VITROGEN IN MANURE
The nitrogen voided in manures fa contained mainly in tbe urine, and therefore the liquid manure should be saved even more carefully than the solid, although not one farmer in ten fully realizes this fact. We are also learning that the^nitrogen (ammonia) in stable manure is something of an uncertain factor. Wagner, the oaref ul German experimenter, holds that less than half of the nitrogen in manure is immediately available for plant growth. , "This explains the advisability of absorbents in stables to keep what nitrogen there is in the manure, and also the wisdom of adding ammonia in tne form of commercial fertilizers or by ploughing under alfalfa, j clover, etc. |
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 143, 12 June 1903, Page 2
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114VITROGEN IN MANURE Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 143, 12 June 1903, Page 2
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