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ful on the pile of excrement, and in a few months he will 

 fill his barrels with the most valuable pondrette, that an- 

 other man will go to the city and pay a large price for. 

 One man will set a few barrels of ashes in a convenient 

 place, and cause the house-cleaner to empty the urine of the 

 night into them. In a few months he will have his ashes 

 thoroughly saturated with salts, and organic matter the 

 most valuable. 



In England, farmers do not consider it any hardship to 

 dig cisterns, in which to save all the liquid excrements of 

 the cows and horses, and with a water cart, spread it over 

 their pastures and meadows. 



Many object to the use of human excrement, on account 

 of its offensiveness. This can be easily prevented, and at 

 the same time by an agent that is a valuable addition to 

 the manure heap. The sulphate of iron (copperas), is a 

 powerful deodoriser, and a few cents worth added to the 

 night soil will deprive it of any offensive smell for a length 

 of time, sufficiently long to remove it. 



A great many bones are wasted on every farm that make 

 valuable manure, and are easily prepared for use. Let a 

 barrel be devoted to bones, and whenever a bone is thrown 

 into it, cover it up with unleached ashes. Let the barrel 

 stand in the weather and in a few months the bones will be 

 so friable they may be easily broken and converted into an 

 unadulterated bone dust, better than can be bought in any of • 

 the agricultural stores. Or if he cannot wait this slow 

 process, they are easily burned and crushed, 



In making soap, much fine phosphate of lime is thrown 

 out in the shape of halt eaten bones and in spent lye. 

 Soap suds are also a fine addition to the manure or compost 

 heap. In these are found, not only the alkalis of soda and 

 potash, but also much nitrogenous matter in the shape of 

 grease. All these assist in enriching our heap. 



No farm yard is without the best guano. It is trne„ the 

 guano of the shops is from sea birds, whose food is fish, but 



