Table of Contents

Foreword by E. F. Schumacher ix Introduction xiii Introduction to New Edition xv i Re-vitalising the Rural Areas 1 2 Trees and Man Io 3 Ecological Cultivation 17 4 The Background of Forest Farming 25 5 What is Forest Farming? 35 6 Designing a Forest Farm 47 7 Planting and Cropping 63 8 The Choice of Trees : Leguminous 86 9 The Choice of Trees : Nuts 100 zo The Choice of Trees : Fruit, Oil and Fodder 120 ii Fields for Expansion : Temperate Uplands 1 36 12 Fields for Expansion : Deserts ISO APPENDICES I Ancillary Species for Fodder , Conservation and Other Purposes 1 63 ii Grasses and Herbage 171 III Oil-Producing Eucalypts 179 IV Measuring Devices 187 V Seed Supplies 19o VI List of Institutions and Organisations 197 Bibliography 1 99 Acknowledgements 202 Addenda 204 Index 205