Improvements in the Manufacture of Manure and Fertilizers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 12th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Manure and Fertilizers.
MARGARETHA CATHARINA GINSTER Erdington in the County of Warwick
Manure Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce a fertilizer possessing a high percentage
of ammonia and phosphate from blood, fish, or any class of animal matter for all
kinds of vegetation.
In my Specification No. 575-1890 I state the process of manufacture and give
various proportions and quantities; that I am now improving upon.
Various fertilizers and manures have been manufactured from organic matter,
but my invention deals with an improved process in which I produce a much richer
fertilizer by a simpler and cheaper method than hitherto.
I will now declare the manner of carrying out my present invention and bringing
the same into effect.
Blood can be manufactured into a fertilizer, with or without machinery what
I particularly deal with is the manufacture without machinery.
The process I adopt is by mixing the blood (after first passing it through a screen)
with brown vitriol in the proportion of 20 to 25 lbs. to a ton of blood the vitriol to
be about 155 strong stirring the mixture for 5 minutes with a wooden rake or other
suitable instrument let the mixture stand for 5 hours only it will then become a
coagulated mass throw it in a heap and let it drain for some hours until the liquid
has run out; it should now be broken up and dried by heat from steam in pipes or
any other suitably constructed apparatus, and not by spreading on a kiln as stated
in my former Specification.
This process of drying by steam prevents the evaporation of ammonia and
produces a much richer fertilizer than that dried by fire in a kiln, as the fire drives
out the ammonia.
The process of treating fish is as follows. I break it up with a suitable appliance
and put it into a tank adding brown vitriol in the proportion of 35 to 40 lbs. to the
ton of fish stirring the mixture for 5 minutes, take the mixture out of the tank
and place in a heap, it should now stand for some time to drain the liquid off, this
mixture should also be dried by steam (and not in a kllo), as in the case with the
blood. This will make a fertilizer rich in phosphate.
In treating bones I grind them to a powder, break them up small, or dissolve
them whole, by first steeping them in water, after which add 16 lbs. of white
vitriol to the ton of bones, then drain them for a day, then dry the mixture as
in like manner with the blood & fish, this will contain a high percentage of
phosphate.
I mix with the blood and all other fleshy matter (after being treated as herein
described), the dissolved bones in the proportion of half a ton bones to one ton
of blood of fish, this makes a fertilizer which is very rich in ammonia and
phosphate.
In treating with pan stuff which is human excreta & urine mixed I take the
proportion of one ton of brown vitriol to 25 tons of pan stuff (human excreta &
urine mixed) and mix them well together then dry it with wool dust or shoddy to
the consistency required.

page_text: Having now fully described my said invention and the manner of performing the
same I set forth my claim
1st. That by a process I produce this fertilizer and fix the chemical properties
without the introduction of any foreign matter to increase bulk.
12th day of January 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Manure and Fertilizers.
MARGARETHA CATHARINA GINSTER trading as Ginster & Sons Manure
Manufacturers Germania Cottage Erdington in the County of Warwick do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of my invention is to produce a rich fertilizer possessing a high
percentage of ammonia and phosphate from blood or fish and blood combined or
any kind of animal matter, for all kinds of vegetation.
am improving upon my previous Specification No. 575-1890 by producing a
much richer fertilizer by a simpler and cheaper method than hitherto.
I will now declare the manner of carrying out my present invention and bringing
the same into effect.
Blood can be manufactured into a fertilizer with or without machinery, what
I deal with particularly is the manufacture without machinery.
My process consists in passing the blood through a screen then add 20 to 25 lbs.
of brown vitriol to one ton of blood the vitriol should be about 155 strong stir this
mixture with a suitable instrument for 5 minutes then rake it together and heap up
allow it to stand for 5 hours only it will then become a coagulated mass, it should
now be well mixed and thrown up in a heap and stand for some hours to drain off
the liquid. It is now ready for breaking up and drying; it should be dried by
heat from steam pipes, or any other such constructed apparatus, and not in a kiln
heated by fire as stated in my former Patent. The object of drying by steam is to
prevent the evaporation of ammonia thereby producing a much richer fertilizer
than that dried in a kiln heated by fire. In the case of using white vitriol I add
only 20 to 22 lbs. to the ton of blood the time and treatment being the same as that
stated for brown vitriol. When I use white vitriol it is to fix the ammonia so that
the mixture will keep for years with no loss of ammonia this I claim to be a great
advantage in my process of manufacture; so that in the case of transport or
storage, I produce a fertilizer that does not deteriorate in value.
The process of treating fish is as follows. Break it up by any suitable means
and put it into a tank, add brown vitriol in the proportion of 35 to 40 lbs. to the
ton. It should now be treated in the same manner as described herein for the
blood.
I also use white vitriol in the proportion of 25 to 30 lbs. to the ton of fish, this
should be treated the same as herein described for the blood, this will produce a
fertilizer rich in ammonia & phosphate.
To produce a bone manure I break the bones small or dissolve them whole by
first steeping them in water after which I add 16 lbs. of white vitriol to the ton,
when dissolved drain off the liquid and dry the mixture, and treat this in the same
manner as described for the blood & fish this produces a fertilizer rich in phosphate.
I treat horns & hoofs in the same manner as bones. I mix with the blood and all
other fleshy manures after being treated as herein described, the dissolved bones in
the proportion of ton of bones to 1 ton of other matter this is a fertilizer rich in
phosphate and aminonia.
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page_text: There is also pan stuff which I treat in the following manner. Put it into a tank
and add brown vitriol in the proportion of 150 lbs. to the ton. This will produce a
mass of jelly after hour's stirring in consequence of the ammonia this is a good
fertilizer.
These manures if made as berein described by me can be mixed together or used
separately to suit any class of vegetation.
Having now fully described my said invention and the manner of performing
the same I set forth my claims.
1st. I produce a fertilizer rich in phosphate without the aid of machinery or any
foreign substance to increase the bulk.
2nd. I produce by process a fertilizer with the ammonia fixed.
3rd. That I produce a fertilizer rich in phosphate and ammonia without the aid
of machinery or any foreign substance to increase the bulk.
Dated this 11th day of October 1894.
M. C. GINSTER.