Manures; how to make, and how to use them. A new, practical treatise on the chemistry of manures and manure-making. Written specially for the use of farmers, horticulturists, and market gardeners
Автор:Frank W. Sempers Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 64 ISBN: 123120446, 123120446X, 123120446X This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...of soda, 2J hundredweight equals 280 pounds. Woodashes,.. 16" "1792" Gypsum,... 4" "448" 22J" "2520 "per acre. For Potatoes (Griffiths' "Treatise on Manures "):--Nitrate of soda, 1 hundredweight equals 112 pounds. Sulphate of soda, 1 "" "112" 2 224 " per acre. From what is known of the fertilizing action of nitrate of soda, the following conclusions may be safely First The nitrate of sodCSSEpoS? fiSirSj-eliable manure for cereals, roots, and grasses, increasing the yield over other nitrogenous manures. Second. Many crops grown with nitrate of soda mature from one to two weeks earlier than when grown with other nitrogenized manures. Third. The best results are obtained by applying the nitrate to crops in fractional top dressings during the active stages of growth. Fourth. Crops...
