Martin Ullmann (agricultural chemist)

This article deals with the agricultural chemist; for the soccer player see Martin Ullmann (soccer player) .

Martin Ullmann (born January 3, 1857 in Droskau near Sorau ( Niederlausitz ), † November 3, 1921 in Neckarsulm ) was a German agricultural chemist . From 1893 he headed a research institute founded by the Association of German Fertilizer Manufacturers in Hamburg.

Live and act

Martin Ullmann, son of a pastor, studied agriculture at the University of Halle , received his doctorate as Dr. phil. and since 1883 worked as an agricultural teacher and agricultural consultant in Worbis ( Eichsfeld ) and in Büdingen ( Upper Hesse ). From 1893 he headed the agricultural chemical test and vegetation station in Hamburg-Horn , a research institute of the Association of German Fertilizer Manufacturers .

Ullmann has published the results of the fertilization experiments carried out under his direction and fundamental problems of mineral fertilization in numerous books and writings . His work “ Fertilization Theory and Practice Towards the End of the 19th Century ” (1892, 2nd edition 1895) and the commemorative publication “ The German chemical fertilizer industry ” compiled on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Association of German Fertilizer Manufacturers should be emphasized . (1905).

Main publications

• Fertilization theory and practice towards the end of the 19th century. A contribution to the solution of the German agricultural question . Verlag Graefe & Sillem Hamburg 1892; 2nd edition, ibid. 1895.
• About bone meal fertilization. A contribution to the correct assessment of the value of bone meal . Verlag Graefe & Sillem Hamburg 1892; 2nd edition, ibid. 1894.
• Lime and marl. Instructions for the practical farmer to raise the soil culture through potash fertilization . An award typeface awarded by the German Agricultural Society. Publisher Paul Parey Berlin 1893; 2nd edition, ibid. 1894.
• The water-soluble phosphoric acid in theory and practice or its importance and use as superphosphates. A contribution to the solution of the German agricultural question . Publisher Graefe & Sillem Hamburg 1894.
• The use of artificial fertilizers in horticultural businesses . Publisher Graefe & Sillem Hamburg 1894.
• Richard Buerstenbinder: The sugar beet. … Verlag von Gebrüder Haering Braunschweig 1882; 2nd edition ibid. 1883. - 3rd edition under the title Die Zuckerrübe. A manual for the practical farmer , edited by Martin Ullmann. Verlag Graefe & Sillem Hamburg 1896.
• The German chemical fertilizer industry. Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Association of German Fertilizer Manufacturers. 1880-1905 . Written by dr. Martin Ullmann. German publishing house Berlin 1905; Special edition W. Bergholz Nachf. Stralsund 1906.
• Fertilization and cultivation regulations for the most common crops . Edited by Martin Ullmann. Hamburg-Horn 1916.

literature

• Martin Ullmann . In: Wolfgang Böhm: Biographical manual for the history of crop production . Verlag KG Saur Munich 1997, pp. 360-361.