DlO—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 16,1982
The nature of poultry manure
Eleven samples of poultry
manure were token from farms
throughout Pennsylvania and
chemically tested in an Atomic
Absorption Spectrophotometer.
The following elements were
discovered quantitatively as
ranges among samples and
average of all eleven samples were
calculated.
Total nitrogen ranged from 2.3 to
9.9 percent and averaged 5.35
percent on a dry weight basis.
Organic nitrogen ranged from 2 to
8 percent with an average of 4
percent. Ammonia nitrogen
ranged from .02 to 3.3 percent and
averaged 1.28 percent of all
samples. All these results are
reported on a dry weight basis;
therefore, fresh manure would
have about one fourth as much
nutrient or element as listed here.
Fresh manure is 75 percent
moisture and 25 percent dry
matter.
Phosphorus ranged from 1.1 to
3.2 percent with an average of 2.21
percent on a dry weight basis.
Potassium (K) ranged from 1.3 to
3.10 percent and averaged 2.32
percent. Alkalinity of pH ranged
from 6.3 to 8.6 with an average pH
of 7.7 as a neutral to alkaline
mixture.
Other elements were as follows:
Iron (Fe) ranged from 473 ppm
to 3,400 ppm and averaged 1,477
parts per million. Note parts per
million can be converted to percent
by moving decimal point 4 places
to the left.
Sodium (Na) ranged from 500
ppm to 7,900 ppm and averaged
4,300 ppm this would be a range
of .05 percent to .79 percent an
average of .43 percent for sodium.
Too much sodium or salt is not
recommended for soils where
crops are to be grown. This salinity
may be tested in the soil.
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Magnesium ranged from 4,300
ppm to 10,400 ppm and averaged
7,200 ppm or a range of .43 percent
to 1.04 percent and an average of
.72 percent for magnesium on a dry
weight basis.
Calcium (mostly as calcium
carbonate) ranged from 28,000
ppm to 162,000 ppm with an
average of 73,00 t) ppm or a range of
2.8 to 16.2 percent and an average
of 7.3 percent calcium an a dry
weight basis. Note this is a high
rate of calcium to be applying to
soil as limestone.
Lead (Pb) ranged from 2 to 30.7
ppm with an average of 18.2 ppm,
while copper ranged from 17 to 549
ppm with an average of 94.8 ppm.
Cadmium readings were
variable using a Graphite Furnace
which showed a range of .1 to .8
ppm and an average of .41 ppm.
Aluminum ranged widely from
395 ppm to 2,833 ppm on a dry
weight basis and aluminum
averaged 1,007 ppm on a dry
weight basis.
Manganese ranged from 258 ppm
to 925 ppm and averaged 427 ppm
manganese for all samples.
Zinc ranges from 116 ppm to 623
ppm with an average of 357 ppm of
all samples.
Nickel ranged.from 6.2 ppm to
129 ppm and averaged 31.6 ppm on
a dry weight basis in all samples of
manure.
Chromium ranged from 6.7 ppm
to 27.8 ppm in all eleven samples
and averaged 13.2 ppm on a dry
weight basis.
Moisture in all eleven samples
ranged from 6 percent to 74 per
cent, while dry matter in manure
ranged from 26 to 94 percent.
These analyses tell us that
manure should not be applied
above 2 ton of dry matter to soils
where crops are to be grown. Soil'
BY BETH HEMMINGEK
Staff Correspondent
“We’re Growing Better”, the
theme of the 1982 Farm Show
describes the present and future
goals of the agricultural industry
in Pennsylvania, according to
Lieutenant Governor William W.
Scranton, 111.
Lt. Governor Scranton spoke
before an audience of 500 state and
local officials. Pennsylvania
agricultural royality and
agricultural community leaders at
the 1982 Farm Show Dinner held
Saturday evening at the Penn
Harris Motor Inn.
Scranton stated that during the
last century, Pennsylvania - has
exported more people than goods
to other states. “We have also lost
millions of valuable farmland and
tons of top soil during that tune,”
he said. He added, “As Governor
Pmchot once said, the loss of
precious farmland and soil is a
criminal loss.”
But, said Scranton, the tide has
turned. “Agriculture is 'Growing
Better’ in the state and it is im
portant .to Pennsylvania’s
economic vitality and future. No
longer will the state be thought of
where manure is used annually
should be tested.
Poultry manure should be turned
into the soil with a plow or disc
soon after it is spread.
Nitrogen in poultry manure is
available to crops at the optimum
rate if applied to soil 30 to 60 days
before planting.
Phosphorus is no longer high in
poultry manure; it now averages 2
percent instead of 3 percent and a
dry weight basis.
Potassium may build up in soil
where poultry manure is used
repeatedly so soil tests at an
agronomy testing lab are essential
planning a program of manure-use
for crops.
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as a state of industry and
manufacturing, but in the 21st
Century it will be a state rich in
agriculture.”
Pennsylvania like the rest of the
United States is entering a new
economic era, one with high
energy costs, high interest rates
and a growing importance of
transportation. "The people of
Pennsylvania are facing this new
ear with a, new approach
developing the state’s resources to
their fullest,” said Scranton.
me Lit. Governor remarked, "it
Pennsylvania was broken off from
the rest of the world, floatmg, m
mid-ocean, the state and its people
would survive because of its
numerous resources. Penn
sylvania is a state rich in
agriculture.” Like no other state,
he said, our state is agriculturally
diversified, producing meats,
milk, fruits and vegetables, fuels,
wool and the list goes on and on.
“We can and will be a self
sufficient state in the 21st posl
mdustnal century,’’ said Scranton.
No longer can 70 percent of the
goods purchased by the Com
monwealth’s consumers be ex
ported from other states and
countries, he said. “To become a
self-sufficient state the officials
and agricultural leaders must
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Beginning Jan. 1, the U.S.
Department ot Agriculture
lowered the interest rate it charges
for community facility and water
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12.25 percent to 11.375 percent.
Charles W. Shuman, ad
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Scranton said he feels the first
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time to promote the goods to the
Northeast, the Midwest, the West,
the Nation and World.”
If the state develops and uses all
of its resources, he said, it will
once again be an economically
strong state where .people will
want to live and work. The
agricultural community presently
employees hundreds of thousands
ot people and makes billions of
dollars a year, but these thousands
and billions can doublelif all the
agricultural resources are
developed and marketed, he noted.
Scranton stated, “Statistics
already show a decrease in the loss
of farm land, and there is a
reverse in agricultural trends
people are staying on the farms
and more small farms are being
developed.
“It is a beginning and a very!/'
important beginning.
“The 1982'Farm Show can show
the citizens of Pennsylvania and
the nation what Pennsylvania
agricultural can do tor the state
and its people because “We’re
Growing Better," he concluded.
loans, said the new rate reflects a
general decline in interest rates. -
Shuman said community facility .
and water and waste disposal rates
are calculated quarterly, based on
the current average cost
municipal bonds. The old rate had**
been m effect since Oct. 1. ' '
Other FmHA loan rates are not
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