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farm animals, according to Stoeckhardt, is shown in 

 the following tables: 



AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF THE FRESH DUNG OF FARM ANIMALS. 



THE SAME CALCULATED TO THE DRY STATE. 



The composition of the solid matter of the dung is 

 affected to a considerable extent by the character and 

 quantity of the food supplied to the animals. 



The differences in the diets that are customary and ap- 

 propriate for the several kinds of animals, probably 

 account, in part at least, for the differences observed 

 in the composition of the dry substance of their dung. 

 Minor variations in the composition of the dung of each 

 kind of animal can also be traced to this cause. It is 

 well known that when the diet includes a quantity of 

 grain, cake and other highly nitrogenous substances, 



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