Waring's book of the Farm; Being a Revised Edition of the Handy-Book of Husbandy. a Guide for Farmers
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Thus " potash plants are those the ashes of which contain more than half " their weight of soluble alkaline salts ; we may designate as lime " plants and as silica plants those in which lime and silica respect- " ively predominate. The ingredients thus indicated are those " which form the distinguishing characteristics of the plants which " require an abundant supply of them for their growth. " The potash plants include the chenopodia, arrach, wormwood, " etc. ; and among cultivated plants, the... beet, mangel-wurzel, " turnip, and maize. The lime plants comprehend the lichens, " (containing oxalate of lime,) the cactus, (containing crystallized " tartrate of lime,) clover, beans, peas, and tobacco. Silica plants " include wheat, oats, rye, and barley. Salts of Salts of Potash and Lime and Silica. Soda. Magnesia. r Oat straw with seeds 34-00 4'°° 62-00 I Wheat straw 22*oo 7-20 6i "05 \ Barley straw with seeds 1900 25'7o 55°3 (_ Rye straw 1865 16-52 6389 ^ Tobacco (Havana) 24*34 67*44 8*30 " (Dutch) 2307 62*23 1 5*25 " (grown in an artificial soil) 29*00 59*00 12*00 Pea Straw 27*82 63*74 7*8i Potato herb 4*20 59*4^ 36*40 Meadow clover 39*20 56*00 4*90 Maize straw 71*00 6*50 18*00 Turnips 8i*6o 18*40 Beet-root 88*00 12*00 Potatoes (tubers) 85*81 I4*'9 Helianthus tuberosus 84*30 15*7° Silica Plants.
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