MANL'KKS. 



o: 



animal. The following, however, by Stockhart * may 

 be quoted as typical of the various farm animals fed on a 

 more or less dry ration : 



COMPOSITION OF SOLID EXCREMENT. 



It is probable that the- excrement of bullocks is some- 

 what richer on an average than indicated above. Experi- 

 ments by Lavves and Gilbert give the nitrogen in the solid 

 excrement of an ox fed on straw, hay and beans as '3%", in 

 that of sheep fed on hay as % 1%\ results which closely agree 

 with the above. Storerf on the other hand states that the 

 average of a number of analyses indicates '48% of nitrogen 

 in cow manure. Taking the analysis of Stockhart as a 

 basis it is seen that a ton of the solid excrement of the 

 various animals contains as follows : 



, ( 'oN TENTS OF 1 TON ol' SoLID EXCREMENT IN LBS. 



:;: AIRMAN'S ll Manures ami Manuring." 



t STOKKR'S ' Airnrultunil (Micniistry." 



