manure

They also leave behind a vital source of manure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Though the sequels became progressively worse, each one has a handful of great situational gags — diamonds sparkling through manure recalling the finest, silliest bits in classic spoof films from the late 20th century.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

He uses mostly poultry litter, an organic fertilizer comprised of bird manure, feathers, bedding material and spilled feed, and he buys a lot of it — 3,125 tons each year.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Farms must have five months' worth of slurry storage capacity and most are no longer allowed to spread their animals' manure for three months from mid October each year.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Then Billy stepped to the rack under the manure window and picked up a horseshoe hammer with his wet right hand.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

"The use of organic manures has always been at the heart of sustainable food production."

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024

This includes more efficient use of manures and extracting nutrients from sewage, and using more legume crops in rotations to take advantage of the fact that they enhance nutrients in the soil.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023

The company also sells bulk-aged and screened manures, organic fertilizers and custom soil mixes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2020

Over decades, both chemical fertilizers and chicken manure and other manures have been applied to the berry crops to provide extra nitrogen to help maximize berry growth.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

At Heligan, the soil was manured, aerated, and assiduously double dug for centuries; plants must have been queuing at the gates.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2019

We Yahoos who pledged our manured acres and sacred honor for loans to the Yazoos are paying to the last acre, the last cow, the last pig.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within two days, both the chicken culture and a similar culture from heavily manured soil produced the same antibiotic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every boulevard shrub had been freshly manured to make the capital a little greener for its first visit, this week, from a U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has not been manured, and yet is now most extensively productive.

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel

The difference may be due to monks manuring crops in friary gardens with their own faeces, the study suggests.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022

Less is known about the manuring practices of lower classes in the town.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 18, 2022

When traditional methods became too unprofitable to protect their independence, farmers began manuring their fields and clearing wood lots to boost productivity.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

In this connection probably the whole question of the composition of the turf arises, as well as that of possible cropping for hay, and manuring.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

Excessive manuring is likely to stimulate the vines at the expense of the fruit.

From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous