Holy shit : managing manure to save mankind / Gene Logsdon ; illustrations by Brooke Budner.

Manure : the hot new farm commodity -- The nitty-gritty of the shitty -- Bedding lessons from the strawstack days -- The manure pack -- The pitchfork : the real symbol of America -- Hauling and spreading manure -- No more poop coops -- Thar's gold in them thar horse stalls -- Sheep and goat manures are... well...cleaner -- Of milk and manure -- Pigs can potty-train themselves -- Guano and other offbeat manures -- Meditations on a meadow muffin -- Cat litter and dog dung -- Oh my goodness, manure on your garden? -- The anti-bowel movement -- How I came to find divine materials in manure -- Dealing with our dread of human excrement -- Applying treated human biosolids to farmland -- Do we want farmers or robots?

Includes index.