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Ashes And Poultry Manure

Categories: Soils, Fertilizers and Irrigation

It is said that ashes mixed with chicken manure is not good. I use ashes

altogether on the drop boards because I can keep the boards cleaner. The

refuse is then scattered around the fruit trees.



Wood ashes and lime should never be used as you propose, because they

set free the nitrogen compounds which are the most valuable content of

poultry manures. This action is conditioned largely upon the presence of

moisture, and if the droppings are kept dry and hurried into the soil

the loss is lessened. Coal ashes, on the other hand, are a thoroughly

good absorbent when the coal burns to a fine ash or is sifted. They do

not act as wood ashes do, because they do not contain soluble alkali.



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