plendid bedding, and they make rich manure, and
the cow-dung and leaves, when made into a pile, will ferment readily,
and make grand manure for--anything. I only wish I had all I could use."

There is no question but what cow-manure is better if fermented, but it
is not always convenient to pile it during the winter in such a way that
it will not freeze. And in this case it may be the better plan to draw
it out on to the land, as opportunity offers.

"I have heard," said Charley, "that pig-manure was not good for cabbage,
it produces 'fingers and toes,' or club-foot."

Possibly such is the case when there is a predisposition to the disease,
but our German friend says he has never found any ill-effects from its
use.

"Cows," said the Doctor, "when giving a large quantity of milk, make
rather poor manure. The manure loses what the milk takes from the food."

"We have shown what that loss is," said I. "It amounts to less than I
think is generally supposed. And in the winter, when the cows are dry,
the manure would be as rich as from oxen, provided both were fed alike.
See Appendix, page 342. It will there be seen that oxen take out only
4.1 lbs. of nitrogen from 100 lbs. of nitrogen consumed in the food. In
other words, provided there is no loss, we should get in the liquid and
solid excrements of the ox and dry cow 95.9 per cent of the nitrogen
furnished in the food, and a still higher per cent of the mineral
matter."

SHEEP-MANURE.

According to Prof. Wolff's table of analyses, sheep-manure, both solid
and liquid, contain less water than the manure from horses, cows, or
swine. With the exception of swine, the solid dung is also the richest
in nitrogen, while the urine of sheep is pre-eminently rich in nitrogen
and potash.

These facts are in accordance with the general opinions of farmers.
Sheep-manure is considered, next to hen-manure, the most valuable manure
made on the farm.

I do not think we have any satisfactory evidence to prove that 3 tons of
clover-hay and a ton of corn fed to a lot of fattening-sheep will afford
a quantity of manure containing any more plant-food than the same kind
and amount of food fed to a lot of fattening-cattle. The experiments of
Lawes & Gilbert indicate that if there is any difference it is in favor
of the ox. See Appendix, page 343. But it may well be that it is much
easier to save the manure from the sheep than from the cattle. And so,
practically, sheep may be better man