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INDEX. 



Page 



Potato, varieties of, and how pro- 

 duced 167,168 



soil, and qualities of 168 



planting and cultivation 169 



harvesting and storing 169, 170 



diseases 170-172 



prevention of rot 171, 172 



its uses 172 



Potato, the sweet 1 72174 



soil 172,173 



cultivation J73, 174 



preservation of. 174 



Poudrette, defined and applied 67 



Preface 4, 5 



Profits from 1 arge crops 40, 4] 



a 



Quince, see FRUITS. 

 R. 



Raspberry, see FRUITS. 



Rice, varieties of 155 



cultivation of lowland J 55, 156 



of upland 156,157 



varieties and value 157159 



quantity raised in United States 159 



Roller, how constructed and used 94, 95 



Roots, cultivation of 167186 



Rotation of crops 269 275 



systems of. 274, 275 



Rustin wheat 133 



Ruta baga, see TURMP. 



Rye 139142 



Soil, and cultivation of 140, 141 



southern 141 



for soiling 141, 142 



diseasesin 142 



S. 



Sainfoin, cultivation of 124 



Salt, of what composed, and how 



used for manure 47, 48 



Saltpetre, of what composed. . 48 



for steeps 48, 49 



Sandy soils, described and classed.. . 15 



management of 20, 21 



Seaweed as manure 72 



ashes from 38 



Sheds, how made 311 



necessity for 313 



Shell sand, of what composed 43 



itseflects, and how applied.... 44 



Sienite, useful as manure 51 



Silicates, as manure 49 



of lime denned and applied . . 19, 49 



alumina 19 



potash 50 



Silk, quantity imported into the Uni 



ted States 244 



best mulberry for 244, 245 



varieties of worms 245 



rearing and management of 245, 246 



reeling 246, 247 



Smutiu wheat 133 



Bnakes, utility of , 283 



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Soils, defined and texture of. 13 



classified and described 14 17 



marly, classified and described 



15-16 



analysed ]6 



vegetable molds K; 



clay, treatment of 17 20 



sand, described 15 



how managed 20, 21 



gravelly 21 



loamy 21 



marly and calcareous 21 



alluvial 22 



peats 22, 23 



subsoils and their management 



2426 



made useful by subsoil plow 2426 

 change in soils by cultivation. .. 25 

 change in soils without cultiva- 

 tion |. 32, 33 



additional properties of 2629 



Jethro Tull's management with 



27 



friableness and color of 27 



surface of soil important 27 



dew-point in, when attained. . . . 28 



best for imbibing water 28, 29 



experiments with 28, 29 



necessity of fertilizing materials 



in 26 



analysis of 30, 31 



what all fertile soils must con- 

 tain '...... 34 



Sole defined 83 



Soot, how applied as manure 55 



Spading 87 



Spnnt lye useful as manure 52 



Spurry, for green manure 75 



cultivation and uses of 125 



Steaming apparatus, its utility 314 



how constructed 314 316 



Strawberry, see FRUITS. 



Subsoils and their management. . 2426 



Subsoil-plowing 85, 86, 91, 92 



Sugar, see MAPLE SUGAR AND SUGAR 

 CANE. 



Sugar cane 206219 



history of in the United States 



206208 



varieties of 208 



soil for 208 



seed cane 208,209 



preservation of cane 209 



preparation for planting. . . . 209, 210 



advantages of wide rows 210 



renovating the land for.. .. 210, 211 



Planting 211 



cultivating 211213 



advantages of deep and thorough 



plowing 213 



harvesting 213, 214 



quantity of sugar from cane. ... 214 



composition of cane 214, 215 



value for animal food 215 



analysis of sugar 215 



making sugar 215, 216 



manures for cane 216218 



