농사직설 Glossary

Nongsa jikseol
Project Introduction Editor's Notes
Table of Contents
Preface Preparing the Seed Grain Plowing the Soil Cultivating Hemp Cultivating Rice Cultivating Proso and Foxtail Millet Cultivating Barnyard Grass Cultivating Soybeans, Red Beans, and Mung Beans Cultivating Barley and Wheat Cultivating Sesame Cultivating Buckwheat
Glossary Further Readings

• NJ2018 Glossary - Plant Varieties
• NJ2018 Glossary - Farming Tools
• NJ2018 Glossary - Land Types
• NJ2018 Glossary - Calendar Terms
• NJ2018 Glossary - Methods

Grains

Hangeul	Hanja	English	Article
마	麻	hemp
쌀	米	rice
조	粟	foxtail millet
기장	黍	proso millet
수수	薥黍	sorghum
피	稷	barnyard grass
보리	大麥	barley
밀	小麥	wheat
메밀	木麥	buckwheat
콩	大豆	soybean
팥	小豆	red bean
녹두	菉豆	mungbean
참깨	眞荏子	sesame
들깨	水荏子	perilla

Night soil

Contributor: Ciceo Anca Valentina

• Chinese: 人糞
• Korean: 인분

Night soil is a euphemism for human feces collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks, etc. Human excreta may be attractive as fertilizer because of the high demand for fertilizer and the relative availability of the material to create night soil. In areas where native soil is of poor quality, the local population may weigh the risk of using night soil.

Some people refer to human excreta as human manure, and the word "humanure" has also been used. Just like animal manure, it can be applied as a soil conditioner (reuse of excreta in agriculture). Sewage sludge is a material that contains human excreta, as it is generated after mixing excreta with water and treatment of the wastewater in a sewage treatment plant.

Since ancient times, the people of East Asia have traditionally supported a large population by utilizing this natural means of fertilization.

• Additional readings:
  
  • Human faeces as a resource in agriculture
    
  • Human waste use in agriculture and aquaculture
    
  • Chinese tradition of utilizing human excreta