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The following table shows the amount produced annually 

 by a single animal of the kind named, and its value as ma- 

 nure, when fermented: 



Yearly Phosphoric 



amount. acid. Potash Ammonia. Value. 



Pig Urine ...... 1,000 Ibs. trace, 6.0 Ibs. 14.3 Ibs. $4.00 



Horse * ...... 2000 " trace, 5.0 37.4 " 9.79 



Cow ...... 2,000 " . trace, 9.0 ' 8.8 2.92 



Sheep " ...... 500 u O.Gibs. 3.6 " 8.0 " 2.35 



Human < ..... 750 " 3.0 " 1.5 <l 10.7 " 3.16 



Says Dr. Bruckner: "The sold and liquid excretions 

 taken together, will show the following annual value : 

 Pig excrements, solid and liquid ........................... $ 4.62 



Horse " " " .......................... 19.73 



Cow " " " ......................... . 8.07 



Sheep " " .......................... 2.75 



Human " " " .......................... 3.66 



From these tables, it is plain that too much care cannot 

 be exercised in preserving the excrements of man and ani- 

 mals. Every pound of ammonia that is lost or evaporates, 

 represents the amount required for a bushel of corn ; and 

 every pound of the urine of a horse or man, will furnish 

 sufficient ammonia for a pound of wheat; and two and a 

 half pounds of the urine of man will furnish the phospho- 

 ric acid, and more than half of the potash required for a 

 pound of wheat." 



It then remains for us to make the application of these 

 remarks, and every right-thinking man will see at once the 

 importance of gathering up and saving. It is money in his 

 pocket. One man will burn a few bushels of soil, and set- 

 ting it near the privy, will throw, every day, a few hands- 



