Research Catalog

Title

The book of the Rothamsted experiments, by A. D. Hall.

Author

Hall, A. Daniel (Alfred Daniel), Sir, 1864-1942

Publication

London, J. Murray, 1919.

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Additional Authors

• Russell, Edward J. (Edward John), Sir, 1872-1965
• Russell, Edward J. (Edward John), 1872-1965
• Lawes Agricultural Trust Committee.
• Commonwealth Bureau of Soil Science. List of publications.

Description

xl, 332 p. 8 pl. (incl. 2 port.) diagrs.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Lawes, John Bennet, Sir, bart., 1814-1900
• Gilbert, Joseph Henry, Sir, 1817-1901
• Commonwealth Bureau of Soil Science

Bibliography (note)

• "References" at end of most of the chapters.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prefaces.--Biographical introduction [Sir John Bennet Lawes, Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert. By R. Warington]--The sources of the nitrogen of vegetation.--Meteorological observations.--The composition of the Rothamsted soil.--Experiments upon wheat.--Experiments upon barley.--Experiments upon oats.--Experiments upon root-crops grown continuously on the same land.--Experiments upon the continuous growth of leguminous crops.--Experiments upon grass land mown for hay every year.--Experiments upon crops grown in rotation, Agdell field.--Nitrofication and composition of drainage waters.--The feeding experiments.--Miscellaneous enquiries.--The recent work on the biochemical processes of the soil.--Secondary actions of artifical manures upon the soil.--Appendix: List of publication issued from the Rothamsted experimental station, 1843-1905 (p. 311-322); Publication by other investigators, dealing with material from Rothamsted (p. 322-323); Other publications dealing with the Rothamsted experiments (p. 324-325)--Index.

OCLC

• 5015432
• SCSB-13030860

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Harvard Library