The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol 17, 1856 |
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Page 331 - I AM directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a letter from Mr.
Page 35 - France produced as much in proportion, she would produce, deducting seed, 150,000,OOQ hectolitres of wheat, 200,000,000 of oats and other grains; that is, at least double her actual production. " Taking all products into account, animal and vegetable, it appears that the produce of England, per hectare, nearly doubles that of France.
Page 308 - we cannot increase the fertility of our fields by a supply of nitrogenized products, or by salts of ammonia alone, but rather that their produce increases or diminishes, in a direct ratio, with the supply of mineral elements capable of assimilation...
Page 262 - ... and shells of oats, in equal proportions, to supply them three times a day with as much as they will eat. The whole of the materials are moistened and blended together, and, after being well steamed, are given to the animals in a warm state. The attendant is allowed one...
Page 257 - It appears to me a matter of the greatest importance to regulate the application of manure to our fields, so that its constituents may become properly diluted and uniformly distributed amongst a large mass of soil. By ploughing in the manure at once it appears to me this desirable end cannot be reached so perfectly as by allowing the rain to wash in gradually the manure evenly spread on the surface of the field.
Page 256 - Fresh, and even well-rotten, dung contains very little free ammonia ; and since active fermentation, and with it the further evolution of free ammonia, is stopped by spreading out the manure on the field, valuable volatile manuring matters cannot escape into the air by adopting this plan.
Page 307 - But, at the same time, it is of great importance for agriculture, to know with certainty that the supply of ammonia is unnecessary for most of our cultivated plants, and that it may be even superfluous, if only the soil contain a sufficient supply of the mineral food of plants, when the ammonia required for their development will be furnished by the atmosphere.
Page 259 - ... 24. The worst method of making manure is to produce it by animals kept in open yards, since a large proportion of valuable fertilizing matters is wasted in a short time; and after the lapse of twelve months, at least two-thirds of the substance of the manure is wasted, and only one-third, inferior in quality to fresh dung, is left behind.
Page 56 - ... expenditure which has evidently accompanied them, place these investigations far in advance of any of a similar kind that have been undertaken elsewhere. Although the results are of a practical character, the experiments of Mr. Lawes must not be classed with the very numerous trials on the feeding of animals that are to be found dispersed through agricultural publications, and which are merely practical, being undertaken without reference to general principles. The results of Mr. Lawes...
Page 371 - ... given in writing by the other party, the referee of the other party alone may make a final decision.