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Excerpt from Getting the Most Out of Manure
There are several factors which determine the amount of plant food in fresh manure. Most important of these is the ration fed to the animals producing the manure. During the process of digestion the various elements of plant food are assimilated into the animal body to be used in whatever quantity is demanded by the different life processes. Growing animals need these elements of plant food to build up their muscular tissues and to make a vigorous bony framework. Dairy cows must draw heavily on their feed for the nitrogen and inorganic salts that are found in milk. On the other hand, mature work animals excrete in the manure nearly as much plant food as they receive in their food. The Ohio Experiment Station found that, of the plant food in the ration fed to fattening steers, 75 percent of the nitrogen, 78 percent of the phosphorus, and 88 percent of the potassium was re covered in the manure. Young growing animals and dairy cattle will excrete somewhat less than this proportion, while mature non milk producing animals will excrete a greater proportion. Manure as used, is a combination of litter and excrement. The kind of litter, as well as the amount, affects the content of plant food in each ton of manure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
