Abstract
PROBABLY more popular text-books have been issued on the use of manures than on any other part of the subject of agriculture. The present book is carefully written. It gives the reader a good general view of the reasons which make it advisable to apply artificial manures to the land, it describes the principal American fertilisers, and offers prescriptions for all American crops. The recommendations have the appearance of being generally theoretical. There is a great lack of examples showing the actual effects under known conditions of different applications of manure. The important subject of the effectiveness of the residues of previous manuring is scarcely touched.
Fertilisers: the Source, Character and Composition of Natural, Home-made, and Manufactured Fertilisers; and Suggestions as to their use for different Crops and Conditions.
By E. B. Voorhees. Pp. xiv + 335. (New York: The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1898.)
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W., R. Fertilisers: the Source, Character and Composition of Natural, Home-made, and Manufactured Fertilisers; and Suggestions as to their use for different Crops and Conditions. Nature 59, 582 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/059582b0
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