The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

June 4, 2009

June 4, 1850

It may seem irrelevant to cats to notice that on June 4, 1850, self deodorizing fertilizer was patented in England. Still--it fits in with a theory I am working on that modernity is characterized by the increasing elimination of smells, and that, in this connection, the enormous publicity about spaying and neutering cats and dogs, is not for population control, as they say, but actually to eliminate smells. Hey, it is just a theory.
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