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622 iv. education and . mental culture.
very far from l>eina: thoroughly understood, owing primarily to an ignorance of
the natural laws underlying them. The honour of having been the first to
remove, to some extent, the disadvantage that agriculture thereby suffered under,
and of placing the theories of plant and animal production on a thoroughly
scientific basis, belongs, as is well known, to Justus v. Liebig (1803—73),
whose epochmaking works appeared in the early forties. The results of the
labours of this writer and of contemporary scientists — Boussingault, Lawes
and Gilbert, Wecherlin and Wolff, etc. — could soon be traced in Sweden, as
in other countries.
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Among those who have contributed most effectively towards the advancement
■of Swedish agriculture by disseminating the knowledge of modern methods of
work, based on the principles of Natural Science, may be mentioned: Joh.
Arrhenius (1811 — sit). Docent in Botany, Principal of the Agricultural High
School at Ultuna (1*4,s—6:5), and Secretary of the Academy of Agriculture:
by editing "The Journal of Rural and Communal Economics" (1810 — 61),
"The Handbook of Swedish Farming", and subsequently "The Transactions and
journal of the Academy of Agriculture", and also by writing a number ot
short essays on agricultural topics, Arrhenius proved himself an exceedingly
indefatigable and valuable worker for the promotion of the best interests of farmers
everywhere in Sweden. J. Th. Bertielin (1822 — 64), a pupil of Nonnen, was a
contemporary of Arrhenius; his very useful work on behalf of agriculture consisted
principally in his editing "The Journal of Swedish Farming", "The Quarterly
Review of Practical Farming", etc., and in translating the works of Thaer, Kuhn,
Liebig, and Vincent. Hjalmar Nathorst (1821—08) was somewhat later in the
field; he filled the offices of Principal at the Agricultural High School at Alnarp
<1862—86), and of Secretary at the Agricultural Society in the Län of Malmö-
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