In a message dated 1/29/2007 8:22:52 A.M. Central Standard Time,
dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I NEVER
spread my manure. And the pile that comes out of the barn.....gets
hauled off to the cow pastures. I am very particular about spreading
worm eggs
From what I remember in the article, they said that dragging it enough so
the manure is broken up, then giving it a month for the grass to grow and
nature to take its course through rain, etc, that the manure would break down to
a point that parasites could not live in it. They were keeping something
like 6 hourses on around 3 or 4 acres (now I REALLY have to find that article!!)
and didn't have any abnormally high parasite problem. Dragging, mowing,
and rotation were key components to doing this successfully. I've heard of
similar practices with cattle where they've kept them in small paddocks, but
rotated frequently. Instead of dragging it, the farmer had a mobile
chicken coop he would haul in. The chickens would scratch the manure apart
looking for larvae and help to break it down and spread it around.
