Talks on Manures: A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and Other Neighbors, on the Whole SubjectHarris, Joseph
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Talks on Manures: A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and Other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject
Harris, Joseph
Fertilizers; Manures
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| | For 100 Nitrogen
P | | in Manure
l | Manures Per Acre, Per Annum. +----------+----------
o | |Recovered |Not Rec’d
t | | in | in
s | |Increase. |Increase.
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Wheat--20 Years, 1852-1871.
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6 |Mixed Mineral Manure and 200 lbs. | |
| Ammonia-salts (= 41 lbs. Nitrogen) | 32.4 | 67.6
7 |Mixed Mineral Manure and 400 lbs. | |
| Ammonia-salts (= 82 lbs. Nitrogen) | 32.9 | 67.1
8 |Mixed Mineral Manure and 600 lbs. | |
| Ammonia-salts (= 123 lbs. Nitrogen) | 31.5 | 68.5
16 |Mixed Mineral Manure and 800 lbs.[1] | |
| Ammonia-salts (= 164 lbs. Nitrogen) | 28.5 | 71.5
9A |Mixed Mineral Manure and 550 lbs.[2] | |
| Nitrate Soda (= 82 lbs. Nitrogen) | 45.3 | 54.7
2 |14 tons Farmyard-Manure every year. | 14.6 | 85.4
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Barley--20 Years, 1852-1871.
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4A |Mixed Mineral Manure and 200 lbs. | |
| Ammonia-salts (= 41 lbs. Nitrogen) | 48.1 | 51.9
| | |
4AA|Mixed Mineral Manure and 400 lbs. | |
| Ammonia-salts (= 82 lbs. Nitrogen) | 49.8 | 50.2
| 6 years, 1852-’57 | |
|Mixed Mineral Manure and 200 lbs. | |
| Ammonia-salts (= 41 lbs. Nitrogen) | |
| 10 years, 1858-’67 | |
|Mixed Mineral Manure and 275 lbs. | |
| Nitrate Soda (= 41 lbs. Nitrogen) | |
| 4 years, 1868-’71 | |
| | |
4C |Mixed Mineral Manure and 2000 lbs. | |
| Rape-cake (= 95 lbs. Nitrogen) | 36.3 | 63.7
| 6 years, 1852-’57 | |
|Mixed Mineral Manure and 1000 lbs. | |
| Rape-cake (= 47.5 lbs. Nitrogen) | |
| 14 years, 1858-’71 | |
| | |
7 |14 tons Farmyard-Manure every year. | 10.7 | 89.3
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Oats--3 Years, 1869-1871.
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