Leaching removes from manure—
The soluble and most valuable parts of the ash in solution in water, besides carrying away some of the named above forms of organic matter.
FOOTNOTES:
[X] It should be recollected that every bent straw may act as a syphon, and occasion much loss of liquid manure.
CHAPTER IV.
ABSORBENTS.
What substances are called absorbents?
What is the most important of these?
What substances are called charcoal in agriculture?