The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-12 00:00:00

SEWAGE AND PROFIT.

One of the most conclusive experiments recorded
in the evidence given before the Select Committee
on the Sewage of Towns is that of Mr. Philip Skin.
ner Miles, of King's Weston, an old gloomy house
that once belonged to the Lords de Cliffird, and
built by the cumbrous genius of Vanbrugb. The
architect, however, lived in the days before house-
drainage was discovered, and the result was that
the sewage of the mansion trickled down the side
of the road which led to it. This disgusting nuisance
was not only offensive to the sight,- but in hot
weather was very offansive to the nose, and the
work of drainage became one of necessity. But Mr.
Miles did not content himself with building an ex-
pensive drain, but, following the lead of Mr. Alder-
man Mechi, he determined to collect the sewage of
his house, containing 30 persons, together with the
rain-fall, into a closed tank containing about 7,009
gallons, which he ventilated by a pipe running up
the chimney, which effectually took away all smell. i
The sewage was connuoted by pipes to about 12
acres of grass and to two acres of ploughed land,
and distributed by means of a gotta percha hose.
The result is that these fields have been improved
in value from 555. an acre to £5 10s., while the
produce has, been immenr,ely increased. Two crops
a year so thick that they cannot stand up, and the
crop is always good if the season bo vet or dry.
This sewaged grass, moreover, comes in full a month
earlier than ordinary grass, thus giving that " early
bite" the advantage of which all farmers 60 well
know; moreover, the herbage is full and thick to
the end of November. The cattle are ravenous after
the rich succulent herbage thus produced, and will
eat it immediately the dressing has been applied, and
Mr. Miles tells us that dairymaids cannot account
for the great increase of the cream which has taken
place since the experiment has been in operation.
This seems very like a transformation scene one sees
in a pantomime rather than reality. The foul and
filthy lane, at fairy's touch, becomes changed to a
smiling meadow ; the milkmaids are overpowered by
the flow of cream, and the land is burdened with its
crops; the stock gets rapidly fat, and the turnips
grow so quickly as to get without the reach of the
"fly." The good fairy and the appliances, in this
case, consists of an old man who can dress the whole
• of the fields in the course of the day ; and the ma-
chinery is comprised in the tank, a small conduct-
ing pipe, and a hydrant with a flexible gutta-percha
•
hose.---Once a Week.

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