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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Harris, Joseph

Harris, Joseph

Fertilizers; Manures

-------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
                           |When put|Feb. 14,|Apr. 30,|Aug. 23,|Nov. 15,
                           |up, Nov.|1855.   |1855.   |1855.   |1855.
                           |3, 1854.|        |        |        |
  -------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
  Water                    | 66.17  | 67.32  | 56.89  | 43.43  | 41.66
  * Soluble organic matter |  2.48  |  2.63  |  4.63  |  4.13  |  5.37
  Soluble inorganic matter |  1.54  |  2.12  |  3.38  |  3.05  |  4.43
  † Insoluble organic      |        |        |        |        |
    matter                 | 25.76  | 20.46  | 25.43  | 26.01  | 27.69
  Insoluble mineral matter |  4.05  |  7.47  |  9.67  | 23.38  | 20.85
                           +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
                           |100.00  |100.00  |100.00  |100.00  |100.00
                           |        |        |        |        |
  * Containing nitrogen    |   .149 |   .17  |   .27  |   .26  |   .42
  Equal to ammonia         |   .181 |   .20  |   .32  |   .31  |   .51
  † Containing nitrogen    |   .494 |   .58  |   .92  |  1.01  |  1.09
  Equal to ammonia         |   .599 |   .70  |  1.11  |  1.23  |  1.31
  Total amount of nitrogen |   .643 |   .75  |  1.19  |  1.27  |  1.51
  Equal to ammonia         |   .780 |   .90  |  1.43  |  1.54  |  1.82
  Ammonia in free state    |   .034 |   .022 |   .055 |   .015 |   .019
  Ammonia in form of salts |        |        |        |        |
    easily decomposed      |        |        |        |        |
    by quicklime           |   .088 |   .054 |   .101 |   .103 |   .146
  Total amount of organic  |        |        |        |        |
    matter                 | 28.24  | 23.09  | 30.06  | 30.14  | 33.06
  Total amount of mineral  |        |        |        |        |
    substance              |  5.59  |  9.59  | 13.05  | 26.43  | 25.28
  -------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------

  Table Showing the Composition of Experimental Heap (No. II.) Fresh
  Farmyard Manure Under Shed, Calculated Dry, at Different Periods
  of the Year.

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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 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

-------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
                           |When put|Feb. 14,|Apr. 30,|Aug. 23,|Nov. 15,
                           |up, Nov.|1855.   |1855.   |1855.   |1855.
                           |3, 1854.|        |        |        |
  -------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
  Water                    | 66.17  | 67.32  | 56.89  | 43.43  | 41.66
  * Soluble organic matter |  2.48  |  2.63  |  4.63  |  4.13  |  5.37
  Soluble inorganic matter |  1.54  |  2.12  |  3.38  |  3.05  |  4.43
  † Insoluble organic      |        |        |        |        |
    matter                 | 25.76  | 20.46  | 25.43  | 26.01  | 27.69
  Insoluble mineral matter |  4.05  |  7.47  |  9.67  | 23.38  | 20.85
                           +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
                           |100.00  |100.00  |100.00  |100.00  |100.00
                           |        |        |        |        |
  * Containing nitrogen    |   .149 |   .17  |   .27  |   .26  |   .42
  Equal to ammonia         |   .181 |   .20  |   .32  |   .31  |   .51
  † Containing nitrogen    |   .494 |   .58  |   .92  |  1.01  |  1.09
  Equal to ammonia         |   .599 |   .70  |  1.11  |  1.23  |  1.31
  Total amount of nitrogen |   .643 |   .75  |  1.19  |  1.27  |  1.51
  Equal to ammonia         |   .780 |   .90  |  1.43  |  1.54  |  1.82
  Ammonia in free state    |   .034 |   .022 |   .055 |   .015 |   .019
  Ammonia in form of salts |        |        |        |        |
    easily decomposed      |        |        |        |        |
    by quicklime           |   .088 |   .054 |   .101 |   .103 |   .146
  Total amount of organic  |        |        |        |        |
    matter                 | 28.24  | 23.09  | 30.06  | 30.14  | 33.06
  Total amount of mineral  |        |        |        |        |
    substance              |  5.59  |  9.59  | 13.05  | 26.43  | 25.28
  -------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------

  Table Showing the Composition of Experimental Heap (No. II.) Fresh
  Farmyard Manure Under Shed, Calculated Dry, at Different Periods
  of the Year.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

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