Author: Frank Thomas Shutt

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-08-13

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9781391286181

Excerpt from The Manuring of Market Garden Crops: With Special Reference to the Use of Fertilizers Loss through leaching occurs when the manure heap is exposed to the action of heavy rains, or, if purchased from stock yards or large stables, when the water hose i' turned on it, after it has beer. Loaded on the railway cars. When we consider that more than one-half the nitrogen and at least three-fourth of the potash of manure is contained in the liquid portion (urine) the seriousness of loss by leaching will be readily appreciated. Moreover, the nitrogen in the solid excrement, which has resisted the processes of digestion, is in'an insoluble form and becomes only slowly available in the soil. Whereas the constituents of fertility in the liquid, being already in solution, are immediately available. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.