AN ESSAY ON CALCAREOUS MANURES
by Ruffin, Edmund
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About This Item
Petersburg, Va, 1832. 242pp. plus advertisement. Half title. Contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, leather label. Edge wear, chipped at top of front joint. Foxed. A good, tight copy. "The object of this Essay is to investigate the peculiar features and qualities of the soils of our tide-water district, to show the causes of their general unproductiveness, and to point out means as yet but little used, for their effectual and profitable improvement" - Preface. Describes the soils, their content and how they could be improved, and the potential benefits of using calcareous manures as well as marling and liming, with notes concerning the effect of slavery on the agriculture of Virginia. The author later became famous as the man who fired the first shot on Fort Sumter. A radical states' rights advocate, he committed suicide at the end of the Civil War. SABIN 73915
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- AN ESSAY ON CALCAREOUS MANURES
- Author
- Ruffin, Edmund
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Petersburg, Va
- Date Published
- 1832
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Foxed
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