"Contrary Farmer" Gene Logsdon provides the inside story of manureour greatest, yet most misunderstood, natural resource. He begins by lamenting a modern society that not only throws away both animal and human manureworth billions of dollars in fertilizer valuebut that spends a staggering amount of money to do so. This wastefulness makes even less sense as the supply of mined or chemically synthesized fertilizers dwindles and their cost skyrockets. With his trademark humor, his years of experience writing about both farming and waste management, and his uncanny eye for the small but important details, Logsdon artfully describes how to manage farm manure, pet manure and human manure to make fertilizer and humus.