The Geography of Manure

Abstract

T HE agricultural importance of animal was recognized in Europe long before the birth of Christ, and that importance has increased with the passage of time and the development of agriculture. The medieval Flemish proverb: Point de fourrage, point des betail, point des betail, point de fumier, point de fumier, point de fourrage,'I has been replaced in modern times by such adages as the English: Where there's muck, there's luck,2 or the remark of the Danish farmer that manure