. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. SOILS : THEIR NATURE AND TREATMENT. 51 Mght-Soil. — Human excrements, or night-soil, make a very active ma- nure. The hest way of using it is to form it into a kind of compost, by mixing it with other substances, and especially by making it into heaps with turf, and adding a small quantity of burnt lime. By mixing and mingling it thoroughly with these substances, it loses its fetid odor, and should then be spread over the ground, without covering or burying. A powerful manure is manufactured from night-soil, called poudrette, on account of its
. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. SOILS : THEIR NATURE AND TREATMENT. 51 Mght-Soil. — Human excrements, or night-soil, make a very active ma- nure. The hest way of using it is to form it into a kind of compost, by mixing it with other substances, and especially by making it into heaps with turf, and adding a small quantity of burnt lime. By mixing and mingling it thoroughly with these substances, it loses its fetid odor, and should then be spread over the ground, without covering or burying. A powerful manure is manufactured from night-soil, called poudrette, on account of its form being that of a powder. Management of Manures. — Dung should be left in the stable as long aa possible, for its quality is thereby improved. But it should not be done at Fig. 26. Fig. the expense of the cleanliness and comfort of the cattle, or keeping the stable dry. If the dung is suffered to remain under the cattle, great care must be taken that it does not collect in larger quantities under their hind than under their fore feet, for that would keep them in an unnatural attitude. In ordinary circumstances, it is more convenient to mingle the different species of dung uniformly in the heap, so that the defects of one sort of mannrft may correct those of another; and the result will be a regular and well-digested compound. As to the time when manure should be carted into the fields, and the state in which the manure should be, it is pretty well ascertained that manure should not be removed whilst in a high state of fermentation, because at that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original O'Neill, F. W. , ed; Williams, H. L. , ed. New York, R. Worthington
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