potash manure

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• manure — manurer, n. manurial, adj. manurially, adv. /meuh noor , nyoor /, n., v., manured, manuring. n. 1. excrement, esp. of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer. 2. any natural or artificial substance for fertilizing the soil. v.t. 3. to treat… …   Universalium

• Manure — This article is about organic material used as soil fertilizer. For animal dung used for other purposes, see feces. Animal manure is often a mixture of animal feces and bedding straw, as in this example from a stable. A horse grazes in his… …   Wikipedia

• manure salts — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a variable mixture of salts that contains a high percentage of chloride and from 20 to 30 percent of potash K2O and is used as a fertilizer …   Useful english dictionary

• Agriculture in the United Kingdom — A combine harvester in Scotland Agriculture in the United Kingdom uses around 71% of the country s land area and contributes about 0.6% of its gross value added. The UK produces less than 60% of the food it eats and the industry s share of the… …   Wikipedia

• agricultural technology — Introduction       application of techniques to control the growth and harvesting of animal and vegetable products. Soil preparation       Mechanical processing of soil so that it is in the proper physical condition for planting is usually… …   Universalium

• Mineral matter in plants — Minerals are required by plants as part of their food, to form their structure. The firmness of straw for example, is due to the presence in it of silica, the principal constituent of sand and flints. Potassa, soda, lime, magnesia, and phosphoric …   Wikipedia

• Fertilizer — Tennessee Valley Authority: Results of Fertilizer demonstration 1942 …   Wikipedia

• NPK rating — NPK redirects here. For the company that uses the NPK stock symbol, see National Presto Industries. NPK rating (or N P K) is used to label fertilizer based on the relative content of the chemicals nitrogen(N), phosphorus(P), and potassium(K) that …   Wikipedia

• fertilizer — /ferr tl uy zeuhr/, n. 1. any substance used to fertilize the soil, esp. a commercial or chemical manure. 2. a person, insect, etc., that fertilizes an animal or plant: Bees are fertilizers of flowers. [1655 65; FERTILIZE + ER1] * * * Natural or… …   Universalium

• fertilizer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. manure, compost, guano. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. manure, top dressing, organic fertilizer, commercial fertilizer, chemical fertilizer, plant food, compost, humus, mulch, soil amendment …   English dictionary for students

• plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions.       All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… …   Universalium