Report Of Professor Emmons On His Geological Survey Of North Carolina

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Excerpt from Report of Professor Emmons, on His Geological Survey of North Carolina, 1852 I might have left out of this list oxygen, hydrogen, nitro gen, carbon, and ammonia, inasmuch as there are, it is sup posed, other sources of supply than that of the soil. It is not, however, fully established that, in the arrangements of nature, there is a full provision for this supply, when soils are subject ed to high culture, and are required to produce more than five times the amount which they produce spontaneously. It is undoubtedly true, that the vegetable kingdom can sustain itself by the instrumentality of the common sources of supply yet, when a species of this kingdom, as Corn, for example, is required to yield its sixty bushels to the acre, we can see no provision for this result in its wild and uncultivated state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report of Professor Emmons, on His Geological Survey of North Carolina, 1852 Sir: - § 1. Agreeably to the requirement of the Act of the Legislature, passed the 24th January, 1851, authorising a Geological Survey of the State, I herewith present the First Annual Report. In the discharge of this duty, I have deemed it advisable, at this time, and at this stage of the work, to confine my communication to two principal subjects: - the Soils and Agriculture of the Lower Counties; and the Coal Fields of Rockingham, Stokes, Chatham, and Moore Counties: - the two former occupying the Northern, and the latter the Central, portions of the State. I deem it, however, relevant to the subjects before me, to introduce the statement of such principles of Agriculture and Geology as may be required for the better understanding of these departments; or which are suggested by, or flow immediately from, facts which I have observed. I hope this course will be approved of as the subjects are beginning to excite public attention, and are probably among the most important matters to which the public attention has been turned for many years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.