1. Averages of 4 years, 4 years, and 8 years.
2. Averages of 9 years, (1853-’61), last 10 years, and total 19 years.
3. Averages of 7 years (1855-’61), last 10 years, and total 17 years.
4. Averages of 9 years (1853-’61), last 10 years, and total 19 years.
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No manure
400 lbs. ammonia-salts = 82 lbs. of nitrogen
Superphosphate of lime
400 lbs. ammonia-salts and superphosphate of lime
Mixed mineral manures
400 lbs. ammonia-salts and mixed mineral manures
800 lbs. ammonia-salts and mixed mineral manures
800 lbs. ammonia-salts and mixed mineral manures, including 200 lbs. each silicates, soda, and lime
275 lbs. nitrate of soda
550 lbs. nitrate of soda = 82 lbs. of nitrogen
Mixed mineral manures and 275 lbs. nitrate of soda
Mixed mineral manures and 550 lbs. nitrate of soda
14 tons farmyard-manure
14 tons farmyard-manure and 200 lbs. ammonia-salts
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WWater.
OSOrganic Substance.
AAsh.
NNitrogen.
PPotash.
SSoda.
LLime.
MMagnesia.
PhAPhosphoric Acid.
SASulphuric Acid.
S&SSilica and Sand.
C&FChlorine and Florine.
Fresh Dung (with straw:)*
Common Barn-yard Manure:
Moderately rotted
Thoroughly rotted
Drainage from Barn-yard Manure
Human Fæces, fresh
Human Urine, fresh
Mixed human excrements, fresh
Mixed human excrements, mostly liquid
Dove Manure, fresh
Hen Manure, fresh
Duck Manure, fresh
Geese Manure, fresh
Peruvian Guano
Norway Fish-Guano
Pulverized Dead Animals
Flesh-Meal
Dried Blood
Horn-Meal and Shavings
Bone-Meal
Bone-Meal from solid parts
Bone-Meal from soft parts
Bone-black, before used
Bone-black, spent
Bone ash
Baker Guano
Jarvis Guano
Estremadura Apatite
Sombrero Phosphate
Navassa Phosphate
Nassau Phosphorite, rich
Nassau Phosphorite, medium
Westphalian Phosphorite
Hanover Phosphorite
Sulphate of Ammonia
Nitrate of Soda
Wool-dust and offal
Lime-cake
Whale-oil refuse
Common Salt
Gypsum or Plaster
Gas-lime
Sugar-House Scum
Leached wood ashes
Wood-soot
Coal-soot
Ashes from Deciduous trees
Ashes from Evergreen trees
Peat-ashes
Bituminous coal-ashes
Anthracite coal-ashes
Peruvian Guano
Baker Guano
Estremadura Apatite
Sombrero Phosphate
Navassa Phosphate
Nassau Phosphorite,
Nassau Phosphorite, medium
Bone-black
Bone-Meal
Phospho-guano (manufactured.)
* It is estimated that in the case of horses, cattle, and swine, one-third of the urine drains away. The following is the amount of wheat-straw used daily as bedding for each animal. Horse, 6 lbs.; Cattle, 8 lbs.; Swine, 4 lbs., and sheep, 0.6 lbs.