ANALYSIS. 



NO. XXI. 

 COMPARATIVE VALUE OF Till? URI.VE OF DIFFERENT AVIXALS. 



Solid Matter. 



Organia Inorganic. ToUL 



Man 2:1 4 7.6 



Horse 27. S3. M 



Cow 50. 20. 70 



Pig 56. 18. 74 



Sheep 28. 12. 40 



No. XXII. 



GUANO. 



Water 6.40 



Ammonia 2.71 



Uric Acid 3470 



Oxalic Acid, etc 



Fixed Alkaline Salts. 



Sulphate of Soda 



Phosphate of Soda 48 



Chloride of Sodium (salt) 86 



Earthy Salts. 



Carbonate of Lime 1 .36 



Phosphates 19.24. 



Foreign Matter. 

 Silicious grit and sand 



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Composition of Fresh Farm-yard Manure, (composed of Horn 

 and Cow Dung, about 14 days old). Analysis made NOT. 3d. 1854, 

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

 ricultural College, Cirencester, England : 

 Water ............................................... " 



Soluble Organic Matter .................................. * 



* Soluble Inorganic Matter (Ash) 



Soluble Silica (silicic acid) .................... 23 



Phosphate of Lime ......................... 29! 



Lime ...................................... * 



Magnesia 

 Potash 



67> 



Containing Nitrogen 

 Equal to Ammonia 



