Liquid manure system

An apparatus for distributing liquid manure beneath the ground surface, comprising a mobile chassis, a tank to contain the liquid manure and mounting on the chassis, said tank having an outlet opening in an end wall thereof, a frame to be connected to a vertically movable hitch of a vehicle and adapted to be raised and lowered in accordance with operation of said hitch, a plurality of soil penetrating members mounted on the frame and adapted to penetrate the soil when the frame is lowered, conduit means for conducting liquid manure from the tank and including a delivery tube mounted immediately behind each soil penetrating member whereby the liquid manure will be discharged below the surface of the soil, an auger assembly including a housing located on the inside of the tank and connected with a outlet therein, said auger assembly also including an auger disposed within the housing and disposed to convey liquid manure through said housing to said outlet, said auger assembly having a length substantially less than the length of the tank, the outer end of the auger extending through said end wall and the inner end of the auger terminating within the interior of the tank, the axis of the outlet being offset from the axis of the auger, and drive means mounted on said end wall of the tank and located on the outside of the tank and operably connected to the outer end of the auger for driving the same.