After reading this article you will learn about the preparation and use of Farm Yard Manure (FYM). Preparation of Farmyard Manure: (i) In India, a major portion of cattle dung is used as fuel by farmers, after being converted into dung cake. Urine is completely soaked into the earthen floor of the cattle shed, thus wasting a major portion of [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the symptoms of deficiency of nutrients in plants. The nutrients whose symptoms of deficiency has been discussed are: 1. Nitrogen 2. Phosphorus 3. Potassium 4. Calcium 5. Magnesium 6. Sulphur 7. Iron 8. Manganese 9. Copper 10. Zinc 11. Molybdenum 12. Boron. 1. Nitrogen: Nitrogen deficient plants have a stunted and spindly [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the design of bio-gas plant with diagram. The bio-gas plant has been diagrammatically represented in the Fig. 11.1. The size varies with amount of cow dung available. If 50kgs of dung is available from three animals, the bio-gas plant consists of a masonry fermentation tank or a digester, 3.6 metres deep and [...]