Agricultural chemistry, 1910-1935

✍ Scribed by Crowther, E. M.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1935
• Weight: 444 KB
• Volume: 54
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000541806

✦ Synopsis

Tlie iipriciiltiiriil seieiicc of tlic iiiiicteclit 11 cciitiiry wiis prctloiiiiniint 1y cliciiiiciil. Artificiiil fcrt ilizers witli tlie iiiiiierel theory of 1)liiIIt iiiitritioii iili(l the cliscovery of the iiiiiiii stnges i n tlie nitrogen cycle Inncle it possiiile to inteiisify proiliict ioii :it ii tiiiie of rnpitlly i~spiiiiiliiig lioiiie iiiiirkcts, iiiiil the work of the ngriciiltiiriil cliciiiist \viis ii~.g:c.iitly ~~cetlecl. 111 tile twenty-live p i r s riiitler review, the sl~cctiiculiir iigri-cu1tnr;il cspiiiisions took pliice iii hitherto iinclevclo~~ctl iireiis, tint1 oivetl their SIICCPSS priniiirily to the 1)lii"t, brcetler, the veteriiiiiriiin, iiilcl tlie cwgiiicer. l h ~i in cheiiiist ry, t lie inore tlriirnrit ic: tIc*vclol~iiic~iits hiiriiip 011 iipricriltrire ciiiiiiot I i c cliiiiiitd for iigriciiltiiriil chciiiistry ; iiit rogeii tisilt ion belongs to physiciii iiiid cngiiieering clieiiiist ry, iiiid vitiiiiiins to IJiocheiiiistry. Iiicreiisi~ig s~~eeiiiliziitioii t iikes ii\viiy sciciitilic territory from tile i i g ~i ~~i l t i ~~i ~l clieiiiist, W l i o hits iiiet this loss i)y triivelliiig fiirt her iilicltl iind, iillovc : i l l , l)y closer coiitiict w i t h iictiiiil fiiriiiiiig. In iiitlustry ii Iiilioriitory ~iiiiy prow i i i t o ii great filetory esploitiiig ;I IleW prOCl'SS or pl.otlllct, I l l i t i l g ~~~l l ~~l l ~i l ~

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