time through his 1973 work "The Riddle of Richard Pearse". His other major biography, "Denis Glover : His Life" (1999), is the first full account of this significant figure in New Zealand literature.
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Richard Pearse Richard William Pearse (3 December 187729 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering experiments in aviation.
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Intensive crop farming Intensive crop farming is a modern form of intensive farming that refers to the industrialized production of crops. Intensive crop farming's methods include innovation in agricultural machinery, farming methods, genetic engineering technology, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the creation of new markets for consumption, patent protection of genetic information, and global trade. These methods are widespread in developed nations.
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Guy Watson Guy Watson (born 1960 in Totnes) is a farmer and founder and creator of Britain's largest supplier of organic produce through the mechanism of the 'organic box' scheme. Riverford Farm was taken over by the Watson family in the 1950s and in the 1980s Guy Watson decided to convert to farming organically. To find an effective way of distributing his produce, his idea was the weekly veg box scheme, which is delivered direct to customers' doors with locally grown produce.
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John Scott (agricultural engineer) John Scott (c.1846–1909) was a Scottish consulting agriculturist, agricultural engineer, and pioneer of motorised farming. He is credited with the invention of the tractor power take-off.
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Oliver G. Pike Oliver Gregory Pike, FZS, FRPS. (usually credited as Oliver G. Pike; 1 October 1877 – 17 October 1963) was a British naturalist, wildlife photographer, author and early nature documentary pioneer, specialising in the study of bird life. "His claim to significance," according to Bryony Dixon of BFI Screenonline, "lies in the groundbreaking techniques he developed to capture animals in their natural habitats and in the fact that he passed this knowledge on."
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McCormick family The McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia is an American family of Scots-Irish descent that attained prominence and fortune starting with the invention of the McCormick Reaper, a machine that revolutionized agriculture, helped break the bonds of slavery, and established the modern grain trade by beginning the mechanization of the harvesting of grain. Through the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and later, the International Harvester Company and other investments, the McCormicks became one of the wealthiest families in America. The name became ubiquitous in agriculture starting in the 19th century and the press dubbed the McCormicks the "Reaper Kings". Later generations expanded into media and publishing (Tribune Company), finance (William Blair & Company), and real estate (McCormick Estate). Various family members were well known as civic leaders. They are descended from an influential leader of modern agriculture, inventor Robert McCormick, Jr. (1780–1846), and Mary Ann "Polly" Hall of Steeles Tavern, Virginia.
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Mark Purdey John Mark Purdey (25 December 1953 – 12 November 2006) was an English organic farmer who came to public attention in the 1980s, when he began to circulate his own theories regarding the causes of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or "mad cow disease").
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Pastoral farming Pastoral farming (also known in some regions as ranching, livestock farming or grazing) is a form of agriculture aimed at producing livestock, rather than growing crops. Examples include dairy farming, raising beef cattle, and raising sheep for wool. In contrast, arable farming concentrates on crops rather than livestock. Finally, Mixed farming incorporates livestock and crops on a single farm. Some mixed farmers grow crops purely as fodder for their livestock; some crop farmers grow fodder and sell it to pastoral farmers.
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A Farmer's Year A Farmer's Year: Being His Commonplace Book for 1898 is a non-fiction book by H Rider Haggard.
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George Atkins (broadcaster) George Stuart Atkins {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (1917 – November 30, 2009) was a Canadian broadcaster, a CBC television and radio host, and the founder of Farm Radio International.
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Hugh A. Haralson Hugh Anderson Haralson (November 13, 1805 – September 25, 1854) was an American farmer and lawyer from Lagrange, Georgia after graduating from Franklin College of Arts and Sciences (University of Georgia). He served in the state legislature from 1831 to 1832 and the state senate from 1837 to 1838. He was commissioned a major general in the Georgia Militia, 9th Division, in 1838. He represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress from 1843 to 1851. He was the father-in-law of the famous Confederate General John Gordon.
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Ted Moult Edward Walker "Ted" Moult (11 February 1926 – 3 September 1986) was a British farmer at Scaddows Farm near Ticknall, Derbyshire, who became a radio and television personality.
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Eliot Howard Henry Eliot Howard {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (13 November 1873 – 26 December 1940) was an English amateur ornithologist, noted for being one of the first to describe territoriality behaviours in birds in a detailed manner. His ideas on territoriality were influential in the work of Max Nicholson.
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Fannie Farmer Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 – 15 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose "Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" became a widely used culinary text.
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Gordon Ford Gordon Ford (1918–1999) created ruggedly beautiful gardens in a distinctly Australian style.
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Arthur Rawdon Sir Arthur Rawdon, 2nd Baronet (17 October 1662 – 17 October 1695) was an Irish landowner. He built a large part of Moira, County Down in the seventeenth century. Known as "Father of Irish Gardening" and "The Cock of the North", he was a keen botanist, and brought over 400 different species of plant to Moira from Jamaica.
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William Ogilvie (surveyor) William Ogilvie FRGS (April 7, 1846, Ottawa – November 13, 1912, Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a Canadian Dominion land surveyor, explorer and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory.
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Eric Harvie Eric Lafferty Harvie, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (2 April 1892 – 11 January 1975) was a Canadian lawyer and oilman. Holding mineral rights to large quantities of land in the Edmonton area, Harvie made a fortune after the oil discoveries at Leduc in 1947 and Redwater in 1948. After 1955 Harvie devoted himself primarily to cultural and philanthropic endeavors. He is best remembered as the founder of the Glenbow Museum, which opened in 1966.
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Dale W. McMillen Dale Wilmore McMillen (January 27, 1880 – April 21, 1971) was a leading proponent of the use of feed supplements in animal husbandry. He founded Wayne Feeds and Central Soya.
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Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator) Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator)] (died 2014), was a rice farmer in Leeton, New South Wales, who pioneered the irrigation rice growing in the district.
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Rex Paterson Rex Munro Paterson OBE (1902 in London – 1978 in Hampshire) was an English agricultural pioneer whose extensive business and meticulous record keeping enabled him to carry out research and development in dairy farming systems on a scale that would have been beyond most research institutions.