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 | | DUNG, human and animal excrement (pehen, peh^n "cow, horse dung," sarg^n "cow dung" [for etymology, see Emmerick], peækel "sheep, goat dung," ±alg@u@z "bird dung," madfu@¿, bora@z "human dung," ku@d "natural fertilizer"), widely used in Persia and Afghanistan for fuel and fertilizer. |
 | | After the harvest fields are either thoroughly cleared of stubble, which is used for feed or fuel, or left to sheep and goats to graze, in which instance the land is fertilized by their droppings. |
 | | Dung is used as a fertilizer in areas like eastern Afghanistan, where sufficient wood for fuel is still available in the mountains. |
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