The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-15

DERGoEs AS THE RESULT OF THE
| PROCESS OF RoTTIEG.
| The heterogeneous substance of highly
| complex Composition Ia plants. which l.
| produced out OF. .the ammonia and nitric
| sold of tkoir food, ,eufIe7s accommodation
| with great readiness when oxposed 10
| moisture and heat. and removed from the
| influence Of the vital forces of the plant: /:
| theihhal products cf The deccnpes.s;on
! ore ammonia and nitric acid aeain, or
ithefr compounds, together With more or
less. though never much. free. uncoul-
b.aed nitrogen. When .ke nitrogenous
substances of the plant are taken into
| the animal body as food, changes of q
| similar character go on there, and the
products are found in the urine; but the
| decomposition has not reached the final
stages 10 any notable extent In the fresh
urine the urea, and uric and hippuric
ecids, in which We find this nitrogen that
| hes been assimiiated and made to do
soma work in the apin.al economy and
then cast off again as waste matter, are
only steps on the way TO complete de.
composition, but they are steps that aro
very fiear the end, and II takes but q
slight Impulse 10 topplo the combinations
over a1a finish tie work. The Ditrogen
| in the aolsd excremeuts, on the other
hand, being madeu up mostly of the O. ig-
| inal, undecomposed nitrogencus matters
that were not digested by the animal, Is,
therefore, further removed from tho end
of the process of decomposition, and Ia
much less prone to change but for all
that IL IL not proof against alteration.
and eooner or later all its nitrogen, too.
will be liberated as ammonia or nitric
acid OF free nitrogen-a result, that NAV
be the mora speedily Brought about If
the solid excrements are mixed with the
liquid. Such, then, Is the characteristic
| feature of. the changes that take place in
rot,ing manure with respect to its n, 70.
gen, viz: the passage OF the compo Ids
of this element through several stages of
decomposition into ammonia and nitric
acId, or thoir compounds; and the change
| appeats 70 60 on, IL Tune IS allowed, I'll
loss " .ne a.ntiou,a that - nlSt iortn9o
- - somvrasea o.; ,n.o niiric 1 aero; ior whiie
.no pIopof.ion OF hoiuD!e nitrogen IN rot,
e,ng mnnuse ;a sea' lHcicasea' Inc propoItlon OF
n a,enonls uiIilh,sies iuil,si t1e eraaual IN
| sse.ae Oh goteeillty uneer sush ! eonoi-
~ ~ q. sSsni! oi tnb tncIeasing
| .SSina.'ou tSu VI hitiic '.clu at tne eAPehoo Oh
| Iis sc...nlAon:a.. Accofolng 70 some au-
sHofliiga ra!iss TINS increase IN me proportion
| - su'eNo ccnpounu1 oi hittogen taxes
p.ace secs more iLeeiy II Ine manure y keps
g. 9: SospeW9as .gs compacs mass ana the
5SsS9Sss q ial. 70 :aeleoy' ninaered. very
semt aS.e.lha.lons " OF .ho Somparaiive
so,.p,insy su,.s, y. tle nitIogen 10 i.esh ana ia
Ies.eu r!sNH lnhnure nave oeen maae. In the
;Sso ;a, y. Jns se'tes Us a.a,ysis Oy Voe'
-. I.HSeef, ohiy one..oufIn OF Inc ni:Eogen OF
wh;ja bf tbnrnnah1v ro,ted ] n,on, 49, - "h ohort
heIfof The n;tro9en evas rolnbia T., CO.
iefai if NAV la ass,,rne3 that j0f no,,nJ.
Of moderately rot.ed manure wsll con.
tain ,fye pounds of soluble matters, of
which one. fourth of pound will be nj.
trogen. 81. ~
rrrs, s,y4,pay7 =, .4,rts ,., .tsu,, ,,,r,
IN a ToN oP % pApwvApn mn wnMHpr
mi. .s1..ai.. - a. . ~. . AAD 10 = A ni1'
Ahe venue 81 ing nitrogen IN o eampie
q. q manure manure aspsn9a 10 iaree measure on
iie .e4sens 70 Wnion IL Is present IN the
5olnI OF soluble compounds. Our infor-
lnatlon =. 10 10 regard 70 TINS point IN the case
=. .aIinya1u manure Is, as we have
SnoTh nnOs;h nos precise, ana therefore !. 10 nos
pcssiose 20 maze % precise an, estlmate.