...production, by supplying them with manure rich in nitrogen, or with ammoniacal salts alone. The crops of a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in the manure." — p. 211.* For the illustration of this sentence, and that the meaning conveyed...

...production, by supplying them with manures rich in nitrogen, or with ammoniacal salts alone. The crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure. The formation of the constituents of the blood, and of the vegetable substances containing...

...contradistinction to the nitrogen-collecting plants. He adds, — "The theory advanced by Liebig, that the crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure, is calculated so seriously to mislead the agriculturist, that it is highly important...

...require, only mineral matter from the soil; or, as Liebig stated it, "the crops on- a field diminish pr increase in exact proportion to the diminution or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure." This view, contrary as it was to old experience, obtained general acceptation; and Professor...

...mineral theory then eagerly adopted was contained in the following axiom of Liebig's :— " The crops in field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...received a deathblow from Mr. Lawes's experiments at Rothamstead, in the following manner : — Plants, it is well known, consist chiefly of vegetable matter...

...at page 211 of the third edition of his work on Agricultural Chemistry, where he says " The crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure." It will be easily conceived, therefore, that it was with much interest that we turned...

...Trend." The mineral theory then eagerly adopte:! wns contained in the following a-xiom of Lama : — "The crops in a field diminish or increase in exact...proportion to the diminution or increase of the mineral subsances conveyed to them in manure." This doctrine received its death-blow from Mr. LAWKS' experiments...

...page 21 1. of the third edition of his work on Agricultural Chemistry ; where he says " the crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure." Of the Tast importance, both in a scientific and a practical point of view, of correct...

...page 211. of the third edition of his work on Agricultural Chemistry ; where lie says " the crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure." ideas on the subject here at issue, a judgment may be formed from the manner in which...

...the crops on a field diminish and increase, not really, as was once stated by an illustrious chemist, in exact proportion to the diminution or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure, but likewise in proportion to the care which the agriculturist takes of restoring to...