Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and GeologyW. Blackwood, 1844 - 48 páginas |
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... AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY . This little work is intended to give a familiar and condensed outline of the subjects treated of more fully in the Lectures . Nothing hitherto published has at all equalled it , both as regards true ...
... AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY . This little work is intended to give a familiar and condensed outline of the subjects treated of more fully in the Lectures . Nothing hitherto published has at all equalled it , both as regards true ...
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AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY ammonia animal require applied bone-earth bones burns called carbon and water carbonic acid gas CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY Chlorine clover common salt compost consist of carbon contain cow-dung crops cwts draining dung earth EDINBURGH employed fall to powder farm-yard manure farmer fattening fermentation fertile give gluten grass lands grow guano gypsum hydrogen inorganic kind of air large quantity leaves LECTURES ON AGRICULTURAL light lands lighted taper limestone liquid magnesia marl mixed nitrogen oats obtain oil of vitriol organic food organic matter oxide of iron oxygen gas phosphate of lime phosphoric acid plants require potash potatoes produced profit proportion pupils quicklime roots sea-weed shell sand Silica slaked smell soda soil consists sour starch straw subsoil substances sulphuric acid supply taste teacher may exhibit teacher may illustrate teacher will show turnip usually vegetable waste wheat white fumes wood woody fibre
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Página 17 - Q. Whence is the organic part of the soil derived? A. It is derived from the roots and stems of decayed plants, and from the dung and remains of animals and insects of various kinds. Q. Does this organic part form a large proportion of the soil ? A. Of peaty soils it forms sometimes three-fourths of the whole weight; but of rich and fertile soils it does not usually form more than from a twentieth to a tenth of the whole weight. Q. Can a soil bear good crops which does not contain a considerable...