Posted by 36 coupe on October 09, 2008 at 02:19:30 from (64.136.26.226):
In Reply to: Re: municipal sludge? posted by kyplowboy on October 08, 2008 at 03:24:45:
Poultry manure is hot stuff;pit manure will burn the grass,you can see where the spreader has been.Earth worms come up and eat manure then take it down into the soil.You can see this process in the spring time after the ground thaws.Plenty of fishing worms can be had by tipping over cow flaps with a rake.Pulling up old corn stalks will produce a lot of earth worms.Ive seen leptospirosis spread by spreading pig manure where cattle graze.I talked with a farmer who got lepto when he was castrating a bull calf.He was in the hospital for 2 weeks, very sick.This disease will cause abortion in cattle.While most farmers get covered with manure at times with no ill effect, some do get very sick.I understand that manure spreading is controlled in the Maryland Delaware area.Manure spread on frozen ground will run off and pollute water supplies.I worked at a poultry hatchery for 3 years in the early 60s and learned a lot about manure borne disease.
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