INDEX. 



Lawes' and Gilbert's Experiments 

 on the Amount of Excrements 



Voided by Man 309 



Lawes' and Gilbert's Experiments 

 oil Sugar beets and Maugel-wur- 



zels.... 288 



Lawes' and Gilbert's Experiments 



on Wheat 170 



Lawes' aiid Gilbert's Experiments, 



Potash Beneficial for barley 329 



Lawes' Table, Showing C. uiposi- 



tion and Value of Foods 45 



Leuuce, Manure for 289 



Superphosphate for. . . 290-293 

 Lewis, Hon. Harris, Letter from 103 



Liebig's Special Manures 321 



Lime as Manure 215 



k Beneficial Effect of for Thirty 



Years 216 



Changes the Chemical and 

 Physical Character of the 



Soil 224 



" Composting with O,d Sods. . .2xM 



" for Cabbage 29^ 



" Hastens tiie Maturity of the 



Crop 222 



" Impoverishes the Soil 222 



u in Connecticut 224 



" in Delaware 223 



" in New Jersey 2C3 



" in Pennsylvania 224 



" llixed with Barn-yard Ma- 

 nure 222 



" rn Grass Land 223 



" on Lime-stone Land 217 



" Quantity per Acre 216 



" Sets Free Ammonia in the 



Soil 221 



" Silicate Absorbs Ammonia 



from Atmosphere 219 



" When to Apply 223 



" W T hy Beneficial ii20 



Liquid Majiure 30(i 



Lowland, Draining 30 



Malt-combs.- 46 



Maugcl-wurzels for Manure 48 



Manure forlC3-86-28S 



" Yield per Acre 11 



Manure Absorbing Liquid 115 



' Amount from Feed and 



Bedding 73 



" Araount Made by a Horse 



CO-346 

 " " Made by Horses, ' 



Cows, Sheep, and Pigs. . . 51 

 " Amount Made on a 250-acre 



Farm 257 



Amount of Rain Required 



to Dissolve 267 



" Amount of Straw in Horse, 346 



and Rotati' n of Crops 246 



Applying Artificial 312 



Applying Near the Surface. 267 

 Applying on the Surface.. .173 



as Top-dressing 2'.'9 



" Barn-yard for Barley 240 



" Barn-yard vs. Artificial for 



Indian Corn 284 



" Basin for 9,3 



Mannre Best for Hay 274 



k Bone-dust al-i-316 



Brings in Red Clover 82 



Buying 306 



Buying by Measure or 



Weight 305 



Buying by the Load or Ton.306 



Cellar 114 



Cheapest a Farmer Can Use.127 



Clover as 119-122 



Clover-seed as 127 



Comes from the Laud 42 



Common Salt as ...200 



Composition of Fresh Barn- 

 yard ! 51 



Composition of from Dif- 

 ferent Animals 306 



Composition of Heap at 



Different Periods 57 



Corn-meal lor 1 85 



Cost of Hauling 342 



Cost of Loading and Draw- 

 ing --,7 



Cow 87-110 



Dairy-farm, How to Save 



and Apply 114 



Dr. Vcelcker's Experiments 



on 51 



Drawing Oat to the Field.. 89 

 English Plan of Keeping. . . 6J 



Equivalent to Water 2W 



Farm-yard for Potatoes . . . 261 

 Fermenting in Winter.85-92 93 

 Fermenting, Shrinkage in.. 116 



Fire-fang S-,-,,8 



Fish, as, on Long Island. . S.,7 

 Foods which Make Rich .... 45 

 for Cabbage, Parsnips, 

 Onions, Carrots, Lettuce, 



etc S89 



for Corn 80 



f < r Grass 82 



for Hops 274 



for Hot-beds 297 



for Indian Coin 275 



lor Mangel-wuizels and 



Sugar-beets 87 



for Market Gardens 21)4 



for Oats -212 



for Potatoes 255 



for Seed-growing Farms. . .ii96 

 for Sorghum or Chinese 



Sugar-cane 283 



for Tobacco 2";5 



for Turnips i :85-3'22 



(or Wheat 167 



from Cows 202 



from Earth-c.oset 310 



from Oxen 303 



from Pigs. Mr. Lawes' Ex- 

 periments 301 



from Sheep 303 



Grain Farms, Management 



of 117 



Guano, Price of Fow and 



Thirty Years Ago 328 



Guano, Rectified Peruvian.319 



Gypsum and Clover as 125 



lleap, Changes in 67 



