 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1805 - 534 pages
...absorb moisture, a principal essen^ tial to their productiveness, ought to be much greater in warm and dry countries than in cold and moist ones ; and the quantity of fine aluminous earth they contain larger. . .Soils likewise that are situated on declivities ought... | |
 | 1805 - 534 pages
...absorb moisture, a principal essen~ tial to their productiveness, ought to be much greater in warm and dry countries than in cold and moist ones ; and the quantity of fine aluminous earth they contain larger. Soils likewise that are situated on declivities ought to... | |
 | John Murray - 1809 - 780 pages
...under different circumstances. " The power of soils to absorb moisture ought to be greater in warm and dry countries than in cold and moist ones, and the quantity of fine argillaceous earth they contain larger. Soils, likewise, that are situated on declivities, Ought... | |
 | Friedrich Christian Accum - 1814 - 484 pages
...absorb moisture, a principle essential to their productiveness, ought to he much greater in warm and dry countries than in cold and moist ones ; and the quantity of fine aluminous earth they contain larger. Soils, likewise, that are situated on declivities, ought... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - 1815 - 452 pages
...decomposition of vegetables : this is slowly taken up, or attracted from the earths by water, and appears to constitute a prime cause of the fertility of the...absorb moisture ought to be much greater in warm or dry counties, than in cold and moist ones ; and the quantity of clay, or vegetable or animal matter they... | |
 | 1816 - 442 pages
...plants must vary wi,thth,e.climate; and mustbe.particularly influenced by. the quantity of rain. The The power of soils to absorb moisture ought to be much greater in warm or dry counties than in cold and moist ones ; and the quantity of clay, or vegetable or animal matter they... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pages
...decomposition of vegetables ; this is slowly taken up or attracted from the earths by water, and appears to constitute a prime cause of the fertility of the soil." The fertility of soils, it thus appears, must necessarily vary with the climate, the sub-soil, the inclination... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pages
...absorbent powers of sollt ouchí to vary with the climate in which they are situatei. The absorption of moisture ought to be much greater in warm or dry countries,...the quantity of clay, or vegetable, or animal matter in soils greater. Soils also on declivities ought to be more absorbent than in plains or in the bottom... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1827 - 434 pages
...absorbent powers of soils ought to vary with the climate in which they are situated. The absorption of moisture ought to be much greater in warm or dry countries,...the quantity of clay, or vegetable, or animal matter in soils greater. Soils also on declivities, ought to be more absorbent than in plains or in the bottom... | |
 | F. ACCUM - 1828 - 526 pages
...Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Somersetshire. their productiveness, ought to be much greater in warm and dry countries than in cold and moist ones ; and the quantity of fine aluminous earth they contain, larger. Soils, likewise, that are situated on declivities, ought... | |
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The power of soils to absorb moisture ought to be much greater in warm or dry countries, than in cold and moist ones ; and the quantity of clay, or vegetable -or animal matter they contain, greater. 
