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Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology

by Jas. F. W. Johnston

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  1. 1Lectures on Agricultural — Chemistry and Geology
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Chapter I
  4. 4Section I — Of the Vegetable and Earthy or the Organic and Inorgani…
  5. 5Section II — Constitution of the Organic — Part of Plants and Animals
  6. 6Section III — Of the Meaning of Chemical Combination
  7. 7Chapter II
  8. 8Section I — Form in Which the Carbon, etc — Enter Into Plants
  9. 9Section II — Of the Carbonic, Humic, and Ulmic Acids
  10. 10Section III — Of Water, Ammonia, and Nitric Acid
  11. 11Section IV — Of the Constitution of the Atmosphere
  12. 12Chapter III
  13. 13Section I — Of the Structure of Plants, and the Mode in Which Their…
  14. 14Section II — Of the Growth and Substance of Plants
  15. 15Chapter IV — Section I — Source of the Earthy Matter of Plants — Su…
  16. 16Section II — Of the Difference in the Quantity of Ash
  17. 17Section III — Of the Quality of the Ash of Plants
  18. 18Section IV — Quantity of Inorganic Matter — Contained in an Ordinar…
  19. 19Chapter V
  20. 20Section I — Of the Organic Part of Soils
  21. 21Section II — Of the Inorganic Part of Soils
  22. 22Section III — Of the Diversities of Soils and Subsoils
  23. 23Chapter VI
  24. 24Section I — Of the Origin of Soils
  25. 25Section II — Cause of the Diversity of Soils
  26. 26Section III — Of the Constancy in the Character and Order of Succes…
  27. 27Section IV — Of Geological Formations, and the General Characters o…
  28. 28Chapter VII
  29. 29Section I — Soils of the Granites and Trap Rocks
  30. 30Section II — Of the Superficial Accumulations of Transported Materi…
  31. 31Section III — Of the Physical Characters of Soils
  32. 32Section IV — Of the Chemical Constitution of Soils
  33. 33Section V — Of the Relation That Exists Between the Character of th…
  34. 34Chapter VIII
  35. 35Section I — Of Mechanical Methods of Improving the Soil
  36. 36Section II — Of the Chemical Method of Improving the Soil by the Us…
  37. 37Section III — Relative Value of Different Vegetable Manures
  38. 38Chapter IX
  39. 39Section I — Of Undigested Animal Manures
  40. 40Section II — Of Digested Animal Manures
  41. 41Section III — Of the Relative Growth of the Different Animal Manures
  42. 42Section IV — Natural Distinction or Difference Between Animal and V…
  43. 43Section V — Of Mineral Waters
  44. 44Section VI — Use of Lime, Shell-Sand, and Marl
  45. 45Section VII — Of the Irrigation of the Land
  46. 46Section VIII — Of Paring and Burning, and of Burned Clay
  47. 47Section IX — Planting and Laying — Down to Grass
  48. 48Chapter X
  49. 49Section I — Of the Influence of Manure on the Quantity of the Wheat…
  50. 50Section II — Influence of the Kind of Manure on the Chemical Qualit…
  51. 51Section III — Influence of the Time of Cutting, on the Quantity and…
  52. 52Section IV — On the Absolute Quantity of Food — Yielded by Differen…
  53. 53Section V — Of the Feeding of Animals, and the Purposes Served by t…
  54. 54Section VII — Of the Practical and Theoretical Value of Different K…
  55. 55Section VIII — Concluding Observations

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