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Manure Spreader

ca 1995
2010.

On large farm operations where livestock, such as dairy cows, spend part of their time indoors some means must be found to spread the animals’ manure on fields as fertilizer. The first practical manure spreader was invented by a Canadian in 1875—Joseph Kemp of Stratford, Ontario. A conveyor on the floor of the spreader brings the manure to the rear of the box, where the spinning action of the beater bar breaks the material into small bits and spreads it in a swath on the field.

This 340-bushel capacity spreader has several advantageous features: it is powered by a shaft from the engine of the tractor pulling it, the tandem pneumatic tires float the load in the soft soil of wet fields, and the plastic conveyor apron and galvanized body are resistant to the manure’s acidity.

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