Re: The joys of living in the country....

"POP" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 1. Excellent fertilizer for everything from hay to crops;

But shouldn't it be composted first, especially on food crops, so there's no e-coli?
Sure doesn't smell composted to me.  My composted horse manure is just crumbly rich
black soil, nice earthy smell.  Fresh poo can burn things too....
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> 2.  Evidence of a functional farm; or there wouldn't be as much;

Big dairy farm just down the road......quite picturesque, too.
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> 3.  And, a little inconsiderate.  Most around here check which
> way the wind's blowing before they do that near homes.  It won't
> last long fortunately.

No argument there, they could have done that on a weekend when there's no one in the
office complex.
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> The really rotten smeling stuff is when they spread a winter's
> worth of it that's been piling up and composting for near 6
> months - THAT can have a LOT of smelly gases in it, not to
> mention ammonia!  Usually they'll spread those in the back fields
> away from roads and houses.

If it's properly composted, turned and rotted,  it shouldn't smell that rank.  I'm
guessing they don't do it that way, they probably just chuck it in a big cement lined
pit (as is the law per the clean water act) and take it out when it's full.