69 



These several lots of manure were applied to various 

 farm crops; to ascertain the real or agricultural value 

 of the two kinds of manures we must wait until the 

 crop returns for several years can be reported. 



No analyses of the manure was made in the experi- 

 ment conducted in 1900. 



The bedding used was fresh yellow^ fine sawdust, 

 which in the first experiment was dry enough, but that 

 used in the experiment of 1901 was too moist to be en- 

 tirely satisfactory. The amounts of sawdust used per 

 period (and included in the figures given above for ma- 

 nure) were with the cotton seed ration 391 and 639 

 pounds in the respective periods; with the cotton seed 

 meal ration 520 and 611 pounds, respectively. 



Second experiment^ 1901. The same method as in 

 1900 was employed in collecting and handling the ma- 

 nure dropped during the 16hours per day that the cows 

 spent in the barn. Only during the second period of 

 this experiment was the manure kept separate and 

 weighed. 



The weights given are those obtained by weighing the 

 bulk of manure and soiled bedding at the conclusion of 

 the experiment. 



The data follows: 



Lbs. manure Lbs. manure 

 from 2 cows, daily per 

 28 days. cow. 



From cotton seed and hay ration. . . .1900 35.7 



From cotton s. meal and hulls ration. 3138 56.0 



These two lots of manure, each collected during parts 

 of 28 days, were applied to farm crops, and the effects 

 of these two classes of cow manure as compared with 

 each other, with commercial fertilizers, and with no fer- 

 tilizer, will be recorded in .future bulletins of this Sta- 

 tion. 



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