The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-22

again empt1ed, the first clearing of the
vault will have had six months to become
dry, and may be sifted and used. If the
same earth is used six times over the
original supply Will last four years and a
half, at the end of which time it will be
worth fully fifty dollars per ton as manure.
g&2i THE QUANTITY OF EARTH a&ea
The quantity of earth that is necessary
to SUPPLY will depend on the frequency
with which the closet is used, and on the
quantity of earth that it is made to con-
tain. The, writer has, without other
facilities for drying than those described
above, found four barrels sufficient for
commode constantly used by three persons.
Under the arrangement discussed above,
with reservoir and two bins, each hold
ing three months supply for a family
of ten persons each receptacle would re-
quire capacity equal to that of cube
Of three and half feet, which would
give an abundant supply for all emergen-
cies. These receptacles once being filed,
no more earth would be needed from four
to FIVE years. All that would beJrequired
would be that four times a year the earth
be shifted, and that occasionally the con
tents of the vault be leveled off. .ta2g
BY Professor S. W. Johnson's estimate
of the value, of night soil as manure, this
earth after it has passed six times through
the closet would be worth from $500 to
$3.50. Other estimates would give il a
much higher value. ,sg.o; l ,b, ' 49,, -ac,5
-a1' 81 SITTING THE EARTH. ''.h' ? - .a1, /
The earth for the closet must not only
be dry, it must de sifted. Upto a certain
point, the finer it is the more effective it
is. That is, while it will answer the pur-
pose ifit is passed through a common coal
SITTER, it will much better envelope the de-
post, will distribute itself more widely,
and will make more dust in every part of
the vault Ga desirable thing ON account of
the exhalations from the uncovered fresh
.feces) if it has been passed through a
sieve having six meshes to the inch. The
finer the sieve the more will small pebbles
be excluded. These are Objectionable
only on account of the space they occupy ;
they dilute the earth proper and do, no
good.s .yilsuasz ....,3 osiiq7e'aI tiaaaioni3
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THE KIND OF EARTH TO BE USED. -
The best earth is that used for making
brick or earthen ware; that is, strong
clay; but any soil or subsoil that. contains
enough clay or vegetable matter to make
arabic will answer a satisfactory purpose.
A very sterile gravel and a nearly pure
sandy. soil should be rejected THE
amould," of an old garden or field is ex-
cellent, and the yellow dirt below is still
better. Either of these treated as above
described will be found to entirely absorb
and destroy the odor Of the most offensive
faces from the moment when it envelopes
it until, years afterwards, if necessary it
is removed to the field so that the earth
closet may be in the house or out Of the
house, as may be most Convenient, without
considering the question of foul odors or
DD11sfsSs1aiTHsH AaaH4rm,qU1 NHoT h
Wood ashes must under no circum-
stnaces be used, as the potash that they
contain has the effect of driving off the
ammonia. Anthracite coal ashes can be
used with perfect success in winter, and
probably in summer as well, but we can
not say this positively. We can see mol