Manure and fertilizers are used to replenish nutrients in soil and promote healthy plant growth. Manure is an organic substance obtained from decomposed plant and animal waste that is added to fields to improve soil texture, increase friendly microbes, and replenish nutrients. Fertilizers are chemical substances made in factories that are also rich in nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium but can pollute water sources and make soil less fertile over time. Both manure and fertilizers are beneficial for farmers but have advantages and disadvantages.

1. ADDING MANURE
AND FERTILIZERS

2. MANURE
• Nutrients are added to soil for healthy growth of
plants.
• Continuous growing of crops makes the soil poor in
nutrients.
• Manures are organic substances obtained from
decomposition of plant and animal wastes.
• Manuring is done to replenish soil with nutrients.

3. +
ORGANIC MANURE
MANURING PROCESS

5. TRACTOR MANURING THE FIELD
 Tractors are used for manuring fields.

6. ADVANTAGES OF MANURING
• Improves water retaining capacity of the soil.
• Makes the soil porous and exchange of gases
becomes easy.
• Increases the number of friendly microbes .
• Improves the texture of the soil.
• Replenishes the soil with necessary nutrients.

7. FERTILIZERS
• Chemical substances rich in nutrients.
• Produced in factories.

8. E.g.:-

9. NITROGEN
PHOSPHORUS
POTASSIUM
Green
Foliage
Strong
Roots
Healthy
Growth
N
P
K

10. • Help farmers to get better yield of crops.
DISADVANTAGES OF FERTILIZERS
1. Source of water pollution.
2. Made the soil less fertile.
3. Artificial fertilizers often cause diseases.
ADVANTAGES OF FERTILIZERS

11. DIFFERENCES
FERTILIZER MANURE
Inorganic salt Natural substance
Chemical substance Organic substance
Prepared in factories Prepared in fields
Does not humidify the soil Provides humus to the soil
Rich in plant nutrients Less rich in plant nutrients

12. CONCLUSION
• Manure: organic substances obtained from the
decomposition of plant and animal wastes.
• Adding manure to the field shall replenish the soil
with nutrients.
• Manuring results in stronger plants and better
crops.
• Fertilizers are chemical substances.