 | 1814 - 556 pages
...animals, as horses and dogs, in•tead of being left exposed to contaminate the air, were covered over with five or six times their bulk of soil, mixed with one part of lime, and suffered to remain a few months, they would undergo decomposition, and impregnate the soil with soluble... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - 1815 - 452 pages
...they lie, and a considerable portion of it employed in giving off noxious gasses to the atmosphere. By covering dead animals with five or six times their...an excellent manure ; and by mixing a little fresh quicklime with it at the time of its removal, the disagreeable effluvia would be in a great measure... | |
 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1815 - 442 pages
...they lie, and a considerable portion of it employed in giving oft' noxious gases to the atmosphere. By covering dead animals with five or six times their...render it an excellent manure; and by mixing a little fcesh quick lime with it at the time of its removal, the disagreeable effluvia would be in a great... | |
 | 1815 - 438 pages
...noxious gases to' the atmosphere. iBj"cbvering dead anintals with five or six times their bfflfc'ofsetiv mixed with one part of lime, and suffering them to...months, their decomposition. would impregnate the itoil with soluble matters, so as:'ti> ' render'il an excellent mhrinre; arid by mixing a Jittle fresh... | |
 | 1815 - 586 pages
...thé atmosphere. By covering dead animals with five or •>* time« their bulk of soil, mixed with on* part of lime, and suffering them to remain for a few...their decomposition would impregnate the soil with «oluble matters, so äs to render it an ex'•elleii* manure ; and by mixing я little fresh quick... | |
 | William Drown, Solomon Drowne - 1824 - 298 pages
...elevation from the ground, to the annoyance of the public ! By covering dead animals, says Mr. Davy, with five or six times their bulk of soil, mixed with...remain for a few months, their decomposition would enrich the soil, so as to render it an excellent manure ; and by mixing a little fresh quick lime with... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1826 - 1252 pages
...they lie, and a considerable portion of it employed in giving off noxious gases to the atmosphere. By covering dead animals with five or six times their...an excellent manure ; and by mixing a little fresh quick-lime with it at the time of its removal, the disagreeable effluvia would be in a great measure... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1831 - 1330 pages
...they lie, and a considerable portion of it employed in giving off noxious gases to the atmosphere. By covering dead animals with five or six times their...decomposition would impregnate the soil with soluble matter, so as to render it an excellent manure ; and by mixing a little fresh quicklime with it at... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 pages
...they lie, and a considerable portion of it employed in giving oft' noxious gases to the atmosphere. By covering dead animals with five or six times their...decomposition would impregnate the soil with soluble matter, so as to render it an excellent manure ; and by mixing a little fresh quicklime with it at... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1836 - 458 pages
...they lie, and a considerable portion of it employed in giving off noxious gases to the atmosphere. By covering dead animals with five or six times their...an excellent manure, and by mixing a little fresh quicklime with it at the time of its removal the disagreeable effluvia would be in a great measure... | |
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... noxious gases to the atmosphere. By covering dead animals with five or six times their bulk of soil, mixed with one part of lime, and suffering them to remain for a few months, their decomposition would impregnate the soil with soluble matters, so... 
