. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 20 The University of New Hampshire [Bulletin 338 Daily and weekly averages of temperature were also computed in the same manner as for humidity. The barometric pressure data was obtained from the official weather records recorded at the Durham station twice daily, at 8 and 5 These reports were averaged to give a daily figure for use on the curves. In Figure 1 is illustrated (1) average moisture content of plot house litter samples, (2) average moisture content of poultry pen litter samples, (3) poultry pen air humidity, and (4) effect of new


. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 20 The University of New Hampshire [Bulletin 338 Daily and weekly averages of temperature were also computed in the same manner as for humidity. The barometric pressure data was obtained from the official weather records recorded at the Durham station twice daily, at 8 and 5 These reports were averaged to give a daily figure for use on the curves. In Figure 1 is illustrated (1) average moisture content of plot house litter samples, (2) average moisture content of poultry pen litter samples, (3) poultry pen air humidity, and (4) effect of new lit- ter additions on litter moisture content. A review of this chart in- 100 I- z u Qi a > o Z D 3 00 Aie MOMIOITY. h z U Oi uJ o/ 3 t- lO O z a UJ h I- SAMPLE NUM&EC I 27 i Fig. 1. Effect of new litter additions to poultry pens on litter moisture content. nos. 11-18, poultry pens. nos. 21-29, plot house. dicates that the litter moisture in the plot house samples started out at a fairly low level (10 to 18 per cent) and gradually declined in all litters throughout the experimental period to an average of about 10 per cent on May 23,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station


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