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Table 4–3 Unit weights of common bedding materials 1/
 |  | Loose | Chopped
Material |  | - - - - - -lb/ft3- - - - - -
Legume hay |  | 4.3 | 6.5
Non legume hay |  | 4 | 6
Straw |  | 2.5 | 7
Wood shavings |  | 9
Sawdust |  | 12
Soil |  | 75
Sand |  | 105
Ground limestone |  | 95
[NAME] from the 1992 version of the AWMFH
Table 6–6 Plant nutrient uptake by specified crop and removed in the harvested part of the crop (Kilmer 1982; [NAME]
1956; Sanchez 1976; USDA 1985)
 | Dry wt. Typical |  | - - Average concentration of nutrients (%) - -
 | lb/bu | yield/acre | N | P | K
Barley | 48 | 50 bu | 1.82 | 0.34 | 0.43
 |  | 1 T. straw | 0.75 | 0.11 | 1.25
Buckwheat | 48 | 30 bu | 1.65 | 0.31 | 0.45
 |  | 0.5 T. straw | 0.78 | 0.05 | 2.26
Corn | 56 | 120 bu | 1.61 | 0.28 | 0.4
 |  | 4.5 T. stover | 1.11 | 0.2 | 1.34
Oats | 32 | 80 bu | 1.95 | 0.34 | 0.49
 |  | 2 T. straw | 0.63 | 0.16 | 1.66
[NAME] | 45 | 5,500 lb | 1.39 | 0.24 | 0.23
 |  | 2.5 T. straw | 0.6 | 0.09 | 1.16
Rye | 56 | 30 bu | 2.08 | 0.26 | 0.49
 |  | 1.5 T. straw | 0.5 | 0.12 | 0.69
Sorghum | 56 | 60 bu | 1.67 | 0.36 | 0.42
 |  | 3 T. stover | 1.08 | 0.15 | 1.31
Wheat | 60 | 40 bu | 2.08 | 0.62 | 0.52
 |  | 1.5 T. straw | 0.67 | 0.07 | 0.97
Pulpwood |  | 98 cords | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06
 |  | bark, branches | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06
[NAME] |  | 4 tons | 2.25 | 0.22 | 1.87
[NAME] |  | 10 tons | 1.25 | 0.44 | 1.89
Bermudagrass |  | 8 tons | 1.88 | 0.19 | 1.4
Orchardgrass |  | 6 tons | 1.47 | 0.2 | 2.16
Pangolagrass |  | 10 tons | 1.3 | 0.47 | 1.87
Paragrass |  | 10.5 tons | 0.82 | 0.39 | 1.59
Red clover |  | 2.5 tons | 2 | 0.22 | 1.66
Ryegrass |  | 5 tons | 1.67 | 0.27 | 1.42
Tall fescue |  | 3.5 tons | 1.97 | 0.2 | 2
Leaves |  |  | 0.75 | 0.06 | 0.46
[NAME] haylage (50% dm) |  | 10 wet/5 dry | 2.79 | 0.33 | 2.32
Corn silage (35% dm) |  | 20 wet/7 dry | 1.1 | 0.25 | 1.09
Forage sorghum (30% dm) |  | 20 [NAME] dry | 1.44 | 0.19 | 1.02
Oat haylage (40% dm) |  | 10 wet/4 dry | 1.6 | 0.28 | 0.94
Sorghum-sudan (50% dm) |  | 10 wet/5 dry | 1.36 | 0.16 | 1.45
Sugarcane |  | 37 tons | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.37
Bermudagrass |  | 4 tons | 1.88 | 0.19 | 1.4
Table 10–8 Typical carbon to nitrogen ratios of common composting amendments
Material |  | C:N ratios
[NAME] (broom stage) |  | 20
Alfalfa hay |  | 15
[NAME] |  | 120
Cardboard |  | 300
Cattle manure (with straw) |  | 25
Cattle manure (liquid) |  | 12
Dairy manure |  | 15
Garden wastes |  | 40
Grass clippings |  | 19
Green leaves |  | 45
Horse manure (peat litter) |  | 45
Leaves (freshly fallen) |  | 60
Newspaper |  | 450
Paper |  | 173
Pig manure |  | 7
Poultry manure (fresh) |  | 8
Poultry manure (henhouse litter) |  | 15
Rotted manure |  | 20
Saw dust |  | 512
Seaweed |  | 19
Soil organic matter |  | 15
Straw |  | 60
Sugar cane (trash) |  | 50
Water hyacinth |  | 25
Weeds |  | 19
Wood chips |  | 200
*For further information on C:N ratios, see AWMFH, chapter 4.
Table 2A–1 Typical characteristics of selected raw materials
Material | Type of value | % N | C:N ratio | Moisture content | Bulk density
 |  | (dry weight) | (weight to weight) | % (wet weight) | (lb/yd3)
Fruit wastes | Average | 1.4 | 40 | 80 | —
Vegetable produce | Typical | 2.7 | 19 | 87 | 1585
Vegetable wastes | Typical | 3 | 12 | — | —
Poultry carcasses | Typical | 2.4 | 5 | 65 | —
Broiler litter | Average | 2.7 | 14 | 37 | 864
Cattle Manure | Average | 2.4 | 19 | 81 | 1458
Dairy tiestall | Typical | 2.7 | 18 | 79 | —
Dairy freestall | Typical | 3.7 | 13 | 83 | —
Horse | Average | 1.6 | 30 | 72 | 1379
Laying hens | Average | 8 | 6 | 69 | 1479
Sheep | Average | 2.7 | 16 | 69 | —
Swine | Average | 3.1 | 14 | 80 | —
Turkey litter | Average | 2.6 | 16 | 26 | 783
Garbage (food waste) | Typical | 2.5 | 15 | 69 | —
Paper from domestic refuse | Typical | 0.2 | 140 | 19 | —
Hay—legume | Average | 2.5 | 16 | — | —
Hay—nonlegume | Average | 1.3 | 32 | — | —
Straw—general | Average | 0.7 | 80 | 12 | 227
[NAME]—hardwoods | Average | 0.241 | 223 | — | —
[NAME]—softwoods | Average | 0.14 | 496 | — | —
Corrugated cardboard | Typical | 0.1 | 563 | 8 | 259
Lumbermill waste | Typical | 0.13 | 170 | — | —
Newsprint | Typical | 0.1 | 625 | 5.5 | 219
Sawdust | Average | 0.24 | 442 | 39 | 410
Telephone books | Typical | 0.7 | 772 | 6 | 250
Wood chips | Typical | — | — | — | 533
Wood—hardwoods (chips, shavings, and so on) | Average | 0.09 | 560 | — | —
Wood—softwoods (chips, shavings, and so on) | Average | 0.09 | 641 | — | —
Grass clippings | Average | 3.4 | 17 | 82 | —
Seaweed | Average | 1.9 | 17 | 53 | —
Shrub trimmings | Typical | 1 | 53 | 15 | 429
Tree trimmings | Typical | 3.1 | 16 | 70 | 1296
Water hyacinth—fresh | Typical | — | 25 | 93 | 405
Notes:
(1) Estimated from ash or volatile solids data.
(2) Mostly organic nitrogen
(210–VI–NEH, Amend. 40, November 2010)
CTAHR C:N Ratios of Various Carbon Sources by [NAME], County Extension Agent-Kona 12/27/01
 | Moisture content | % C | % N | C:N ratio | Bulk Density
[NAME] | % (wet weight) |  | (dry weight) | (weight to weight) | (lb/yd3)
Poultry manure | 30-80 | 18.2-21.4 | 2.2-5.8 | 8.1-3.2 | 1450
Macadamia Nut Husks | 39.7 | 37.3-46.7 | 1.10-1.47 | 42.5-25.4 | 335
Bagasse | 38.7 | 44.14 | 0.48 | 92 | —
Tree trimmings, guava | — | 46.86 | 0.62 | 75.6 | —
Tree trimmings, commerical | 54.5 | 48.22 | 0.43 | 112.1 | 500-1200
Wood Shavings, ohia | 95.8 | 50.62 | 0.11 | 460.2 | —
Wood Chips, koa | 38.5 | 44.84 | 0.81 | 55.4 | —
Wood Chips, iron wood | 54 | 48.68 | 0.71 | 68.5 | —
Office paper, shredded | 92-97 | 41.04 | 0.3 | 136.8 | —
Palms leaves, Coconut | 32.8 | — | — | — | —
Newsprint, shredded | 92-97 | 49.99 | 0.02 | 2499.5 | 200
Hay, guinea gras | 90 | 40 | 1.01 | 39.6 | 250
Seed corn cobs | 82-91 | 44.69 | 0.22 | 203.1 | 550
Municipal green waste, ground | 40-60 | 42.38 | 0.8 | 54.5 | 750