 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1854 - 528 sidor
...had in view the support of his favorite theory of inorganic manures, which is, " that the crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in the manure." JFW Johnston also, in his Agricultural Chemistry, sums up his remarks on this subject... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig - 1855 - 130 sidor
...really is, would he have had the boldness to say (Journal, vol. xi. p. 383) that ''The axiom of Liebig, 'the crops in a field diminish or increase in exact...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to tfeem in manure,' has received a death-blow from Mr. Lawes's experiments." Again (p. 392), "The Mineral... | |
 | John Bennet Lawes, Joseph Henry Gilbert - 1855 - 108 sidor
...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.' "—Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. xii. part ip 2. With... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1855 - 676 sidor
...— Ib. p. 115. Compare this with the quotation already given : — , " The crops on a field dimmish or increase in exact proportion to the diminution or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure." — Agricultural Chemistry, 3rd ed., p. 212. Again Baron Liebig says : — " With regard... | |
 | Julius Adolph Stöckhardt - 1855 - 442 sidor
...fields by supplying them with manures rich in nitrogen, or with ammaniacal salts alone. The crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to the diminution or increase in the mineral substances conveyed to it in the manure." Liebig complains that Mr. Lawes has here taken... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig - 1855 - 180 sidor
...The crops on a field diminish or increase in exact * Zeitschrift fur Landwirthschaft, VI. Jahrgang. proportion to the diminution or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure.' " This last sentence, which is said to embody my so-called Mineral Theory, has been... | |
 | Maine State Agricultural Society - 1853 - 884 sidor
...agriculturists, both on account of its novelty and its supposed merits. His theory was, " That the crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure." It has been denominated the ash theory, from the consideration, as Liebig supposed,... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin (M.R.I.A.) - 1859 - 118 sidor
...manure, in order to diminish the labour of carriage. Another sentence in his work — " The crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in the manure" — has also provoked much criticism. Mr. Lawcs, of Rothamstead, believing that in... | |
 | 1863 - 640 sidor
...theory, hastily adopted by Liebig, has broken down. The doctrine that ' crops diminish or increase iu exact proportion to the diminution or increase of...the mineral substances conveyed to them in manure," lias received its death blow from Mr. Lawes' experiments Our best authority, Mr. Lavres, has established... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 360 sidor
...the MINERAL constituents of the crops to be grown. Professor Liebig's words were : — " The crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to...or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure." 543. In opposition to this, Mr. Lawes' experiments convinced him that, in the ordinary... | |
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the crops on a field diminish or increase in exact proportion to the diminution or increase of the mineral substances conveyed to it in manure... 
