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A contribution to the investigation into the results of partial sterilisation of the soil by heat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Viscount Elveden
Viscount Elveden
Affiliation:
Pyrford Court, near Woking.
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The discovery that partial sterilisation by heat is capable of greatly increasing the fertility of the soil, opens up possibilities full of interest both to agriculturist and to horticulturist. Steaming the soil has already become a common practice by growers of tomatoes under glass, where the soil in the houses when “sick,” that is, infertile no matter how heavily manured, is treated with steam, whereby its fertility is completely restored.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , April 1921 , pp. 197 - 209
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1921

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References

page 197 note 1 The effect of Partial Strilisation of Soil on the Production of Plant Food, E. J. Russell and H. B. Hutchinson.

page 207 note 1 Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, pp. 168–75.Google Scholar