INDEX. . 



1G9 



KfTi'ctsi of cultivation on wild 



plants ys 



of lime on plants 158 



Epidermis of plants 65 



Experiments with lime 155 



I A TT Y matters in plants 58 



Flesh, composition of 140 



Fibrine, analysis of 58 



Fish, use of, as manure 139 



Shell 139 



Fann-yard manure, composition of 122 



Feldspar, composition of ... . 83* 



Fallow 100 



\ S, meaning of the term 20 



liquor IGO 



Gases, preparation of 'i1 



Germination G3 



Geological structure of Ireland .. 81 



Gluten, how prepared 57 



Gold of pleasure, cake of 59 



Green manuring 1 43 



sand 91 



phosphoric acid in .. 164 



Growth of plants 67 



Granite, composition of 83 



Gum, cherry-tree 56 



— British 55 



vpsum, use of; as manure 164 



action of, on urine 114 



uano, history of 128 



— analyses of 130 



value of 131 



Rev. Mr. Huxtable's method 



of using 131 



adulteration of 131 



HAIR, as manure 141 



1 lydrogen, properties of 34 



preparation of 35 



 Sulphuretted 57 



Humus, nature of 93 



Horse, dung of 117 



Hornblende, its composition 83 



Horn shavings as manure 141 



I RELAND, productive powers of xiii 



early agn'lculture of . . xiii 



climate of 40 



Irish farmer In America 96 



Iron, oxides of 45 



— sulphate of, fixes Ammonia 126 



Iodine 4S 



tincture of ' i 



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KELP,-compoHition of 146 



proper method of preparing T46 



LEGUMIN 58 



Lime, sources and properties of . . 44 



slaking of 155 



how applied as manure 1 59 



injurious effects of, on farm- 

 yard manure 125 



chemical effects of 157 



Lime-water, a test for carbonic 



acid ,, 31 



preparation of 156 



Liquid manures, value of 116 



how distributed.. 125 



Leaves, structure of ; . . . . 66 



Light, effects of, on plants 72 



Liquorice, sugar in 56 



List of apparatus for teachers . . xviii 



MANURES, animal 



artificial 



vegetable 



mineral and saline . . 



Manure, farm-yard, changes wliich 



accompany its decay 



neglect of ... . 



— - directions for 



105 

 153 

 143 

 152 



1-21 

 121 



its preservation 123 



nomical . 



heap — tank eco- 



ammonia m . . 



Magnesia, properties of 



sulphate, composition of 



Manganese, oxide of 



Mica slate 



Marls, analyses of 



Mucilage 



126 

 122 

 45 

 46 

 46 

 84 

 161 

 56 



NITROGEN, properties of 24 



preparation of » 24 



Night soil, value of 110 



preservation of 113 



Nitrates, composition of 151 



OXYGEN, properties of •>:>, 



how prepared 23 



necessary to aninjals . . 22 



Oils, how obtained 59 



use of, in plants 61 



Organic matter of soils 92 



of bones 133 



of crops, composi- 



tiuii of . . :s(\ 



