Compost Materials

Published by: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

Publication Number: EBAE 172-93

Last Electronic Revision: March 1996 (JWM)

                 Raw Material               C/N     Moisture
                                                    Content
                                                    % wb
                 ___________________________________________
                 Anaerobic lagoon liquid
                       cattle               2       99.5
                       swine                1       99.6
                       poultry              1       99.5
                 Anaerobic lagoon sludge
                       swine                2.5     87
                 Liquid manure slurry
                       cattle               6       90
                       swine                3       95
                       poultry              2       88
                 Poultry carcass            5       70
                 Fresh manure
                       cattle               8       86
                       swine                6       90
                       poultry              6       75
                 Poultry litter
                       grower house cake    7.5     50
                       grower house mixed   10      25
                       brooderhouse         25      20
                       stockpiled           15      40
                 Paved feedlot manure
                       cattle               13      77
                       swine                3       84
                       poultry              10      64
                 Unpaved feedlot manure
                       cattle               10      40
                 Stable manure
                       horse                25      50
                 Humus                      10


                 Alfalfa hay                12      15
                 Vegetable waste
                         non-legume         12      40
                 Yard waste                 14      72
                 Kitchen waste              15
                 Sweet clover
                         green              16
                         mature             23
                 Grass clippings            19
                 Legume grass hay           25
                 Potato tops                25
                 Fruit waste                35
                 Leaves                     40-80
                 Peanut hulls               50      10
                 Sugar cane residue         50
                 Cornstalks                 60      12
                 Straw
                         oat                80      10
                         wheat              130     10
                 Bark                       100
                 Paper                      170     20
                 Sawdust                    500     25
                 Wood                       700

Distributed in furtherance of the Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914. Employment and program opportunities are offered to all people regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating.
EBAE 172-93
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