. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. other absorbents, are usually spoken of as barn Manures. nures when spread over the mass from time to time in Commercial Manures or "fertilizers" are usually eoncen- small quantities. The quantity and value of Manure trated forms of nitrogen, potash and phosp
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. other absorbents, are usually spoken of as barn Manures. nures when spread over the mass from time to time in Commercial Manures or "fertilizers" are usually eoncen- small quantities. The quantity and value of Manure trated forms of nitrogen, potash and phospboric acid, made by domestic animals is not realized by those who mixed or unmixed (see Fertilisers); green Manures are allow it to be scattered over large, open barnyards or living plants plowed under to furnish humus and increase allow it to remain for considerable periods under the productivity; amendments are substances, such as lime, eaves of the barn. Extended experiments at the Cornell which may increase the growth and healthfulness of Experiraeut Station showed that the following amounts plants by improving the physical con of excrements were produced ditoin of the soil and by setting free un- j(f, daily for each 1,000 pounds of live available plant-food. In general farm- JFY'S weight of animal: ing, barn Manures are usually applied in ^ 0'/.f ^â ^â ..j Slippp lbs. the raw or unrotted state; in horticul- \, / :' -"'â ^ i:i;v., r,;.» lbs. ture, rotted or partially rotted Horse '^^ â â i'- -:: i; lbs. n ^\ ;.;:;:.:â â ;;..::;::. :i;Jil;^: t i ' fouU :;L>.i-lbs. ,^?%t- Animals fed ou a highly nitro- AC^X -. ' vestigations. consume large quantities of water and produce a large amount of Manure, the weight of which often exceeds ^ the amount of food consumed; """-^^ while those fed on a carbonaceous _, ^ or wide ration (as 1:9) consume V comparatively little water and i \ / Some conditions affecting the /^ «\ I ' production of M
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