... as fertilizers though good results are occasionally reported from their use. When very finely pulverized (" floats ") they more often act well, especially in connection with abundance of decaying vegetable matters. The phosphate of... Report - Page 404by New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1885Full view - About this book
| Pennsylvania. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1888 - 730 pages
...at first nearly insoluble in this sense, because of the animal matter of the bones which envelopes it; but when the latter decays in the soil the phosphate remains in essentially the ' reverted ' form." 15. Bone dust made from boiled bones is more liable to be adulterated with " salt cake " than that... | |
| Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station - Agriculture - 1888 - 676 pages
...phosphate of raw bones is nearly insoluble, because of the animal matter of the bones which envelopes it ; but when the latter decays in the soil, the phosphate remains in essentially the " reverted " form. It should be remembered that the terms " soluble," " reverted," and " insoluble," are merely relative... | |
| Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station - Agriculture - 1889 - 160 pages
...phosphate of raw bones is nearly insoluble, because of the animal matter of the bones which envelopes it ; but when the latter decays in the soil, the phosphate remains in essentially the " reverted " form. It should be rf membered that the terms "soluble," "reverted," and '' insoluble," are merely relative... | |
| Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station - Agriculture - 1889 - 930 pages
...especially in connection with abundance of decaying vegetable matters. The phosphate of calcium in raw bones is nearly insoluble, because of the animal...phosphate remains in essentially the "reverted" form. The phosphoric acid of " Thomas-Slag " and of "Grand Cayman's Phosphate" is freely taken up by crops.... | |
| Vermont. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1890 - 408 pages
...phosphate of raw bones is nearly insoluble, because of the animal matter of the bones which envelopes it ; but when the latter decays in the soil, the phosphate remains in essentially the " reverted " form. It should be remembered that the terms " soluble," " reverted," and "insoluble," are merely relative... | |
| United States. Office of Experiment Stations - Agricultural experiment stations - 1893 - 572 pages
...especially in connection with abundance of decaying vegetable matters. The phosphate of calcium in raw bones is nearly insoluble, because of the animal...phosphate remains in essentially the ' reverted' form. The phosphoric acid of Thomas slag and of Grand Cayman's phosphate is freely taken up by crops. " Phosphoric... | |
| George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker - Refuse and refuse disposal - 1893 - 662 pages
...especially in connection with abundance of decaying vegetable matters. The phosphate of calcium in raw bones is nearly insoluble, because of the animal...phosphate remains in essentially the " reverted " form. The phosphoric acid of " Thomas-Slag " and of " Grand Cayman's Phosphate " is freely taken up by crops.... | |
| Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station - Agriculture - 1893 - 1262 pages
...more needful and much more valuable ingredients. In Raw Bone the phosphoric acid (calcium phosphate) is nearly insoluble, because of the animal matter of the bones, which envelops it: but when the animfil matter decays in the soil, or when it is disintegrated by boiling or steaming, the phosphate... | |
| Connecticut. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1891 - 768 pages
...especially in connection with abundance of decaying vegetable matters. The phosphate of calcium in raw bones is nearly insoluble, because of the animal...phosphate remains in essentially the "reverted" form. The phosphoric acid of " Thomas-Slag " and of "Grand Cayman's Phosphate" is freely taken up by crops.... | |
| Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station - Agriculture - 1899 - 376 pages
...more needful and much more valuable ingredients. In Raw Bone the phosphoric acid (calcium phosphate) is nearly insoluble, because of the animal matter of the bones which envelopes it; but when the animal matter decays in the soil, or when it is disintegrated by boiling... | |
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