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Excerpt from Lecture on Modern Applications of Chemistry to Crop Production
IN general, chemists have adopted two methods in applying chemistry to cr0p production; they have endeavoured to explain the processes found successful by farmers, and they are developing a science which the expert can use in improving old methods of cr0p production or devising new ones. Much of the modern work arose out of the attempt, very successfully made by Lawes Gilbert, 80 years ago, to explain the fertilising value of farmyard manure. They showed that it was largely due to nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus present; and on the basis of this result was developed the present day artificial fertiliser industry. Recent work however shows that this is not a complete explanation of the value of farmyard manure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
