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Report of Farmers' Institutes 



One ton of average cow manure contains: 



8 to 10 11)S. of nitrogen — worth I2c. per lb $1 08 



10 to 12 lbs. of potash — worth 4c. per lb 44 



6 to 8 lbs. of phosphoric acid — worth 4c. per lb 28 



Total $1 80 



A great loss occurs in manure when it is left exposed, even if it does not 

 fire fang. Manure left exposed in ])iles for 120 days loses about 50 per cent, 

 of its nitrogen, 40 to 50 per cent, of its pliosphoric acid and 00 per cent, of 

 its potash. 



Percentage Composition of Fertilizing Materials per 100 lbs. 



Ashes (anthracite coal) . 

 Wood Ashes (unleaohed) 



Bone Meal 



Bone (dissolved) 



Nitrate of Soda 



Sulphate of Ammonia 20 . 50 



Dried Blood 



Dried Fish 



Cotton Seed Meal 



Tankage 



So. Carolina Rock (dissolved) 



So. Carolina Rock (floats) 



Basic Slag 



Kainit 



Muriate of Potash . 

 Sulphate of Potasli . 



CORNELL RATIONS FOR LAYING HENS 



The following whole grain mixture is 

 fed morning and afternoon in a straw 

 litter : 



The following mash is fed dry 

 in a hopper kept open during the 

 afternoon only: 



Winter and Summer 

 57 qts. corn meal 

 71 qts. wheat middlings 

 57 qts. wheat l)ran 

 20 qts. alfalfa meal 



8 qts. oil meal 

 43 qts. beef scrap 

 i qt. salt 



The fowls should eat about one-half as much mash by weight as whole grain. 

 Regulate the proportion of grain and ground feed by giving a light feeding 



Winter 

 32 qts. wheat 

 36 qts. corn 

 30 qts. oats 

 20 qts. buckwheat 



Summer 

 32 qts. wheat 

 30 qts. corn 

 30 qts. oats 



Undissolved. 



