Manure

There's an old saying at Howell Farm that goes, "[Manure] is money."

It's true -- for farmers of the late 1800s, reclaimed manure from livestock was a major source of a farm's fertility.

Today, Farmer Rob headed out to the ox pasture with a pitchfork to gather some of the biggest cow pies, which had been accumulating. These cow pies will get dumped on the manure pile, which will eventually be loaded into the manure spreader and finally spread over a field.