Horse manure

Pferde-bohne, /. horse bean, -dung, -diinger, m. horse manure, -fett, n. horse fat, horse grease, -fieisch, n. horse fiesh, horse meat, -fussdl, n. horse s-foot oil. -haar, n. horsehair. -hamsaure, /. hippurie aeid. -kamm-fett, n. horse grease, -kraft, /. horsepower, -kraftstunde, /. horsepower hour, -milch, /. mare s milk, -minze, /. horsemint. -mist, m. horse manure, -serum, n. horse serum. -stUrke, /. horsepower. 

Bark chips and shredded prunings Low fertility. Best used as a mulch only, in the ornamental garden. If dug in, they can rob the soil of nitrogen as they decay. This also applies to horse manure with wood shavings. 

The Advanced Bio-Gest (ABG) is a biologically based, electromechanical system that uses horse manure as its source of microbes. The manure is placed in a stainless steel chamber in... 

The excavation of a clandestine grave had revealed the largely skeletonized remains of a young man who had been buried for 5 years in a biologically active soil. The subsoil was clay, with the grave cut being water-filled at the time of the excavation due to a fractured field drain. It was covered by a stack of horse manure used as agricultural fertilizer that had considerably modified the burial conditions. The body had been buried clothed, and items of textile were recovered with the human remains. These included cloth, metal, and leather that had been subject to considerable differential preservation. 

Mucor mucedo, another closely allied species, found growing on old nuts, fleshy fruits, bread and horse manure, resembles Rhizopus nigricans in many respects but differs from it by the formation of sporangiophores singly instead of in clusters. 

Figure 49 - Psilocybe cubensis on horse manure and rice.

Powerful, woody-phenolic, medicinal, yet rather sweet odor, somewhat to the anisic type (Arctander, 1967). In a wine it recalls horse manure (Dubois, 1983). Kim Ha and Lindsay (1991) report phenolic, sheep pen-like descriptions when neat, with odor threshold in water of 600 ppb and taste threshold of 100 ppb. 

Four other methods of preservation include the immersion of slants into liquid nitrogen (an expensive procedure) the inoculation of washed sterilized horse manure/straw compost that is then kept at 36-38 ° F. (See Chapter V on compost preparation) the inoculation of sawdust/bran media for wood decomposers (see section in Chapter III on alternative spawn media) or saving spores aceptically under refrigerated conditions—perhaps the simplest method for home cultivators. 

When oereal straw is gathered from horse stables, it is oalled "horse manure". Although oulti-vators call it by this name, the material is actually 90% straw and 10% manure. This "horse manure" includes the droppings, urine and straw that has been bedding material. The quality of this... 

When horse manure is used as the basic starting ingredient, the compost is considered a "horse manure compost" whereas "synthetic compost" refers to a compost using no horse manure. Straw, sometimes mixed with hay, is the base ingredient in synthetic composts. Because straw is low in potassium and phosphorus, these elements must be provided by supplementation and for this reason chicken manure is the standard additive for synthetic composts. No composts are made exclusively of hay because of its high cost and small fiber. In fact, mushroom growers have traditionally used waste products because they are both cheap and readily available. 

These are inorganic compounds that supply a rapid burst of ammonia. They are frequently used for initial straw softening in synthetic composts. When used, care should be taken that they are applied evenly. If ammonium sulfate is used, oaloium carbonate must also be added at a rate of 3 parts CaC03 to 1, to neutralize sulfuric acid groups. These supplements are not reoommended for horse manure oomposts. 

Since neither fresh horse manure nor straw based synthetics have the correct moisture content, water must be added to these materials. The recommended levels for optimum composting are ... 

The length of time needed for pre-wetting varies according to the condition of the starting materials. Generally 3 days for horse manure and 5-1 2 days for a synthetic compost is sufficient. The pre-wetting time for a synthetic compost can be shortened if the straw is mechanically chopped, but care should be taken that the fibers do not become too short. 

For horse manure or synthetic composts Thoroughly wet and mix all raw materials and supplements (except gypsum). Windrow. 

For horse manure Wet the starting materials thoroughly. Windrow. 

Kjeldahl nitrogen is 1.5% for horse manure and 1.7% for synthetic composts. 

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