A method of making a landscaping mulch, using as its primary ingredient, spent stable bedding which has its primary ingredient ripe de bois softwood shavings. The result of the method is a mulch, particularly for landscaping applications, having a relatively high pH value, between 6.5 and 7.5, which is also useful for neutralizing the effects of acid rain. The method involves the steps of mixing agricultural manure in the range of 5%-25%, softwood shavings from spent stable bedding in an amount ...

The present invention provides a switching power supply which operates at a high efficiency over a wide operating load range. When the output power is below a first power level, the first power converter stage operates in a hard-switching mode and the second power converter stage is off. When the output power is greater than the first power level and less than a second power level, the first power converter stage operates in a soft-switching mode and the second power converter stage is off. When...

The present invention relates preparation of superior quality vermicompost from the distillation wastes of aromatic crops said method comprises drying of distillation waste for 24 to 72 hours, obtained after the distillation of herbage for 2-3 h. at 20-25lbs of steam pressure, chopping the waste into small pieces, transferring this material into compost pits containing about 7-10 cm layer of partially rotten cowdung and 400-450 earthworms (Perionyx excavatus)/m.sup.3, daily watering of the pits ...

There is provided herbicidal nitroalkyl 5-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobenzoates. These compounds are particularly useful when applied in a post-emergence application to soybean fields containing broadleaf weeds.

Novel and highly effective herbicidal compounds in the diphenylether class are provided herein.

This invention relates to certain herbicidally active substituted diphenyl ether oxime derivatives, herbidical compositions of the same and the use thereof for preemergence and postermergence control of noxious plants, i.e., weeds.

A portable garment pressing device comprising a base buck having a pressing surface against which the garment is placed for pressing and an elastic cover sheet adapted to extend over the garment and be stretched to conform to variations in thickness of the garment and hold the garment firmly against the buck while being pressed, either with or without the employment of heat. The device also may be used to store a garment in pressed condition by hanging the pressing device with the garment in it ...

A fermented manure-based fertilizer material free from solid foreign bodies is mechanically treated, by grinding and/or crushing, with the addition of pre-dried material, to provide a homogeneous and durable pulp with a water content of about 60 - 70% by weight. This pulp is then granulated into granules, and the granules are dried firstly by hot gas at 50.degree. to partially remove superficial water. After resting to homogenize their water content, the granules are finally dried in gas at abou...

A process to obtain a humic extract that concentrates features of liquid extracts from mineral and organic sources is provided by first elaborating a humic extract from a first organic source by using an extracting alkaline solution and by utilizing residual alkalinity to partially extract active ingredients from a second mineral source. A product useful to improve cultivation soils and to physiologically activate plants is also provided.

A process for obtaining an aqueous fumaric acid solution which is useful in stably obtaining a large amount of aqueous fumaric acid solution. A column is packed with solid fumaric acid and then water is passed through the column, thereby giving an aqueous fumaric acid solution. Water is usually passed in the reverse direction. The solid fumaric acid may be in the form of tablets containing 70% by weight or more of fumaric acid. The aqueous fumaric acid solution thus obtained has a pH value of ab...