Foods which Make Rich Manure.-- Table giving the composition of 31 kinds of Food and the value of the Manure they yield.-- Cotton-seed Cake.-- English and German Clover.-- Nitrogenous matter in Rich and Poor Foods.-- Manure from Corn compared with that from Straw. 45 CHAPTER XIII. Horse-manure and Farm-yard Manure.-- Why the one is richer than the other.-- Amount of Manure from a Horse.-- Composition of Farm-yard Manure.-- We draw and spread a ton to get 33 lbs. of Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid, and Potash. 50 CHAPTER XIV. Fermenting Manure.-- Composition of Manure when Fresh and in its stages of Fermentation.-- Loss in Fermentation and from Leaching.-- Tables showing the composition of Manure at different stages.-- Fermenting makes Manure more Soluble. 52 CHAPTER XV. Keeping Manure under Cover.-- Dr. Vœlcker’s Experiments.-- Manure Fermented Outside and Under Cover.-- Loss from keeping Manure spread in the Barn-yard.-- Keeping well-rotted Manure in a Heap.-- Conclusions from Dr. Vœlcker’s Experiments. 59 CHAPTER XVI. An English Plan of Keeping Manure.-- Box feeding of Cattle.-- Spreading Manure at once.-- Piling in Heaps in the Field.-- Old Sods and Ashes from Charred Sods. 69 CHAPTER XVII. Soluble Phosphates in Farm-yard Manure.-- Fermented, the Manure has the most.-- Over 40 per cent. of the Phosphoric Acid is Soluble. 72 CHAPTER XVIII. How the Deacon makes Manure.-- A good plan for making poor Manure. 74 CHAPTER XIX. How John Johnston Manages His Manure. Summer-fallows for Wheat.-- Does not plow under Clover.-- Value of Manure from different foods.-- Piling Manure.-- Applies Manure to Grass-land in Fall, and Plows under in Spring for Corn.-- His success due to the Effect of Manure on Grass.-- It brought in Red Clover. 76 CHAPTER XX. The Author’s Plan of Managing Manure.-- Piles as fast as it is Made.-- What it is Made of.-- Horse and Cow Manure Together.-- Horse Manure for Bedding Pigs.-- To Prevent Freezing.-- Liquid Manure from Pigs.-- Bedding Sheep.-- Piling in the Field.-- Where the Piles should be Made.-- Manure in a Basin.-- Reasons for Piling.-- What we Gain by Fermenting Manure. 83 CHAPTER XXI. Management Continued.-- Why We Ferment Manure.-- Dr. Vœlcker’s Experiments showing the Loss when Manure is spread in Yards.-- Fermenting adds Nothing to Manure, but makes it more available.-- Mr. Lawes’ Experiments on Wheat and Barley.-- Dr. Vœlcker’s Results.-- Ellwander & Barry’s Experience.-- Loss of Ammonia by Fermenting.-- Waste from Leaching.-- How to Save the Liquid Manure from Cows. 94 CHAPTER XXII.