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| Title: | Soils and fertilizers. |
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| Name(s): |
Brooks, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), b. 1870 Florida Dept. of Agriculture. PALMM (Project) |
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| 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 | |
| Abstract/Description: | 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: | UF00003050 (iid), 49838897 (oclc), AAA3516 QF, 980776 (digitool), uf:106151 (fedora) | |
| 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. |
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| Subject(s): |
Soils -- Florida Fertilizers -- Florida Fertilizers -- Application -- Florida Florida -- 12000 |
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| 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 |
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| Is Part of Series: | Bulletin (Florida. Dept. of Agriculture) ; no. 3. |
