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Homesteading
Manures and the principles of manuring
Charles Morton Aikman
534 pages~10 hr 39 min read84 chapters$1.99
Feed the soil correctly and it will feed everything else. Charles Aikman lays out the principles of manuring: what makes a manure work, how to apply it, and the chemistry behind farmyard and artificial fertilizers. A rigorous, authoritative treatise for the scientific farmer. Master the fertilizer that decides your harvest.
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84 chapters
- 1PRINCIPLES OF MANURING
- 2MANURES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANURING
- 3C. M. AIKMAN, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.I.C.
- 4FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, GLASGOW VETERINARY COLLEGE, AND EXAMINER IN CHEMISTRY, GLASGOW UNIVERSITY; AUTHOR OF 'FARMYARD MANURE,' ETC.
- 5WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MCMX
- 6D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY NEW YORK
- 7TO
- 8SIR JOHN BENNET LAWES, Bart., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.,
- 9OF ROTHAMSTED, AND
- 10SIR J. HENRY GILBERT, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.,
- 11FORMERLY 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,
- 12THIS WORK,
- 13EMBODYING MANY OF THE ROTHAMSTED RESULTS, IS DEDICATED.
- 14PREFACE.
- 15CONTENTS.
- 16PART I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- 17MANURES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANURING. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.
- 18FOOTNOTES:
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