Difference between revisions of "Manure"

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'''Manure''' is material—usually some kind of farm waste material, often consisting the feces of animals—used as agricultural fertilizer. It must be used with care to prevent the spread of [[bacteria]]l infection.
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Human manure, known as "night soil," was a traditional form of fertilizer in [[China]] and [[Japan]]. Human manure was also used in Europe untill about the middle of the 19th century. At that point it was usually replaced by cheap and effective Guano imported from [[Peru]]. In the United States, heavily treated products derived from municipal sewage are sold for use as fertilizer, one example being Milorganite.<ref>[http://www.milorganite.com/about/history.cfm Milorganite: Our History]</ref>
 
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''Green manure'' consists of crops which are deliberately planted for the purpose of being plowed under later in order to improve the soil.
 
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During the First World War, the Germans were successfull in fixating nitrogen from the athmosphere, thus heavily reducing the need for 'natural' manure.
 
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==Notes and references==
 
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G.J. Leigh: The worlds greatest fix: A history of nitrogen and agriculture. Oxford University Press 2004.
 
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