author
C. L. (Charles Landon) Goodrich
b. 1859
A practical early-20th-century agriculture writer, he brought real farm experience and federal expertise to books meant to teach clearly and usefully. His best-known work helped explain soil, crops, and farm basics in a straightforward way for students and working readers alike.
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The First Book of Farming
by C. L. (Charles Landon) Goodrich
About the author
Born in 1859, Charles Landon Goodrich is remembered as an American agricultural writer whose work focused on clear, useful instruction. Sources connected with his books identify him as a farmer and as an expert in the Bureau of Plant Industry at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.
Goodrich is best known for The First Book of Farming, first published in 1905. The book was written as an accessible introduction to farming, covering core ideas such as plant growth, soil, and practical field work in plain language.
He also wrote A Profitable Cotton Farm, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1909. While biographical details about his wider life are limited in the sources I found, his surviving publications show a writer interested in making agricultural knowledge usable, concrete, and easy to follow.