Open-yard storage

With cattle kept in open yards it is impossible to provide enough straw to absorb both the liquid manure and the rain falling into the yard, with the result that if the N and K are to be saved then drainage and storage of the liquid has to be provided. 

The simplest form of storage is in heaps in open or covered yards, but this method is not suitable for corrosive, flammitble, or explosive materials. 

In the early hours of the morning, a compressor head water jacket violently raptured and blew apart. A hand-sized fragment of metal was propelled about 50 yards. This chunk of metal flew across an in-plant road and an open area before striking a storage... 

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