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THE first chapter of this book is devoted to a brief account of the constitution of soils and the composition of plants. Then follow two short chapters on the origin and use of farmyard manure and fertilizers supplying nitrogen. Chapter 4 is headed "Phosphatic Manures", but after a description of the commoner phosphatic fertilizers, gives an account of the origin, characteristics and uses of potash manures and lime, the residual effects of manures and the manurial requirements of some of the common crops. A short chapter on manures for fruit trees is followed by a collection of manure recipes for a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops and a number of conversion tables, and tables of equivalence relating to materials used in the manufacture of fertilizers. The last fifteen pages of the book are devoted to tables showing the percentage of any nutrient in a fertilizer mixture from the weight of the fertilizer salt supplying that nutrient which is included in each ton of the mixture.
The Manure Note Book
A Handy Guide for Manure Manufacturers and Merchants, Farmers, Agricultural Students and Horticulturalists. By John Stewart Remington. Pp. v + 58. (London: Leonard Hill, Ltd., 1943.) 3s. 6d.
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H, F. The Manure Note Book. Nature 153, 180 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153180b0
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