TABLE 75.  TURKEY STOCKPILED 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/15 lb/day	estc	-	-	-	0.22	-	0.22	15
Density	lb/ft3	3	22	26	24	24	1.6	-	-
TS	%wb	159	30	93	64	61	15	0.14	9.1
TOC	mg/kg	3	173333	289850	250467	237883	48393	0.053	3.5
pH		4	5.9	8.7	7.0	7.1	1.0	-	-
TKN	lb/ton	158	7.4	71	31	32	15	0.0035	0.23
NH3N	%tkn	5	13	20	18	17	2.3	0.00061	0.041
NO3N	lb/ton	4	0.019	1.0	0.45	0.49	0.46	0.000054	0.0036
P2O5	lb/ton	156	16	168	64	70	33	0.0077	0.52
PO4	lb/ton	3	14	30	26	23	6.7	0.0018	0.12
K2O	lb/ton	157	3.7	72	28	30	17	0.0034	0.22
Ca	lb/ton	148	8.2	118	44	45	21	0.0050	0.33
Mg	lb/ton	150	1.6	17	6.5	7.1	3.3	0.00079	0.053
S	lb/ton	146	1.4	21	6.5	7.4	4.5	0.00082	0.055
Na	lb/ton	95	1.0	13	5.7	5.7	3.3	0.00063	0.042
Cl	lb/ton	3	6.8	9.8	7.3	8.0	1.3	0.00089	0.059
Fe	lb/ton	149	0.42	7.1	1.7	2.1	1.3	0.00023	0.015
Mn	lb/ton	147	0.18	1.9	0.71	0.76	0.36	0.000085	0.0056
B	lb/ton	143	0.0059	0.094	0.037	0.042	0.023	0.0000046	0.00031
Mo	lb/ton	48	0.00034	0.0045	0.00084	0.0012	0.0010	0.00000013	0.0000086
Zn	lb/ton	150	0.13	1.9	0.60	0.63	0.31	0.000070	0.0047
Cu	lb/ton	153	0.021	1.2	0.39	0.42	0.28	0.000046	0.0031
Cd	lb/ton	2	0.00030	0.00038	0.00034	0.00034	0.000040	0.000000038	0.0000025
Ni	lb/ton	2	0.0010	0.0032	0.0021	0.0021	0.0011	0.00000023	0.000016
Cr	lb/ton	2	0.00080	0.0014	0.0011	0.0011	0.00030	0.00000012	0.0000082
Cond	umho/cm	1	7250	7250	7250	7250	-	-	-
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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 house manure and litter accumulation removed to uncovered stockpile to be spread within 6 months;
typical litter base is sawdust, wood shavings, or peanut hulls.
c Mean value extrapolated from other data; measured values not available.