362 



INDEX. 



Clover, Dr. Vcelckcr's Experiments 



on 135 



for Wheat 126 



" Gathers Up Manure from the 



Sub-soil 237 



Hay, Composition of. ...129-137 

 " Hay, English and German, 



for Manure 47 



" How to Make a farm Rich 



by Growing 133-163 



" Letting it Rot on the Sur- 

 face as Manure 134 



Nitrogen as a Manure for. . . 141 

 " Pasturing by Sheep versus 



Mowing for Hay 137 



" Plowing Cnuer versus Feed- 

 ing Out 123 



" Hoots, Amount of per Acre, 



143-144-155 



" Roots, Composition of . . 145-147 

 " Seed, Amount of Roots per 



Acre 162 



" Water Evaporated by 132 



" Why it Enriches Land 131 



Coal-a-bes to Mix with Artificial 



Manures 312 



Composting Cow-manure \\ith 



Muck. Leaves, etc 302 



Compost of Stable -manur o aiul 



Earth 342 



Corn, as a Renovating Crop *75 



" Ashes for 271 



" Barn-yard Manure for 22 1 



" Cost of Raising 9 



" Crop, Compos. tion of 25 



" Experiments on 279 



" Guano for 279-2S4 



" Manure for 2^5 



" Meal for Manure 185 



" Suporphosphato for 79-201 



" Fodder 275 



u vs. Mangcl-v.-urzels. . . 238 



" Plaster for. *i'7 



" " vs. Wheat, Yield per 



acre -... 2"3 



Crops Best to Apply Manure to 25 



' How to Get Larger 8-^6 



" Raised and Sold from the 



Farm 27 



" Rotation of 113-163 



" We Muot Raise Larger per 



Acre 266 



" Why so Poor 28 



Cotton-seed Cuke 4:;-339 



Cow-manure 86-100 



11 " and How to Use it.... 302 



" " Composition of 3 '6 



Cows, Feeding Grain to 110-113 



t- Feeding in Winter for Ma- 

 nure 256 



Dairy Farms, Bone-dust on 315 



Drainage from Barn-yard 306 



Dry Earth for Pig Pens 804 



Earth-closet Manure 310 



" on Grass Z~5 



Pallow,Fall 12 



" for Wheat, How to Mr. 



Lawes' Experiments 35 



" Summer, for Wheat 15-34 



Farm Dairj, Receipts r,nd Erpen^s 



of 109 



Hon. George Geddes' 11 j 



Hon. Joseph Shull's 109 



John Johnston's 7u-8l-l5iO 



" Mr. Dewey's i,9 



1 Mr. Joseph O. Sheldon's. . . 15 



" to Restore a Worn Out , . o i 



Farming, a Poor Business 9 



Difference Between llig.i 



and Good 11 



" Faith in Good 14 



" Good Does Not Lead to 



Overproduction 14 



" SlowWork . 17 



Fermenting Manure to Kill Weed- 

 Seeds 97 



Fish as Manure 347 V 



Food, Nothing Added to it by the 



Animal 42 



Gardens, Manure for Private 9j 



Geddes, Hon. George 17-117 



Grains, Malt, English and German. 47 



Grass a Saving's Bank 41 



" Importance of Rich 113 



" Miuuire for 120 



Guano as a Top-dressing *or Wheat. 270 



f';-r Barley 240 



" fa-Oats S53 



u fi-r Peas 17 



for Potatoes: 255-258 



on Wheat 1LO-180-184 



Peruvian, Ccinpoltton of.. 311 



for Onions 2i>i 



Prico and Compo- 

 sition of No .7 

 and30YVsAro.327 

 Rt-ctifled for Tur- 

 nips.... 286 



" " What it i 311 



Gypsum J;<4-116-128 



forO^ts 2:4 



" for Peas 17 



" for Potatoes ..255-2.:.! 



Fnrison, T. L., Letter from 1:5 



Lay, Bo.-'t Manure for 24 



" Plant-food in ,...1C1 



IToacock, Jos-ph, Letter from 348 



Henderson, Peter, Letter fro:n 344 



lien Manure 43-104-::ol 



" " for Potatoes o5 



High Farming 13 



' k " versus Good Farming 11 



Fops, Manure for 274 



Horse-manure, Composition of. . . .3C8 



Hot-beds. Manure for 277 



Human Excrements, Composition 



of 308 



Indian Corn. See Corn 



Irrigation on Market Gardi ns 295 



Jessup, Edward, Letter from 342 



Johnson, Prof. S. W., on the Value 



of Fertilizers 324 



Lawes 1 and Gilbert's Experiments 



on Barley 22Y 



Lawes' and Gilbert's Experiments 



on Oats 252 



Lawes' and Gilbert's Experiments 

 on Permanent Meadows 271 



