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Cow manure   /kaʊ mənˈʊr/   Listen
Cow manure

noun
1.
Cow excreta used as fertilizer.





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"Cow manure" Quotes from Famous Books



... will come the enriching of this plot of ground by spreading upon it a good coating of well rotted cow manure. In case barnyard manure is not available, a good mixture of commercial fertilizer consists of four parts ground bone to one of muriate of potash applied at the rate of four pounds to the square rod. This done, proceed to fork the ...
— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts
... foot deep, a 3-inch layer of rotted manure is about right to dig in. Rotted manure does not mean fresh or lumpy manure. It means that the fertilizing element shall have been rotted until ready to drop to pieces. Stable manure is too fiery. Cow manure over a year old is best. Many expert Aster growers scatter an inch of unleached hardwood ashes over the bed before it is broken up and spade it in with the manure. They claim it both suits the Aster and ...
— The Mayflower, January, 1905 • Various


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