INDEX. 



211 



Magnesia, sulphate of potash and, 

 99. 



Manure, agricultural value of, 71 ; ar- 

 tificial, 68 ; care of, 56 ; commercial 

 value of, 106 ; cow, 54 ; definition 

 of, 52; farmyard, 53; application 

 of, 58 ; for fruit crops, 136 ; green, 

 44, 47 ; crops useful as, 44 ; care in 

 use of, 46 ; horse, 54 ; improvement 

 of, 57 ; loss in, 55 ; natural, 53 ; ni- 

 trogenous, 69, 111 ; phosphatic, 80, 

 111 ; pig, 54 ; potassic, 95, 111 ; poul- 

 try, 58 ; preservers of, 56 ; sheep, 

 54 ; stable, composition of, 54 ; use 

 of. 111, 112. 



Market garden crops, 135. 



Marl, use and composition of, 44, 63. 



Meat, dried, 75. 



Melon family, 128. 



Merino sheep, 179. 



Middlings, as feed, 150. 



Milk, changes in, 188 ; composition of, 

 182, 183, 185 ; effect of bacteria on, 

 188; influence of food on, 187; 

 properties of, 182; variations due 

 to time of drawing, 186 ; yield of, 

 from different breeds, 185. 



Muck, use of, 59, 60. 



Muriate of potash, 98. 



Nitrate of potash, composition of, 72. 

 Nitrate of soda, composition of, 71. 

 Nitrates, application of, 79 ; use of, 69. 

 Nitrification in soils, 40. 

 Nitrogen, forms of, 69 ; as manure, 69, 



78 ; organic, definition of, 69 ; uses 



of, 73, 79. 

 Nutritive ratio, 160. 



Oyster shells, 65. 



Falatability of rations, 162. 



Peanut meal, as feed, 163. 



Peat, use of, 59, 60. 



Peaty soils, 27. 



Pedigree, 173. 



Phosphates, animal, 80; composition 

 of, 90; definition of, 80; fixation 

 of, 94 ; Florida, 86 ; insolubility of, 

 89; iron, 88; mineral, 85; odorless, 

 88; South Carolina, 86. 



Phosphatic guanos, 88. 



Phosphoric acid, insoluble, 89; in 

 soils, 29 ; soluble, 91, 93. 



Pig manure, 54. 



Plant-food, sources of, 10. 



Plant-food constituents, 9, 11 ; deter- 

 mination of, 11 ; functions of, 15 ; 

 supply of, 14. 



Plants, agricultural classification of, 

 128 ; air-dry, 8 ; annual, 16 ; bien- 

 nial, 16; botanical classification 

 of, 126 ; development of, 17 ; dry 

 matter of, 8 ; life of, duration of, 

 16; parts of, 7; perennial, 17; 

 water in, 7. 



Plaster, land, 66 ; New York, 67 ; Nova 

 Scotia, 66. 



Plowing, fall, 48 ; methods of, 48 ; sub- 

 soil, 48. 



Pony breeds, 176. 



Potash, double sulphate of, and mag- 

 nesia, 99 ; muriate of, 98 ; nitrate 

 of, 72; in soils, 30; sulphate of, 

 98. 



Potash manures, 95 ; forms of, 96. 



Potash salts, appearance of, 99; uses 

 of, 99. 



Potatoes, sweet, 127 ; white, 127. 



Poultry manure, 58. 



Prepotency in breeding, 172. 



Protein, determination of, 143. 



Quick-lime, 65. 



Rations, balanced, 164 ; examples of 

 good, 163 ; preparation of, 161 ; 

 wide vs. narrow, 161. 



Respiration, functions of, 145. 



Reversion in breeding, 171. 



Rice bran, as feed, 153. 



Rolling, 50. 



Root crops, 133. 



Roots, structure of, 13 ; functions of, 

 13. 



Rotations, advantages of, 114; in 

 dairy farms, 120; examples of 

 good, 117, 118 ; for hay crops, 120 ; 

 in market gardening, 120. 



Rose family, 128. 



Rye, as catch crop, 46. 



Salt, use of, 67. 

 Saltpetre, 72. 



