Author: E. S. Hopkins
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-09-14
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781396247835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Crop Rotations and Soil Management for Eastern Canada The amount of manure which will be available on a farm will depend upon the number of stock which is kept, the amount of feed given and litter used, the number of months the animals are fed in the stable, and upon the care which is taken in the handling of the manure. Even when all the crops grown on the farm are fed to the stock and the animals are stabled for seven months of the year, it is doubtful whether under average conditions an application of manure could be given larger than that equivalent to 25 tons per acre per year or, on a four-year rotation, to one application of 10 tons of manure per acre. This quantity might be obtained when he yield of corn was 10 tons per acre, hay 2 tons per acre, and oats 50 bushe s per acre; if larger crop yields were secured, greater quantities of manure would be available. When fed in the stable, each cow produces approximately one ton of manure per month; the' amount which will be available for distribution to the land will depend upon the care and method which is employed in handling the manure. Animals utilize themselves over one-half of the organic matter in the food, about one-quarter of the nitrogen and phosphorus, and about one-eighth of the potassium. Unless care is taken in the handling of the manure, considerable additional losses of fertility will take place by fermentation, by leaching, and by failure to conserve the liquid portion of the manure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Crop Rotations and Soil Management for Eastern Canada (Classic Reprint) written by E. S. Hopkins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Crop Rotations and Soil Management for Eastern Canada The amount of manure which will be available on a farm will depend upon the number of stock which is kept, the amount of feed given and litter used, the number of months the animals are fed in the stable, and upon the care which is taken in the handling of the manure. Even when all the crops grown on the farm are fed to the stock and the animals are stabled for seven months of the year, it is doubtful whether under average conditions an application of manure could be given larger than that equivalent to 25 tons per acre per year or, on a four-year rotation, to one application of 10 tons of manure per acre. This quantity might be obtained when he yield of corn was 10 tons per acre, hay 2 tons per acre, and oats 50 bushe s per acre; if larger crop yields were secured, greater quantities of manure would be available. When fed in the stable, each cow produces approximately one ton of manure per month; the' amount which will be available for distribution to the land will depend upon the care and method which is employed in handling the manure. Animals utilize themselves over one-half of the organic matter in the food, about one-quarter of the nitrogen and phosphorus, and about one-eighth of the potassium. Unless care is taken in the handling of the manure, considerable additional losses of fertility will take place by fermentation, by leaching, and by failure to conserve the liquid portion of the manure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
