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... appears almost to invest our soil with new attributes of life . Hence we have soils as being become accustomed to speak of hungry , or sick , or grateful , and as obstinate , kindly , and tender , and so on . The plain fact is , the ...
... appears almost to invest our soil with new attributes of life . Hence we have soils as being become accustomed to speak of hungry , or sick , or grateful , and as obstinate , kindly , and tender , and so on . The plain fact is , the ...
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... appears to have been the first step in the formation of peat . This has sometimes happened from accidental causes , such , for instance , as trees falling across a small stream , and thereby ponding up the water . In the great majority ...
... appears to have been the first step in the formation of peat . This has sometimes happened from accidental causes , such , for instance , as trees falling across a small stream , and thereby ponding up the water . In the great majority ...
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... appears to be special provisions made in the soil for catching the ammonia , to which we shall hereafter refer ; but for the present it will probably be enough for us to notice . how many servants there are waiting to help the farmer to ...
... appears to be special provisions made in the soil for catching the ammonia , to which we shall hereafter refer ; but for the present it will probably be enough for us to notice . how many servants there are waiting to help the farmer to ...
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... appears as if it were a provision of Nature , to enable our crops to be of proper feeding value in the support of animal life ; for the plant makes as powerful a claim on the soil for Phosphoric Acid , as the animal does upon the crop ...
... appears as if it were a provision of Nature , to enable our crops to be of proper feeding value in the support of animal life ; for the plant makes as powerful a claim on the soil for Phosphoric Acid , as the animal does upon the crop ...
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... appears to be some con- nection between these mechanical conditions and the rental value of land . For instance- lbs . 1000 of Bagshot Soil , worth ( say 4s . or 5s . ) per acre lbs . absorbed 3 of water . · 1000 of Coarse Sand , 15s ...
... appears to be some con- nection between these mechanical conditions and the rental value of land . For instance- lbs . 1000 of Bagshot Soil , worth ( say 4s . or 5s . ) per acre lbs . absorbed 3 of water . · 1000 of Coarse Sand , 15s ...
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