Show IMPORTANT TO SAVE ALL LIQUID MANURE considerable proportion of nitrogen lost through fermentation and leaching the fertilizing value of the total excrement from horses Is about 20 per animal per year and from cattle about 23 25 according to the chemistry section sect t a of the nebraska experiment station nearly half of the nitrogen and potassium from farm animals oc occurs curs tn in the liquid excrement it ts Is therefore important that this be saved through use of sufficient straw to absorb it manure stored in the open barnyard loses a considerable proportion of its nitrogen through fermentation and Us its potassium and other mineral elements through leaching this loss way may be avoided by hauling the manure to the field as fast as it accumulates it if this is impracticable it may be stored in a covered shed where animals run over it and so keep it well packed the greatest loss of fertility occurs when the manure Is stored la in loose plies piles |