Dataset: Hoosfield Barley Experiment organic manure chemical composition 1852-2019

Citation:  Margaret Glendining, Andy Gregory, Paul Poulton, Wendy Wilmer (2024). Dataset: Hoosfield Barley Experiment organic manure chemical composition 1852-2019 Electronic Rothamsted Archive, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK DOI : https://doi.org/10.23637/rhb2-FYM-01.
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N, P and K applied in FYM to Hoosfield 1967-2019

N, P and K applied in FYM to Hoosfield 1967-2019

Summary

Details of the chemical composition of the organic manures applied to the Hoosfield Spring Barley Experiment, 1852-2019. Farmyard manure (FYM) is applied each autumn at 35t/ha to plot 72 since 1852, to plot 71 1852-1871 and to plot 73 since 2001, from cattle housed on cereal straw. Rapeseed cake or castor bean meal was applied to Series C from 1852-1967, to supply 48 kgN/ha . FYM has been analysed routinely since 1967. This dataset gives details of the chemical composition: % total N, C, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na and S, and the total amount of each element applied each year in FYM 1967-2019. There is also limited mean data for earlier periods and trace element data for 1982 and 1983, and N, P and K content of the rape cake/castor bean meal 1926-1967.

The FYM supplies on average 236 kgN/ha, 47 kgP/ha and 304 kgK/ha; the rape cake/castor meal 57 kgN/ha, 10 kgP/ha and 11 kgK/ha. For comparison, the standard inorganic fertilizer treatments on Hoosfield receive 0-144 kgN/ha, 35 kgP/ha, and 90 kgK/ha.

Methods

Total concentration of nitrogen in FYM determined in fresh sample (not dried) at normal moisture content by Kjeldahl digestion. Total carbon determined by combustion in oven-dry samples. Total P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, S and trace elements determined in oven-dry samples by digestion with 6M HCl, the extracts analysed by ICP-OES.

Technical Information

Rapeseed cake was applied to Series C 1852-1940, and replaced by castor bean meal, 1941-1967.

Two samples, A and B, were taken of the FYM applied each year, from the front and back of the trailer containing the FYM.

Trace elements (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Cd, Cr and Pb) were measured on FYM samples applied for the 1982 and 1983 harvest years. Two replicate samples (1 and 2) were taken from each sample for analysis.

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Contributors

  • Margaret Glendining: Data curator
  • Paul Poulton: Researcher
  • Nathalie Castells: Data manager
  • Andy Gregory: Project manager
  • Wendy Wilmer: Data collector
  • Melanie Brookman: Data collector
  • Andrew Macdonald: Data collector

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Table Of Contents

An Excel file with annual data, 1967-2019 and some earlier data. Frictionless CSV files are also provided for users who prefer the CSV format.

Early mean data from Warren, R.G. and Johnston, A.E. (1962), Rothamsted Report for 1961, Table 9. Additional data from the Hoosfield White Books, and the Rothamsted Library Archive. The majority of the data was compiled from sample analysis data sheets.

In accordance with the Joint Code of Practice for Research at Rothamsted, data processing in e-RA follow rigorous standard operating procedures to ensure the quality and correctness of data collected in the field through to depositing in the e-RA database. Data checked by Paul Poulton and Andy Gregory.

The Analytical Chemistry Unit follows the Joint Code of Practice (JCoPR) and participates in European Quality Assurance programmes. All performance is strictly monitored using certified external standards alongside in-house standard materials. Standards and check samples are monitored and recorded.

  • The dataset Hoosfield Barley Experiment organic manure chemical composition 1852-2019 is a published dataset from the e-RA Database. e-RA is part of the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments - National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (RLTE-NBRI), which also covers maintenance of the Long-Term Experiments, the Rothamsted Sample Archive and Rothamsted's environmental monitoring activities including the weather stations and its role in the UK Environmental Change Network
  • The RLTE-NBRI is funded by UK Research and Innovation - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UKRI-BBSRC) under award BBS/E/RH/23NB0007 (2023-2028). The RLTE-NBRI is also supported by the Lawes Agricultural Trust. e-RA has been part of a National Capability since 2012, previous awards from the BBSRC were Grants BBS/E/C/00005189 (2012-2017) and BBS/E/C/000J0300 (2017-2022)
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