New method, which teaches how to make vegetable manure, by a course of high fermentation, in fifteen days, without cattle, as good and more durable than farm manure: to appropriate it to the nature of soils and families of plants, and with great economy: it further shows how to prepare vegetable and mineral composts, and contains various processes. - Bommer, George. (Redfield & Savage, 1848)
Keywords: Soil amendments; Manures; Fertilizers