est in some form of pail, as seen in Fig. 111, a pair of which are borne swinging from the carrying pole. In applying the liquid to the field or garden the long handle dipper is used, seen in Fig. 112.
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Fig. 110.—Japanese sheltered cement-lined storage pits for liquid manure.
We are beginning to husband with some economy the
waste from our domestic animals but in this we do not
approach that of China, Korea and Japan. People in
China regularly search for and collect droppings along the
country and caravan roads. Repeatedly, when walking
through city streets, we observed such materials quickly
and apparently eagerly gathered, to be carefully stored
under conditions which ensure small loss from either leaching
or unfavorable fermentation. In some mulberry
orchards visited the earth had been carefully hoed back
about the trunks of trees to a depth of three or four inches
from a circle having a diameter of six to eight feet, and
upon these areas were placed the droppings of silkworms,
the moulted skins, together with the bits of leaves and
stem left after feeding. Some disposition of such waste
must be made. They return at once to the orchard all
