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... give origin to particular soils ; thus poor and hungry soils , such as are produced from the decomposition of granite and sandstone , remain very often for ages with only a thin covering of vegetation ; while soils from the 143.
... give origin to particular soils ; thus poor and hungry soils , such as are produced from the decomposition of granite and sandstone , remain very often for ages with only a thin covering of vegetation ; while soils from the 143.
Page 146
... granite , slate , hornblende rocks , and serpentine . Beds of lime- stones , dykes of porphyry , veins of quartz , and those of other minerals , will also claim a portion of our attention , inasmuch as they produce an influence upon the ...
... granite , slate , hornblende rocks , and serpentine . Beds of lime- stones , dykes of porphyry , veins of quartz , and those of other minerals , will also claim a portion of our attention , inasmuch as they produce an influence upon the ...
Page 147
... granite , and the proportion of its component parts , have a considerable influence upon the fertility of the superincumbent soil , will become evident on a bare inspection of specimens brought from fertile and barren districts . Mr ...
... granite , and the proportion of its component parts , have a considerable influence upon the fertility of the superincumbent soil , will become evident on a bare inspection of specimens brought from fertile and barren districts . Mr ...
Page 148
... granite ; it is , therefore , a circumstance which should always be examined by the scientific agriculturist , who wishes to form a correct estimate of the capabilities of any granite district . Upon an examination of many of the more ...
... granite ; it is , therefore , a circumstance which should always be examined by the scientific agriculturist , who wishes to form a correct estimate of the capabilities of any granite district . Upon an examination of many of the more ...
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... granite . Strange and problematical as such a practice may appear to the agriculturalist , who has not studied the subject of mineral manures , to the chemist it is a fact of easy and satisfactory explanation ; the decomposing granite ...
... granite . Strange and problematical as such a practice may appear to the agriculturalist , who has not studied the subject of mineral manures , to the chemist it is a fact of easy and satisfactory explanation ; the decomposing granite ...
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