138 v MANURE. 



very great. A cow was fed six days on meal and 



water. She consumed in this period, 

 Indian meal, 96 lbs., or per day, 16 lbs. 

 Hay, 30 " " 5 " 



Water, 330 " " 55 " 



76 lbs. 



There were voided during this period, 330 lbs. of 

 dung, or 55 lbs. daily. She scoured and lost flesh. , 

 Now the evacuation had all the appearance of 

 night soil, and soon evolved a great quantity of am- 

 monia, and though covered in an earthen pot, was 

 soon studded with a crop of exquisitely beautiful 

 fungi. Compared with hay dung, its composition was, 

 Geine, 1743, 15*45 in common dung, 

 Salts, -93, -95 " " 



Water, 81-64, 83*60 " " 



Probably the nitrogen was 2 1-2 per cent., or 

 five times that of common cow dung. 



200. Doubtless the value of all excrements, will 

 depend somewhat upon the food of the animal, and 

 the manner of feeding. It may be stated as a gen- 

 eral fact, that the manure of cattle, summer- soiled, 

 is nearly twice the strength of that from the stalls 

 in winter; and all fattening cattle, whether in winter 



