Logsdon gives a chapter to each type of manure as well as more general issues. Good for gardeners. Only the last two chapters deal with human waste, and there isn't a wealth of information on that. ( )

Holy Shit is a book all about, well, shit.

It approaches the subject of manure with humour and wit yet still delivers ample material for thought.

Includes information on management of cow, pig, sheep, goat, horse, chicken & human manure as well as carcusses.

A quick read, but a good read. ( )

This book is very enlightening as to how humans deal (or not) with manure - their own and that of animals in their care whether livestock or pets. My interest in this subject comes from my interest in organic gardening and thinking how the loop from food, to manure to food again should be self sustaining - and how it generally is not especially in non-organic farms and gardens. Plus how wasteful it is for large agribusinesses to not make use of this perfectly good fertilizer and instead it becomes a pollutant or a breeding ground for disease and the problem that the chemicals used to make non-manure based fertilizers are becoming more scarce and will eventually be too expensive for farmers to use profitably. All this will come to a tipping point, according to Gene Logsdon, and people will have to deal with their crap both literally and figuratively. The book was written from the perspective of a farmer, making it somewhat difficult for the layperson to read as the author presumes a knowledge of certain terms that aren't something that a typical suburbanite or city dweller would know (I was having difficulty and I have had some farming experience due to spending summers on family farms in Europe). Plus the author had a thinly veiled contempt for city dwellers and gardeners (apparently there is a huge difference between gardening and farming - I will give the author that - but I have gotten my hands dirty and didn't appreciate the condescending tone) that was very off putting. The problems of manure management were well explained, solutions were purposed, although not as extensively, and the author's musings about how technology is being pushed onto the farmer (with less than beneficial results) were interesting and thought provoking. A subject and book worth looking into for anyone who is concerned about the environment. and/or sustainable farming practices. ( )