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Pig-manure—
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Amount produced
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250
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Its nature and composition
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250
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Amount of straw used as litter
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251
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Sheep-manure—
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Amount produced
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251
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Nature and composition
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251
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Amount of straw used as litter
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252
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Methods of calculating amount of manure produced on the farm
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252, note
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Fermentation of farmyard manure—
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Action of micro-organic life in producing fermentation
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255
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Two classes of bacteria active in this work, aerobies and anaerobies
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255
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Conditions influencing fermentation—
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Temperature
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256
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Openness to the air
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256
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Dampness
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257
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Composition of manure
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257
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Products of fermentation
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257
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Analyses of farmyard manure—
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Dr. Voelcker's experiments
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259
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Variation in composition
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259
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Amounts of moisture, organic matter (containing nitrogen), and mineral matter
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260
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Its manurial value compared with nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, and superphosphate
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260
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Comparison of fresh and rotten manure—
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The nature and amount of loss sustained in the process of rotting
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261
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Ought manure to be appliled fresh or rotten?
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262
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Relative merits of covered and uncovered manure-heaps
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263
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Methods of application of farmyard manure to the field—
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Merits and demerits of the different methods
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265
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Setting it out in heaps
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265
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Spreading it broadcast, and letting it lie
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266
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Ploughing it in immediately
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267
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Value and function of farmyard manure—
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As a supplier of the necessary elements of plant-food
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268
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As a "universal" manure
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269
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Proportion in which nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash are required by crops
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269
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Proportion in which they are present in farmyard manure
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270
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Farmyard manure poor in nitrogen
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270
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Lawes' and Gilbert's experiments
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271
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How it may be best reinforced by the use of "artificials"
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271
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Indirect value of farmyard manure as a supplier of humus to the soil
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273
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Its influence on soil-texture
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273
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Its influence in setting free inert fertilising matter in the soil
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274
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Rate at which farmyard manure ought to be applied
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275
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Lasting nature of farmyard manure
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276
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Its economic value
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276
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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VII.
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NOTE
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I.
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Difference in amount of excreta voided for food consumed
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279
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II.
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Solid excreta voided by sheep, oxen, and cows
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279
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III.
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Urine
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