MANURES. 



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and equivalents, referred to farm yard dung as the stand- 

 ard. Thus ten lbs. of fresh cotton-seed oil cake is equal 

 in value to one hundred fresh or wet farm yard dung as 

 far as the nitrogen in each is concerned. To form a perfect ^ 

 table of equivalents the phosphates, potash, &c., must be 

 also taken into consideration. 





Water 1 

 1 per 100- 1 



Azote in 100 



Quality- 

 according to 

 state. 



Equivalent 

 according 

 to Btate, 



Dry. 



Wet 



Dry 



Wet. 



Dry, 



Wet 



Farm yard dung, . 

 Dung from an Inn yard, 



79.3 



1.95 



0.41 



100 



100 



100 



100 



60.6 



2.08 



0.79 



107 



107 



94 



51 



Dung water, 



99.6 



1.54 



0.06 



78 



2 



127 



68 



Withered leaves of carrots, 



70.9 



2.94 



0.85 



150 



212.5 



66 



47 



do. do. of oak 



25.0 



1.57 



1.18 



80 



293 



125 



34 



Oyster shells, . 



17.9 



0.40 



0.32 



20 



80 



488 



125 



Oak sawdust, 



26.0 



0.72 



0.54 



36 



135 



256 



74 



Oil cake of cotton seed, . 



11.0 



4.52 



4.02 



231 



1000 



32 



10 



Solid cow dung, . 



85 9 



2.30 



0.32 



117 



80 



84 



125 



Urine of cows, . 



88.3 



3.80 





194 



110 



51 



91 



Mixed cow dung, . 



84.3 



2'. 59 



0.41 



132 



102.5 



75 



98 



Solid horse dung, . 



75.3 



2.21 



0.55 



113 



137.5 



88 



73 





79.1 



12.50 



2.61 



641 



652.5 



151 



14+ 



Mixed (horse dung,) 



75.4 



3.02 



2.74 



154 



185 



66 



54 



Pig dung, . 



81.4 



3.37 



0.63 



172 



157.5 



58 



63 



Sheep dung, . 



63.0 



2.99 



1.11 



153 



277.5 



65 



36 



Poudrette of Belloni, . 



12.5 



4.40 



3.85 



225 



962 



44 



m 



Pigeon's dung. 



9.6 



9.02 



8.30 



462 



2075 



2U 



5 



Guano from England, . 



19.6 



6.20 



5.00 



323 



1247 



3U 



80 



Idem .... 



23.4 



7.05 



5.40 



361 



1349 



28 



74 



do. imp. from France, 



11.3 



15.73 



13.95 



807 



3487 



12k 



28^ 



Dried muscular flesh, . 



8.5 



14.25 



13.04 



730 



3260 



ISi 



3 



Liquid blood, . 



81.0 





2.95 



795 



3045 



I2h 



34 



Fresh bones,. 



30.0 





5.31 





1326 





7k 



Feathers, .... 



12.9 



17.61 



15.34 



903 



3835 



11 



2k 



Cow hair flock, . 



8.9 



15.12 



13.78 



775 



3445 



13 



3 



Woollen rags, . 

 Horn shavings, • 



11.3 



20.26 



17.98 



1039 



4495 





2i 



9.0 



15.78 



14.36 



809 



3590 



12i 



3 



Wood soot, . 

 Vegetable mould,. 



5.6 



1.31 



1.15 



67 



287-5 



149 



35 





1.03 





53 





IS9 



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There ^re several other substances which, when they 

 can be obtained, should be carefully applied. Among 



