. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. ,' i'. 371 EFFECT OF BONES. As an absoihont «in(l retainer of the valnabi )f' ma 0 proportlt'rt nuro, peat and loam will also he „f essential service. If used on a high and dry soil the ettect u plaster will not he very apparent the'^first'se - son, unless there are
. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. ,' i'. 371 EFFECT OF BONES. As an absoihont «in(l retainer of the valnabi )f' ma 0 proportlt'rt nuro, peat and loam will also he „f essential service. If used on a high and dry soil the ettect u plaster will not he very apparent the'^first'se - son, unless there are rains. There is an impression many that plaster does not produee so good results in the immediate vioinitv o the sea-s ore. If this is so, it does not arise, prob- ably, from the proximity to the sea, but fron. other oHlf; ^^''7/1'r ^^"'J« ^- "«t need the application )t , but I have seen it used, to the best age, two miles of the sea. ]f there were anv- nng n. the sea air to prevent plaster from performing t. usual unctions as an absorbent, ,he effeet would he perceived to a far greater distance inland. If any fail! ures have occurred in its use in the vicinitv of the sea tboy were probably owing to the soil rathe'r than to the' Htn ... There is one other remark in this connec- tH>u, \/hen plaster has been applied without immediate , we should not at once conclude that it is useless on the particular soil to which it is applied. The first season may be dry, and ill-adapted to its .lecomposition In such cases good results have ordinarily followed the second year. The great utib'ty of bones as a manure arises from the large amount of phosphates which they contain On all pastures which have been long fed the phos- phate of lime is exhausted. It is constantly taken from ; earth in the grass, to form the bone, the" muscle, and the milk of animals. Of the earthy matter in bones, nearly five-sixtlis consist o
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