Soils: Their Properties and Management (Rural Text-Book Series)

Lyon, T. Lyttleton; Fippin, Elmer O.; Buckman, Harry O.; Bailey, L.H. [Liberty Hyde]

Published by Macmillan, 1916

About this Item

Fourth printing. No jacket. Spine soiled, loss to spine base, front board creased, ink name, pencil marginalia, rear hinge starting. 1916 Hard Cover. xxi, 764 pp. 6 pages of publisher ads follow text. Color fold-out map of soil regions in U.S. CONTENTS: Some General Considerations; Soil-forming Processes; The Geological Classification of Soils; Geological Classification of Soils (Continued); Climatic and Geochemical Relationship of Soils; The Soil Particle; Some Physical Properties of the Soil; The Organic Matter of the Soil; The Colloidal Matter of Soils; Soil Structure; The Forms of Soil Water and Their Movement; The Water of the Soil in Its Relation to Plants; The Control of Soil Moisture; Soil Heat; Availability of Plant Nutrients as Determined by Chemical Analysis; The Absorptive Properties of Soils; Acid or Sour Soils; Alkali Soils; Absorption of Nutritive Salts by Agricultural Plants; Organisms in the Soil; The Nitrogen Cycle; The Soil Air; Commercial Fertilizers; Soil Amendments; Fertilizer Practice; Farm Manures; Green Manures; Land Drainage; Tillage; Irrigation and Dry Farming; The Soil Survey.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Soils: Their Properties and Management (Rural Text-Book Series)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication Date: 1916
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 4th Printing.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 32 ounces