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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Composition of Farmyard Manure. 
Professor Tanner gives the following valuable table :— 
Water 
Soluble organic matter 
/ Soluble silica 
Phosphate of lime 
Lime .... 
Magnesia 
a I 
S \ Potash 
Soda .... 
Sodium chloride . 
Sulphuric acid 
Carbonic acid and loss 
Value of Soluble matter 
Insoluble organic matter 
/ Soluble sihca 
Insoluble silica . 
Oxide of iron and phosphates 
Lime .... 
IMagnesia 
Potash 
Soda .... 
Sulphuric acid . 
^ Carbonic acid and loss 
Value of insoluble matter . 
Value of soluble matter 
Total value of 1 ton of manure 
Fresla 
Rotten 
Ko. of lbs. 
in 
each ton 
Value 
No. of lbs. 
in 
each ton 
Value 
Price 
1,428J 
o /7 
S. Qi. 
l,689i 
S. CI, 
Per lb. 
2 0 
83 
4 0 
Ammonia oa. 
— 
5f 
— 
6f 
0 5 
8| 
0 ^ 
•■5/7 
2i 
1. 
1 
12f 
3 8f 
10 
2 9 
\ 

:i 
•1 
— 
4 
— 
li 

H 

— 
— 
— 
5 8f 
— 
7 ^ 
577 
G 9 
287i 
4 3 
Ammonia oft 
21f 
— 
32 
— 
12| 
22| 
13i 
0 6^ 
2H 
0 8f 
25 
— 
37.} 
— 
— 
H 
2 
0 7i 
1 
0 3i 
3i^o^. 
1. 
4 
— 
29 
2,240 
7 11 
2,240 
5 3 
7 11 
5 3 
5 8:f 
7 ^ 
13 7:/ 
12 6-^ 
