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HARVESTING CROPS 

 INDEPENDENTLY OF WEATHER. 



Practical Notes on the " Neilson System " of Harvesting. 

 By "AGRICOLA" 



AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS OF "THE FIELD" NEWSPAPER. 



In crown 8vo., price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. 8d. 



MANURES : 



Their Respective Merits from an Economical Point of View, 



By A. W. CREWS, 



Author of " Guano : its Origin, History, and Virtues,." " The Potato and its Cultivation," &c. 



CONTENTS. 



PART I. Definition of the Word "Manure" Nature's Modes of Applying 

 Fertilisers History Classification. 



PART II. The Value of Ploughing Down Green Crops Weeds Sea-weed 

 Straw Sawdust Tanners' Bark Wood Ashes Peat Rape Cake Hemp Poppy, 

 Cotton, and Cocoa-nut Cakes Bran Malt Dust Brewers' Grains Coal Soot 

 Charcoal. 



PART III. Dead Animals Fish Blood Animalised Charcoal Bones Horn 

 Woollen Rags, Hairs, Feathers, &c. Night-soil Farm-yard Manure Guano. 



PART IV. Salts of Ammonia Salts of Magnesia Salts of Potash Salts of 

 Soda Common Salt Lime and its Compounds " Ooze." 



In crown 8vo., price 2s., by post 2s. 2d. 



THE POTATO AND ITS CULTIVATION. 



By A. W. CREWS, 



Author of " Guano : its Origin, History, and Virtues," " Manures : their Respective Merits," &c. 



CONTENTS. 



Derivation History Constituents Varieties Sprouting Soils Planting 

 Manures Earthing up Disease Scab Storing Forcing Producing New 

 Varieties Substitutes for the " Potato" Miscellaneous Information. 



Price is., by post is. id. 



HOW TO GROW AND CURE ENGLISH TOBACCO, 



By H. KAINS-JACKSON. 



"THE FIELD" OFFICE, 346, STRAND, w.c. 



