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Book: Gardening Science - Soils, Manure and the Environment

Chapter 1: Earths and Soils

The composition and nature of soils
Earths are derived from rocks
The crust of the earth
Igneous unstratified rocks
Sedimentary non-fossiliferous rocks
Fossiliferous rocks
Davy on rocks and soils
Soils and earths
Surface soil and subsoil
Rock geology and surface soils
The nomenclature of soils
Naming soils
Earths of transportation
Alluvial soil
Diluvial soils
Peat soils
Soils and plant nourishment
The fertility of soils
Soils and the food of plants
Humus decayed woody fibre
Humus and plant nourishment
Soils and minerals
Plant foods: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen
Carbon and vegetables
Atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen
Oxygen in plants
Hydrogen in plants
Nitrogen in plants
Water as a plant food
Inorganic plant foods
The alkalies, earths and acids
Mechanical and chemical nature of soils
Water absorbtion by soils
Soil fertility and salts
Magical irrigation
Phosphoric acid
Hot and cold soils
Dry soils and colors
Moisture in soil and subsoil
Usefulness of soils to plants
The value of soils to the cultivator
Plants as soil indicators
Soil types for cultivators
Plant indicators of argillaceous soils
Plant indicators of Calcareous soils
Plant indicators of Siliceous soils
Plant indicators of Ferruginous soils
Plant indicators of acid soils
Plant indicators of Saline soils
Plant indicators of Aquatic soils
Plant indicators of very dry soils
Reliability of plant indicators
Chemical analysis and testing of soils
Specimens for chemical analysis and testing of soils
The most fertile soils - analysis and testing
Soil investigation from ashes - analysis and testing
Investigation of soil salinity - analysis and testing
Analysis and testing of soil ingredients
Results of soil testing analysis
Testing the physical properties of soils
Testing the specific gravity of a soil
Testing clay and sand in any soil
Testing the presence of calcareous matter in soil
Testing the presence of organic matter in soil
Testing the presence of metals in soil
Testing the presence of salt in soil
Testing the capacity of a soil for retaining wate
Soil treatment for cultivation
Soil amelioration textures
Cultivation of friable soils
Mechanical cultivators
Mechanical pulverisation
Roofs and pulverisation
Capillary action and pulverisation
Pulverisation and soil temperatore
Pulverisation and vegetable food
Pulverisation and aeration
Pulverisation depths
Pulverisation and tillage
Pulverisation and moisture retention
Mechanical consolidation of soils
Soil aeration by mechanical and chemical means
The mechanical effect of aeration
Air and soil chemistry
Carbon, nitrogen and soil humus
The disintegration of soils
Soil additives
Soil improvement additives
Soil additives and crops
Plant incineration
Improvers for clay soils
Improvers for chalky soild
Improvers for marl soild
Improvement of peaty soils
Burning and soil improvement
Objections fo burning
Soil improvements by burning
Soil water abundance
Draining stagnant water from soils
Springs in retentive soils
Flooding and soils
Irrigation and soils
Mechanical action of irrigation on soils
Chemical action of irrigation on soils
The improvement of land by irrigation
Weather and soils
Solar influence on soil warming
Shelter plantations
Shading and plant growth
Succession cropping cultivators
Crop rotation
Rotation and crop exhaustion
Improvement of poor soils
Natural improvement of soils
Influence of rotations in destroying insects and weeds

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