INDEX 



Acid phosphate, So; color of, 87; 



manufacture of, 80. 

 Acidity of soils, 104 ; how to lind 



out when soils are acid, 105. 

 Acids and bases, 9. 

 Aerobic fermentation, 41. 

 Agricultural salt, 102. 

 Agricultural values of fertilizers, 121. 

 Aluminum, 5. 

 Ammonium chloride, 103. 

 Ammonium nitrate, 102. 

 Ammonium sulphate, composition and 



availability of, 57; manufacture 



of, 57. 

 Anaerobic fermentation, 42. 

 Apatite, Canadian, 75. 

 Ashes, see wood ashes, coal ashes, 



etc. 

 Ash in plants, 10, 11, 12. 

 Azotin, 54. 



Bacteria, number in the soil, 22. 

 Basic slag, 75 ; phosphate, 82. 

 Bat guano, 56. 

 Bedding for litter, 36 ; absorptive 



power of, 36; kind and amount 



used, 36. 

 Beet molasses ash. 94. 

 Beet refuse, 6r. 

 Blood, dried, 52. 

 Bone-ash, 72. 

 Bone-black, 71. 

 Bone-dust, 71. 



Bone-meal, raw, 70 ; steamed, 70. 

 Bone phosphates, 77. 

 Bone tankage, 72. 

 Bones, 70 ; inechanical composition 



of, 71. 

 Brand and trade names of fertiliz- 

 ers, 134. 

 Brick kiln ashes, loi. 

 Calcium, 4; sulphate of, 81, 108. 



Calcium cyanamid, 59; fertilizing val- 

 ue of. 59; properties of, 59. 



Calcium nitrate, 59. 



Calculation of amounts from known 

 percentages, 132. 



Calculation of percentages from 

 known amounts, 131. 



Capillary water, 20; amounts of held 

 by soils, 21 ; how to increase up- 

 ward movement of, 21 ; how to 

 prevent loss of, 21. 



Carbon, 3. 



Carbonate of lime, 104. 



Carbonate of potash, 94. 



Carbonic acid, 104. 



Castor pomace, 52. 



Chemical analyses, interpretation of, 

 119; examples of. 119. 120. 121. 



Chemical elements, i 



Chemical symbols, i. 



Chlorine, 5. 



Coal ashes, 100. 



Commercial fertilizers, chapter on, 

 112; basis of purchase, 114: 

 causes for large consumption, 

 112; fertilizing materials used 

 by manufacturers, 114; how to 

 lessen use of, 113; ton basis, 115; 

 unit system, 114. 



Commercial values, 122; how to cal- 

 culate, 124. 



Compost, 98. 



Corn cob ashes, lor. 



Cotton-seed, yield of products from, 

 50. 



Cotton-seed hull ashes, 94. 



Cotton-seed meal. 50: composition of, 

 50; value of, 50. 



Cow manure, s~ ; analysis of, 39. 



Denitrification, 22. 



Diversification of crops, 29. 



