20世纪前中期江南地区化肥使用状况之考察

A Survey of the Chemical Fertilizer Use in Jiangnan Region in the Early and Mid 20th Century

1904年之前,中国农民一直沿用古老的施肥方式培肥土壤,增产作物,所用肥料几乎都是有机肥。1904年化肥首次进入中国,逐渐成为中国农业用肥的重要成员。江南地区作为中国重要的农产区,化肥施用从无到有,从少到多,然不同地区、不同购买力的农家使用量差异较大,且单质肥料硫酸铔占有绝对优势,这些成为20世纪前中期江南地区化肥使用状况的最大特点。

Before 1904, Chinese farmers had been using the ancient fertilization method to cultivate soil and improve pro duction. Nearly all the fertilizer was organic. Chemical fertilizer was first introduced into China in 1904 and gradually became an important part of the agricultural fertilizer in China. The chemical fertilizer use in Jiangnan region, an important Chinese Agricultural region, gradually developed from scratch. But the difference in the amount of applied fertilizer enlarged among dif ferent areas and purchasers of different buying power, and the single fertilizer ammonium sulfate took the absolute advantage, which had became the greatest feature of the chemical fertilizer use in Jiangnan region in the early and mid 20th century.