 | Connecticut. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1887 - 594 pages
...of ashes may be rendered so firm as not to yield by being trodden down or beaten firm with a board. Sift off the finer part of the bone and set it aside....; add gradually eleven pounds of oil of vitriol of 66°, the agitation with the shovel being continued. A brisk effervescence of the mass will ensue (from... | |
 | James John Howard Gregory - Fertilizers - 1885 - 144 pages
...wood or coal ashes and earth thrown upon a barn or shed floor, form a circular wall so as to enclose a pit capable of containing one hundred weight of...; add gradually eleven pounds of oil of vitriol of sixty-six degrees, the -agitation with the shovel being continued. A brisk effervescence of the mass... | |
 | California. State Board of Horticulture - Fruit-culture - 1890
...process: From a mixture of sifted wood or coal ashes and earth thrown upon a barn or shed floor form a circular wall so as to inclose a pit capable of...the agitation of the shovel being continued. A brisk effervesence of the mass will ensue, which will not, however, rise above the margin of the pit if the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1892 - 706 pages
...and set it aside. Throw the coarser part into the cavity, and sprinkle it during continued stimnsr with three quarts of water until the whole is uniformly moistened ; add gradually eleven poimds of oil of vitriol of 66°, the agitation with the shovel being continued. A brisk effervescence... | |
 | California. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1890 - 566 pages
...weight of ground bone; then make the surrounding wall of ashes so firm as not to yield by beingtrodden on; sift off the finer part of the bone and set it...the agitation of the shovel being continued. A brisk effervesence of the mass will ensue, which will not, however, rise above the margin of the pit if the... | |
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... as to inclose a pit capable of containing one hundred weight of ground bone; then make the surrounding wall of ashes so firm as not to yield by being trodden on; sift off the finer part of the bone and set it aside; throw the coarser part into the... 