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Talks on Manures.
A SERIES OF FAMILIAR AND PRACTICAL TALKS BETWEEN THE AUTHOR
AND THE DEACON, THE DOCTOR, AND OTHER NEIGHBORS, ON
THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF MANURES AND FERTILIZERS.
BY
JOSEPH HARRIS, M.S.
AUTHOR OF “WALKS AND TALKS ON THE FARM,” “HARRIS ON THE PIG,”ETC.
NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION,
INCLUDING A CHAPTER SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR IT BY SIR JOHN
BENNET LAWES, OF ROTHAMSTED, ENGLAND.
NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1919
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by the
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Printed in U.S.A.
CONTENTS.
| VII | |
| XXI | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
Farming as a Business.— High Farming and Good Farming.—Summer-fallowing and Plowing under Clover.— We must raise largerCrops per Acre.— Destruction of Weeds.— Farming is SlowWork.— It requires Personal Attention. | 9 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
What is Manure?— The definitions given by the Deacon and theDoctor. | 19 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
Something about Plant-food.— All soils on which plants growcontain it.— The Season.— Water, Shade, Light, and Mulch,not Manures.— Several Definitions of Manure. | 21 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
Natural Manure.— Accumulated Plant-food in the Soil.—Exhaustion of the Soil.— Why our Crops are so Poor.— How toget Larger Crops.— We must Drain, Cultivate thoroughly, and MakeRicher Manure. | 23 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
Swamp-muck and Peat as Manure.— Draining Swamp-land.—Composition of Peat and Muck. | 29 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
What is Potential Ammonia. | 31 |
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