F. MARLING IN ENGLAND – LIMING

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Edmund Ruffin, Agricultural Reformer and Southern Radical vii
4. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF EDMUND RUFFIN xxxiv
5. PREFACE 1
6. CHAPTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EARTHS AND SOILS 7
7. CHAPTER II. ON THE SOILS AND STATE OF AGRICULTURE OF THE TIDEWATER DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA 14
8. CHAPTER III. THE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES OF SOILS FOR IMPROVEMENT 21
9. CHAPTER IV. EFFECTS OF THE PRESENCE OF CALCAREOUS EARTH IN SOILS 31
10. CHAPTER V. RESULTS OF THE CHEMICAL EXAMINATIONS OF VARIOUS SOILS 38
11. CHAPTER VI. CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF RICH SOILS CONTAINING NO CALCAREOUS EARTH 46
12. CHAPTER VII. PROOFS OF THE EXISTENCE OF ACID AND NEUTRAL SOILS 51
13. CHAPTER VIII. THE MODE OF OPERATION OF CALCAREOUS EARTH IN SOILS 69
14. CHAPTER IX. THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES 78
15. CHAPTER Χ. THE EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES, ON ACID SOILS REDUCED BY CULTIVATION 98
16. CHAPTER XI. EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES ON EXHAUSTED ACID SOILS, UNDER THEIR SECOND GROWTH OF TREES 108
17. CHAPTER XII. EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES, ON NEUTRAL SOILS, ALONE, OR WITH GYPSUM 111
18. CHAPTER XIII. THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY CALCAREOUS MANURE, AND ITS REMEDIES 120
19. CHAPTER XIV. RECAPITULATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES, AND DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR MOST PROFITABLE APPLICATION 125
20. CHAPTER XV. THE PERMANENCY OF CALCAREOUS MANURES 135
21. CHAPTER XVI. THE EXPENSE AND PROFIT OF MARLING 140
22. CHAPTER XVII. DIRECTIONS FOR DIGGING AND CARTING MARL 149
23. APPENDIX
24. A. DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS OF CALCAREOUS EARTH 158
25. Β. THE NAMES USUALLY GIVEN TO SOILS OFTEN INCORRECT 160
26. C. SOME EFFECTS OF SLAVERY ON AGRICULTURAL PROFITS 162
27. D. OPINIONS THAT SOILS ARE GENERALLY CALCAREOUS 164
28. E. CALCAREOUS EARTH A PRESERVER OF PUTRESCENT ANIMAL MATTER 168
29. F. MARLING IN ENGLAND – LIMING 169
30. G. THE CAUSE OF THE INEFFICACY OF GYPSUM AS A MANURE ON ACID SOILS 184
31. H. ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF LABOUR APPLIED TO MARLING 187
32. Backmatter 201