night soil

The decree touted the achievement of the progressive residents of Jiangnan Province who diligently collected their night soil from the cities and brought it to the farmers in the countryside.

In pre-industrial Japan, Osaka’s city authorities discussed a complaint stating that ships coming to the city harbor to ferry out their night soil stunk too much.

The night-soil is removed daily by the Cairo road authorities and converted into manure.

Into this the night-soil is poured from carts built for the purpose, until the receptacle is about two-thirds full.

A portion of night-soil, well incorporated with charcoal, is also very excellent.

The manure sold under this name is a compound of night-soil with clay, charcoal, or gypsum, made into balls or cakes.