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Manures and the principles of manuring

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Manures and the principles of manuring

Charles Morton Aikman

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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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  1. 1PRINCIPLES OF MANURING
  2. 2MANURES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANURING
  3. 3C. M. AIKMAN, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.I.C.
  4. 4FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, GLASGOW VETERINARY COLLEGE, AND EXAMINER IN CHEMISTRY, GLASGOW UNIVERSITY; AUTHOR OF 'FARMYARD MANURE,' ETC.
  5. 5WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MCMX
  6. 6D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY NEW YORK
  7. 7TO
  8. 8SIR JOHN BENNET LAWES, Bart., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.,
  9. 9OF ROTHAMSTED, AND
  10. 10SIR J. HENRY GILBERT, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.,
  11. 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,
  12. 12THIS WORK,
  13. 13EMBODYING MANY OF THE ROTHAMSTED RESULTS, IS DEDICATED.
  14. 14PREFACE.
  15. 15CONTENTS.
  16. 16PART I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
  17. 17MANURES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANURING. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.
  18. 18FOOTNOTES:

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