less than one percent or one percent to five percent lt 1 or 1 to 5 it should also be appreciated that while the manure is described as being preferably from horses or cows the manure may also be manure produced by for example cattle sheep goats pigs poultry and the like similarly while the hay is described as being feed grade hay it is also within the scope of the present invention to use other blends of hay such as for example bedding hay mulch hay and the like when the forming process 10 of fig1 is completed the fuel products and or fire starter and components elements and or ingredients thereof are dried to less than about ten percent 10 of their moisture content in general the components elements and or ingredients 15 are run through a medium to a fine grinder in a tube system that then feeds the components elements and or ingredients 15 to a hopper that then feeds the material through to a piping system that is computer controlled this allows enough raw materials of the components elements and or ingredients 15 to enter a chamber that forms the fuel products and or fire starter in one embodiment this step is electronically controlled by a visual inspection.