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SHEEP HUSBANDRY N THE SOUTH. 



The following table ol the compai-ative value of manures, deduced froni 

 analyses made by Payeii and Boussingault, will show the remarkable com 

 parative value of the pea as a manuring crop, and it will be found other 

 ^vise useful for reference ; 



TABLE No. 4. 



Kindt of Manure. 



Kami yard dung 



Duiii; Water 



W heat straw 



Rye straw 



Oat straw 



Barley straw 



\VheatchatF. 



Pea straw 



Millet straw 



B uckwheat straw 



Dried potato tops 



With'd I'ves of beetroot 



Do. of potatoes 



Do. of carrots 



Do. of heather 



Do. of oak 



Do. of poplar 



Do. of beech 



Clover roots 



Burned seaweed 



Oyster shells 



Sea shells 



Sea-side marl 



Solid cow-dung 



Urine of cows 



Solid horse-dung 



Hor.se urine 



Pig dung 



iSlieep dung 



jPigeon dung 



'Guano 



I Do 



jFre.sh bones 



Feathers 



I Woolen rags 



[Horn shavings 



iCoal soot 



Wood soot 



IPicard V ashes 



Nitrogen in \ Qualitij 

 lOQof matter, according U 



I state. 

 Diy. Wet.! Dry.l Wot. 



I Equivalent 

 r, according 

 I to state. 



l-9o 

 1-54 



0-20 



o-:?6 



0-2ti 

 0-94 

 1-95 

 0-9f) 

 0-.54 



o-4:j 



4 - TM 



2-30 



2 



1-90 



l-.'i- 



1-lT 



1-91 



1-77 



0-40 



0-40 



0-On 



0-5Q 



3-30 



3-80 



2-21 



12 -.50 

 3-3 

 2-99 

 9-02 

 6-20 



15-73 



17-61 

 20-26 



15-7?ll4 

 1-59 1 

 1-31 1 

 0-7l| 



207.5 

 1247 

 34,«7 

 1326 

 383.5 

 4495 

 3.590 

 337- 

 287- 



103 

 125 

 167 

 102 

 110 

 488 

 488 

 37.50 

 377 

 84 

 51 

 88 

 15i 

 58 

 65 

 21i 

 31i 



in 



15J 



Average of Bechelbrcnn. 

 Washed by the rain. 

 Fresh of Alsace, 1838. 

 Of Alsace. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



Of mangel-wurzel. 

 Withered lop and leaves. 



Dried in the air. 

 Leaves fallen in autumn. 



do. 



do. 

 Dried in the air. 



Dried sea-shells of Dunkirk 



The horse drank but little, th3 

 [urine was thick. 



Of Bechelbronn. 

 Imp. into Eng. in its ord. state. 

 Imp. into France, do. 

 As sold by the melters. 



It will be seen that pea straw is worth, as a manure, from 5 to 9 times 

 as much as the straws of the small grains — is better than clover roots, and 

 actually equals farm-yard dung! 



Rye, oats and barley send up a good growth of straw, in many parts 

 of this zone, even where tlie product of grain is small ; and, sown in the 

 fall, they afford sweet green pasturage, during the entire winter, in the 

 more southern latitudes. Ttiis is a very important and a very favorable 

 consideration in an economical system of sheep husbandry. All winter 

 green feed (roots) in the Noithern States must be cultivated, harvested, 

 protected fiom the frosts of winter in cellars, and daily fed out — which ne- 

 cessarily renders it expensive. Where winter field crops can be depas 

 tured on the ground, it saves the greatest proportion of this expense ; and, 

 though winter green feed is not indispensable to sheep, it promotes their 

 health, early maturity, and is especially valuable to breeding-ewes. All 

 Ihe crops above named, too, can be profitably made use of as green 

 manure. 



