Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Biographical introduction [Sir John Bennet Lawes, Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert. By R. Warington. Reprinted from the obituary notices of the Royal society]--The sources of the nitrogen of vegetation.-Meteorological observations
  • The compostition of the Rothamsted soil.-Experminets upon wheat
  • Experiments upon barley
  • Experiments upon oats
  • Experiments upon root-crops grown continuously on the same land
  • Expermiments upon the continuous growth of leguminous crops
  • Expermients upon grass land mown for hay every year
  • Experiments upon crops grown in rotation, Agdell field
  • Nitrification and the composition of drainage waters
  • The feeding experiments
  • Miscellaneous enquiries
  • Appendix I : I. List of publications issued from the Rothamsted experimental station, 1843-1905 : p. [273]-283. II. Publications by other investiagators, dealing with material from Rothamsted : p. 283-284. III. Other publications dealing with the Rothamsted experiments : p. 284-285
  • Appendix II: Officials
  • Appendix III: List of past and present workers at the Rothamsted experimental station
  • Index.