TABLE 63.  CORNISH HEN HOUSE WHOLE LITTER CHARACTERISTICS *
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Parameter	Unitsa	Total		Parameter Concentration				Parameter Mass
		No of	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------					--------------lb/day/----------
		Observ	minimum	maximum	median	mean	std dev	bird	1000 lb
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Litterb	lb/1.25 lb/day	estc	-	-	-	0.035	-	0.035	28
Density	lb/ft3	2	26	34	30	30	4.0	-	-
TS	%wb	3	54	78	74	69	10	0.024	19
VS	%db	2	77	79	78	78	1.0	0.019	15
TKN	lb/ton	3	56	62	58	59	2.4	0.0010	0.82
NH3N	%tkn	3	15	27	18	20	5.0	0.00020	0.16
NO3N	lb/ton	3	0.71	1.0	0.76	0.84	0.15	0.000015	0.012
P2O5	lb/ton	3	39	75	57	57	15	0.00099	0.80
K2O	lb/ton	3	39	80	59	59	17	0.0010	0.83
Ca	lb/ton	3	30	54	38	41	10	0.00071	0.57
Cd	lb/ton	3	0.00090	0.010	0.0073	0.0061	0.0039	0.00000011	0.000086
Cr	lb/ton	3	0.15	0.95	0.76	0.62	0.34	0.000011	0.0087
Cu	lb/ton	3	0.46	0.83	0.53	0.61	0.16	0.000011	0.0085
Mg	lb/ton	3	14	27	24	22	5.5	0.00038	0.31
Mn	lb/ton	3	0.67	1.7	1.0	1.1	0.44	0.000020	0.016
Ni	lb/ton	3	0.090	0.14	0.11	0.11	0.021	0.0000020	0.0016
Pb	lb/ton	3	0.041	0.10	0.079	0.075	0.026	0.0000013	0.0011
Zn	lb/ton	3	0.50	1.4	0.90	0.92	0.35	0.000016	0.013
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* References:Biological & Agricultural Engineering Dept, North Carolina State University, Jan 1994.
	Agronomic Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
a All concentrations as is or wet basis (wb) except as noted dry matter basis (db); all mass values wb.
b Annual manure and litter accumulation; typical litter base is sawdust, wood shavings or peanut hulls.
c Mean value extrapolated from other data; measured values not available.