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JUNE, 1911 



The Fertility of the Soil 



KEING THE 



SEVENTEENTH ROBERT BOYLE LECTURE 



DELIVERED BEFORE 



THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY JUNIOR SCIENTIFIC CLUB 

 On the jrd of June, 1910 



BY 



A. D. HALL, M.A., F.R.S. 



DIRECTOR OF THE ROTHAMSTED AGRICULTURAL 

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1911 

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