Effect of using of cereal stubble and animal manure as earthworm feeds on the production performance of earthworm and earthworm manure

In this thesis, horse manure, cattle manure and stubble straw + cattle manure used as dryness under cows were used as earthworm feed. Three different worm feeds were prepared by adding 10% poultry manure to these three earthworm feeds. Accordingly, six research groups were designed as horse manure group, cattle manure group, straw + cattle manure group, horse manure + 10% poultry manure group, cattle manure + 10% poultry manure and straw + cattle manure + 10% poultry manure group. The aim of this thesis is to determine the effect of using different combinations of farm manure and farm manure as worm feed on earthworm proliferation and earthworm manure production quantity and property. Earthworm experiment took 60 days. During the trial period, the growth level of earthworms Increased by in horse manure group 2.18 time, followed by straw + cattle manure 2.11time. These were followed by horse manure + 10% poultry manure and straw + cattle manure + 10% poultry manure. The lowest values were found in cattle manure + 10% poultry manure (1.66 time) and cattle manure (1.55 time). The amount of earthworm manure produced was highest in horse manure + 10% poultry manure group and the lowest value was found in straw + cattle manure group. According to earthworm feed, the level of raw ash in earthworm fertilizers increased, Organic matter, crude cellulose, nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus levels decreased As a result, stubble straw + cattle manure earthworm feed increased earthworm proliferation rate. In this thesis, it is observed that earthworms consume organic and soluble minerals in farm manure and do not consume insoluble raw ash. Keywords. Farm fertilizer, stubble, feed, earthworm, worm feed,