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hand, -the lot is well bedded and undrained, the result- 

 ing manure is nearly equal in value to stable manure. 



8. Stable manure accumulates in stables where 

 animals are kept and fed, and, like barnyard manure, 

 is made up of the droppings of animals and the bedding 

 supplied them. In some stables the manure is allowed 

 to accumulate, fresh bedding being added from time 

 to time, until the proper season to apply it to the soil. 

 The stables are cleaned out occasionally each year, 

 and during the intervals the manure accumulates in 

 the stalls. Manure formed in this way has a high 

 value; being kept in the stable it is protected from 

 the leaching of rain, and, becoming well packed by 

 the feet of the animals, is protected from destructive 

 fermentation caused by bacteria. The value of stable 

 manure depends in a large measure on the kind and 

 amount of bedding used, the age and kind of animal, 

 and the kinds and amount of food supplied them. 

 Manure from young animals is, as a rule, less valuable 

 than manure from maturer animals. As the liquid 

 portion of manure contains most of the nitrogen it is 

 important that enough bedding be used to absorb and 

 retain it. 



When stables are cleaned at short intervals, and it 

 is found necessary to keep the manure some time before 

 it is applied to the soil, some measure for protecting it 

 from the action of the weather must be adopted or a 

 loss of valuable compounds of nitrogen results. When 

 manure is thrown out it quickly becomes hot, and a 

 loss of ammonia results. Anyone familiar with stables 

 has noticed how warm a manure pile may become, and 



