Dedication
TO SIR JOHN BENNET LAWES, Bart., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., OF ROTHAMSTED, AND SIR J. HENRY GILBERT, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.,
FORMERLY SIBTHORPIAN PROFESSOR OF RURAL ECONOMY,
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
WHOSE FAMOUS INVESTIGATIONS DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS
HAVE SO LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO BUILD UP
THE SCIENCE OF MANURING,
THIS WORK,
EMBODYING MANY OF THE ROTHAMSTED RESULTS, IS DEDICATED.