Agricultural Chemistry
- Country gentleman.Philadelphia [etc.] Curtis Pub. Co. [etc] 1854: 261.
This successor to The Cultivator is the source of a series of review articles by the pioneer of agricultural science Samuel W. Johnson. Volume 3 for 1854 includes a letter home from Leipzig describing the agricultural experiment stations he visited there.
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- A source book of agricultural chemistry byWaltham, Mass., The Chronica Botanica Co.; New York City, G.E. Stecher, 1944.
This book summarizes the development of agricultural chemistry from ancient times through the era of Liebig. Major researchers are profiled in chronological order and their contributions discussed. The book contains many extracts from significant works, tables, charts and sketches. It is useful for learning the context of a researcher or theory. - Elements of agricultural chemistry in a course of lectures for the Board of Agriculture. To which is added A treatise on soils and manures as founded on actual experience and as combined with the leading principles of agriculture; in which the theory and byPhiladelphia, B. Warner, 1821.
A later version of an 1813 work, this volume summarizes the views of several British and European investigators in agricultural chemistry. Davy's ideas on the role of the soil in plant growth and the importance of humus and manure inspired numerous American farm experiments. The book also introduced guano to Americans. - How crops grow; a century later. byNew Haven, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1969.
SERIES: Bulletin (Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station) 708.
This volume was published from a series of lectures held to celebrate the centennial of How Crops Grow, written by Samuel W. Johnson in1868. The speakers were selected to compare the state of the art from Johnson's day, before general awareness of Mendel's research, to their own (1968). - The farm chemurgic; farmward the star of destiny lights our way. byBoston, Mass., The Stratford company, 1934.
This book is an example of persuasive literature written by a research consultant for the Dow Chemical Company in the 1930s. Hale urges the intensive use of farm commodities by the chemical industry. He also advocates the addition of alcohol to gasoline. This copy has been produced in a facsimile edition as part of a project by Mann Library to identify and preserve core historical literature in the agricultural sciences. Also available online via https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=2712754&DB=local - Lectures on the general relations which science bears to practical agriculture, delivered before the New-York state agricultural society. byNew York, C. M. Saxton, 1850.
James F. W. Johnston, professor at Durham University in England, was invited by the New York State Agricultural Society in 1849 to give a series of lectures on agricultural chemistry. He appeared for the first time at the Society's annual fair in Syracuse and spoke of agriculture in Europe; early the next year he presented the lectures collected in this volume. He touched on several important themes: the exhaustion of the soil in the eastern States, competition from the western States then being settled, and the need for practical agricultural education to improve the productivity of agriculture in New York. These points were later cited by the Society in an appeal to the Legislature for funding for an agricultural college and experiment station. - How crops feed. A treatise on the atmosphere and the soil as related to the nutrition of agricultural plants. byNew York, O. Judd, 1870.
This text and a similar volume, How Crops Grow, were written by one of Liebig's American pupils and were very influential in the United States and Europe. Johnson was a chemistry professor at Yale for 40 years and a Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. - How crops grow. A treatise on the chemical composition, structure, and life of the plant, for all students of agriculture ... byNew York, O. Judd & company, 1868.
This book grew out of the lectures given by Professor Samuel W. Johnson at Yale College (later University). Johnson's writings were influential in inspiring the General Assembly of Connecticut to establish the first agricultural experiment station in America; Johnson was later director of the station for 23 years. - Organische Chemie in ihrer Anwendung auf Agricultur und Physiologie = Organic chemistry in its applications to agriculture and physiology. byEdited from the manuscript of the author by Lyon Playfair. -- 1st American ed., with an introd., notes and appendix, by John W. Webster. Cambridge, Mass.: J. Owen, 1841.
This is the first American edition of the most influential work of the major figure in the history of agricultural chemistry. Building on the work of others, Liebig explicated such ideas as the importance of minerals in plant nutrition. His work inspired decades of agricultural research and led to the founding of agricultural experiment stations in England and the United States and to the development of the modern fertilizer industry. - Elements of scientific agriculture, or, The connection between science and the art of practical farming. Prize essay of the New York State Agricultural Society. byAlbany, E. H. Pease, 1851 [1850].
This is an elementary textbook written by the first Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at Yale University, a strong advocate of scientific agriculture. According to U.P. Hedrick's A History of Agriculture in the State of New York scientific agricultural literature." This book was the first in America to describe the organic and inorganic elements of plants, their nutritional needs and the connection between soil composition and plant growth. This material first appeared as the prize essay of the New York State Agricultural Society, winning its author a prize of $100. - The emergence of agricultural science : Justus Liebig and the Americans, 1840-1880. byNew Haven : Yale University Press, 1975.
This is a current work which traces the history and importance of agricultural chemistry in the United States. - An essay on calcareous manures. byRichmond, Va., J. W. Randolph, 1852.
Ruffin, a Southerner and a Renaissance man like Thomas Jefferson, experimented with soils as a young man and later became the first President of the Virginia State Agricultural Society. The essay in this display explained that the fertility of soil depended on the amount of calcareous earth available to neutralize vegetable acids. This substance, when added to animal manures used as fertilizer, greatly increased soil productivity. According to U.S. President John Tyler, Ruffin's essay was more valuable to the country than all the official state papers combined. - Soil erosion a national menace. byPublication Date: Washington, U. S. Govt. print. off., 1928.Bennett, one of the first U.S. officials to anticipate the threat posed to the food supply by soil erosion, wrote this pamphlet. He was invited to testify before a House of Representatives committee, and his speech inspired the creation of the Soil Erosion Service of the Department of the Interior.
- Big Hugh, the father of soil conservation. byPublication Date: New York, Macmillan, 1951.A biography of Hugh H. Bennett, the founder of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.
- The waste products of agriculture : their utilization as humus. byPublication Date: London ; New York : H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931.Howard, who was called the father of scientific composting by J.I. Rodale, wrote this book to describe his experiences with sustainable agriculture overseas. He was also cited by Michael Pollen in his 2006 Omnivore’s Dilemma as a pioneer in organic farming. Also available online via https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=3136880&DB=local