“Agronomy; or a Treatise on the Constituent Parts and Physical Properties of the Soil, and the best Method of acquiring a Knowledge of the different Earths, and ascertaining their Value.”

—  Albrecht Thaer

p. 258 http://books.google.com/books?id=zAhJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA258#v=onepage&q&f=false: Title and subtitle of section III of the book.
The Principles of Agriculture, 1844, Section III: Agronomy

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German agronomist and an avid supporter of the humus theory… 1752–1828

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