MANURES. 17 



Composition of Farm Manures,— (Continued) 





Mois- 

 ture. 



Nitro- 

 gen. 



Pot- 

 ash. 



Phosphoric acid. 



Lime. 



Solu- 

 ble. 



Re- 

 verted. 



Total. 



Sheep excrement 

 (soUd, fresh) 



Per ct. 



Perct. 



0.55 

 1.95 



0.50 



0.60 

 0.43 



0.49 



Per ct. 



0.15 

 2.26 



0.60 



0.13 

 0.83 



0.43 



Per ct. 



Perct. 



Per ct. 

 0.31 



o.or 



0.30 



0.41 



0.07 



0.32 



Per ct- 



Sheep urine (fresh) 

 Stable manure 











73.27 









Swine excrement 

 (solid, fresh) 









Swine urine (fresh) 

 Barnyard manure 











68.87 

















TABLE IIL— Composition of Commercial Fertilizing Materials. 



Apatite 



Ashes (anthraicte 

 coal) 



Ashes (bituminous 

 coal) 



Ashes (lime kiln)... 



Ashes (wood 

 ieached) 



Ashes (wood, un- 

 leached) 



Bat guano 



Bone ash 



Bone black 



Bone black (dis- 

 solved) 



Bonemeal 



(dis- 



Bone meal 



solved), 



Bone meal (free 



from fat) 



Bone meal (from 



glue factory)... 

 Carribean guano... 



Castor pomace 



Cotton-hull ashes... 

 Cotton-seed meal 



(decort) 



Cotton-seed meal 



(undecort) 



Cuba guano 



Dried blood 



Dried fi.sh 



Gas lime 



Horn and hoof 



waste 



Kainit 



Krugite ... 



15.45 



30.22 



12.50 

 40.09 

 7.00 

 4.60 



7.50 



7.31 

 9.50 



7.75 



24.27 

 12.. 50 

 12.75 

 22.28 



10.17 

 3.20 

 4.82 



^.20 



4.05 



2.60 

 6.20 

 1.70 

 *5.50 



7.10 



4 30 

 1.67 

 10.52 

 7.25 



13.25 



0.10 



0.40 

 1.20 



5.25 

 1.31 



1.10 

 22.75 



1.80 

 1..50 



13.54 

 8.42 



2.37 



15.40 

 0.40 



1.24 



1.30 

 7.60 



13.53 



1.25 



0.55 



6.50 



2.60 



36.08 



0.10 



0.40 

 1.14 



1.51 



1.70 

 3.80 

 35.89 

 28.28' 



17.00 

 23.25 



17.60 



20.10 



29.90 

 ,26.77 

 1.75 

 8.85 



3.10 



3.10 

 13.35 

 1.91 

 8.25 



