# The soil solution Author: Cameron, Frank K. (Frank Kenneth), 1869-1958 Genre: Soils Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78317 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+soil+solution+Cameron&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The soil, or that part of the land surface of the earth adapted to the growth and support of crops, is a heterogeneous mixture composed of solids, gases and a liquid, and containing living organisms. There are present: mineral debris from rock degradation and decomposition; organic matter from the degradation and decomposition of former plant and animal tissues; the soil atmosphere, always richer in carbon dioxide and water vapor and possibly other gases than the atmosphere above the soil; living organisms, such as various kinds of bacteria and fungi, with the products of their activities, notably the “nitrogen carriers” and the enzymes; and finally the soil moisture, a solution of produc... ## Chapters - [Chapter VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-solution-78317/chapters/4/index.md)