30 COMPOSITION OF ROTHAMSTED SOIL 



In general, it may be said that the Rothamsted soil 

 presents no striking peculiarities, either chemical or physical. 



References 



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" On Some Points in the Composition of Soils ; with Results illustrating 

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" On the Present Position of the Question of the Sources of the Nitrogen of 

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'•' A Chemical Study of the Phosphoric Acid and Potash Contents of the 

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"The Mechanical Analysis of Soils and the Composition of the Fractions 

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"The Effect of the long-continued use of Sodium Nitrate on the Constitu- 

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