252 INDEX. 



POTATO CROP Continued. PAGE. 



Selections for Planting 138 



Degeneration 138 



The Potatoes 139 



Preparation of Land for Planting 139 



PREPARATION OF FOOD FOR STOCK , 174 



PROPERTIES AND CHEMICAL ACTION OF THE MINERAL 



INGREDIENTS OF THE SOIL 197 



Naming Acids 198 



Glass Analysis of Granite 199 



REASONS WHY AGRICULTURAL BOOKS SHOULD BE READ 6 



RECAPITULATION 159 



RELATION BETWEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS 165 



RICE 



Varieties 156 



Cultivation of Low land Rice 165 



Cultivation of Up land Rice 157 



SORGHUM CANES 142 



Manufacture of Syrup from its Juice 144 



SOURCES FROM WHICH PLANTS DERIVE THBIR NOURISH- 

 MENT 11 



SUGAR CANB 



Saccharine Officinarum 146 



Ribbon Cane Creole or Malabar Cane 147 



Varieties 147 



Soil 148 



Seed Cane ; 148 



Preservation of Seed Cane 148 



Preparation for Planting 149 



Planting 151 



Cultivating 152 



Harvesting 153 



Analysis of Ashes of Sugar Cane 154 



Manures for Canes 154 



TOBACCO CROP 



Climate , 117 



Soil 118 



Varieties .,... 118 



