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Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology

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Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology

Jas. F. W. Johnston

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Soil and rock are the silent partners in every harvest, and chemistry explains them both. James Johnston links agricultural chemistry to geology, examining the organic and inorganic parts of plants and the meaning of chemical combination. A clear bridge between the field and the laboratory. Learn why the ground beneath your feet grows what it grows.

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  1. 1LECTURES ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY;
  2. 2INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4CHAPTER I.
  5. 5SECTION I.—OF THE VEGETABLE AND EARTHY OR THE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC PARTS OF PLANTS.
  6. 6SECTION II.—CONSTITUTION OF THE ORGANIC PART OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
  7. 7SECTION III.—OF THE MEANING OF CHEMICAL COMBINATION.
  8. 8CHAPTER II.
  9. 9SECTION I.—FORM IN WHICH THE CARBON, ETC. ENTER INTO PLANTS.
  10. 10SECTION II.—OF THE CARBONIC, HUMIC, AND ULMIC ACIDS.
  11. 11SECTION III.—OF WATER, AMMONIA, AND NITRIC ACID.
  12. 12SECTION IV.—OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
  13. 13CHAPTER III.
  14. 14SECTION I.—OF THE STRUCTURE OF PLANTS, AND THE MODE IN WHICH THEIR NOURISHMENT IS OBTAINED.
  15. 15SECTION II.—OF THE GROWTH AND SUBSTANCE OF PLANTS.
  16. 16CHAPTER IV.
  17. 17SECTION I.—SOURCE OF THE EARTHY MATTER OF PLANTS—SUBSTANCES OF WHICH IT CONSISTS.
  18. 18SECTION II.—OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUANTITY OF ASH.

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