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MANURE. 



The manure was removed from the pens once during- the pro- 

 gress of the experiment, and again after the lambs had been shipped 

 to market. The manure from each pen was weighed separately, and 

 samples were taken for analysis before each removal. The samples 

 were analvzed under the direction of J. W. Ames, the Station Chemist, 

 vith results as shown in Table 10. The water content of the manure 

 m lot 1 was much lower in both instances than of that from the 

 other lots. It is usually considered that animals which are fed a ration 

 rich in protein will consume more water than will other animals of 

 the same kind fed a low protein ration; this might account for the 

 high water content of manure from lots 2 and 3. The stock food 

 which was fed to lot 4 seemed to contain a considerable amount of 

 common salt, which would doubtless cause the lambs in this lot to 

 drink more water than would lot 1, with the consequent higher 

 water content of manure. The high ash content of the first sample 

 from lot 1 is possibly due to the presence of earth which may have 

 been accidentally removed from the earth floor when the sample was 

 taken. 



TABLE 10 AMOUNT AND COMPOSITION OF MANURE PRODUCKD BY LAMBS 

 IN 112 DAYS, BEGINNING NOV. 29. 



Table 11 shows the total fertilizing constituents in the manure 

 from each lot, together with their value at the valuations given in the 

 report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture for 1905. 

 Experiments at this Station indicate that a given number of pounds 

 of fertilizing constituents of manure which has been reinforced with 

 phosphorus and has not been exposed to the weather or allowed to 

 heat will produce at least as great an increase of crop as will the 



