| 单词 | night soil |
| 例句 | It's even got a pleasant name: "night soil." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you know that potatoes are fed night soil so they can grow big?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For days the family either walked to the fields or used the night soil buckets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We mischievously overturned the buckets of excrement reeking by the entrance gate awaiting pickup by the night soil men, who seldom came. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We hide amongst the banana trees that have sprung up all around his latrine, even while it gives us the creeps knowing all this lush growth is fertilized by such a disgusting man’s night soil. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The fresh stench of night soil in the bushes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You return to find your houses combed spotless of spoiled crumbs, your bedding free of lice, your woodlots cleansed of night soil, your hen coops rid of chicken mites. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In China, the proverb said: “Treasure night soil as if it were gold.” Why the modern bathroom is a wasteful, unhealthy design 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Working in teams, the night soil men emptied privies after sundown and carted away the contents, some of it to farms for use as a fertilizer. Would you use human waste in your garden? 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z The spring that supplied the White House was close to a depository for night soil. Would you use human waste in your garden? 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z In India, for example, despite the practice being outlawed in 1993, there are still a million manual scavengers who use straw baskets to remove night soil from dry latrines. Dishing the dirt 2011-03-18T15:59:52Z They dumped their waste into brick-lined cesspits that would be emptied by the night soil men, who sold it as fertilizer or dumped it off Dung Pier into the Thames. Why the modern bathroom is a wasteful, unhealthy design 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z One of the most unpleasant occupations of the day, of which there were many, was that of the night soil man. Would you use human waste in your garden? 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s. Wildlife Poop Is the Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Often in exchange for a fee paid to each household, farmers collected what was called night soil at regular intervals to fashion into fertile compost. Book review: The past, present, and future of poop 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Everything is recycled, from our chicken bones to our night soil. A fairy tale from 2050 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z “Pooping for progress: What composting my own ‘night soil’ taught me about sustainability.” #FreeSalonDotCom: The Right Wing Fight to Restore a Suspended Salon.com Parody Twitter The Japanese were sensitive to the handling of pathogens, and they knew how to compost the night soil before they used it on plants. Can Soil Replace Oil as a Source of Energy? [Excerpt] 2013-04-05T18:15:00.207Z The Washington Post Magazine in 1992 quoted a colleague as calling Mr. George “a top-notch street man” who operated in what spies call the “night soil circuit” — the less desirable posts of the world. Clair George, Spy and Iran-Contra Figure, Dies at 81 2011-08-21T02:10:30Z Lindsay almost said night soil himself in exasperation. The Ambassador The best manure within the reach of the farmer is night soil, or human excrement. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools A liberal use of earth in the privy vault will eliminate odors, and a water-tight box or bucket makes a frequent removal of the night soil practicable. Rural Hygiene The nests may more effectually be destroyed by putting quick lime into them, and pouring on some water; or by putting in some night soil, and closing it up. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The refuse and night soil is all saved and sold for fertilizer. Birdseye Views of Far Lands "If you ever say 'night soil' again..." he began. The Ambassador Much of the ill health of our people is undoubtedly occasioned by neglecting the proper treatment of night soil. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools The quantity thus added, may be from twice to ten times the bulk of the night soil,—the more within these limits, the better. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel In the meadow where we planted honey locust, and on a rocky knoll with oaks, the first year we applied a shovelful of night soil and a light mulch of leaf compost. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 Every drop of urine and every particle of night soil is preserved for fertilizer. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The night soil was within a foot and a half of the seats, and the odor was terrible. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Does the use of night soil produce disagreeable properties in plants? The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools Farmers are chary about removing night soil which has been treated even with a deodoriser. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People After planting one shovelful of night soil, or two or three shovelfuls of cured slaughter house tankage, were applied to each tree. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 I have only heard of one planter who used night soil. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore Here, too, the night soil of the city was being removed in closed receptacles on the shoulders of men, on the backs of horses and cattle and on carts drawn by either. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan That is, if a soil would produce ten bushels of wheat per acre, without manure, it would produce thirty bushels if manured with night soil. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools As is well known, hardly any of the night soil of Japan is wasted. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Next in value to night soil, among domestic manures, are the excrements of poultry, pigeons, etc. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools What is the probable value of the night soil yearly lost in the United States? The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools By the side of this tank are the covered pails in which the night soil was brought, perhaps more than a mile, to be first diluted and then applied. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan Some have supposed that manuring with night soil would give disagreeable properties to plants: such is not the case; their quality is invariably improved. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools Formerly the night soil was removed from the houses after being emptied into a pair of tubs which the peasant carried from a yoke. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People How may night soil be easily prepared for use, and its offensive odor prevented? The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools I was told of a city of half a million inhabitants which had thirty per cent. of its night soil taken ten miles away. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People If the rainfall has been scanty and the soil is dry he may use ten of water to two of night soil, not to supply water but to make certain sufficiently deep penetration. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan It is brought to this country in large quantities, and is an excellent fertilizer, superior even to night soil. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools |
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