Any good garden compost
Any good garden compost may appropriately be used for soil drainage and fertility. The best compost is 40 to 60 percent organic matter and is dark brown in color. However, compost that emits a strong ammonia smell should not be used for drainage and fertility, for that smell means that the organic matter has not sufficiently decomposed.
Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?
(A) Compost that is 80 percent organic matter has probably not decomposed sufficiently.
(B) If compost is less than 40 percent organic matter and is not dark brown in color, then it will make soil Jess fertile and will worsen soil drainage.
(C) If compost is 50 percent organic matter and that organic matter is sufficiently decomposed, then the compost is good.
(D) In the best garden compost, the organic matter is completely decomposed.
(E) Compost that is dark brown in color and emits a strong ammonia smell is not good garden compost.
My Ques: Answer is Option E- in the premise it said best compost is dark brown in color so why did we pick E? The point of strong ammonia smell is justified.
Here is my take:
Premise 1: Any good garden compost may appropriately be used for soil drainage and fertility
Premise 2: The best compost is 40 to 60 percent organic matter and is dark brown in color
Premise 3: Compost that emits a strong ammonia smell should not be used for drainage and fertility
From 1 & 3, as the compost(even if its dark brown in colour but emmiting ammonia smell) cannot be used for drainage and fertility, it is not a good garden compost.