INDEX. 



Page 



Agricultural education 11,300, 301 



Agriculture defined J 



importance of 



legislation for. 



National Board of 10 



Ailantus, see TREES. 



Air, essential to the roots of plants 8a, 80 



Alluvial soils, character, and man- 



agementof 22 



Ammonia, how composed 5 



Ammonical liquor, useful as manure 52 



Analyzing soils 11 



marls *;* 



Animal substances for manure 70 



Apatite, see PHOSPHATE OF LIME. 



Apple, see FRUITS. 



Apricot, see FBDITS. 



Arrow-root, how cultivated... . 241, 242 



Artichoke, the Jerusalem IS 



cultivation and uses 186 



Ash, the White, see TUBES. 

 Ashes denned and quantity in vegeta- 

 bles 35 



of what composed 35 



quantity abstracted from the soil 



by crops 36, 270 



economy of as manure 37 



quantity to be applied 37 



beneficial for grass and clover . . 37 



coal, how applied 2 



from marine plants 38 



from peat how treated 38 



Balm of Gilead, see TREES. 

 Banyan tree, see FRUITS. 



Barley 142-144 



varieties, soil, and cultivation.. . 143 



harvesting and uses 143, 144 



Bams, how made 307311 



Beans, soil and cultivation 164 



harvesting 164, 165 



uses 165 



the English field 165 



Beets, varieties, planting, and culti- 

 vating 181 



harvesting 181, 182 



uses and analysis of. 182, 183 



Birds, utility of 281, 282 



Bones, of what composed 45 



how treated and applied. .. 45 47 



Breeding, denned 8 



Bricks, broken, useful as manure... 49 

 Broom corn, soil and manure for.... 187 



planting and cultivating 188" 



preparing the brush and uses 188, 189 



Buckwheat, cultivation and uses 160, 161 



Buildings for the Farm 302319 



Buttonwood, see TREES. 



C. 



Calcareous soils, see MARLS AND 

 SOILS. 



Canada thistle 276 



Canary seed, cultivation and uses... 161 



Cane, see SUGAR CANE. 



Carbon, increases in meadows.... 37, 38 



described 56 



Carbonates as manures 4 



Carbonic acid described 56 



its properties 57 



caution in using 230 



Carburetted hydrogen gas 58 



Carriage house 313 



Carrot, soil and varieties 178 



planting and harvesting 178 



its uses 179,180 



Castor bean, cultivation of. 241 



Cedar of Lebanon, see TREES. 



Cellars, how constructed 306 



dial k is carbonate of lime 197 



Charcoal for manure 50 



Chemical changes illustrated 18, 19 



Cherry, see FRUITS. 

 Chloride of sodium, see SALT. 



Chlorides as manures 49 



Chlorine essential in soils 34 



combined with soda 7 



Cisterns, how made. 312, 313 



Clay soils described 14, 15 



how managed 17 20 



useful as manure when burned 49, 50 



Clovers, cultivation of. 117127 



common red or northern 117 



cultivating 117, 120 



cutting and curing 119 



importance of 120 



as a fertiliser 120, 121 



harvesting seed 121 



southern 122 



white or creeping 122 



yellow or shamrock 122 



crimson or French 123 



lucern 123,124 



sainfoin 124 



Bokhara or sweet scented 124 



Corn, see INDIAN CORN. 



Cornplanter described 96 



Corn crib, how made 313 



Cotton, seed for manure 71 



quantity raised in U. States 198, 199 



climate and soil ... 199 



planting 199,200 



varieties of seed 200 



