Ol' Ugly's country & western comedy and storytelling has made him a popular after-dinner entertainer wherever the people that partner up with Mother nature to earn a living gather.
It is not true that Ol' Ugly is the original prototype for the first manure spreader. There are them that'll tell you though, after hearing his wild and outrageously funny stories and his ability to spread it thick, "there could be some credence to that thought."