Improvements in Manures.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Nov., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Manures.
] FRANCIS IGNATIUS RICARDE SEAVER of the Conservative Club St. James Street
in the County of Middlesex, F.R.S. Edinburgh &c. do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the production of an improved manure particularly useful
for manuring vineyards or other agricultural property as by the use of manure
produced according to this invention not only is Phylloxera Mildew and some other
diseases of vines or plants prevented but an efficacious and beneficial manure may be
produced adapted for use on almost all soils.
The invention consists in combining the oil produced from Kimmeridge or
analogous shales with a certain proportion of the residue resulting from the distilla-
tion thereof either alone or together with the ordinary soluble phosphates, nitrates or
ammonia.
To the above substances I add when intending to treat an argillaceous or a silicious
soil a proportion of carbonate of lime and when intending to treat a calcareous soil
I add a proportion of clay said substances acting as a means of distributing the other
materials.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: 1, FRANCIS IGNATIUS RICARDE SEAVER of the Conservative Club St. James Street
in the County of Middlesex, F.R.S. Edinburgh &c. 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:-
This invention relates to the production of an improved manure particularly
useful for manuring vineyards or other agricultural property, as by the use of manure
produced according to this invention not only is Phylloxera Mildew, Black Rot, and
some other diseases of vines or plants prevented, but it also serves as an efficient
insecticide for preserving plants against the ravages of worms and other insects and
forms an efficacious and beneficial manure which may be adapted for use on almost
all soils.
The invention consists in combining the oil produced from Kimmeridge or
analogous shales having a calcareous or argillaceous base with a certain proportion of
the residue resulting from the distillation thereof and a distributing medium either
alone or together with the ordinary soluble phosphates, nitrates, or ammonia.
I find by experiment that the following proportions will produce good results,
although I do not of course confine myself to the exact percentages stated as these
may be varied to meet the requirements of any given land to which the manure is to
be applied. When I employ the rich carboniferous shales from the Kimmeridgean
beds in Great Britain I use about the following proportions:
1 Oil resulting from distillation-
2 Carbonaceous residue from retorts
3 Dried chalk ground into powder
4 Soluble phosphates of lime of commerce
5 Nitrate of soda

page_text: Or in lieu of the nitrate of soda in above mixtures 2 to 5 per cent of sulphate of
ammonia may be employed.
If the soil to be treated is calcareous I substitute for the chalk or for the calcareous
residue a fine silicious sand or a mixture of ordinary clay and sand in about equal
proportions, retaining the other ingredients as above stated. The mixing should be
performed in a thoroughly complete manner so as to evenly disseminate the oil and
various ingredients through the entire mass. The use of a Carr's disintegrator or a
machine of similar construction will be found efficacious.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The improvements in manures which consists in combining with the oil produced
from Kimmeridge or analogous shales having either a calcareous or argillaceous base,
a proportion of the residue resulting from such distillation and a distributing medium
either alone or combined with the ordinary soluble phosphates, nitrates or ammonia,
substantially as described.