The world of the soil
Russell, E. John1957
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A clod of earth, seemingly simple and lifeless, is now known to be highly complex in structure and tenanted by a remarkable range of animals and plants of its own. It is indeed a worl apart, in which the conditions for life are utterly different from those of the air or in the ocean and rivers. No one except the author of this book, for thirty years Director of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, and with a world of personal experience of agriculture and soils, could have written such a fascinating account of this strange new world, still so little known and still being explored and classified. ... Naturalists, farmers, gardeners, indeed all who are concerned withthe production of food from plants and are interested in the composition of our countryside, will find this book intensely fascinating as well as of first-rate importance.
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The world of the soil / by Sir E. John Russell
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London : Collins, 1957
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xiv, 237 p. : diags., graphs, maps, plates (chiefly b&w), tables ; 22 cm.
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BibliographyIncludes index
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English
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