87 



Table 3- Moisture levels(%) of manure samples from the tilling site 

 and net change in moisture content(%). 

















Pou' 



I try 



Houses 















Treatment 







1 









2 









3 









4 





Period 



A 



I 



l 



A 



[ 



J 



A 



i 



J 



A 



E 



J 



Pre- 

 Treatment 



64. 



.70 



67 



.93 



63. 



.57 



49, 



,35 a 



53. 



.30 



63. 



.10 



72, 



.83 



65. 



.13 



1 



68, 



,40 



57 



-47 



67. 



.80 



64, 



.37 



66, 



.67 



61, 



.03 



70 



.07 



66, 



.30 



2 



69. 



.47 



62 



.50 



63. 



.93 



66 



.03 



43. 



.33 



51 



.27 



66 



.47 



69. 



.77 



3 



63. 



20 



66, 



.20 



62, 



.77 



61, 



.40 



57. 



.37 



52, 



.07 



65. 



.75 



70, 



,00 



4 



54. 



■ 32 



63. 



.90 



57. 



.85 



48, 



.25 



53. 



.08 



61, 



.65 



69 



.03 



66, 



.98 



5 



55. 



83 



60, 



.67 



61, 



33 



50. 



,92 



66, 



■ 57 



64, 



.42 



71 



.57 



63. 



25 



6 



59. 



13 



61, 



.37 



58.85 



53. 



,62 



54.23 



59. 



,68 



63. 



.93 



67. 



,85 



7 



58. 



50 



55. 



.55 



64. 



.47 



49. 



.02 



54.93 



53. 



.80 



69. 



,63 



66, 



,78 



8 



47.38 



51. 



.85 



44. 



,82 



55. 



,42 



41. 



.33 



49.63 



55 



.27 



46. 



32 



9 



55. 



20 



62, 



.53 



56. 



.45 



64, 



,32 a 



44, 



.70 



57. 



,37 



61, 



,82 



60. 



.72 



Net Change 



-9. 



50 



-5, 



.35 



-7. 



,12 



+14, 



.97 



-8. 



,60 



-5. 



73 



-11, 



,01 



-4. 



,41 



indicates significance at p < .05% between the pretreatment 

 sample and the sample from period 9- 



Note: The duration of each treatment period was 7 days, 



are as follows: 1A - no chips, tilled 1 X/wk 



IB - no chips, ti 1 led 1X/wk 



2A - chips added, no til line 



2B - no chips, no tilling 



3A - chips added, tilled 2X/wk 



3B - chips added, tilled 2X/2k 



kA - no chips, tilled 3X/wk 



4B - no chips, tilled 3X/wk 



i reatmen ts 



