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... produced by the different animals— Amount produced . Its nature and composition 12 13 14 14 15 17 17 18 19 19 Amount of straw used for litter Sources of loss on keeping 21 How to prevent loss Use of " fixers , " and the nature of their ...
... produced by the different animals— Amount produced . Its nature and composition 12 13 14 14 15 17 17 18 19 19 Amount of straw used for litter Sources of loss on keeping 21 How to prevent loss Use of " fixers , " and the nature of their ...
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... producing fermentation 30 Two classes of bacteria active in this work , aerobies and anaerobies 31 Conditions influencing fermentation- Temperature Openness to the air . Dampness Composition of manure Products of fermentation 32 32 33 ...
... producing fermentation 30 Two classes of bacteria active in this work , aerobies and anaerobies 31 Conditions influencing fermentation- Temperature Openness to the air . Dampness Composition of manure Products of fermentation 32 32 33 ...
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... produced on the farm , and while , therefore , farmyard manure can scarcely be looked upon as an absolute essential , inasmuch as it is a bye - product of the farm , and will always continue to be so , a thorough knowledge of its nature ...
... produced on the farm , and while , therefore , farmyard manure can scarcely be looked upon as an absolute essential , inasmuch as it is a bye - product of the farm , and will always continue to be so , a thorough knowledge of its nature ...
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... potash than the whole body of the shorn sheep . " - Warington's ' Chemistry of the Farm , ' p . 78 . 2 See Appendix , Note II . , p . 53 . with regard to the amount of solid excreta produced by COMPOSITION OF SOLID EXCRETA . 5.
... potash than the whole body of the shorn sheep . " - Warington's ' Chemistry of the Farm , ' p . 78 . 2 See Appendix , Note II . , p . 53 . with regard to the amount of solid excreta produced by COMPOSITION OF SOLID EXCRETA . 5.
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... produced by the food , the following percentage of organic matter , nitrogen , and mineral substances , originally present in the dry matter of the food , is voided in the dung : - Cow . Organic matter Nitrogen 39.5 47.5 Ox . Sheep ...
... produced by the food , the following percentage of organic matter , nitrogen , and mineral substances , originally present in the dry matter of the food , is voided in the dung : - Cow . Organic matter Nitrogen 39.5 47.5 Ox . Sheep ...
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acre aerobic organisms ammonia amount of straw analyses Appendix applied Author BLACKWOOD carbonic acid cent Cheap Edition cloth common farm animals composition crops Crown 8vo decomposition dry matter dry substance dung Engravings enlarged Essays farmyard manure Fcap fermentation fertilising fertilising matter fixers French morocco fresh and rotten fresh farmyard manure gilt Glasgow heaps Heiden Heiden's Düngerlehre History horse horse-manure J. G. Lockhart JOHN John Galt Laurence Oliphant lime LL.D Lord loss Magnesia manure produced manure-heap manurial ingredients Maps Memoir mineral matter nature nitrogen NOTE OLIPHANT organic matter oxygen percentage phosphates phosphoric acid Poems portion Portrait Post 8vo potash potatoes Professor quantity Revised Rothamsted experiments rotten manure Scotland Scottish Second Edition soil solid and liquid soluble nitrogenous sulphate of ammonia Third Edition tion Translated University of Edinburgh urine value of farmyard VOIDED BY SHEEP vols Warington Wheat-straw yard manure
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