TABLE 67.  BROILER 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/2 lb/day	estc	-	-	-	0.037	-	0.037	18
Density	lb/ft3	5	28	38	31	33	4.2	-	-
TS	%wb	224	25	92	63	61	16	0.022	11
VS	%db	2	71	72	71	71	0.50	0.016	8.0
TOC	mg/kg	4	155133	261520	202204	205625	48732	0.0076	3.8
pH		6	7.5	8.6	8.3	8.2	0.35	-	-
TKN	lb/ton	227	7.0	77	32	33	15	0.00060	0.30
NH3N	%tkn	17	9.8	29	23	21	5.4	0.00013	0.064
NO3N	lb/ton	5	0.031	0.14	0.041	0.07	0.04	0.0000013	0.0007
P2O5	lb/ton	222	17	173	69	77	36	0.0014	0.71
PO4	lb/ton	4	13	23	18	18	4.4	0.00033	0.17
K2O	lb/ton	222	2.8	88	31	32	18	0.00059	0.30
B	lb/ton	189	0.0056	0.11	0.035	0.039	0.020	0.00000072	0.00036
Ca	lb/ton	209	12	226	48	63	43	0.0012	0.58
Cd	lb/ton	2	0.00016	0.00024	0.00020	0.00020	0.000040	0.0000000037	0.0000018
Cl	lb/ton	4	9.7	15	14	13	1.9	0.00024	0.12
Cr	lb/ton	2	0.0014	0.0022	0.0018	0.0018	0.00040	0.000000033	0.000017
Cu	lb/ton	212	0.017	1.0	0.23	0.29	0.23	0.0000053	0.0027
Fe	lb/ton	205	0.19	7.7	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.000033	0.016
Mg	lb/ton	212	1.6	20	7.6	8.2	3.8	0.00015	0.076
Mn	lb/ton	211	0.17	1.7	0.65	0.70	0.29	0.000013	0.0064
Mo	lb/ton	96	0.00016	0.0018	0.0064	0.00070	0.00042	0.000000013	0.0000065
Na	lb/ton	90	0.96	18	5.9	6.6	3.9	0.00012	0.061
Ni	lb/ton	4	0.00020	0.0048	0.0024	0.0025	0.0020	0.000000045	0.000023
S	lb/ton	205	1.9	28	8.8	10	5.7	0.00019	0.093
Zn	lb/ton	210	0.14	1.5	0.57	0.63	0.27	0.000012	0.0058
Cond	umho/cm	2	5250	6000	5625	5625	375	-	-
ADF	%db	2	47	48	47	47	0.25	0.011	5.3
CF	%db	2	30	30	30	30	0	0.0066	3.3
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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.