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Fertilizers : 



Cotton-hull ashes, 121 



Cotton-seed meal, . 122 



Hen manure, 122 



Sludge, 121 



Wood ashes 120 



Fertilizers, for corn, 11 



For garden crops, 35 



For millet, 25 



" Special" for corn, compared with fertilizer richer in potash, ... 23 



Fertilizers, list of licensed manufacturers and dealers, 114 



Foods, cost of, for one dozen eggs, 54 



For laying hens, 51 



Garden crops, fertilizers for, 35 



Geranium disease, 57 



Grass land, manuring, 48 



Grass, rotation of manures for, 48 



Grass thrips, 100 



Gypsy moth, 101 



Hemichionaspis, 100 



Hen manure, 122 



Hens, weights of, on different feeds, 52 



Horticulturist, report of, 96 



Kainite for potatoes, 31 



Legumes as nitrogen gatherers, 32 



Lettuce, fertilizers for, compared, 38 



Lime, favorable effect on corn after muriate of potash, 14 



Manure and potash more profitable for corn than manure alone, ... 23 



Manure alone v. manure and potash for corn, 21 



Maple leaf blight, 58 



Meteorologist, report of, 74 



Meteorology, 75 



Means of weather elements for ten years 76 



Summary of means, 94 



Milk, samples for analysis, 105 



Millet, average yield on different fertilizers, 25 



Moult, of hens, on different feeds, 55 



Muriate of potash depletes the soil of lime, 20 



Muriate of potash for potatoes, 31 



Muriate of potash, unfavorable effects corrected by lime, 14 



Muriate of potash, unfavorable effects of continued use, 13 



Muskmelon diseases, 58 



Nitrate of potash for potatoes, 31 



Nitrate of soda as source of nitrogen, 33 



Nitrate of soda for garden crops, 36 



Nitrogen, different materials furnishing, compared, 32 



Nitrogen gatherers, legumes as, 32 



Oats, fertilizers for, compared with manure, 16 



Onions, effects of different fertilizers on, 18 



Effect of fertilizers on, in 1898 19 



Effects of lime on, beneficial, 17 



Fertilizers for, compared, 39 



Muriate of potash injurious to, without lime, 19 



Nitropen, sources of, for, 39 



Soil test with, 16 



Sulfate better than muriate of potash for, ....... 20 



