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- Manure Hook, circa 1870 - Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- circa 1870
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Manure Hook, circa 1870
Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.