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... seen that the sheep's dung contains the least percentage of water , and is richer in nitrogen and phosphoric acid than any of the other three . The percentage of alkalies , of which the most important is potash , is , however , not so ...
... seen that the sheep's dung contains the least percentage of water , and is richer in nitrogen and phosphoric acid than any of the other three . The percentage of alkalies , of which the most important is potash , is , however , not so ...
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... seen from the above that the dry substance of the solid excreta of the pig is richest in fertilis- ing substances . Too much stress , however , as has already been pointed out , must not be put on any single analysis , as so much ...
... seen from the above that the dry substance of the solid excreta of the pig is richest in fertilis- ing substances . Too much stress , however , as has already been pointed out , must not be put on any single analysis , as so much ...
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... these substances being absorbed to build up the animal tissue and put on flesh . In this respect it will be seen that the composition 6 URINE . Percentage of manurial ingredients in solid excreta of different animals Urine-
... these substances being absorbed to build up the animal tissue and put on flesh . In this respect it will be seen that the composition 6 URINE . Percentage of manurial ingredients in solid excreta of different animals Urine-
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... seen that the composition of urine will vary in the same way as that of the dung does . In the case of the urine , however , there is a compensating influence to be taken into account . Urine is a waste product , and there is more waste ...
... seen that the composition of urine will vary in the same way as that of the dung does . In the case of the urine , however , there is a compensating influence to be taken into account . Urine is a waste product , and there is more waste ...
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... seen , considerable quantities of phosphoric acid . It is on this account that the drainings of rotten manure - heaps are more valuable , from a manurial point of view , than urine itself , since these contain the soluble portion of the ...
... seen , considerable quantities of phosphoric acid . It is on this account that the drainings of rotten manure - heaps are more valuable , from a manurial point of view , than urine itself , since these contain the soluble portion of the ...
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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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