ANALYSIS. 239 

 No. XXT. 



COMPARATIVE VALUE OF TIIW URINE OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS. 



Solid Matter. 



Orsauic. . Inorjjanic Total 



.Man 23.4 7.6 31 



Horse 27. 33. 60 



Cow 50. 20. 70 



Pig 56. 18. 74 



Slieep 28. 12. 40 



No. XXII. 



GUANO. 



Water 6.40 



Ammonia 2.71 



Uric Acid 34.70 



Oxalic Acid, etc 26.79 



Fixed Alkaline Salts. 



Sulphate of Soda 2.94 



Phospliate of Soda 48 



Chloride of Sodium (salt) .86 



Earthy Salts. 



Carbonate of Lime 1.36 



Phosphates 19.24 



Foreign Matter. 



Silicious grit and sand 4.52 



100.00 



Composition of Fresh Farm-yard Manure, (composed of Horse, Pig, 

 and Cow Dung, about 14 days old). Analysis made Nov. 3d, 1854, 

 by Dr. Augustus Voelcker, Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Ag- 

 ricultural College, Cirencester, England : 



"Water 66.17 



Soluble Organic Matter 2.4S 



* Soluble Inorganic Matter (Ash) — 



Soluble Silica (silicic acid) 237 



Phosphate of Lime 299 



Lime 066 



Magnesia Oil 



Potash 573 



* Containing Nitrogen 149 



Equal to Ammonia .181 



