Table of Contents:
  • Prefaces
  • Biographical introduction [Sir John Bennet Lawes, Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert. By R. Warington]--The sources of the nitrogen of vegetation
  • Meteorological observations
  • The composition of the Rothamsted soil
  • Experiments upon wheat
  • Experiments upon barley
  • Experminemts upon oats
  • Experiments upon root-crops grown continuously on the same land
  • Experiments upon the continuous growth of leguminous crops
  • Experiments 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
  • The recent work on the biochemical processes of the soil
  • Secondary actions of artificial manures upon the soil
  • Appendix: List of publication issued from the Rothamsted experimental station, 1843-1905 (p. 311-322) ; Publication by other investigators, dealing with material from Rothamsted (p. 324-325)--Index.