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INDEX. 



Lycopersicum esculenlum 220 



McAlpine's. Capt. J. W., Hook and 



Roller 25 



Magnesium, Chloride of 44 



Injurious to Cabbages 44 



Potatoes 44 



Manure, Applied in the Hill 31 



Bars-yard 31 



Composting 28 



Constituents of 50 Tons 144 



Covered and Uncovered. Value 



of 26 



Cow 31 



Constituents of 32 



Dailyfroma 32 



Definition of 17 



Earth Closet 40 



Economy needed in 16 



Fermentation, to retard rapid.. 27 

 Fresh and Decomposed, Compo- 

 sition oi' 2T 



Green 19 



Importance of 16 



In large Piles 28 



Liquid 53 



How used 54 



Loss in 26 



Manner of applying 30 



Moist, Must be kept 25 



Necessary to Success 15 



Night Soil 3(f 



Analysis 39 



Of Oxen 32 



Poultry 34 



Rotation needed 58 



Sheep 34 



Stable 25 



New York Streetcar 29 



Swine 33 



Value depends upon Food of 



Animal 29 



Weight of 32 



Yield from 10 > Ibs. each Hay, 



Oats, and Grass 29 



Manures, Relative Value of 33 



Kinds and Uses 15 



Markets 94 



Melons to New York in 1882 5 



M enhaden 38 



Moss-bunkers 38 



Mo'es. Useful 9 



Muck 41 



Mulch. Value of Cow-peas for 23 



Negro Labor ....................... 7 



Night Soil ........................ 39 



Composting .................. 40 



From Earth Closets ............ 40 



Nitrateof Soda .................... 52 



Nitric Acid, How taken up.. . . .. 18 



In the Air .................... 18 



Nitrogen in Acre of Soil ........... 11 



In Cow-peas ..... .............. 21 



In Drain Water .............. 23 



In Human faeces ............... 40 



Urine ............... 40 



In Soils ....................... 49 



Oat Straw, Analysis and Value of. . 33 

 Onion .......................... 181 



Analysis of ..................... 182 



Bermuda ....................... 182 



" Giant Rocca." ................ 182 



" Globe Madeira.' 1 ............ 183 



Insects Attacking ..... ..... . . 190 



"Italian Queen." ............ 183 



" Madeira." ................... 182 



Potato. ... ..................... 1^3 



" Red Wethersfleld." ......... 183 



Seeds, Raising ................. 183 



Sets .......................... 189 



" Yellow Danvers." ........... 183 



Opuntia vulgaris .................. 62 



Oxen, Amount of Manure from ____ 32 



Ozone ............................. 18 



Packing ......................... 90 



Paritium datum.. ... .......... .128 



Pea 



191 



"Black-eyed" .................. 192 



'Early Alpha" .............. 19 



'Daniel O'Rourke" ......... 192 



" Philadelphia Extra Early "... 191 

 " White Marrowfat " ........... 192 



Insect Enemies ................ 194 



Penning of Sheep ............... y.. 84 



Peruvian Guano .................... 34 



Pha*eolu$ vulgaris .................. 1*0 



Phosphates in Urine ............... 33 



Phospboric Acid ................. 41 



Value of ....................... 253 



Pisum sfitivum .................... 191 



Plants, Composition of ............ 17 



Endogenous .................. 59 



Exogenous ................... .'9 



Manner of Growth ............. 59 



Plaster land ............ ............ 51 



Plowing De(;p ..................... 11 



Fall not Useful ...,,., ........ 13 



