12 MUCK CROPS 



In samples marked A and B, the mineral 

 matter probably consists for the most part 

 of true ash i. e., matter that once formed 

 a part of the growing moss or other plants, 

 although the large amount of lime in A may 

 have come from shells of minute organisms 

 often found in shallow water. The large 

 excess of mineral matter in C and D must 

 have proceeded from sand washed in from 

 higher ground and is naturally poor in plant 

 food. 



A good storehouse, onion crib and shop on muck at 

 Canastota, N. Y. 



From the above tables, it is evident that 

 whatever value mucks have as fertilizer is 

 not due to the minute amounts of phosphoric 

 acid and potash which they carry but to the 



