218 Farmyard Manure. 



Plenty of litter having been supplied to the animals, the 

 fresh manure appeared to me drier than usual, and as the ex- 

 perimental heap under shed necessarily must lose a good deal 

 of moisture on keeping, I thought it desirable to pour water 

 upon it, just sufficient to make it as moist as fresh dung 

 generally appears. This addition of water, which was not re- 

 peated, explains that the manure under shed contained a little 

 more moisture in February, 1855, than when first put up in 

 November, 1854. 



The following Table exhibits the composition of this manure 

 in its natural state : — 



Fresh Farr)iyard Manure (No. II.), Under Shed. 



Analysis made Feb. 14tli, 1855. 



Composition of Manure in natural state. 



Water 67-32 



* Soluble organic matter 2-63 



Soluble inorganic matter (ash) : — 



Soluble silica -239 



Phosphate of lime -331 



Lime -056 



Magnesia -004 



Potash -676 



Soda- -192 



Chloride of sodium '058 



Sulphuric acid '119 



Carbonic acid and loss '445 



2-12 



•{■Insoluble organic matter 20*46 



Insoluble inorganic matter (ash) : — 



Soluble silica 1-893 



Insoluble silicious matter (sand) 1-075 



Oxide of iron and alumina, with phosjihatcs .. 1-135 



Containing phosphoric acid (298) 



Equal to bone earth (646) 



Lime 1-868 



Magnesia -078 • 



Potash -208 



Soda -038 



Sulphuric acid -098 



Carbonic acid and loss 1-077 



7-47 



100-00 



* Containing nitrogen '17 



Equal to ammonia 2*06 



f Containing lutrogen -58 



Equal to ammonia -70 



Whole manure contains ammonia in free state . . 0'22 



„ „ in form of salts 0-54 



