VALUE OP MANURE PER YEAR 



Value of Manure Per Ton Including Litter = 

 Amount in One Ton 



Source of Manure Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid Potash 



Horse 13.90 4.97 15.27 



Cattle , . . . 11.40 4.44 12.48 



Sheep 28.78 10.26 24.24 



Hog 10.00 15.34 6.58 



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Value 

 $3.78 

 3.12 

 7.48 

 3.10 



Fia. 4.- 



-Manure should be preserved in a concrete bin where impossible to haul directly 

 to the field. 



Wliile the farmers in many sections of this country would 

 hesitate long before they would pay $3.78 per ton for horse- 

 stable manure, the market gardeners about our eastern cities are 

 paying about that amount regularly. So keen is the demand 

 that many full train loads of manure are being regTilarly shipped 

 out of our eastern cities for sale to fanners at from $2.30 to $2.50 

 per ton. This price does not include the freight or the cost of 

 hauling and composting on the farm. 



The Value of Manure Per Year. — Taking the ordinary rate 



s Ohio Agri. Exp. Sta. Bui. 246, p. 726, 1912. 



