Food for 

 Plants 



1 80 



Other Details of the Experiment. 



Weight of swine 



Food consumed 



Total excrement 



Nitrogen 



Phosphoric acid, pounds. 



Potash, pounds 



Nitrogen', value 



Phosphoric acid, value. . . 



Potash, value 



Total value 



001 

 006 



Summary. 



Horse* 

 Horsef 

 Cows . . 

 Sheep. 

 Swine. 



Value 

 Per Ton. 



^2.79 



2.27 

 4.19 

 3-i8 



Value Per 



Animal 



Per Day. 



044 



073 

 093 

 015 



006 



Value Per 



Thousand 



Pounds 



Live 

 Weight 

 Per Day. 



So. 031 

 .052 

 .082 

 . 106 

 .047 



Value Per 

 Thousand 

 - Pounds 



Live 

 ' Weight 

 Per Year. 



$11.47 

 19. 12 



29.82 



38.55 

 17. II 



Analyses of Commercial Fertilizing Materials. 



Name of Substance. 



7. Phosphatic Manures. 



Apatite 



Bone ash 



Bone-black 



Bone-black (dissolved).. 



o 



Phosphoric Acid. 



Avail- ! Insolu- 

 able. ble. 



16.70 



0.30 



Total. 



36.08 



35 89 

 28.28 

 17.00 



* Manure voided while at work not included. 



t Total excrement calculated oti the basis that three-fifths was collected in the stable. 



