224 HANDY -BO OK OF HUSBANDRY. 



" under title of ' The Earth Closet Company,' for the manufac- 

 " ture and sale of the article on an extensive scale." 



For the use of farmers, who can easily obtain and store a large 

 quantity of earth, a barrel or large box of this kept in the privy, a 

 small quantity being thrown down after each use, will obviate some 

 expense, and will accomplish tolerably well the desired result 

 without annoyance or inconvenience. For the use of those, 

 however, who care for greater conveniences in connection with 

 every department of their daily life, the patented closet will be 

 found very convenient. In a pamphlet on earth closets, recently 

 published by the Tribune Association, in New York,* working 

 drawings are given, which show the construction of Mr. Moule's 

 apparatus, and full directions are given for its use. 



For use in the sick-room, or, indeed, anywhere in the house, 

 the Commode (Fig. 104) is admirably adapted. The space in the 

 back is occupied by the hopper, and the box beneath the seat 

 contains a hod (like a coal-hod) made of galvanized iron. I have 

 had one of these commodes in constant daily use in my house for 

 more than a year, and have found It in all respects better than a 

 water-closet, while the fact that it may be moved to the side of 

 the sick-bed and kept in use, without danger or ofFensiveness, 

 makes it of unspeakable value. 



Concerning the earth required for the earth closet, the follow- 

 ing directions, copied from the New York Evening Post^ will be 

 found a sufficient guide : — 



THE MANAGEMENT OF EARTH CLOSETS. DRYING THE EARTH. 



The earth used in the earth closet must be dry — as dry as it is 

 possible to keep it by protection from rain, dew, and mist. How- 

 ever dry it may be made by artificial means, it will absorb the 

 hygrometric moisture of the atmosphere, which could be excluded 

 only by hermetical sealing. This amount of moisture, which is 

 not perceptible to the sight or touch, in no way interferes with 



■• " Earth Closets : How to make them and how to use them." By George E. 

 Waring, Jr. 



