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liquid excrements from different kinds of 

 animals, or how the animal's age, food, and 

 material used for its bedding affect them; 

 yet such knowledge is important, for it can be 

 of much value in selecting food, litter, and 

 regulating the order of placing the different 

 clearings on the manure pile, so as to obtain 

 the best ultimate results. 



Sheep and horse droppings are classed as 

 hot manure, ferment rapidly, and quickly 

 generate high heat. Pig and cattle manure 

 are more watery; hence decompose slowly, 

 and develop little heat. The relative values, 

 per ton, of manure from different animals, 

 is given by analysis, as follows: 



COMPOSITION OF SOLID AND LIQUID EXCRE- 

 MENT OF FARM ANIMALS. 



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