PART V. 



INDEX. 



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Absorption of gases by soils - 665 



Absorption of water - - 663 



Absorption of water, per centage 663 



Absorptive power of soils - 685 



Ammonia - 673 



Analyses, field - 676 



Analyses of soils - - 667 



Animal guano - 699 



Artificial manure - - 702 

 Artificial manures, protection 



against adulteration - 730 



Ascertain condition of soil - 678 



Ash of plants - 68 1 

 Average composition of cattle 



foods - - 692 



Bacteria in the soil - - 672 



Barley - 743 



Basic slag - 709 



Beans and peas - 747 



Beetroot - 745 



Biological action of lime - 7 2 9 



Blood manures - 699 



Bone ash - - 705 



Bonedust - 704 



Bone meal - 704 



Bones raw - - 703 



Cattle foods, composition of - 692 



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Chemical action of lime - 728 



Chemical composition of soils - 666 

 Clay soil, to make porous - 674 



Clover crop - 724 



Composition of farmyard 



manure, per cent. - 

 Composition of soil, chemical - 

 Condition of soil, to ascertain 



from crops - 678 



Constituents of plant foods - 680 

 Coprolites 705 



Cover the manure heap 

 Crop requirements - - 679 



Crops and manures - - 737 



Crops, rotation of 

 Decomposed granite - 

 Denitrification - 085 



Derivation of organic matter 0*4 

 Derivation of phospli 

 Device for manure tank - 697 



Dissolved mineral phosphate- - 706 

 Draining the soil 



Effect of water on rape ''''4 



Estimate of original manure 



value - 694 



Evaporation m the soil 664 



Excreta 



