[MACFARLANE] IMPROVED METHOD OF PRODUCING MANURE 91 
cent in 24 hours without stirring. Still without disturbing the sam- 
ple, the loss was 30-7 per cent in five days. After stirring and 
exposure at ordinary temperatures for three days more, the additional 
loss was 11:1 per cent, making the total loss in eight days, 41-8 per 
cent, while the original percentage was 60-6. I thus found that there 
would be no difficulty, the manure being perfectly odourless, in car- 
rying out this drying on a large scale. 
Owing to a slight development of ammonia in the product above 
mentioned, an addition was made to it of 20 lbs. ground plaster, 1 lb. 
whiting, and + lb. copperas. The use of the mixture thus made was 
continued in the closet for another month without any apparent 
exhaustion of its deodorizing qualities. On the 8th June the quantity 
of this moss manure was ascertained to be 99-5 lbs., and it was again 
carefully sampled and analyzed. It contained as follows: — 




Per cent. Ce Value 
Per ton. Beaton 
Lbs. Price 
Moisture 35.6. NE Lier NI BR ec each elas coe ee 
Organic substances eee ase aces SE NM AE RON RES Pa A EP Bu ee, MERE Ba 
With 5 fotalyNrirocenky es em ANRT EURE 23 13c. $2°99 
ASE 20 watt fe ECE oo ae veraha ele DOS rune ect ete sales En 
Nithi0:slPhosphonic Acide "lt re ets 10°2 5c. 0°51 
MOSS OP POLRSREE RE eee leu mue co 2°6 5ic. 0°14 
100°00 $364 

With reference to the 1:15 per cent of nitrogen above mentioned 
it has to be stated that 0-60 was in the form of ammonia, and that 
no nitric acid was present. 
Without being stirred this manure loses 40 per cent moisture in 
ten days. After drying a sample of it artificially at 90° C. it became 
quite brittle, was easily ground, and an analysis yielded the following 
results : — 





Fertilizing 
Per cent. Constituents. » De 
Per ton. PE 
Lbs Price 
Moisture: 1022 reece ee ie ZG Piles eae openers Sisto Maisie ANR ie ere 
Organic substances pease esi «-/-\- Li SEA ALORS PORC SOU SRI be ee ae 
Containing 3°46 total Nitrogen with 
0°92/as ammOon AE RARE M EPL à 69°2 13c. 58:99 
AS... 31004 SL EN Sco Ac. ene ZBL ASIN ROUTES MSA RE RURAL Ch 
Containing 2°52 Phosphoric Acid......]......... .. 30°4 5c. 2°52 
a 065 Potash cmp cee: lee ote sections 13°0 5ic. 0°68 


