Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 25W. White, 1878 - Agriculture Vols. for 1889-1894, 1906-1912 issued with the Annual report of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; vols. for 1895-1905 issued with the Annual report of the Hatch Environment Station of the Massachnusetts Agricultural College. |
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Page 127
... phosphoric acid , more lime , and other mineral matters which enter into the composition of the ashes of our cultivated crops , than any other crop usually grown in the country . 2. There is fully three times as much nitrogen in a crop ...
... phosphoric acid , more lime , and other mineral matters which enter into the composition of the ashes of our cultivated crops , than any other crop usually grown in the country . 2. There is fully three times as much nitrogen in a crop ...
Page 144
... phosphoric acid in bones or pure bone - meal ; the potash from pure ashes , or more readily from kainit , or some high grade of the German potash salts . These three indispensable ingredients are used , I believe , in Professor ...
... phosphoric acid in bones or pure bone - meal ; the potash from pure ashes , or more readily from kainit , or some high grade of the German potash salts . These three indispensable ingredients are used , I believe , in Professor ...
Page 182
... phosphoric acid of the manure , and forms an insoluble salt of iron , thus withholding from the plant one of the most valuable elements contained in the manure . If the odor be killed , we should feel inclined to risk the loss of a ...
... phosphoric acid of the manure , and forms an insoluble salt of iron , thus withholding from the plant one of the most valuable elements contained in the manure . If the odor be killed , we should feel inclined to risk the loss of a ...
Page 192
... phosphoric acid and potash in which this material is extreme- ly rich ? Are they not there ? Dr. Goessmann knows about this . I do not know that he has ever had an opportunity to analyze any material taken from one of these earth ...
... phosphoric acid and potash in which this material is extreme- ly rich ? Are they not there ? Dr. Goessmann knows about this . I do not know that he has ever had an opportunity to analyze any material taken from one of these earth ...
Page 193
... phosphoric acid , & c . , which are never obtained pure in commerce for agricultural purposes , but always from crude materials , like ammonia 25 APPLICATION OF NIGHT - SOIL . 193 to know how to apply them to the best advantage...
... phosphoric acid , & c . , which are never obtained pure in commerce for agricultural purposes , but always from crude materials , like ammonia 25 APPLICATION OF NIGHT - SOIL . 193 to know how to apply them to the best advantage...
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