Soil Fertility and Permanent Agriculture (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Soil Fertility and Permanent Agriculture<br><br>Liebig said Agriculture is of all industrial pursuits the rich est ih facts and the poorest in their comprehension. To a large degree this statement is still true and the chief purpose of this volume is to bring together in convenient form the world''s most essential facts gathered from the field and laboratory and to develop from them some foundation principles of permanent agriculture; for as Liebig also truly said Facts are like grains of sand which are moved by the wind but principles are these same grains cemented into rocks.<br><br>While one dare not believe that error has been completely av''oided the facts presented have been checked with all reasonable care and they may be accepted with the confidence that they are accurately reproduced from the original data.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.