Manures and the principles of manuring

by Charles Morton Aikman

NOTE IV.—continued

TABLE II.—continued

		Phosphoric Acid.
				In Fattening
				Increase at
No.	Description	In Food.		(0.86 per cent).		In Manure.
	of Food.
				From	Per cent	Total
				1 ton	of	remaining	Value
		Per	Per	of	total	for	at 3d.
		cent.	ton.	Food.	consumed.	Manure.	per lb.
		%	lb.	lb.	%	lb.	s. d.
1	Linseed	1.54	34.50	3.85	11.16	30.65	7 8
2	Linseed-cake	2.00	44.80	3.21	7.17	41.59	10 5
3	Decorticated cotton-cake	3.10	69.44	2.96	4.26	66.48	16 8
4	Palm-nut-cake	1.20	26.88	2.75	10.23	24.13	6 0
5	Undecorticated cotton-cake	2.00	44.80	2.41	5.38	42.39	10 7
6	Cocoa- nut-cake	1.40	31.36	2.41	7.69	28.95	7 3
7	Rape-cake	2.50	56.00	1.93	3.45	54.07	13 6
8	Peas	0.85	19.04	2.75	14.44	16.29	4 1
9	Beans	1.10	24.64	2.75	11.10	21.89	5 6
10	Lentils	0.75	16.80	2.75	16.37	14.05	3 6
11	Tares (seed)	0.80	17.92	2.75	15.36	15.17	3 9
12	Indian corn	0.60	13.44	2.68	19.94	10.76	2 8
13	Wheat	9.85	19.04	2.68	14.08	16.36	4 1
14	Malt	0.80	17.92	2.75	15.35	15.17	3 9
15	Barley	0.75	16.80	2.68	15.95	14.12	3 6
16	Oats	0.60	13.44	2.57	(19.12)	10.87	2 8
17	Rice-meal	(0.60)	(13.44)	2.57	(19.12)	(10.87)	2 8
18	Locust-beans	—	—	2.14	—	—	—
19	Malt-combs	2.00	44.80	2.41	5.38	42.39	10 7
20	Fine pollard	2.90	64.96	2.57	3.96	62.39	15 7
21	Coarse pollard	3.50	78.40	2.41	3.07	75.99	19 0
22	Bran	3.60	80.64	2.14	2.65	78.50	19 8
23	Clover-hay	0.57	12.77	1.38	10.81	11.39	2 10
24	Meadow-hay	0.40	8.96	1.28	14.28	7.68	1 11
25	Pea-straw	0.35	7.84	1.20	15.31	6.64	1 8
26	Oat-straw	0.24	5.38	1.07	19.89	4.31	1 1
27	Wheat-straw	0.24	5.38	0.92	17.10	4.46	1 1
28	Barley-straw	0.18	4.03	0.84	20.84	3.19	0 9
29	Bean-straw	0.30	6.72	0.88	13.10	5.84	1 5
30	Potatoes	0.15	3.36	0.32	9.52	3.04	0 9
31	Carrots	0.09	2.02	0.22	10.89	1.80	0 5
32	Parsnips	0.19	4.29	0.26	6.10	4.00	1 0
33	Swedish turnips	0.06	1.34	0.18	13.43	1.16	0 4
34	Mangel-wurzels	0.07	1.57	0.20	12.74	1.37	0 4
35	Yellow turnips	(0.06)	(1.34)	0.14	(10.78)	(1.20)	(0 4)
36	White turnips	0.05	1.12	0.13	11.61	0.99	0 3

NOTE IV.—continued

TABLE II.—continued

		Potash.
				In Fattening
				Increase at				Total
No.	Description	In Food.		(0.11 per cent).		In Manure.		original
	of Food.							Manure
				From	Per cent	Total	Value	value
				1 ton	of	remaining	at	per ton
		Per	Per	of	total	for	2-1/2d.	of Food
		cent.	ton.	Food.	consumed.	Manure.	per lb.	consumed.
		%	lb.	lb.	%	lb.	s. d.	£ s. d.
1	Linseed	1.37	30.69	0.49	1.60	30.20	6 3	2 19 5
2	Linseed-cake	1.40	31.36	0.41	1.31	30.95	6 5	3 18 6
3	Decorticated cotton-cake	2.00	44.80	0.38	0.85	44.42	9 3	5 13 0
4	Palm-nut-cake	0.50	11.20	0.35	3.13	10.85	2 3	1 19 10
5	Undecorticated cotton-cake	2.00	44.80	0.31	0.69	44.49	5 11	3 5 4
6	Cocoa- nut-cake	2.00	44.80	0.31	0.69	44.49	9 3	3 0 7
7	Rape-cake	1.50	33.60	0.25	0.74	33.35	6 11	4 5 4
8	Peas	0.96	21.50	0.35	1.63	21.15	4 5	2 15 0
9	Beans	1.30	29.12	0.35	1.20	28.77	6 0	3 3 5
10	Lentils	0.70	15.68	0.35	2.23	15.33	3 2	3 1 4
11	Tares (seed)	0.80	17.92	0.35	1.95	17.57	3 8	3 2 1
12	Indian corn	0.37	8.29	0.34	4.10	7.95	1 8	1 5 1
13	Wheat	0.53	11.87	0.34	2.86	11.53	2 5	1 8 7
14	Malt	0.50	11.20	0.35	3.13	10.85	2 3	1 6 8
15	Barley	0.55	12.32	0.34	2.76	11.98	2 6	1 6 1
16	Oats	0.50	11.20	0.33	2.94	10.87	2 3	1 9 10
17	Rice-meal	(0.37)	(8.29)	0.33	(4.00)	(7.96)	(1 8)	(1 7 10)
18	Locust-beans	—	—	0.27	—	—	—	—
19	Malt-combs	2.00	44.80	0.31	0.69	44.49	9 3	3 10 9
20	Fine pollard	1.46	32.70	0.33	1.01	32.37	6 9	2 13 4
21	Coarse pollard	1.50	33.60	0.31	0.92	33.29	6 11	2 17 9
22	Bran	1.45	32.48	0.27	0.83	32.21	6 8	2 18 5
23	Clover-hay	1.50	33.60	0.18	0.54	33.42	7 0	2 1 3
24	Meadow-hay	1.60	35.84	0.16	0.45	35.68	7 5	1 8 7
25	Pea-straw	1.00	22.40	0.15	0.67	22.25	4 8	0 18 10
26	Oat-straw	1.00	22.40	0.14	0.63	22.26	4 8	1 11 7
27	Wheat-straw	0.80	17.92	0.12	0.67	17.80	3 8	0 10 1
28	Barley-straw	1.00	22.40	0.11	0.49	22.29	4 8	0 10 1
29	Bean-straw	1.00	22.40	0.11	0.49	22.29	4 8	0 17 7
30	Potatoes	0.55	12.32	0.04	0.32	12.28	2 7	0 6 5
31	Carrots	0.28	6.27	0.03	0.48	6.24	1 4	0 4 3
32	Parsnips	0.36	8.06	0.03	0.37	8.03	1 8	0 5 5
33	Swedish turnips	0.22	4.93	0.02	0.41	4.91	1 0	0 4 7
34	Mangel-wurzels	0.40	8.90	0.03	0.34	8.93	1 10	0 5 0
35	Yellow turnips	(0.22)	(4.93)	0.02	(0.34)	(4.91)	(1 0)	(0 3 11)
36	White turnips	0.30	6.72	0.02	0.30	6.70	1 5	0 4 0

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CHAPTER XXVI

THE ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTS.