Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology

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Author

Johnston, Jas. F. W. (James Finlay Weir), 1796-1855

Title

Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology

Original Publication

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1842.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

S: Agriculture

Subject

Agricultural chemistry

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73427

Release Date

April 19, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LECTURES ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY;
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3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — SECTION I.—OF THE VEGETABLE AND EARTHY OR THE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC PARTS OF PLANTS. — SECTION II.—CONSTITUTION OF THE ORGANIC PART OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. — SECTION III.—OF THE MEANING OF CHEMICAL COMBINATION.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — SECTION I.—FORM IN WHICH THE CARBON, ETC. ENTER INTO PLANTS. — SECTION II.—OF THE CARBONIC, HUMIC, AND ULMIC ACIDS. — SECTION III.—OF WATER, AMMONIA, AND NITRIC ACID. — SECTION IV.—OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — SECTION I.—OF THE STRUCTURE OF PLANTS, AND THE MODE IN WHICH THEIR NOURISHMENT IS OBTAINED. — SECTION II.—OF THE GROWTH AND SUBSTANCE OF PLANTS.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — SECTION I.—SOURCE OF THE EARTHY MATTER OF PLANTS—SUBSTANCES OF WHICH IT CONSISTS. — SECTION II.—OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUANTITY OF ASH. — SECTION III.—OF THE QUALITY OF THE ASH OF PLANTS. — SECTION IV.—QUANTITY OF INORGANIC MATTER CONTAINED IN AN ORDINARY CROP OR SERIES OF CROPS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — SECTION I.—OF THE ORGANIC PART OF SOILS. — SECTION II.—OF THE INORGANIC PART OF SOILS. — SECTION III.—OF THE DIVERSITIES OF SOILS AND SUBSOILS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — SECTION I.—OF THE ORIGIN OF SOILS. — SECTION II.—CAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF SOILS. — SECTION III.—OF THE CONSTANCY IN THE CHARACTER AND ORDER OF SUCCESSION OF THE STRATIFIED ROCKS. — SECTION IV.—OF GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS, AND THE GENERAL CHARACTERS OF THE SOILS THAT REST UPON THEM. — I. TERTIARY STRATA. — II. SECONDARY STRATA. — III.—PRIMARY STRATA.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — SECTION I.—SOILS OF THE GRANITES AND TRAP ROCKS. — SECTION II.—OF THE SUPERFICIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF TRANSPORTED MATERIALS ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE. — SECTION III.—OF THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERS OF SOILS. — SECTION IV.—OF THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION OF SOILS. — SECTION V.—OF THE RELATION THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE CHARACTER OF THE SOIL AND THE KIND OF PLANTS THAT GROW UPON IT.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — SECTION I.—OF MECHANICAL METHODS OF IMPROVING THE SOIL. — SECTION II.—OF THE CHEMICAL METHOD OF IMPROVING THE SOIL BY THE USE OF MANURES. — I. OF VEGETABLE MANURES. — SECTION III.—RELATIVE VALUE OF DIFFERENT VEGETABLE MANURES.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — SECTION I.—OF UNDIGESTED ANIMAL MANURES. — SECTION II.—OF DIGESTED ANIMAL MANURES. — I. LIQUID EXCRETIONS. — II. SOLID EXCRETIONS. — SECTION III.—OF THE RELATIVE GROWTH OF THE DIFFERENT ANIMAL MANURES. — SECTION IV.—NATURAL DISTINCTION OR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MANURES, AND THE CAUSE OF THIS DIFFERENCE. — SECTION V.—OF MINERAL WATERS. — SECTION VI.—USE OF LIME, SHELL-SAND, AND MARL. — SECTION VII.—OF THE IRRIGATION OF THE LAND. — SECTION VIII.—OF PARING AND BURNING, AND OF BURNED CLAY. — SECTION IX.—PLANTING AND LAYING DOWN TO GRASS.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — SECTION I.—OF THE INFLUENCE OF MANURE ON THE QUANTITY OF THE WHEAT AND OTHER CORN CROPS. — SECTION II.—INFLUENCE OF THE KIND OF MANURE ON THE CHEMICAL QUALITY OF THE GRAIN. — SECTION III.—INFLUENCE OF THE TIME OF CUTTING, ON THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE PRODUCE. — SECTION IV.—ON THE ABSOLUTE QUANTITY OF FOOD YIELDED BY DIFFERENT CROPS. — SECTION V.—OF THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS, AND THE PURPOSES SERVED BY THE FOOD THEY CONSUME. — SECTION VII.—OF THE PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL VALUE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD. — SECTION VIII.—CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS.
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