ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY BY
THOMAS ANDERSON, M.D. F.R.S.E., F.C.S.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. THE ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTS.
CHAPTER II. THE PROXIMATE CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTS.
CHAPTER III. THE CHANGES WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE FOOD OF PLANTS DURING THEIR GROWTH.
CHAPTER IV. THE INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTS.
CHAPTER V. THE SOIL ITS CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERS.
CHAPTER VI. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOIL BY MECHANICAL PROCESSES.
CHAPTER VII. THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANURING.
CHAPTER VIII. THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF FARM-YARD AND LIQUID MANURES.
CHAPTER IX. COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF VEGETABLE MANURES.
CHAPTER X. COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF ANIMAL MANURES.
CHAPTER XI. COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF MINERAL MANURES.
CHAPTER XII. THE VALUATION OF MANURES.
CHAPTER XIII. THE ROTATION OF CROPS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE FEEDING OF FARM STOCK.
INDEX.
A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY ADAM and CHARLES BLACK EDINBURGH
DE QUINCEY'S WORKS . AUTHOR'S EDITION. In Fifteen Volumes,
NEW EDITION OF KITTO'S CYCLOPAEDIA. In royal 8vo, Volume I. (A
KITTO'S
CyclopAEdia of Biblical Literature. Edited by the Rev. WILLIAM
NEW EDITION, 1862. In folio, half bound morocco, gilt edges,
