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farm management, the cheapest manurial resource of the farmer. 

 Objections raised against a liberal use of barnyard manure ought not 

 to rest on its original cost of production, as compared with other 

 manurial resources. Well founded objections occasionally raised in 

 regard to its unrestricted use under exceptional circumstances are 

 based ou its peculiar mechanical and chemical character and cost of 

 transportation. The analyses of fodder articles with reference to 

 their fertilizing constituents are published for the purpose of assist- 

 ing in a correct appreciation of the relative manurial value of fodder 

 articles under similar circumstances. 



ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS ARTICLES OF FEED WITH REF- 

 ERENCE TO FERTILIZING CONSTITUENTS. 



381. 1. WHEAT FEED. 



Collected at a mill in Amherst, Mass. 



Moisture at 100° C, 9.18 per cent. 



Nitrogen, 2.63 



Crude Ash, 2.30 " 



Magnesium oxide, 0.21 " 



Calcium oxide, 0.20 " 



Potassium oxide, 0.63 " 



Sodium oxide, 0.11 " 



Phosphoric acid, 0.95 " 

 Valuation per 2000 lbs., $10.63 



382. 2. WHEAT MEAL. 



Collected from a mill in Amherst, Mass. 



383. 



Average result of four current varieties of corn raised in Hampden 

 and Hampshire Counties, Mass. 



Moisture at lOO'* C, 10.00 per cent. 



Nitrogen, 0.54 " 



Ash, 1.03 



