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Table XIV. — Composition and Amounts of Manure Produced by Different 



Kinds of Farm Animals.* 



Note. — The analyses and amounts of manure produced by farm animals, as shown in this table, 

 are from the Cornell Experiment Station, and the estimates of pounds absorbents per year from "Farm 

 Management," by Andrew Boss. It is estimated that under average farm conditions 50 per cent of the 

 elements of fertility in farm manures is lost by leaching and fermentation. Direct hauling of manure 

 to the field or composting in concerete pits will prevent much of this loss. 



* From "Field Management and Crop Rotation," by Parker. 



Table XV. — Prices of Farm Products. Average Farm Value per Head, 

 Five-Year Periods, United States.* 



Period. 



1866-1870. 

 1871-1875. 

 1876-1880. 

 1881-1885. 

 1886-1890. 

 1891-1895. 

 1896-1900 . 

 1901-1905. 

 1906-1910 . 

 1911-1915. 



Horses. 



$60.83 

 66.24 

 55.37 

 67.18 

 71.19 

 55.47 

 36.17 

 62.40 

 94.29 



108.16 



Mules. 



$73.16 

 83.50 

 61.96 

 77.45 

 79.21 

 66.77 

 45.87 

 74.04 

 109.18 

 121.39 



Milch 



Cows. 



Other 

 Cattle. 



Swine. 



29 

 29 

 36 

 22 

 84 

 70 

 88 

 22 

 85 

 73 



$17.11 

 18.28 

 16.24 

 21.16 

 18.20 

 14.78 

 20.24 

 17.72 

 17.35 

 26.52 



$4.44 

 4.41 

 4.79 

 5.60 

 4.85 

 5.22 

 4.45 

 6.63 

 7.11 

 9.50 



Sheep. 



$1.98 

 2.49 

 2.20 

 2.36 

 2.07 

 2.26 

 2.33 

 2.73 

 3.75 

 3.97 



* From United States Year-Book, 1914. 



