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FORMERLY agricultural chemistry was one of three main subjects in courses on agriculture, but to-day increasing specialization inside the industry itself has been accompanied by a multiplication in the courses available in the university departments and colleges engaged in agricultural education. A student may present himself for a course in horticulture, or dairying, or poultry-keeping, or in agriculture; he may be an intending producer, technician, adviser, teacher, or specialist; but in any event a goodly proportion of his time will be spent on agricultural chemistry. For most students, the materials and vital processes concerned are the same, but the emphasis on them varies according to the type of specialization desired or the nature of the qualification sought.
A Practical Course in Agricultural Chemistry:
for Senior Students of Agriculture, Dairying, Horticulture and Poultry Husbandry. By Frank Knowles and Dr. J. Elphin Watkin. Pp. ix + 188. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1937.) 10s. net.
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N., H. A Practical Course in Agricultural Chemistry. Nature 139, 863 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139863a0
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