 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - Agricultural chemistry - 1815 - 452 pages
...comparatively small effect, for gasses soon become diffused through the mass of the surrounding air. The great object in the application of manure should...much soluble matter as possible to the roots of the plants ; and that in a slow and gradual manner, so that it may be entirely consumed in forming the... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1818 - 450 pages
...diffused through the mass of the surrounding air. " The great object in the application of manures should be to make it afford as much soluble matter...gradual manner, so that it may be entirely consumed io forming its sap and organized parts." So far the component parts of the food of plants seem to be... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...soil are consumed during the process of vegetation. The great object in the application of manure is to " make it afford as much soluble matter as possible to the roots of the plant, in a manner so slow and gradual that it may be entirely consumed in forming its sap and organization.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Agriculture - 1831 - 1330 pages
...for gases soon become diffused through the mass of the surrounding air. The great object, therefore, in the application of manure should be to make it afford as much soluble matteras possible to the roots of the plant; and that in a slow and gradual manner, so that it may... | |
 | John French Burke - Agricultural systems - 1834 - 558 pages
...that soluble matters pasi unaltered into the roott of plants;' in support of which he says — 'that the great object in the application of manure should...much soluble matter as possible to the roots of the plants, and that in a slow and gradual manner, so that it may be entirely consumed in forming the sap... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Arboriculture - 1835 - 1326 pages
...for gases soon become diffused through the mass of the surrounding air. The great object, therefore, in the application of manure should be to make it...as possible to the roots of the plant ; and that in u slow and gradual manner, so that it may be entirely consumed in forming its sap and organised parts.... | |
 | Agriculture - 1846 - 392 pages
...substances capable of being absorbed by the fluids in the leaves of vegetables. The great object, therefore, in the application of manure, should be to make it...much soluble matter as possible to the roots of the plants, and that in a slow and gradual manner, so that it may be entirely consumed in forming its sap... | |
 | Fertilizers - 1851 - 224 pages
...that soluble matters pass unaltered into the roots of plants;' in support of which he says—'that the great object in the application of manure should...much soluble matter as possible to the roots of the plants, and that in a slow and gradual manner, so that it may be entirely consumed in forming the sap... | |
 | Robert Riddell - Cooking, Indic - 1860 - 724 pages
...that contained in the seed-lobes and seed-leaves. The great object in the application of manure, is to make it afford as much soluble matter as possible to the roots of the plants, and that in a slow and gradual manner, so that it may be entirely consumed in forming its sap... | |
 | Edmund C. P. Hull - Agriculture - 1877 - 396 pages
...more easy of absorption will they be. Mr. Rhind, in his " History of the Vegetable Kingdom," says, "The great object in the application of manure should be to make it afford as much Foods for Plants. 241 soluble matter as possible to the roots of the plants, and that jn a slow and... | |
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The great object in the application of manure should be to make it afford as much soluble matter as possible to the roots of the plants ; and that in a slow and gradual manner, so that it may be entirely consumed in forming the sap or organized parts... 
