Soil Culture Primer; A Plain and Practical Discussion of the Relation of Plants to the Soil and the Principles of Growth; The Laws Governing the Movement of Water in the Soil and Its Evaporation from the Surface
Soil Culture Primer; A Plain and Practical Discussion of the Relation of Plants to the Soil and the Principles of Growth; The Laws Governing the Movement of Water in the Soil and Its Evaporation from the Surface
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...however, that the education of the farmer in the art and science of soil culture has been seriously considered. It can be truly said, therefore, that soil culture is one of the oldest arts and one of the most recent of sciences. One of the latest developments in the science of soil culture, and one ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...however, that the education of the farmer in the art and science of soil culture has been seriously considered. It can be truly said, therefore, that soil culture is one of the oldest arts and one of the most recent of sciences. One of the latest developments in the science of soil culture, and one that opens up great possibilities to the farmers in the socalled semi-arid regions of the world where the precipitation averages less than twenty-five inches per annum, is the process known as "summer tillage." Encounters Opposition Although the principles of summer tillage have been demonstrated to be sound, and although the practice, where the details of the theory have been carefully carried out, has been successful for a number of years, yet it is very imperfectly understood by the average farmer of today. The theory and practice of summer tillage, like most new things, met with prompt disapproval and determined opposition. The new cult was met with predictions of disappointment and crop failure, not to mention dire prophesies of an early depletion of soil fertility. "The theory is all wrong," said the agricultural authorities, --"you can get better results from crop rotation." But in spite of the opposition and the adverse criticism, one important fact remained clear--good crops obtained by summer tillage beside total failures under the old system. Why this difference under identical conditions of soil, climate and rainfall? What is the logical, the scientific conclusion? No fertilizers have been used-it must be the result of tillage. Precise Knowledge Essential In this book we give you the results of twenty-five years of practical work in the fields; it is the vital link in the entire chain of scientific...
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