Night soil is a historically used euphemism for human excreta collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks...

were only allowed to work at night, hence they were sometimes known as nightmen. The waste they collected, known as night soil, had to be taken outside the...

authority on a regular basis. The contents, known euphemistically as night soil, would either be incinerated or composted into fertiliser. Although the...

along with bassist Mike Kennedy and drummer Mark Trombino, both from Night Soil Man, after their two bands disbanded in 1990. Drive Like Jehu's music...

stipendiary scheme whose services were confirmed later, abolition of carrying night soil by Dalits and bonded labour, renaming Mysuru as Karnataka in 1973 were...

Confederacy sent out agents around the South to collect deposits of "night soil", i.e. human excrement. John Haralson, an agent in Selma, Alabama of the...

created to allow for the flow of water and sediments (likely including night soil). Over time, the ditch would slowly accumulate piles of mud. This mud...

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has historically been used as fertilizer for centuries in the form of night soil, fecal sludge, and sewage sludge. The use of untreated human feces in...

Song farmers emphasized the importance of night soil as fertilizer. They understood that using night soil could transform barren wasteland into fertile...