HANDLING MANURE; MATERIAL FOR BEDDING 317 



AMOUNT AND VALUE OF MANURE PRODUCED PER 1000 POUNDS OP 

 LIVE WEIGHT OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS 



The distribution of the fertilizing elements, nitrogen, 

 phosphorus, and potash, contained in the ration-fed dairy 

 cows was found by the Pennsylvania Experiment Station to 

 be as follows : 



Roughly speaking, the feces contained one third of the 

 nitrogen and three fourths of the phosphoric acid excreted, 

 while the urine contained one half of the nitrogen and three 

 fourths of the potash. 



It will be seen that the milk contained a total of 16.5 per 

 cent of the fertilizing value of the food. The remainder of 

 the plant food under proper conditions finds its way back to 



