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Item	44834
UDC Class:	631.473 (729)
Title:	The Agricultural Soils of Montserrat
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Climate, Geology, Agriculture, Soil Classification, Land Suitability, Soil Chemical and Physical Characteristics
Series Title:	Studies in West Indian Soils XI
Publication Date:	1949
Publisher’s Name:	Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture
Place of Publication:	Trinidad
Author:	F. Hardy and G. Rodrigues with W.R.E. Nanton
Material Extent:	68 page report with 3 maps and 3 figures
Material Accompanying:	One each: soil, effective rainfall and togpograhy mapOne each: side sketch of Silver Hill, Central Hills and Soufriere Hills
Material Type:	Perfect Bound
Summary Abstract:	This item is part of a series describing WI soils, and entitled, ' Studies in West Indian Soils' published in the mid-1930s. A key author is Francis Hardy. These volumes are given Roman Numerals. The Wossac collection holds reports from this series , including for Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat ,St Lucia, St Vincent, St Kitts-Nevis Trinidad and as separate report for Tobago. There is also a summary document by Hardy at # 44836 entitled - Soil Classification in the Caribbean Region and a paper in Tropical Agriculture Vol 98, #3 dated 2021. This Montserrat report describes a field reconnaissance and presents the results of subsequent laboratory examination of some 576 soil profile samples collected. It is divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with the climate agriculture, geology, soil formation an soils of Montserrat and is mainly descriptive and factual. Part 2 consists of a discussion of the ecology of the cotton crop and the lime crop. Scanned
Country Now:	Montserrat
Region:	West Indies
Northernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):	16.83
Southernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):	16.67
Easternmost Longitude (decimal degrees):	-62.08
Westernmost Longitude (decimal degrees):	-62.25
Document File:	WOSSAC_44834.pdf  (21.85 Mb)
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