Manure

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  • Animal excreta collected from stables and barnyards with or without litter; used to enrich the soil.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Manure is organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. Most manure consists of animal feces; other sources include compost and green manure. Manures contribute to the fertility of soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen, that are utilised by bacteria, fungi and other organisms in the soil. Higher organisms then feed on the fungi and bacteria in a chain of life that comprises the soil food web.

    厩肥(きゅうひ/うまやごえ)とは、家畜の糞尿と藁や落葉等を混合し、牛馬に踏ませることで腐熟させた有機質肥料である。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Manure)