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Commercial Gardening 



TABLE SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE QUANTITY OF NITRATES, PHOSPHATES, 

 POTASH, AND LIME CONTAINED IN 1 TON OF MANURE 



10. MIXING MANURES 



The grower who wishes to save money by purchasing only the manures 

 he requires should also make himself acquainted with the different chemical 

 effects of one manure upon another; otherwise it may happen that what 

 is saved in one direction may be lost in another. If certain manures are 

 mixed with others, the fertilizing value may be either neutralized or lost 



