ure-makers than cattle--for the
simple reason that less of the urine is lost.

"As a rule," said the Doctor, "the dung of sheep contains far less water
than the dung of cattle, though when you slop your breeding ewes to make
them give more milk, the dung differs but little in appearance from that
of cows. Ordinarily, however, sheep-dung is light and dry, and, like
horse-dung, will ferment much more rapidly than cow or pig-dung. In
piling manure in the winter or spring, special pains should be used to
mix the sheep and horse-manure with the cow and pig-manure. And it may
be remarked that for any crop or for any purpose where stable-manure is
deemed desirable, sheep-manure would be a better substitute than cow or
pig-manure."

MANURE FROM SWINE.

The dry matter of hog-manure, especially the urine, is rich in nitrogen,
but it is mixed with such a large quantity of water that a ton of
hog-manure, as it is usually found in the pen, is less valuable than a
ton of horse or sheep-manure, and only a little more valuable than a ton
of cow-manure.

As I have before said, my own plan is to let the store-hogs sleep in a
basement-cellar, and bed them with horse and sheep-manure. I have this
winter over 50 sows under the horse-stable, and the manure from 8 horses
keeps them dry and comfortable, and we are not specially lavish with
straw in bedding the horses.

During the summer we aim to keep the hogs out in the pastures and
orchards as much as possible. This is not only good for the health of
the pigs, but saves labor and straw in the management of the manure. It
goes directly to the land. The pigs are good grazers and distribute the
manure as evenly over the land as sheep--in fact, during hot weather,
sheep are even more inclined to huddle together under the trees, and by
the side of the fence, than pigs. This is particularly the case with the
larger breeds of sheep.

In the winter it is not a difficult matter to save all the liquid and
solid excrements from pigs, provided the pens are dry and no water comes
in from the rain and snow. As pigs are often managed, this is the real
difficulty. Pigs void an enormous quantity of water, especially when fed
on slops from the house, whey, etc. If they are kept in a pen with a
separate feeding and sleeping apartment, both should be under cover, and
the feeding apartment may be kept covered a foot or so thick with the
soiled bedding from the sleeping apartment. When the pigs get up in