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manure
/məˈnʊɹ/
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What does manure mean?
verb
- To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
noun
- Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
- Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.
More meanings (2)
noun
- Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.
verb
- (archaic, literary) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
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IPA pronunciation
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But these can never afford manure enough for keeping constantly in good condition all the lands which they are capable of cultivating.
Farms inevitably included livestock, and animal manure or compost made with manure or green manures were the main sustainers of soil fertility.
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I gave them plenty of horse and poultry manure at planting and plenty of wood ashes and falling leaves of cypress later.
Having thoroughly incorporated and mixed evenly in the soil an abundance of the manure described, leave the ground untouched for three weeks.
To make your garden rich enough to grow big crops, buy the most thoroughly worked over and decomposed manure you can find.