
| Better Farming Series 04 - The Soil: How the Soil is Made up (FAO - INADES, 1976, 37 p.) |
| (introduction...) |
| Preface |
| Plan of work |
| Why we study the soil |
| Different kinds of land |
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![]() | The soil |
![]() | The subsoil |
![]() | The parent rock |
![]() | Examples of different soils |
| What is soil made of ? |
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![]() | Sand |
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![]() | Sandy soils |
![]() | Clay |
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![]() | Clay soils |
![]() | Silt |
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![]() | Silty soils |
![]() | Humus |
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![]() | What humus does |
![]() | Some practical advice |
| Air in the soil |
| Water in the soil |
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![]() | Circulation of water in the soil |
![]() | Practical advice |
| Living creatures in the soil |
![]() | Earthworms |
![]() | Rats and other animals |
![]() | Termites |
![]() | Other insects |
![]() | Microbes |
| Suggested question paper |