INDEX. 



Intensive mode of luisbandry, what ? 3. 



Koppel-wirthschaft — meaning of 3 — wlien to be employed, 117. 



Labor — of men and beasts requisite, in what, 3 — advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of labor 

 of men, 7, 8 — time of, 8 — beasts of, horses and oxen, 2(5,97 — of a horse, according to Prof. Leslie, 52. 



Laborers — food of, 5 — kind of, what, and what work adapted to them, amount, &.c. 7 — necessary for taking 

 care of iiorscs or cattle, &c., 10— number of to 100 yokes of land, 52 — 54. 



Land Husbandry — in what it consists, 1. 



LiEBir. — his view of the action of humus on plants, 57 ; of the theory of rotation of crops, 118, 119 



Loss of animals to per centage of value, what? 43. 



Lupines — experiments on, as a green-manure, 89. 



Luzerne — its gn-at importance to enrich tiie land, 71 — seed of required, and product 74 — 76. 



Maize or Indian corn — proper depth of planting it, 78. 



Manure — loading, &c.; number of heaps, spreading, &c., on an acre, 17 — what.' 55 — when obtained in the 

 cheapest manner ; how much is needed to letain fields in a fruitful state? 62 — with reference to different 

 soils and to ploughing, &c., 63, 64 — the relations of the different plants to the quality required, 69, 70 — of 

 meadows, &c , 71 — mode of proportioning to the product, 76 — amount required to retain ihe capacity of 

 production; consumption of 79 — Veits estimates of the need of 80 — 82 — conclusions 82, 83 — proportion- 

 ate consumption of for different years ; division of plants, 83 — green, Schwert^ & Burger's Tables, 89 — 

 weight of diff'erent kinds of, 90 — Prof. Coventry's estimate of production by land, 90, 91 — quantity voided, 

 9] — the mass to be replaced, how reckoned? aud proportion in different years, 92 — value of, how reckoned .' 

 96, 97 — amount produced from difi'crent animals, 97 — kinds of value. Table, 98 — observations on, 99, 100 — 

 weight of from one head of cattle, &c., 101 — from different kinds of fodder; mode of computation, 102 — 

 weight of, to foddei and litter, 107 — weight of moist to dry substance ; experiments on, Table 107, 108 — 

 Mayer's mode of computing of, from Fodder ; Thaer's, 109, 110 ; Table of proportions, &c., Ill, 112. 



Milk — production of, from fodder employed. Table 108. 



Milking — how many cows can be milked in an hour, 11 — quality of first and last compared, 12. 



Oats — absorption of nutritive matter, 73— seed of required, and product, 74,75 — Einhoff's analysis of, 93. 



Oil — comparative time of burning of different kinds, 78. 



Oil-plants —what ; their relation to humus, 73— seed required, and product. Table 74, 75 — comparative amonnt 

 of oil produced. Table 77. 



Oxen— fodder of, Burner's views, 27 — Veit's,28, 33— Thaer's, 29, 32— amount consumed, 31 — expense of for 

 an ox in Bavaria, 33— and horses compared as to cost, &c., 34— fattening of. Burger's views, 34 — Veit's, 

 38 — 40- comparative amount of labor from them, &.C., 41— superiority of to horses, what? 42; Loudon's 

 view, 43— Bailey & C'ulley's, 44 — teams of how spanned, 44— number of needed, a plough, 45— need of 

 fodder and litter for, 104, 105. 



Pasture — of cattle, 11 — estimate of by Petri, 33. 



Petri— accouut of him -his Table of equivalents of food for sheep, 13 — estimates of food for sheep, 14, 15— 

 of pasture, 32. 



Planting — day's work in, what? 17 — depths of; experiments, 78 — distance, 79. 



Plants — how nourished, 55— action of humus on, 57 — their need of humus, &c.,68 — do not require equal amonnt 

 of manure to what they take up, 69 — pod- bearing require less manure, 70 — and derive only half their pro- 

 ducts from the humus, 71,72 — grain, of the grass-kind, their need of manure, what? 72— how divided, respect- 

 ing their consumption of manure, 83; Tables, 84, 85; Results, 85, 86; Thaer's remarks on this subject, 

 86 ; Schwertz's ; loss or gain of vegetables converted into manure, 87 ; Tables 88, 89— proportion of plants 

 for sale to those for fodder, 112, 113— how must the order of succession be arranged so a? to secure the best 

 result, 116— what plants will bear the most manure, 118. 



Plough— necessary ])0wer, experiments, &;c., 49, 50. Strain of draught in, 50. 



Ploughing — No. of men needed in 10— quantity of in 9 hours ; charges of beasts in; number of beasts, 45 — 

 Thaer's estimate of quantity in a day, 47— Table of distance travelled, rates, &;c.,4S. 



Podewill Count— his experiments in fattening oxen, 34. 



Potatoes— value of as a fodder, 22, 25, 29. 31— their relation to the soil as exhausters, 73— seed of required and 

 produce, 74, 75. 



Rich soil, what ? 57 



Root— vegetables, their consumption of humus, 73— seed of required and product, 74, 75— Einhoff's analysis 

 of, 93. 



Rotation of crops- theory respecting it, 118 — the proper order to be observed, 119 — examples of, 123, 124. 



Rye— experiments as to the depth of planting, 78— seed of required, and product, 74, 75. 



Sainfoin — its great importance to enrich land, 71 — seed of, required and product, 74, 75,76. 



ScHUBLER— his experiments on the qualities of earths or soils. Table 65, 67. 



ScHWERTZ — account of him, 7 — his views of— the consumption of manure, &c., by plants. Table 87, P9. 



Sheep — how many one shepherd can tend, allowance of food for, in winter or by day, or in summer foddering, 12 

 — Petri's estimate of food for, and variations of fodder, 14, 15— need of fodder and litter for, 104. 



Sorting— advantages of— 32 



Soils- analysis of in Ohio, 57, 58— Thaer's Table on the value of, 59— Spreisgei's view of their affinity to 

 manures, 54— power of, to take up water, or to retain it, 66, or to absorb it ; decrease of volume in drying, 

 capacity for warmth, 57 — exhausting power of, 68 



Sour meadows, what ? 20. 



Span— moaning of, 44. 



Sprengel— his analysis of soil, &c.,57, 58, 64. 



Stall-room— amount required by different cattle. Table 32. 



Strachmss- his rule for finding weight of cattle, 35. 



Straw- its value as fodder in the different grains, 28— proportion to grain, 86. 



Thaer— account of him, 7— his definition of land and husbandry, 2— description of Gesindc or Dienstboten, 

 4 — distinction !)etwoen price of wages and of work, 9— estimate of men for taking care of cattle, &c., 11 ; 

 of sheep, 12— remarks on food for hoises, 20-estimate of food for cattle, 29 ; on fattening cattle, 37; supe- 

 riority of horses to oxen, in what? 41— estimate of ploughing in a day, 47— Table of the value of soils, 59— 

 his remarks on the consumption of manure by i)lants,86— hia hypothesis on incrc?.se of power, &c., opposed, 

 93— mode of con)puting manure from fodder used, 109. 



Turnips— weight of-distance, &c., product. Table 77. 



Turnus— meaning of the term, 116. 



Veit— account of him— his description of Land husbandry, &.C., 9 ; of Dienstboten or l)ienstleute,4,5 ; of thei. 

 food, 5 ; estimate of the cost of a domestic, 7 ; comparison of diff"erent kinds of labor, 7, 8— principles to be 

 adopted ; account of Frohncr. 90- estimate of men for horses, 10; of fowl for sheep, 13-, for many kinds of 

 work, 16-18-remarks on tlie food of horses, 21—23 ; eciuivalent of plants for fodder. Table 29 ; amount of 

 Btall-room, 32-remarks on. fattening cattle, .38 ; amount of fodder for, 39 ; results, 40— view of the supej^" 

 ority of horses or oxen, 42 ; results ; rate of insurance, &c., 43 -estimates of the need of manure, °" 

 —Table of fodder in relation to manure, 103 ; of fodder and litter, 104, 105 ; table of drink, &.C., 106. 



Wages— of domestics, 7— how affected, 8— a day's what? 9. 



Wochselwirthschaft— meaning of, 3, 117 



