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used daily. The use in moderate quantities of sand, saw- 

 dust, fine dry loam or road dust, or, preferably, mixtures of 

 these with a small quantity of land plaster, acid phos- 

 phate or potash salts, is recommended. Sifted coal ashes 

 may also be used as an absorbent, but wood ashes or lime 

 should not be mixed with the manure, as they are likely to 

 cause the loss of its most valuable fertilizing constituents: 

 namely, nitrogen (ammonia). The Utter from the poultry 



Figure 290. — A specially constructed car for shipping live fowls to market. 



house may be mixed with the manure, which increases the 

 bulk, but reduces the value per pound of the manure and 

 makes it more difficult to apply to the soil, except where it 

 is to be broadcasted and plowed in. The litter, however, is 

 of much value to the land. 



Poultry manure is more valuable than the manure of any 

 other common farm animal. A ton of poultry manure con- 

 tains from 0.80 to 2.00 per cent nitrogen; 0.50 to 2.00 per 

 cent phosphoric acid, and from 0.80 to 0.90 per cent potash, 

 depending upon the dryness of the manure, and is valued 

 at from $10.00 to $15.00. It is particularly well adapted 

 to gardening, and poultry raisers should either use it on 



