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ANALYSES OF BAT MANURE. 



SAMPLE. 



r/1 



-4-1 

 O 



Ph 



Bat Manure, No. 1. From North Alabama, exact 



locality not known 2.79 3.20 0.85 



Bat Manure, No. 2. From North Alabama, exact 



locality not known 5.56 8.26 2.02 



Bat Manure, No. 3. From Laud erdale county. . . . 2.27 5 40 0.85 



Samples No. 1 contained 65 per cent, moisture, wliile 

 sample No. 2 had been air dried. 



Deposits of cave earth, when employed locally, are of no 

 small manurial value by virtue of the phosphoric acid and 

 nitrogen contained, as the following analyses will show: 



The bat manure, in a moderately dry condition, is of suf- 

 ficient fertilizing value to admit of its transportation and it 

 can be employed in mixed fertilizers as a source of 

 nitrogen. 



As a top dressing for grains, grasses, clover, etc., it can 

 also be used to considerable advantage. 



