Project Gutenberg 2024-07-05 Public domain in the USA. 172 Hilgard, Eugene W. (Eugene Woldemar) 1833 1916 Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar Hilgard, E. W. (Eugene Woldemar) Hilgard, Eug. W. (Eugene Woldemar) 06026528 Soils, their formation, properties, composition, and relations to climate and plant growth in the humid and arid regions $aNew York :$bThe MacMillan Company, $c1906, pubdate 1921. Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate and Plant Growth" by E. W. Hilgard is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book serves as both a text and reference on soil science and aims to provide insights into the formation, characteristics, and significance of soils in agricultural practices across different climates, particularly focusing on arid and humid regions. Likely intended for students and agricultural professionals, it combines detailed scientific observations with practical applications. The opening of the book begins with a preface that outlines the author's motivation for creating a comprehensive resource on soil studies, particularly in the context of the author's experiences with newly settled agricultural regions. It highlights the importance of understanding soil science for the cultivation of crops and the general welfare of mankind, emphasizing the relationships between soil properties and plant growth. The introduction defines key concepts related to soil, including its formation from rocks through physical and chemical processes, and introduces the structured chapters which will delve into various aspects of soil formation, composition, and implications for agriculture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/soilstheirformat00hilguoft/page/n7/mode/2up 20210408153715hildgardph 1906 US Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Soils S Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 1881989 2025-06-29T08:41:23.768157 text/html 1884976 2024-07-05T15:51:17 text/html 9073345 2025-06-29T08:41:58.149957 application/epub+zip 9079260 2025-06-29T08:41:31.463104 application/epub+zip 734021 2025-06-29T08:41:27.322109 application/epub+zip 9443498 2025-06-29T08:42:12.384964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9362080 2025-06-29T08:41:53.126010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1445330 2025-06-29T08:41:18.280225 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1425036 2024-07-05T15:51:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15890 2025-06-29T08:42:12.603862 application/rdf+xml 7636 2025-06-29T08:41:27.945114 image/jpeg 1446 2025-06-29T08:41:27.570078 image/jpeg 9511554 2025-06-29T08:41:24.165194 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia