Hard covered book titled THE COMPLETE BOOK OF COMPOSTING by the staff of Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine J.I. Rodale, Editor in Chief, Rodale Books Inc., 12th Printing, 1971, 1,007 pages, cloth bound.

Chapters include:

• HISTORY OF COMPOST
• THE BASICS OF COMPOST
• COMPOSTING METHODS FOR THE GARDENER
• TESTING & JUDGING THE CONDITION OF COMPOST
• GARDEN COMPOSTING IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY
• MATERIALS FOR COMPOSTING
• EQUIPMENT FOR COMPOSTING
• WHEN TO USE COMPOST
• HOW TO USE COMPOST
• IS TOO MUCH COMPOST HARMFUL?
• COMPOSTING METHODS FOR THE FARMER
• ANIMAL MANURE IN COMPOSTING
• APPLYING COMPOST ON THE FARM
• THE EARTHWORM'S ROLE IN COMPOSTING
• PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
• INFLUENCE OF COMPOST ON INSECTS & PLANT DISEASE
• COMPOST & THE HEALTH OF ANIMALS & MAN
• SIR ALBERT HOWARD & THE INDORE METHOD
• MUNICIPAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING
• COMPOSTING OVERSEAS
• USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AS COMPOST
• COMPOSTING INDUSTRIAL WASTES
• THE VALUE OF COMPOST
• HUMUS - THE END PRODUCT
• QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ON COMPOST
• COMPOST & THE LAW
• BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS ON COMPOSTING

This very informative volume is in VG condition,  pages clean and intact, and the binding is tight. A must have for your gardening/ecology library!