XIX. — On the Deodorization of Manures. By 

 James Young, Esq. 



(Read December 14tli, 1847.) 



The present is a time when anything on the 

 treatment of manures must be acceptable, whether 

 for preserving the various refuse matters for 

 agricultural purposes, or for preventing their 

 decomposition in cesspools, and such places, previ- 

 ous to their removal from the town to the country. 



Our great sanatory problem, the solution of 

 which has occupied much attention, is the pre- 

 vention of decomposition in organic accumula- 

 tions in towns. This has been partially accom- 

 plished by various methods, but the expense in 

 some cases, and the noxious products in others, 

 have proved a barrier to the adoption of any 

 general plan. 



Any substance to be generally used for this 



