what are the advantages of manure over fertilizers?

Manures are advantageous than fertilizers because of the following reasons:

• It improves soil texture

• It improves water retaining capacity of soil

• Since manure is not nutrient specific so it replenishes all the nutrients of soil

• It increases the number of useful micro-organisms in soil

• It does not cause water pollution 
• It does not change the chemical nature of soil so it does not harm the fertility of soil.