FARM MANURES 359 



DRY FEEDS 



Pounds 



Corn fodder 4,439 



Orchard grass hay 6,920 



Red top hay 6,996 



Timothy hay 6,282 



Hungarian grass hay 7,089 



Red clover hay 6,505 



Crimson clover hay 7,020 



Alsike clover hay 6,935 



Alfalfa hay 7,035 



Cowpea hay 6,858 



Soja bean hay 6,428 



Millet hay 6,931 



The amount of plant food in manure may also 

 be estimated with considerable accuracy, if one 

 knows the kinds and the amounts of foods that 

 the animal consumes. Numerous digestion ex- 

 periments have shown the amounts of the fer- 

 tilising materials in various feeds and fodders that 

 are ordinarily recovered in the manure. Knowing 

 the amount of each feed and fodder that 

 each animal eats, the amount of potash, 

 phosphoric acid and nitrogen in each food, 

 and the percentage of this that is commonlv 

 recovered in the manure, one can tell how rich 

 the manure should be. 



Most farms do not produce enough manure to 

 dress the fields satisfactorily. Sometimes manure 

 may be bought to advantage, especially livery- 

 staole manure, city street sweepings, or stockyard 

 manure. Ordinarily it will not pay to give over 

 a dollar a ton for average barnyard or stable ma- 

 nure, and not this much if the haul is long. If the 

 farm is near a town, stable manure may often be 

 obtained for the hauling, especially if the farmer 

 agrees to haul it away whenever necessary. 



