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stables, have been ascertained to be the following : the quantities 

 shown in the table being those contained in every ICO pounds, by 

 weight of the substance analyzed. 



ASHES Pno-riiORic ACID NITROGEN 



Wheat Straw 3.51 0.25 0.24 



Rye " 2.79 0.15 0.17 



Barley " 5.24 0.20 0.23 



Oats " 5.75 0.21 0.28 



Corn " 4.00 0.86 0.19 



Colza Tops :5.85 0.3G 0.75 



Vetche " 5.10 0.28 0.10 



Bean " 3.10 0.22 0.20 



Pea " 5.00 0.59 1.79 



We have very frequently observed that in the minds of some 

 farmers producers of large quantities of stable offal the pre- 

 vailing idea is, that the solid portions are those really valuable, and 

 that the liquid may be neglected and abandoned. Our great object 

 in giving the above analyses, is to impress upon such men as these 

 the utter fallacy of their opinions, and the necessity for their im- 

 mediate reform, and to persuade them that they are continually 

 making serious losses by the waste of thte precious fertilizer. 



We suggest the adoption of a good system of drainage in every 

 stable, the flooring of which should be upon a slight incline to allow 

 the liquid to pass off with facility, by means of undeiground pipes 

 made if possible from good refractory clay. The urine should be con- 

 ducted to tanks or reservoirs, of a similar nature to those already 

 recommended in a previous chapter, and be kept well covered over; 

 these tanks should be connected with a pump, by means of which 

 the liquid could frequently be made to saturate the forming heaps 

 of manure, thereby serving to steady and regulate the fermentation 

 or process of combustion going on within. 



If due weight is attached to those points, they will produce the 

 double advantage of increasing the quantity of ammonia contained 

 in the ultimate manure, and of decreasing the risk of contaminating 

 the wells or springs made use of by the cattle, if not by the popula- 

 tion of the neighborhood. 



