This section is from the book "Commercial Gardening Vol1", by John Weathers (the Editor). Also available from Amazon: Commercial Gardening, A Practical & Scientific Treatise For Market Gardeners.
Name of Manure. | Nitrogen in 1 Ton. | Phosphates in l Ton. | Potash in 1 Ton. | Lime in 1 Ton. |
lb. | lb. | lb. | lb. | |
- | 300-400 | - | 1120 | |
Blood, dried | 280 | 200 | 130 | 190 |
Bone, ash | - | 800-900 | ___ | 1120 |
„ dissolved... | 50 | 300-350 | - | - |
„ flour ...... | 30 | 450-500 | ___ | - |
„ steamed ... ... | 20-30 | 560-600 | - | 170 |
Chicken manure | 43 | 39 | 19 | 58 |
Coprolites, Cambridge... | - | 560 | - | - |
Coal ashes | - | 15-20 | 56 | - |
Duck manure ... | 27 | 31 | 13 | 23 |
Earth-closet manure | 6-12 | 10 | 9-15 | - |
9-15 | 4-9 | 9-18 | 39 | |
Geese manure ... | 15 | 12 | 21 | 13 |
Guano, Peruvian | 186 | 350-400 | 67 | 270 |
„ fish | 160-200 | 200-300 | - | 110-180 |
Gypsum | - | - | - | 500 |
Horn dust | 260 | ___ | - | - |
Kainit ... | ___ | ___ | 302 | - |
Leather waste ... | 67-168 | - | - | - |
Marl ......... | ___ | - | - | 200-600 |
Meat meal ...... | 260 | __ | - | - |
Malt dust (ash) | - | 560 | 670 | 67 |
- | ___ | 1120 | - | |
290 | ___ | - | - | |
313 | - | 1030 | - | |
Nitrate of soda... | 358 | - | - | - |
Nitrolim (calcium cy-anamide) ... | 450 | - | - | 530 |
Pigeon manure... | 40-70 | 48 | 25 | 44 |
100 | 40 | 33 | 25 | |
10 | 10 | 30-40 | 11-18 | |
Sewage sludge ... | 15-40 | 60-120 | 50-100 | - |
Soot ......... | 90 | 25 | 25 | 200 |
Shoddy and wool waste | 44-260 | - | - | - |
Sulphate of ammonia ... | 450 | - | - | - |
- | - | 900-1200 | - | |
- | 270-290 | - | - | |
- | 130-145 | 135-224 | 970 |
 
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