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Really? Around here people charge money for horse manure. Also, a community compost heap need not resemble a manure pile.

sokoloff 6y ago
Composted manure has value and no objectionable smell. Fresh from the horse hot solids have the opposite of both of those qualities. It takes time and biological action to turn the second into the first. The manure pile bears little resemblance to what comes out of the bag you buy at the home center or farm store. Of course, I have zero sympathy for folks who move in next to a horse farm or near an airport and are somehow shocked (more likely feigning shock) to learn that horses and airplanes do horse and airplane things there.
- frosted-flakes 6y ago
  Or buy a house that backs onto a mainline railway that sees 10+ freight trains a day, then write to the city to complain about the noise.
  - sokoloff 6y ago
    Exactly! If the house near to the rail line, airport, pig farm, or landfill is cheaper, it might be that way for a reason.
    - frosted-flakes 6y ago
      I read about the railway situation in my local paper the other week. They were trying to get them to institute a no-horns rule in the area, which is not likely to succeed. A passenger railway in a nearby city has the no-horns rule, but that case is different because the line was dead for more than a decade before it was revived, the train has a strict speed limit while in the city, the only at-grade crossings (2 or 3) are well-protected with gates, lights, bells, and pedestrian mazes, and it travels through a dense residential area.
  - giantg2 6y ago
    Yep, and it's even worse if enough people complain and your tax dollars are used to build a sound barrier.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  You can spread a thin layer, maybe one centimeter thick almost fresh from the horse. Though I prefer them dried for maybe up to a few days, because less mess. Worked excellently so far.

sokoloff 6y ago

Composted manure has value and no objectionable smell. Fresh from the horse hot solids have the opposite of both of those qualities. It takes time and biological action to turn the second into the first. The manure pile bears little resemblance to what comes out of the bag you buy at the home center or farm store. Of course, I have zero sympathy for folks who move in next to a horse farm or near an airport and are somehow shocked (more likely feigning shock) to learn that horses and airplanes do horse and airplane things there.

frosted-flakes 6y ago
Or buy a house that backs onto a mainline railway that sees 10+ freight trains a day, then write to the city to complain about the noise.
- sokoloff 6y ago
  Exactly! If the house near to the rail line, airport, pig farm, or landfill is cheaper, it might be that way for a reason.
  - frosted-flakes 6y ago
    I read about the railway situation in my local paper the other week. They were trying to get them to institute a no-horns rule in the area, which is not likely to succeed. A passenger railway in a nearby city has the no-horns rule, but that case is different because the line was dead for more than a decade before it was revived, the train has a strict speed limit while in the city, the only at-grade crossings (2 or 3) are well-protected with gates, lights, bells, and pedestrian mazes, and it travels through a dense residential area.
- giantg2 6y ago
  Yep, and it's even worse if enough people complain and your tax dollars are used to build a sound barrier.
LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
You can spread a thin layer, maybe one centimeter thick almost fresh from the horse. Though I prefer them dried for maybe up to a few days, because less mess. Worked excellently so far.