The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-01

Us ammonia. Q Tar greater amount Of salts,
and these give more permanent effect.
The amount of salts in human, COW, and
horse dung j. about one pound in every
hundred. While The urine Of the same
animals contains nearly six pounds in eve.
~ hundred. 4 third cause Of the grea-
YER feriilizing sciion is found in the
pecnlitr character of some Of these salts.
whirh are composed Of sods. potash. lime,
&c.. united Ia an acid formed in the ami
NAL boly. THIS acid is like the acid OF
sal,petre: il Is 4 nourisher Of plants, a.
much 50 as is osrbonie acid.
SECTION NINTH.
OF the sausts which make Urine bitter or worse,
more Or less The Mods Of Prsstring II.
There ran be no doubt. that the same
CAUSES which we have pointed out as az
feeling the value Of dung, affect also the
urine. r.. .........-. ..ss.u .....
We have already siiuded d, 3O) to The
four chief circumstances To be regarded
in urine. And first, Of lis composition.
|, will be affected BY the age, sex, food.
and difference Of animal. The process
Of forming urine is the same in man and
animals. Now if we reason here, as we
surely may, from analogy, then the eff.
feet Of age and sex upon The quantity Of
the essence Of nrise, or urea; will appear
from the result OF dre hundred and TWEEN
ty analyses Of urine.
In IS hoars .here a:e di charged BY men, 43s
q ans oi urea.
by women, e95
b, old inca, from ss to 80 years Of age. iaa
BY eaildrcn, s yea,s Of ave, 20s
iy ehiihren. 4 years Of age, 10
II, will be recollecIet, that each grain
OF urea. is equa to grain of carbonate
"f ammonia Of the shops, so that a heal.
thy man discharges daily about an ounce
of This salt. n, then, her animas are
affected by age and sex, as is the human
species, then We may say that bulls and
oxen give better urine than cows, steers
better than calves. ssd venerable old
c Nv gives as much Of The essence OF urine
as two calves.
Food affects the quantity Of wafer, and
thai acting merriy 10 dilute the urine;
Es.iders il weaker in salts for given a.
mount. though perhaps not the daily a.
mount Of salts. Surprising the animal
well fed, so as to keep up the wear anil
Tea. of his blood and fle.h, then rs the
urine derives its tlnef salue from The worn
out materials Of the body, the actual a.
lnnuut uS ucra dsilv discharged may BIZ the
same, though The amount oil urine may
va Y considerably. We-may increase the
amount o. salts and acids by particular
food, but This can never be continued long
en- ugh To change materially the charac-
ter of urine as manare. difference of
animals has also great effect on The qUa-
lily Of urine. The more active. the great
or The wear aud tear Of the flesh, the bet
ter the urine in working animals, Where
The animal is stabilized, there no doubt the
urine is still richer, and the urine Of fat
,ening animals is more valuable. Hence
Of all The animals, commend me 10 swine,
as manufacturers of ammonia. Cast your
eye on the table (page 3O) of the amount
of ure, OF ammonia furnished by va
rious animals. No one exceeds the hog.
Tie seem. specially formed BY nature for
this office. He eats every thing. His
habits require very little Of that class of
f,od which forms Resa and blood. tie
Is a Ea,-former, a magazine Of lar.l. a reas
oil-bult, and demands. therefore. the Food
essential to form fat and keep up his heat.
He returns of course, having httls lean
inca, to form. nobody would praise him
for that having little flesh to form TO IN
crease hi. size. he returns quickly the
waste hi. bddy Suffers as 'i'ea, which De- y,
comes ammonia. But il is only the STILL
and qriet, and penned animal. WHICH gives
this val liable pradact II we would cause
him simply 10 produce The greatest a.
noun, Of his mandatory, without taxing
mt, account his labor in shovelling oVei
the compost heap. perhaps no better rule
can be 2 ven than the Shaker practice o.