manure-heap

He's buried beneath a manure-heap in the village. '

Sharpe's Gold Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1981

It is these ulmates that form the black liquor which oozes out from the manure-heap.

Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman

It must further be remembered that, even with a certain amount of openness in a manure-heap, anaerobic fermentation may take place.

Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman

In the first place, it must be distinctly understood that the form in which ammonia escapes from the manure-heap is not, as is so commonly erroneously stated in agricultural text-books, as "free" ammonia.

Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman

The fourth chief influence in regulating fermentation of the manure-heap is its _composition_, and more especially the amount of nitrogen it contains in a soluble form.

Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman

Thus, while his Celtic æstheticism permitted him to eat nothing but raw meat, because he mistrusted alike "the reeking products of the manure-heap and the barbaric fingers of cooks," it was surely his modernity that made him an agnostic, because bishops sat in the House of Lords.

The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton

After pushing it up the side a great many times, the ball rolling back again, he went off to a manure-heap close by, and came back with two other beetles, his neighbours.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

Now the removal of urine from the farmyard manure-heap entails a severe loss of the ingredient which is most potent in promoting fermentation.

Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman

Davy long ago caught all the fermentation of my manure-heap in his retort, and Thomson painted for me the scene which is under my window to-day.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various

Having now considered the nature of the different manures produced by the four common farm animals separately, it is of importance to consider the exact nature of the fermentation, decomposition, or putrefaction which takes place in the manure-heap.

Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman