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manure to account as promptly as possible. To attain 

 this object, besides preparing his manures in the 

 way described, he has recourse also to the following 

 means : 



1. He applies his manures, and particularly his 

 chief manure, human excreta, invariably as much 

 as possible in the liquid form. 



2. He knows no other mode of manuring than that 

 of top-dressing. When wishing to sow, he furrows 

 the land as more fully described further on, and 

 strews the seed by hand, covering it with a thin 

 and even layer of compost, over which very dilute 

 privy manure is poured. 



The manure is diluted in the buckets in which 

 it is carried from the preparing tub or pots to the 

 seed-furrow, this being the only way to ensure 

 uniform intermixture of the materials. This manure 

 being fully fermentated, it could without danger be 

 brought into immediate contact with the seed, and 

 thus materially assist the first radiation. 



It may be that this Japanese system of manuring 

 cannot as yet be introduced into Europe in its 

 entirety. But with such excellent results to show 

 for their proceedings, we might surely take a few 

 lessons from these old practical men, and employ 

 them with such modifications as our social relations 

 require. At all events, we might adopt in prin- 

 ciple the following : 



1. The greatest possible concentration of 



