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MANURES. 



Huano Manure, 865 ; Comparative Value of Guanos, 395 ; Sewer-water as 

 Manure, 374 ; Powdered Coal for Unhealthy Plants, 368 ; Converting Weeds 

 into Manure, 360 ; Fish-manure, 426 ; Nitrous and Nitric Acid in Rain- 

 water, 374 ; Sulphate of Iron as a Manure, 393 ; Function of Nitrogen in 

 Vegetation, 375 ; Action of Salts of Potash on Vegetables, 368. 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Food of : Influence of Food on Poultry and Eggs, 359 ; on the Quality of 

 Pork, 860 ; Prickly Comfrey as Fodder, 364 ; Beet-leaves for, 364 ; Albu- 

 minous Food for Ruminants, 394. Management : Delprino's Mode of 

 Treating Silk- worms, 379 ; Hatching Silk-worm Eggs at Will, 378. Dis- 

 eases and Treatment : International Council on the Cattle-plague, 889 ; 

 Report on Cattle Diseases, 381 ; Inoculation for Rinderpest, 382 ; Murrain hi 

 Cattle, 385 ; Typhus in Cattle, 386 ; Enteritis in Horses, 387 ; Enzootic Mis- 

 carriage in Cattle, 387 ; Preventing Sows from Devouring their Young, 388. 

 Particular Species : Origin of British Cattle, 380 ; Scarcity of Small 

 Birds in France, 359 ; Number of Eggs from a Hen, 388. 



NOXIOUS ANIMALS. 



Destroying Caterpillars, 370 ; Remedy for Grape-vine Insect, 370, 393 ; new 

 Vermin Destroyer, 392 ; Chloride of Lime for Vermin, 458. 



PLANTS. 



Test for the Specific Gravity of Potatoes, 362 ; Proper Method of Storing, 

 362 ; Preventing Germination of, in Cellars, 363 ; Wilting Seed, 363 ; Es- 

 parto Grass, 362 ; new Cucumber, 370 ; Causes of the Rotting of Fruit, 369 ; 

 Rust in Wheat, 360 ; Test for Mushrooms, 371 ; Useful Palms in Florida, 

 361 ; Water-glass for Budding Trees, 373 ; Grafting Wax, 367 ; Physiology 

 of Grafting, 367 ; Liming Fruit Trees, 369 ; Increasing the Vigor of Growth 

 in Plants, 858. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Sun Spots and the Wine Crop, 357 ; Spectroscopic Test of Wines, 357 ; Heat- 

 ing of Grain-stacks, 366 ; Keeping Grain in Vacuo, 374 ; Potash from Corn- 

 cobs, 99. 



J. PISCICULTURE AND THE FISHERIES 397 



THE FISH&RIES. 



In General : Cutts on Sea Fisheries, 397 ; French Fisheries of 1870, 397 ; 

 British, of 1870, 443 ; Comparison of American and French, 398 ; of the 

 North Carolina Coast, 414 ; of the Gulf of Naples, 399 ; of the Coast of Nor- 

 way, 423, 424. 



Special. Herring : In England, 422, 425 ; Salmon : In Northwest Amer- 

 ica, 262 ; Columbia River, 440, 441 ; Cod: In Norway, 424 ; Shumagin Isl- 

 ands, 436; Bluefish, 414; Mackerel, 437; Tunny, 442; Whale, 1871, 437; 

 Fur Seal, 435 ; Oyster, 432, 433. 



Products of the Waters. Manures : Fish as Manure in England, 426 ; 

 Utilization of Refuse Fish, 444 ; Oils : Oil Works in Unalaschka, 436 ; Ex- 

 position of at Gothenburg, 400. 



F!SH CULTURE AND PROTECTION. 



Associations: Deutsche Fischerei-Verein, 398; American Fish-culturists' 



