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INDEX. 



Grasses, time for cutting 1 15 



loss in curing 115 



Gravelly soils, how treated 21 



Grazing defined 7 



Green crops for manure 71 



Green sand, of what composed 44 



its beneficial effects 44 



Guano, where found and from what 



derived 52 



Peruvian, analysis of 53 



African or Ichaboe 53 



Patagonian 53 



how applied 54 



used as steeps 54 



Gurneyism, see FIBROUS COVERING. 



Gypsum, of what composed 44 



beneficial application of 44, 45 



H. 

 Harrowing 94 



Hedges 287,288 



Hemlock, see TREKS. 



Hemp 191198 



soil and cultivation 192 



cutting, drying and securing 193 



ricking 194 



dew-rotting and shocking 195 



brake and water-rotting 196 



raising seed 196198 



Us uses 198 



Horse powers, for tho farm 313, 314 



Hops, cultivation 01 237, 241 



Horticulture defined 8 



Houses for the farm 302304 



Humus defined 34 



Hydrogen described 57,58 



useful in ammonia. 58 



I. 



Ice houses, utility of 3J6 



how constructed 316, 317 



Implements for the farm 93, 94 



Indian corn 148-154 



quantity raised within the United 



States 148 



varieties of 149, 150 



analysis of. 149 



soil and preparation for J 50 



selection of seed 150, 1 51 



hybridizing 150 



preparation of seed 151 



planting 151 



cultivation of 152 



harvesting 152, 153 



kiln-drying 153 



for soiling and other uses 154 



Indigo, cultivation of 225, 226 



Introduction 712 



Iodine essential in soils 34 



Irrigation 7983 



waters suitable for 80 



effects of 81 



time for applying 81 



mannerof 82 



advantages of. 82,83 



quantity of grass from 82, 83 



kind of soils for 83 



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Kelp described. 



L. 



Larch, see TREKS. 



Lava, useful as manure 51 



Leguminous plants 162 166 



Lightning rods 317319 



materials for, and how made 318, 319 

 conductors of electricity 319 



Lime described 39 



its value to soils 39 



its use with clover 40 



how applied 41, 42 



magnesian, its effect 42 



quantity for land 42 



applied to meadows 42 



phosphate of see BONKS. 

 carbonate of, large quantity in 

 soils 31 



Locust, see TREKS. 



Loamy soils described 21 



Lucern, how cultivated and value 



of 123,124 



Lupine, the white for manure 76 



how cultivated for food 166 



M. 



Madder 226230 



soil, preparation and culture 



227,228 



harvesting 228,229 



kiln-drying 229,230 



preparation for market and pro- 

 fits of 230 



Maize, see INDIAN CORN. 



Mangers, how made 300, 311 



Magnolia, see TREES. 



Magnesian lime, its effects on land.. 42 



Manures 32 76 



their inartificial effects 32, 33 



defined and classed 33 



partial, insufficient 34 



what is requisite in 34 



various inorganic defined and ap- 

 plied 3555 



ashes 35-38 



from coal, sea weed and peat.. . . 38 



lime 3942 



do. magnesian 41,42 



marl 42,43 



analysis of 43 



shell sand 43,44 



green sand 44 



gypsum or plaster of Paris 44 



bones 4547 



phosphate of lime 47 



salt 47, 48 



sulphate of soda 48 



sulphate of magnesia 48 



sulphate of potash 48 



nitrate of soda 48 



nitrate of potash 48 



carbonates, nitrates, sulphates, 

 phosphates, silicates, and chlo- 

 rides 49 



old plaster 49 



brokenbrick 49 



