Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/564/en

The joy of movement and the strength of horses and donkeys find their expression in their strongly formed, still very raw-fibre-rich dung. Polar to the "cold pig-dung" it is a "heating" manure. Through continued bacterial breakdown, accelerated by contact with the open air, it warms itself very rapidly, and on account of this property was used as underground heating and simultaneously as manure for cold frames. Fresh horse manure contains a good deal of ammonia; its smell is therefore strong, sharp and penetrating — but not unpleasant.