302 A WORD ABOUT MANURES. 



acre, made 16, and the unmanured acre made 16 bushels. 

 This proves that the more nitrogen manure contains in 

 combination with the salts, the more value it has. 



Night soil, or the excrement of human beings, is next to 

 chicken manure, the richest and most stimulating of all 

 manures. Then come that of fattening hogs and sheep;- 

 horses and cows. But, as before stated, the disposition to 

 waste is so great, tfcit the "cold" manures, as that of cows, 

 sheep and hogs, are more available to the farmer than the 

 more active ones of man and horse. The analysis of the 

 different manures are given in the table below. This table 

 and the three folio wiug, are taken from American Ma- 

 nures by Dr. Bruckner. 



Water. 



Pig Dung 840 lbs. 



Horse " 743 " 



Cow " ......864 " 



Chicken " 850 " 



Sheep " 670 " 



Human " 750 " 



Phosphoric 



The following table shows about the amount produced 

 annually by a single animal of the kind named, and its 

 value, assuming the phosphoric acid to be soluble, and the 

 nitrogen as actual ammonia. 



Phosphoric 



Amount. acid. Potash. Ammonia Value. 



Pig 200 lbs 1.6 lbs. 1.0 lbs. 1.7 lbs. $0.6£ 



Horse 2,000 " 24.4 " 56.0 " 13.0 •■ 9.94 



Cow 2,000 " 10.4 " 210 " 8.5 " 5.15 



Chicken.... 5 " 0.076" 0.03" 0.13" 04 



Sheep 50 " 1.27 " 0.35" 0.42" .40 



Human 100 " 0.33 " 0.10" 1.80" .50 



We now give the value of the urine of different animals, 

 as shown by the fertilizing salts contained in 1,000 pounds 

 of each: 



