VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



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LIQTJID, 



154 ; expense of preparing, 155 ; the 

 tanks required for its preparation, ib. ; 

 lu-ine, its analysis, 156 ; its quality 

 varies Avith the food employed, 157 ; 

 the loss of fertilising matters in tovm 

 sewage, 158. 



Liquid manure, on the application of, to 

 Italian rye-grass, by W. Dickinson, vi. 

 575. 



, analysis of farm tank-water or pu- 

 trefied urine, by J. T. Way, x. 613. 



, used in Switzerland, in water-meads 



(Jenkinson), xi. 611. 



, on the use of town sewage, by J. 



T. Way, XV. 1.S5. 



cart, a simple, described by H. 



Wood, i. 501. 



tanks described by Mr. D. Gilbert, 



i. 499. 



described by M. M. MUburn, ix. 



520. 



■ , on, by H. S. Thompson, xi. 439. 



, its advantages (J. T. Way), xvii. 



150. 



— — , on (Dr. Voelcker), xix. 519 ; its 

 use in Belgium, 520 ; efforts of Messrs. 

 Mechi, Telfer, and Kennedy to adapt 

 the Flemish system to English neces- 

 sities, ih. ; obstacle to its general use, 

 521 ; outlay on engines, tanks, pipes, 

 &c., considered, ib. ; varied composi- 

 tion of liquid manure, 522 ; analysis of 

 Mr. Holford's specimen, 523 ; its froth 

 and pungent smell due to carbonate of 

 ammonia, ib. ; composition of solid 

 matter, ash, &c., 523-4; horse-urine 

 its chief constituent, 525 ; its deficiency 

 in phosphates, ib. ; its probable action 

 on green and com crops, ib. ; ammonia 

 fixed by sulphuric acid, ib. ; analysis 

 of maniue, chiefly cattle urine, 3 years 

 in tank, from Badminton, 526 ; its de- 

 ficiency and waste of ammonia as car- 

 bonate, 528 ; ash like that described, 

 524 ; analysis of tank-manure at Ciren- 

 cester College, 528-30 ; its consti- 

 tuents, the refuse and drains from the 

 college, 529 ; the liquid, how used, ib. ; 

 its comparison with other specimens, 

 531 ; analyses of Mr. Mechi's samples, 

 534-40 ; its richness in phosphates due 

 to solid constituents, 535 ; analysis of 



. the clear liquid of tank-manure from 

 solid and hquid excrements, 536 ; its 

 poverty in fertilising matter, ib. ; ana- 

 lysis of the muddy liquid, 537-8 ; com- 

 parative tables for tlie six foregoing 

 specimens, (1) specific gravity, (2) or- 

 ganic and mineral matter, (3) nitrogen 

 in organic matter or as ammonia, 539 ; 

 comparison of Peruvian guano with 



LIQUID. 



Tiptree liquid, 540 ; comparative table 

 of phosphoric acid and potash in the 

 six foregoing specimens, 541 ; soils to 

 which liquid manure is adapted, 542 ; 

 analyses of sandy soils, ib. ; clay soil, 

 its mineral stores, 545 ; its retentive 

 character, ib. ; analyses of loamy soils, 

 546 ; the mineral stores in the upper 

 ten inches, ib. ; farmyard manure, its 

 api)lication to clay soils, 547 ; on the 

 modes of disposing of liquid manure, 

 549 ; rules for its application under 

 different circumstances, 550. 



Liquid manure, on the changes it 

 undergoes in contact with soils (Dr. 

 Voelcker), xx. 134; composition of 

 soil, 135, and fluid before and after 

 filtration, 137; method of investi- 

 gation, 136; the liquid parted with 

 ammonia and potash, but took up or- 

 ganic matter and lime, 138-9 ; it dis- 

 solved oxide of iron, 139 ; potash salts 

 deposited, ib. ; soda little absorbed, 

 139-40 ; phosphoric acid taken up 

 freely but not completely, 140 ; enough 

 left to feed plants, ib. ; saline solutions, 

 if strong, impede gi'owth, ib. ; analyses 

 of soil taken from pasture, 141 ; results, 

 143 ; ►• trial of poor sandy soil, 144 ; 

 analyses, 145 ; results, 146 ; little am- 

 monia or potash absorbed by soil, and 

 little organic matter, but some lime 

 taken up by liquid, 147; phosphoric 

 acid partly absorbed, 148 ; experiments 

 with fertile soils, ib. ; analyses, 149 ; 

 results, 151 ; some phosphoric acid, as 

 also potash, left in solution, 152 ; ana- 

 lyses of clay soil and liquid manure 

 from Tiptree Hall, 153-4 ; the liquid 

 weak, though the soil strong ; the quan- 

 tities absorbed not great, 155 ; increase 

 of potash in the liquid, 156 ; conclu- 

 sions, ib. 



, on the best means of applying it to 



the land (P. Love), xx. 22 ; difficulty 

 of working the hose, 23 ; evening the 

 best time, ib. ; amount of dressings re- 

 quired, ih.; the rotation, 24 ; economical 

 arrangement of pipes, 25 ; the dis- 

 tributor, its worlang, ib. ; diagram of, 

 26 ; table showing the quantity re- 

 quired for a given dressing, 27 ; tanks, 

 their size, construction, and cost, ib. ; 

 average amount of urine from cattle, 

 28 ; proportion between sizes of tanks, 

 acreage of rye-grass, and head of stock, 

 ib. ; estimates of cost of pipes, &c., 29. 



■ of a farm, its economical applica- 



tion (J. T. Blackburn), xxiii. 1 ; neces- 

 sary appliances, ib. ; steam-power, gra- 

 vitation, and area of operations, 2 ; 



