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Title: Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement

Author: Alva Agee

Release Date: December 2, 2007 [EBook #23682]

Language: English

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CROPS AND METHODS FOR SOIL IMPROVEMENT

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICAGO
DALLAS . SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
LONDON . BOMBAY . CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO

[Illustration: Alfalfa and Corn in Indiana.]

CROPS AND METHODS
FOR SOIL IMPROVEMENT

By

ALVA AGEE, M.S.

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
ACTING DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF
AGRICULTURE AND EXPERIMENT STATION OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE

_ILLUSTRATED_

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1912

_All rights reserved_

Copyright, 1912,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1912.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

PAGES

INTRODUCTION 1-11
In lieu of preface 1
Natural strength of land 2
Plant constituents 2
Organic matter 4
Drainage 6
Lime 7
Crop-rotation 8
Fertilizers 9
Tillage 10
Control of soil moisture 11

CHAPTER I