Hen manure was a danger

In fact the then Resident Magistrate at Lurgan Court, Mr Charles Stewart, described it as ‘a very dangerous commodity.’

The Head Constable told the court that a motorist was following behind a lorry driven by a farmer and manure was being spread on the road from the lorry for almost a mile.

Mr Stewart remarked that with a bit of frost and the manure “you wouldn’t know where you would be.”

The farmer was fined £8 for having an insecure load and £2 for not having rear lights.

His solicitor, Mr Eamonn McEvoy, said that the defendant had been taking a load of manure from an intensive hen unit to his farm.

The bottom of the taildoor opened and a considerable part of the load spread over the road.