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Frontmatter
Edmund Ruffin, Agricultural Reformer and Southern Radical, by J. Carlyle Sitterson
Chronology of the Life of Edmund Ruffin
AN ESSAY ON CALCAREOUS MANURES
PREFACE
I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EARTHS AND SOILS
II. ON THE SOILS AND STATE OF AGRICULTURE OF THE TIDEWATER DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
III. THE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES OF SOIL FOR IMPROVEMENT
IV. EFFECTS OF THE PRESENCE OF CALCAREOUS EARTH IN SOILS
V. RESULTS OF THE CHEMICAL EXAMINATIONS OF VARIOUS SOILS
VI. CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF RICH SOILS CONTAINING NO CALCAREOUS EARTH
VII. PROOFS OF THE EXISTENCE OF ACID AND NEUTRAL SOILS
VIII. THE MODE OF OPERATION OF CALCAREOUS EARTH IN SOILS
IX. THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES
X. THE EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES ON ACID SOILS REDUCED BY CULTIVATION
XI. EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES ON EXHAUSTED ACID SOILS UNDER THEIR SECOND GROWTH OF TREES
XII. EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES ON NEUTRAL SOILS, ALONE OR WITH GYPSUM
XIII. THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY CALCAREOUS MANURE, AND ITS REMEDIES
XIV. RECAPITULATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CALCAREOUS MANURES, AND DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR MOST PROFITABLE APPLICATION
XV. THE PERMANENCY OF CALCAREOUS MANURES
XVI. THE EXPENSE AND PROFIT OF MARLING
XVII. DIRECTIONS FOR DIGGING AND CARTING MARL
Appendix
A. DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS OF CALCAREOUS EARTH
B. THE NAMES USUALLY GIVEN TO SOILS OFTEN INCORRECT
C. SOME EFFECTS OF SLAVERY ON AGRICULTURAL PROFITS
D. OPINIONS THAT SOILS ARE GENERALLY CALCAREOUS
E. CALCAREOUS EARTH A PRESERVER OF PUTRESCENT ANIMAL MATTER
F. MARLING IN ENGLAND—LIMING
G. THE CAUSE OF THE INEFFICACY OF GYPSUM AS A MANURE ON ACID SOILS
H. ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF LABOUR APPLIED TO MARLING
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