Soil Fertility

This book is concerned primarily with the interrelationships of soils and growing plants. It has prepared as a textbook for students taking a course in soils and growing plants. It has been prepared as a textbook for students taking a course in soil fertility and as a reference book for students in soil management courses. A effort has been made to avoid too much “applied” material, which would be included in courses dealing specifically with soil management practices. Rather it has been the object to deal with fundamental principles that can be applied to crop production problems when local conditions are taken into consideration. Author have tried never to lose sight of the practical problems of soil management and crop growth. An appreciable amount of data has been compiled which is hoped will be useful as reference material. Considerable attention has been given to results of field experiments.