62 ‘Report oF THE First AssisTANT OF THE 
manure, the average per cent of moisture being 55.3. The 
analyses of average samples from these pens resulted as follows: 

PEN 6. j PEN 7. 

Dry Fresh Dry - Fresh 
manure. | manure. | manure. | manure. 
Per cent. | Percent. | Percent. | Percent. 
ATA Ora CN |) oo. ws). an Vbieseb tg uacnbaties detme 2.42 .98 1.78 -80 
Ebosphoric acids P. O12555) caves veteenk Parsing 2.28 .92 1.61 72 
POCARD (CO) i ota cek> pass eee valnwape ade ee .79 32 55 25 
The average amount of organic matter was about 40 per cent in 
the dry manure, equal to 17 per cent in the fresh. ‘There was a 
loss of ammonia in drying equal to about 42.6 per cent, so that 
there would be obtained from the manure, if used fresh, 1.71 per 
cent and 1.39 per cent instead of .98 and .80 per cent as calculated 
back from the analyses of the dry samples. Analysis of an 
average sample of fresh manure from these pens gave nitrogen 
equivalent to 1.55 per cent of ammonia. Where the manure is 
not used when fresh, it is better to mix it with dry earth, muck or 
plaster. Analyses of samples of air-dried manure from experi- 
ment pens of 1888 gave the following results, which show the 
same relation as exists between the samples above mentioned : 

a nitrogenous | a carbonaceous 

ration. ration. 
TON CML ie pene seen \ 
Percont Aim mMonia CN Hoa essa ssa deuce chevnasieeeles 2.22 1.86 
Per cent phosphoric acid (P, O,) 2.21 1.92 
POF CONT DOLABTAK roc. Jia keep coace ks eudeetecmamaste 1238 pak 
POP CONt MOISTULO s 645 545 a bk Sok boon Pe ee ea eee bee 7.44 7.13 
Bor GentOrZaniG Matton Heid. oovicws ae celeue eat es ae 41.91 ' 34.71 


The commercial value of these air-dried manures would be 
$13.31 and $11.35 per ton. The value of the average product of 
manure per fowl from Pen 6 was about fourteen cents a year, and 
from Pen 7 about ten cents; the fresh manure from Pen 6 being 
worth $8.35 and from Pen 7 $6.73 per ton. 
Two pens of fowls (twelve in each) were fed for fattening. One 
(No. 5) contained cockerels and the other (No. 8) capons. The — 
full value of the experiment as a comparison between the pens — 
From fowls fed | From fowls fed a 
