The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-07
AGRICULTURAL.

urine udlly.
In some accurate experiments by Thomp-
son, on cows fed on various foods, and the
food accurately weighed, We have these re-
suits:
Weight of Kind of Weight of Weight Of
| Cows Food. Food. Dung.
| 900 lbs. Grass. 1O2 lbs. 73,2 lbs.
ss7lDs. b,Tiev Gr,',, nia hay ss,sb. 7elslbs.
This and other trials given in another
| form read below:
| 100 lbs. grass consumed daily gives II lbs dung
| 80 lbs grass and 1-3 lbs. barley,
| water ab lib. 78"
| 85 lbs. grass and IS lbs malt,
water ad lib So
| 25 1-2 lbs. hay and 10 1-2 lbs crush
ed malt. n"
The experiments of Boussingault give
also different results. According to him,
a cow fed on 33 ga lbs. of potatoes, and
k69 lbs. of aftermath hay voided 81 l-3 lbs.
Of dung in "a hours. .. .t
Again, we find an experiment by DR..
Thompson, II Tbs. oat straw and 169 lbs.
of turnips fed, in "a hours gave Sc lbs. of
solid dung, 79 "a lbs urine and 80 IA lbs.
of milk.
Thaer says that the manure evacuated by
a COW fed on excellent pasture has been
| weighed, and it was found that she pro-
duced on the average 81 lbs. in day and
night. He moreover adds that during the
day from 81 to 90 lbs. was voided, and dur
ing the night from Is to Is l-2 lbs.
In the Agriculture of Massachusetts, for
1869 we find an experiment. where the
cows weighed about 800 lbs. were fed on
steamed food, and evacuated 73 "a lbs. Of
dung daily. In the book, we fnd an ex-
pertinent by Prof. Dana, where the food
was IL 81 lbs. of potatoes, % 81 lbs. Of
hay and s7s2-7 lbs. Of water daily, and the
daily evacuation Sc lbs. of solid excrement
From these examples we may derive the
| conclusion that an average cow, well fed,
| will evacuate from 80 to 80 lbs. of dung
| daily, or say from IL to 144 tons year,
while the urine can be estimated at about
IA tons yearly, or roughly figuring, the
yearly weight of dung will about equal tho
weight Of food ingested during the year,
| under ordinary circumstances but the
| winter half of this is preserved. ..
HoRsE.-The dung of the horse has not
the same proportion to the food of the horse,
that exists between the food and dung of
the COW. Thus Boussingault gives an ex-
pertinent wherein l6.9 lbs. of hay and S 10
lbs of oats total % lbs. Of food, produced
35.4 lbs. dung; while Block states that a
horse passes "a lbs. of urine daily, and the
food ingested furnishes dung as follows:
1oOlbs. hay gave 172 lbs fresh dung.
! 100 oats " 204 "
100 grass 4S"
Morton, in his Cyclopedia of Agriculture,
gives the total dung evacuated by a horse
as 1900 lbs. yearly, and the urine at
5000 lbs.
SHEEP. According to Morton, sheep
furnishes annually 760 lbs. solid excre-
ment and $50 lbs. of urine, while Boussin-
gault states that sheep weighing 1885 lbs.
consumed in "a hours l-9 lbs. of hay, and
evacuated sos lbs. Of dung.
SwME.-A pig furnishes annually, says
Morton, ! 800 lbs solid excrement, and
l,200'lbs. Of urine, but he neglects to give
the weight Of the pig. Boussingault states
that pig weighing 1876 lbs. was fed on
l4.6 lbs of potatoes, and gave 9.79 lbs. of
fresh exerement.
In order to understand these amounts
more perfectly, we would desire to know
the amount of solid matter of various
dungs. We may assume that average
fresh COW dung contains from SO to SO per
cent o. water; fresh horse dung about II
per cent of water sheep dung about Sc
per cent and pig dung about II per cent.
The ordinary COW dung is found in the
barn cellar, unmixed with litter, except a
slight sprinkling of dirt will weigh about
SO lbs. to the cubic foot. Horse manure
from city stables weighs about IS lbs. to
the cubic foot.-IHe Scientific Farmer.
PARskIps. carrots and satisfy are better
to be left in the ground all winter, and
taken out when needed. But as frequently
the ground is frozen hard, rendering them
inaccessible at times, portion can be re.
moved this month and buried in the cellar
for use. The same may be said OF horse.
radish, which is now getting in fine condi
ton, and il can be eaten all winter.
Mr.. Lancaster lodges, OF BrownhNld
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