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LIQUID MANUKE. 



L'uixiAcl manure from animals may, also, be made 

 useful by the assistance of prepared muck. Where 

 a tank is used in coinpostinp:, the liquids from the 

 stable may all be employed to supply moisture to tlie 

 heap ; but where an 3^ system is adopted, not requir- 

 ing liquids, the nrine may be applied to muck heaps, 

 and there allowed to ferment. Fermentation is ne- 

 cessary in nrine as well as in solid dung, before it is 

 very active as a manure, altliougli its decomposition 

 is much more rapid than that of the dung. Urine, 

 as will be recollected, contains nitrogen and fomns 

 ammonia on fermentation. 



The urine should never be alloM-ed to stand in 

 pools to become mixed with rain-water, nor to run 

 to waste ; but should always be immediately ab- 

 sorbed either by the dung or by muck, or other refuse 

 matter provided for the purpose. 



By referring to the analysis of liquid and solid 

 manure in Section Y., their relative value may be 

 seen. 



CHAPTER YI. 



DIFFERENT KIXDS OF ANIMAL EXCREMENT. 



TuE manures of different animals are, of course, of 

 different value as fertilizers, varying according to 

 the food, the age of the animals, etc. 



