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... presents itself to our notice as being worthy of our study . We have spoken of the culti- vation of the soil as a manufacturing business , and thus we have the soil as the raw material , which has to be converted into those marketable ...
... presents itself to our notice as being worthy of our study . We have spoken of the culti- vation of the soil as a manufacturing business , and thus we have the soil as the raw material , which has to be converted into those marketable ...
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... present time . The agencies are very simple , and easily understood . It is , moreover , ex- ceedingly important that these agencies should be familiarly known to the student of Agricultural Science , because they are valuable friends ...
... present time . The agencies are very simple , and easily understood . It is , moreover , ex- ceedingly important that these agencies should be familiarly known to the student of Agricultural Science , because they are valuable friends ...
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... present time the reduction of rock into soil is proceeding far less rapidly than in the past , because the work has been sufficiently advanced to meet the necessities of the case . But we shall also see that the same influ- ences are ...
... present time the reduction of rock into soil is proceeding far less rapidly than in the past , because the work has been sufficiently advanced to meet the necessities of the case . But we shall also see that the same influ- ences are ...
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... present in the soil were at the service of the growing crop . At one time farmers hoped that the analysis of soils would make the choice of manure a very simple matter . It was argued that if a farmer knew what his crop wanted , and ...
... present in the soil were at the service of the growing crop . At one time farmers hoped that the analysis of soils would make the choice of manure a very simple matter . It was argued that if a farmer knew what his crop wanted , and ...
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... present course of crops . He can at the same time judge as to any deficiency which he ought to supply by means of manures . Under the more usual system of chemical analysis this was all confused , because it was not simply that which ...
... present course of crops . He can at the same time judge as to any deficiency which he ought to supply by means of manures . Under the more usual system of chemical analysis this was all confused , because it was not simply that which ...
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