MANURES. 1 1 5 



C( Several plans have recently been devised which 

 have for their object the improvement of privy ac- 

 commodations of detached houses. One of these, 

 the ' Earth Closet,' of the Kev. Henry Moule, an 

 English clergyman, is at once so cheap, so simple, 

 and so perfect in its operation, that it should receive 

 general attention. Its action is based on the power 

 of soils which contain clay or organic matter (loam 

 or mould) to absorb all offensive effluvia. This 

 power is so great that not only will a pint of sifted 

 and air-dried earth completely deodorize the matters 

 of a single evacuation, but if dried in the air after 

 each use, the same pint of earth may be used over 

 and over again losing, apparently, none of its 

 power of absorption until it finally becomes as 

 powerful a manure as Peruvian guano although 

 entirely inoffensive to the sight and smell." * 



The manure thus made is of the most valuable 

 character, and may be used under any circumstances 

 with a certainty of obtaining a good crop. 



For an analysis of human manure, see Section V. 



HOG MANURE. 



Hog manure is very valuable, but it must be used 

 with care. It is very liable to make cabbages clump- 

 footed^ and to induce a disease in turnips called a/ii- 

 bi.tri/ (or fingers and toes). It is so violent, in its 

 action that, when applied to crops in a pure state, it 



* From an article on Sewers and Earth Closets, in the Ameri- 

 can Agricultural Annual, for 1868, by Geo. E. "Waring, Jr. 



