176 Agrioultubal Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



trials, of hay and grain of known composition. The following tables 

 give in detail the results of each experiment: 



Pounds of Food Consumed and Water Drank. 



Food Consumed and Excrement Recovered. 



Length of experiment, in days 



Weight of sheep 



Pounds of nitrogen consumed .... 

 Pounds i>f phosphoric acid consumed. 



Pounds of potash consumed 



Pounds of excrement recovered . , 

 Pounds of nitrogen recovered. .... 

 Pounds of ph >sphoric acid recovered. 



Poiinits of potash recovered 



Pounds of excrement recovered per 

 1,00(1 lbs. livi wt. of aniaial per day. 



Value of manure per ton 



Value of excrement per ton 



21 

 234.5 

 2.446 

 1.18 

 1.43 

 160.75 

 1.758 

 1.100 

 .541 



29.8 



84 17 

 4 85 



Value Recoverkd per 1,000 Pounds Live Weight of Animal 



PER Day. 



