Soil culture and modern farm methods (1916) (14595995178)

Identifier: soilculturemoder00taylrich (find matches)
Title: Soil culture and modern farm methods
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Taylor, Warren E. 1854- Deere & Co., Moline, Ill
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Moline, Ill
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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wth, micro-organisms, insects, earthworms, chemical elements and substances allworking in combination both mechanically and chemically. CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS SOILS are classified as sedentary and transported.Sedentary soils are those which remain where disintegration tookplace. There may be residual deposits, namely, gravels, sands, clays,etc., or cumulose. This sub-class includes peat, muck and swampysoils made so by the accumulation of organic matter, both by growthand decomposition. Transported Soils are called colluvial, alluvial, aeolian and glacial deposits. These soils,like all others, are composed of disintegrated rock and organic matter.They are transported or shifted by winds, water, drifts, glaciers andother forces. Soils are further classified according to their characteristics, as sandand sandy soils, clays, silt and loam. Sand is disintegrated rock, the particles ranging in size between 0.5 mm. and0.05 mm. in diameter. Sand is not cohesive nor does it retain moisture 9
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