'manure pit' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used as a noun to refer to a pit or trough used for storing manure or dung for agricultural or gardening purposes. For example, "The farmer shoveled the manure from the barn into the manure pit."
He does have a manure management plan and a manure pit, he said, although several of his neighbors do not.
With help from the Lancaster County Conservation District, Mr. Stoltzfus applied for a government grant to help finance construction of a heifer barn with a manure pit.
By adopting new practices and building the manure pit, he thinks he can both help the environment and steer clear of E.P.A. interference.
In what had been the courtyard, someone had planted a patch of vegetables, and next to it was a manure pit.
The manure pit was right next to the chancel of St. James Episcopal Churchh, on the north side of 72nd Street.
In 2007, a Virginia dairy farmer died of exposure to hydrogen sulfide, which at high levels deadens the sense of smell, in a manure pit.
They also contend that punishments -- working in manure pits at Heartland, forced walking at Shiloh -- are too harsh.
A subsequent inspection by the Food and Drug Administrationfound that the barns of the egg producers were infested with flies, maggots and rodents, and had overflowing manure pits.
A subsequent inspection by the Food and Drug Administration found that the barns of the egg producers were infested with flies, maggots and rodents, and had overflowing manure pits.
The incident occurred at the Sharpe Farms and Heartland Community Center, where five workers were accused in June of forcing misbehaving children to stand in manure pits as punishment.
*Millions of gallons of animal feces and urine that seeped from manure pits of the big feedlots polluted 35,000 miles of rivers.
