[Rezension zu La fertilizzazione del suolo e la questione sociale]

Hermann von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen: [Rezension zu La fertilizzazione del suolo e la questione sociale] (1897)

Schullern’s German review considers six contributions concerning the improvement of Italian agriculture, its prerequisites, and its social effects. His principal interest is Stanislao Solari’s account of the economic and social implications of extending an established fertilization system. By referring to an earlier discussion of Solari’s methods, he places the reviewed volume within a continuing debate over agricultural reform.

The review links technical cultivation practices to broader questions of economic organization. Improved soil management appears as a means of increasing agriculture’s productive capacity, while the wider adoption of Solari’s system is considered in relation to its anticipated economic and social effects. Schullern also draws attention to Solari’s liberal positions on agrarian policy.

A further evaluative concern is the contributors’ Catholic standpoint. Schullern defends fair consideration of openly religious commitments, contrasting their visibility with less explicitly acknowledged commitments elsewhere in scholarly literature. His recommendation consequently separates the agricultural substance of the contributions from objections to their authors’ religious convictions. The review’s significance lies in this conjunction of practical agrarian reform and equitable scholarly judgment across confessional differences.