County Brochure Includes Scratch 'N Sniff Manure Sticker

[matcom]

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LEBANON - So, you want to buy a house in the country?

Some Lebanon County officials want to warn you that it might stink.

To drive the point home, they are developing a brochure that features scratch 'n sniff manure.

"Farming sometimes means late hours, fertilizer, pesticides and manure," said Angie Foltz, natural resources program specialist for the Lebanon County Agricultural Preservation Board. "This is to educate people that if they have a farmer for a neighbor, they might have manure smells."

The scratch 'n sniff smell, which Foltz called "quite pungent" is coming from a company in Chattanooga, Tenn., called "Print a Scent." Its Web site lists more than 150 scents for sale, including anchovy, toothpaste and ashtray as well as familiar fruits, flowers and foods.

Curtis Kulp, South Lebanon Twp.'s manager, said he thinks the brochure is a good idea because his office gets calls when farmers spread manure in the spring and fall.

Some people "are not aware of what it's like to live in the country," he said.

Richard Kreider, who farms 350 acres in South Lebanon Twp. with his son, said few people complain when he spreads manure, except as a joke, in passing.

"If you move to the country, you take what the country has to offer, and that includes manure as well as wide open spaces," he said.

Robert Wilhelm lives in a small development next to a farm but said the smell has never bothered him.

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[Shell Beau]

1. OMG!

:rofl: At least they are truthful!

[billybob537]

Only Matcom

could call this news!!!!

[underpants]

2. Didn't Larry Flynt do something like thisYEARS ago?

:bounce::evilgrin:

[trotsky]

3. Farmers spreading manure is no big deal.

It smells for a day or two and that's about it.

What reeks to high heaven, and does it nearly every day of the year, are those massive commercial hog farms.

[Mutley]

4. and the chicken farms too.

My parents live near a couple and :puke: !!!

[sybylla]

6. Yeah, the problem is convincing city folk who move to the country

My b-i-l farms just outside town and of course developers are putting up homes left and right. The uppity doctors from the mega-medical center in town bitch up a storm everytime he spreads manure or even drives on the roads in the spring and leaves behind a little mud.

I think this is a fabulous idea!

[trotsky]

7. Even with the pungent aroma of freshly-spread manure...

country air has GOT to be a thousand times healthier than what you're breathing on the typical city street.

I grew up, not ON a farm, but surrounded by farms. I do love the convenience of city living now, but I miss the country a lot.

[Orsino]

5. "And that's shinola."

"You gonna be all right, boy."