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A USER'S GUIDE TO. COMPOST. Compost adds organic material and nutrients to the soil, increases water-holding capacity and biological activity, and improves plant growth and health. By making nutrients slowly available to plants and . materials, including yard debris, food scraps, manure, biosolids, forest residuals This publication pertains to composting animal manures. For information on composting animal carcasses, refer to NDSU. Extension publication “Animal Carcass. Disposal Options” (NM-1422). Composting requires routine introduction of oxygen, which stimulates aerobic microorganisms that feed on the organic. What is needed to make compost? 1. Farm residues after harvest: leaves, straw, dry stalks, legume plants, wide weed vegetable peels, etc. 2. Animal waste: fresh animal manure (cow, chicken, pig, duck, rabbits, etc.) 3. Kitchen waste materials. Residues can turn into good fertilizer for growing crops and vegetables. How can Even though some seeds are killed during composting, those that survive might create an unnecessary weed problem. nitrogen either from fertilizer or from organic materials high in nitrogen, such as manure or grass clippings. Table 1 . Making compost does not require a structure and can be done simply in a pile. HOW TO MAKE AND USE COMPOST. With Nitrogen as 1, high figures for the carbon in the carbon-to-nitrogen column indicate high carbon content. These items are good for making compost. Items with low carbon content, like urine and chicken manure, are useful to provide nitrogen. But they must be mixed with materials These methods to improve soil fertlility and others are described ex- tensively in Agrodok no. 2: ”Soil fertility management' and Agrodok no. 16: ”Agroforestry'. Contents of this Agrodok. This Agrodok concentrates on the preparation and use of compost. Chapter 8 gives a recipe of making liquid manure and plant teas. Compost manure is that fertilizer made by farmers from plants, animal dung, urine and left-overs, that have been decomposed by the existing micro-organisms. These are most times concentrated in a small area, enabling them to decompose very fast. The purpose of making compost manure is to recycle the nutrients in the Open air composting. 35. 4.3.1 Tasks to be performed to build and manage a compost pile. 40. 4.3.2 Experiences of compost piles in latin america. 47 . Although manure is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potash, compared to synthetic fertilizers the content is lower and found in organic form. It may be applied in much What is compost and how is it useful? Compost is organic matter (plant and animal residues), which has been rotted down by the action of bacteria and other organisms, over a period of time. Many types of organic matter, such as leaves, straw, fruit and vegetable peelings, and manures can be used to make compost. 2. Dog and Cat manure – contain harmful pathogens. 3. Any organic matter likely to be contaminated by pests or disease. 4. Eucalyptus and cassia tree leaves or any biomass suspected to contain substances toxic to microbes. 5. Meat and animal fat. 3.1 Handling/collecting Waste for Use in Compost. Making. Most organic