Manure spreads disease and parasites. ???!!!???

then obviously everyone that works with livestock should at death's door... because we don't use haz mat suits and manure is just another fact of life with critters.

Below are links to guidelines for using manure responsibly.

http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/manure

http://umaine.edu/publications/2510e/

composted manure preserves the most nutrients and is a great soil amendment. when living in a more developed neighborhood, I put the stable waste (manure, bedding, leaves, wasted hay) into a 12 inch or deeper raised bed and covered with garden soil and old compost - then planted fruit bearing vegetables or leeks... it kept down odors and by the end of six months the entire bed was ready to be turned over and planted with root crops if needed.

and I don't know a single farmer who spreads manure on their fields to "get rid of it"... other than to take it from where it is not needed to where it does the most good. we seem to have become too removed from the land and lost what used to be common knowledge.