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APPENDIX. 



NOTE XL (p. 27). 

 ANALYSES OF Cow-MANURE. 1 



NOTE XII. (p. 36). 



COMPOSITION OF FRESH AND ROTTEN FARMYARD 

 MANURE (VOELCKER). 



Composition of fresh manure, composed of horse, cow, 

 and pig dung, about fourteen days old : 



Water . 

 * Soluble organic matter . 



Soluble inorganic matter 

 t Insoluble organic matter 



Insoluble inorganic matter 



* Containing nitrogen 



Equal to ammonia 



f Containing nitrogen 



Equal to ammonia 



Total percentage of nitrogen 

 Equal to ammonia 

 Ammonia in a volatile state 

 Ammonia in form of salts 



66.17 

 2.48 

 1.54 



25.76 

 4.05 



100.00 



.149 

 .181 

 .494 

 .599 

 .643 

 .780 

 .034 

 .088 



1 Storer's Agricultural Chemistry, vol. i. p. 496. 



