SHEEP HUSBANDRY N THE SOUTH. 



The following table ol the comparative value of manures, deduced from 

 analyses made by Payen and Bouasmgault, will show the remarkable com 

 parative value of the pea as a manuring crop, and it will be found other 

 wise useful for reference : 



TABLE No. 1. 



Kinds of Manure. 



7-6 

 8-5 



19- 



LI- 



12' 



Farm yard dung. . 



Dung water 



Wheat straw 



Rye straw 



Oat straw 



Barley straw 



Wheat chaff. 



Pea straw 



Millet straw 



Buckwheat straw. 

 Dried potato tops . 

 With'd 1'ves of beet-root 88 



Do. of potatoes 



Do. of carrots 



Do. of heather 



Do. of oak 



Do. of poplar 



Do. of beech 



Clover roots 



Burned sea-weed 



Oyster shells 



Sea shells 



Sea-side marl 



Solid cow-dung 



Urine of cows 



Solid horse-dung 



Horse urine 



Pig dung 



Sheep dung 



Pigeon dung 



Guano 



Do 



Fresh bones 



Feathers 



Woolen rags 



jHorn shavings 



Coal soot 



jWood soot 



iPicardy ashes 



51 

 39 



9 



3 

 17 



1-0 

 85-9 



15-6 



9-2 



Nitrogen in, \ Quality I 

 .OQof matter, according to\ 

 I state. 



2-30 

 2-94 

 1-90 

 1-5? 

 1-1? 

 1-91 

 1-77 

 0-40 

 0-40 

 0-05 



Wet. | Dry.| Wet. ] 



0-41 



0-06 



0-24 

 0-i7 



0-28 



0'48 



0'55 

 0'85 

 1-74 

 1-18 

 0-54 

 1-18 

 1-61 

 0-38 



0-32 

 0*44 

 0-55 



12-50 2'61 

 0-63 

 1-11 

 8-30 

 5-00 



15-7313-95 

 5-31 



_. __ 15-34 



20-26 17-98 



9-0 15-78J14-36 80! 



1-15 

 0-65 



]'JO 



22 



150 



97 



80 



100 



2 



GO 



42-5 



TO 



57-5 

 , 212-5 

 100 447-5 

 49l 11)5 

 27 1 120 



92-5 

 1 25 

 137-5 

 212-5 

 425 

 293 



26 



117 



641 

 172 



462 



134 

 294 

 402-5 

 95 

 80 

 13 

 128 

 80 

 110 

 137-5 

 652-5 

 157-5 

 277-5 



2075 



1247 



3487 



1326 



3835 



4495 



3590 

 337-5 

 287-5 

 162-5 



100 



650 



975 



542 



750 



207 



100 



203 



361 



453 



43 



85 



66 



103 



125 



167 



102 



110 



488 



488 



3750 



377 



84 



51 



88 



I? 



65 



31J 

 I*] 



11 



9; 

 12i 



122 

 149 



78 

 125 

 91 



73 

 151 

 63 

 36 



The horse drank but little, tha 

 [urine was thick. 



Of Bechelbronn. 

 Imp. into Eng. in its ord. state.' 

 Imp. into France, do. 

 As sold by the melters. 



It will be seen that pea straw is worth, as a manure, from 5 to 9 times 

 as much as the straws of the small grains is better than clover roots, arid 

 actually equals farm-yard dung ! 



Rye, oats and barley send up a good growth of straw, in many parts 

 of this zone, even where the product of grain is small ; and, sown in the 

 fall, they afford sweet green pasturage, during the entire winter, in the 

 more southern latitudes. This is a very important and a very favorable 

 consideration in an economical system of sheep husbandry. All winter 

 green feed (roots) in the Northern States must be cultivated, harvested, 

 protected from the frosts of winter in cellars, and daily fed out which ne- 

 cessarily renders it expensive. Where winter field crops can be depas- 

 tured on the ground, it saves the greatest proportion of this expense ; and, 

 though winter green feed is not indispensable to sheep, it promotes their 

 health, early maturity, and is especially valuable to breeding-ewes. All 

 ihe crops above named, too, can be profitably made use of as green 

 manure. 



