MANURES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANURING BY
C. M. AIKMAN, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.I.C. FORMERLY PROFESSOR
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
PART I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
MANURES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANURING. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.
PART II. PRINCIPLES OF MANURING
CHAPTER I. FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II. FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY MANURES.
CHAPTER III. THE POSITION OF NITROGEN IN AGRICULTURE.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV. NITRIFICATION.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V. THE POSITION OF PHOSPHORIC ACID.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI. THE POSITION OF POTASH IN AGRICULTURE.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VI.
PART III. MANURES
CHAPTER VII. FARMYARD MANURE
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII. GUANO.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX. NITRATE OF SODA.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X. SULPHATE OF AMMONIA.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI. BONES
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII. MINERAL PHOSPHATES.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII. SUPERPHOSPHATES.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV. THOMAS-PHOSPHATE OR BASIC SLAG.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV. POTASSIC MANURES.
CHAPTER XVI. MINOR ARTIFICIAL MANURES.
CHAPTER XVII. SEWAGE AS A MANURE.
CHAPTER XVIII. LIQUID MANURE.
CHAPTER XIX. COMPOSTS.
CHAPTER XX. INDIRECT MANURES. Lime.
CHAPTER XXI. INDIRECT MANURES GYPSUM, SALT, ETC.
CHAPTER XXII. THE APPLICATION OF MANURES.
CHAPTER XXIII. MANURING OF THE COMMON FARM CROPS.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV. ON THE METHOD OF APPLICATION AND ON THE MIXING OF MANURES.
CHAPTER XXV. ON THE VALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF MANURES.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI THE ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTS.
INDEX.
