INDEX. 



365 



Peat, Composition of 31 



Phosphates 27 



" Exhaustion of on Dairy 



Farms 101 



" Soluble in Barn-yard 



Manure 72 



Phosphoric Acid in Soils 106-2*6 



per Aero in Soils. Ib2 

 " '* Retained by the 



Soil 219 



" " Hern* ved from the 



Farm bvHav, and byMiic i CJows.316 



Pig Manure..": 43-8o 



' Composition of 3UJ 



" " for Cabbage 802 



Pigs as Manure-Makers for Market 



Gardeners 235 



Pigs' Bedding 31 



' for Enriching Pasture-Land. . .391 

 " How to Save Manure from. . .3>4 



" Manure from L01-:D4 



Piling Manure _ 57 



Plant food 21-105 



" Amount of in an Acre.24-3J 

 " " in New and Cultivated 



Land 9 



Plaster for Indian Corn. 277 



Plowing in the Fall 17 



Potash," Amount of in the Soil 25-329 



* as Manure 3.9 



" as Manure for Wheat 215 



" for Cabbages . . .292 



" for Potatoes 255-L6J 



u for Potatoes and Boot- 

 Crops 330 



u now to Ascertain when the 



Soil Needs 3~0 



" in Nitrate of Potash 314 



" Not a Special' Manure for 



Turnips "22 



" on Grass Land 2.3 



" our Soils not so likely to be 

 Deficient in, as of Nitro- 

 gen and Phosphoric Aciu. 3^0 



1 ' Retained by the Soil 219 



' Value of in Artificial Ma- 

 nures 32'i 



Potatoes, after Root-Crops 2o7 



* Ammonia for 2 1 



Cost of Raising 10 



" Experiments on at More- 

 ton Farm 259 



" for Manure 48 



" How to Raise a Large 



Crop 255 



" Manures for 255 



" Mr. Hunter's Experiments 



on in England 260 



" on Rich Land 263 



" Profits of Using Artificial 



Manures on 263 



" Will Manure Injure Qual 



ityof 264 



-cake 46 



as Manure for Hops 274 



Roots. Amount of Left in Soil by 



Different Crops 104 



Root-crops 17 



Rotation* of Crops and Manures 216 



I?u3limore, J. II., Letter from 345 



Routzahn. H. L., Letter from 349 



Salt as a Manure for Wheat 270 



" Common as Manure for Wheat. 200 



" for Mangel-wurzels 104 



Saw-dust for Bedding '. 103 



Season, a Poor, Profitable for Good 



Farmers 213 



" and Manure for Oats 253 



" Influence of on the Growth 



of Wheat alO 



" Profit in Rais.ng Oats n a 



Poor 253 



" Profit in Raising Baric/ in 



a Poor 243 



Season?. Influence on Crops 21 



Seed Growers, Manures for 290 



Sewage 308 



Sheep-Manure 303-333-339 



k " Composition of.. ..806 



" v&. Oxen as Manure Makers. 303 



Shelton, Prof. E. M., Letter from.. &>0 



Soil, Composition of 144-150 



Exhaustion of 20-27-332 



from Earth-closet : 225 



Nitrogen and Phosphoric Acid 



in 220 



Plant-food in 105 



Weight of per Ac e 2^.1 



Soils Absorb Ammonia from Atmos- 

 phere 219 



" Absorptive Powers of 217 



Sorghum, Manures for 283 



Soccial Manures 320 



Straw ~6 



Amount of Manure from 124 



" and Chaff for Manure 200 



' for Manures 48 



' on Grain Farms 118 



" Selling 123 



f turtevant, Dr. E. L., Letter from 3-14 



Superphosphate 116 



for Barley 241 



for Indian Corn. .27!) 

 for Potatoes ...2L9 

 " for Private Gar 



dens ...296 



for Turnips. .285-322 



for Wheat 168-169 



" from Bones, Com- 



position of... .319 

 " from Mineral 



Phosphates.. 320 

 How Applied... 320 



" on Dairy Farms . 315 



on Grass Land ..273 

 " Value of a:- Com 



pared vvita Bone- 



Dust 319 



" What Crops Best 



for 243 



of Lime Doctor 



Made 317 



Superphosphate of Lime, When 



First Made in the United States 324 

 Surface Application of Manure. .70 268 



Swamp-muck ** 



11 ' Composi.ion of 31 



Swine, see Pigs 



Superphospate 

 Tehe How it 



