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dure, is much more rational and less injurious 

 to health than the manufacture of poudrette. 

 This term of Flemish manure, ov gadoue, 

 (night soil,) is applied to the human excre- 

 ments from privies, prepared in vaulted cis- 

 terns sunk in the ground by the road-sides 

 convenient to the farms. These cisterns, 

 walled with brick and bottomed with stone, 

 are filled during the leisure periods of farm 

 labour, and their contents left to ferment, for 

 some months previous to their being used. 

 The casks should be kept constantly filled. 

 The gadoue is intended principally to accele- 

 rate the growth of oleaginous plants and to- 

 bacco, which derive the most benefit from it. 

 It is used in the liquid form, and is conveyed 

 to the fields in barrels, whence, after being 

 thoroughly stirred, it is dipped in large iron 

 ladles and spread upon the seeds. The seeds 

 are warmed into a rapid developement by the 

 fermentation of this matter, and acquire abun- 

 dant nourishment. Its use is also advanta- 

 geous to young plants, but in the application, 

 to avoid touching the leaves, it should be 

 carefully poured on by a hand-dipper. 



It requires some time to become habituated 

 to the repulsive odour emitted by the night 



