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THE HOME, FARM AND BUSINESS CYCLOPAEDIA. 



for six months, will show at once the composition of farmyard manure 

 and the nature of the changes induced by fermentation : 



TABLE SHOWING THE COMPOSITION OP FARMYARD MANURE. 



Cow and Pig A\- n -r> 



Manure Well-Rotten Dung, 



long or fresh. x months m heap. 



Water, 66.17 75.42 



Soluble organic matters,* 2.48 3.71 



Soluble inorganic matters 



Silica .237 0.254 



Phosphate of lime 0. 299 0.382 



Lime 0.066 0.117 



Magnesia 0.011 0.047 



Potash 0.573 0.446 



Soda 0.051 0.023 



Chloride of sodium 0. 030 0. 037 



Sulphuric acid 0.055 0.058 



Carbonic acid, and loss 0. 218 0. 106 



1.54 -_ 1.47 



Insoluble organic matters, 2 . .. 25.76 12.82 



Insoluble inorganic matters 



Soluble silica 0. 967 1 .424 



Insoluble silica 0.561 1.010 



Oxide of iron, alumina, and 



phosphates 0. 596 0. 947 



Containing phosphoric acid. (0. 178) (0. 274) 



Equal to bone earth (0. 386) (0. 573) 



Lime 1.120 1.667 



Magnesia 0.143 0.091 



Potash 0.099 0.045 



Soda 0.019 0.038 



Sulphuric acid 0.061 0.063 



Carbonic acid, and loss 0.484 1.295 



4.05 6.58 



100.00 100.00 



1 Containing nitrogen 0.149 0.297 



Equal to ammonia 0.181 0.360 



2 Containing nitrogen 0.494 0.309 



Equal to ammonia 0.599 0.375 



Total nitrogen 0. 643 .606 



Equal to ammonia 0. 780 0. 735 



To PRODUCE THE BEST QUALITY OF FARMYARD MANURE. From what 

 has been advanced, it may be concluded that the best quality of farmyard 

 dung is made under cover, by fattening cattle fed upon a liberal diet, in 

 which oil-cakes form an important item. Further, that the thorough 



