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Date Issued:
1936
Summary:
The efficiency of soil is measured by its capacity to supply plants with the several materials and conditions they require for growth; these include physical support, water, heat, air and food. This document discusses the general principles of fertilizer sources, functions and formulation; soil fertility and deficiencies; and the fertilization of specific crops.
Title: Soils and fertilizers.
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Name(s): Brooks, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), b. 1870
Florida Dept. of Agriculture.
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1936
Date Issued: 1936
Date Issued: 1936
Publisher: State of Florida, Dept. of Agriculture
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, Fla.
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 182 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language(s): eng
Summary: The efficiency of soil is measured by its capacity to supply plants with the several materials and conditions they require for growth; these include physical support, water, heat, air and food. This document discusses the general principles of fertilizer sources, functions and formulation; soil fertility and deficiencies; and the fertilization of specific crops.
Table of Contents: General principles -- Sources and functions of fertilizer elements -- Home mixing -- Fertilizer formulas -- Tilth -- Sulphur fertilization -- Soil analysis -- Purchasing fertilizer -- Citrus fertilizer experiments -- Practicability of fertilization of citrus groves -- Cotton fertilizer -- Fertilizing peaches -- More about fertilizer -- Useful tables -- Soil organisms -- Uses of lime -- Some results of soil fertility and fertilizer experiments with tomatoes -- Revised statistics on consumption of fertilizer in the United States -- Manganese deficiency in sand cultures -- Manganese sulphate -- New laws -- Index.
Target Audience: general
Identifier: 49838897 (oclc), AAA3516 QF, 980776 (digitool), uf:106151 (fedora), UF00003050 (IID)
Note(s):
Includes index.
"December, 1936."
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project, 2001. Mode of Access: World Wide Web. System Requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced from Collection in George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. Date Issued had: <1936>.
Subject(s): Soils -- Florida
Fertilizers -- Florida
Fertilizers -- Application -- Florida
Florida -- 12000
Library Classification: S49 .A4 no.3 1936
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00003050.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00003050.jpg
Host Institution: UF
Other Format:
(OCoLC)41220452
Is Part of Series: Bulletin (Florida. Dept. of Agriculture) ; no. 3.