STOCK FEEDING. 



m 



ing the number of pounds of nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid 

 in one tfon of fresh dung and of urine, is from Prof. Wolf, to which 

 Ibaveadded the values, as reckoned by our fertilizer control station 

 for 1887. These prices are based upon the market value of the 

 materials. Viz. nitrogen sixteen cents per pound ; phosphoric acid 

 five cents per pound and potash five cents per pound : 



Sheep 

 Horse 

 Cow,., 

 Swine. 



Solids. 



a 



bO 



o 



11.10 

 8.8 

 6.8 



12.0 



J3 

 C . 



o .;= 

 a. < 



6.2 

 7.0 

 3.4 

 8.2 



3 



o 



3.0 

 7.0 

 2.0 

 5.2 



$2.22 

 2.10 

 1.20 

 2.59 



Urine 



a 



to 

 o 



39.0 

 31.0 



11.6 

 8.6 



$8,51 

 6.46 

 2.35 

 2.27 



It will be seen by this table that, with the exception of swine, 

 the urine is the more valuable. Being quite largely composed of 

 nitrogen, the highest priced fertilizer in the market, it becomes 

 very valuable, while its excess of potash helps to supply the place 

 of fertilizers usually purchased in ashes or their equivalent. 



Now I venture the assertion that in but few of our average farm 

 barns is this liquid from the stock nearly all saved. And still our 

 farmers are at their wit's end to produce manure enough to grow 

 crops sufficient to even keep good the fertility of their farms, to say 

 nothing about increasing it that they may bear larger crops of hay 

 or other fodders. 



French says the average English farmer pays $10 per acre 

 (yearly) rental for his entire farm, oa land that has been under the 

 plow for centuries. That he is able to da this, and pay $10 more 

 per acre for manure and $10 for expense of cultivation, support his 

 family comfortably and add something to his income, shows that 

 he understands saving all the fertilizers from his stock, and applying 

 them to the best advantage. 



How many American farmers could do this, do you think? How 

 many of us think of the actual valuation of a ton of hay for feeding 

 purposes? But few, I will warrant. Unless we can say to each ton 



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