BROWN BEAR WINDROW COMPOSTING TRIAL

Greg Newhart Farm - September 9 to 14, 2007
Samples tested at University of Arkansas Laboratory

Houses 1 and 3 de-caked, houses 2 and 4 windrowed and composted
All houses rebedded with 70 yds of new rice hills

		Total Pathogen	Fecal	C. perfringes
Date	House #	Count	Coliform	anaerobic spore former
8 Sept	Flock goes out
10 Sept	2	2,000,000	20,000	23,000
	4	3,600,000	30,000	15,000
12 Sept	1	16,000,000	20,000	16,000
	2	130,000	<100	4,000
	3	6,300,000	questionable <100	16,000
	4	270,000	<100	21,000
14 Sept	1	5,700,000	90,000	8,000
	2	6,000,00	<100	2,000
	3	11,200,000	2,500,000	21.000
	4	9,100,000	<100	6,000
18 Sept	Next flock placed
		Floor Temp (between brooders	Air Ammonia (ppm)
18 Sept	1	89.00
	2	89.25
	3	89.50
	4	91.00
19 Sept	1	88.50	4.0
	2	90.25	42.00
	3	90.50	43.00
	4	91.75	52.00
24 Sept	1		3	Fans on 70 units, off 230 units per day or 336 min, off 1104 min per day
	2		7
	3		3
	4		5

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