INDEX. 



265 



Cow-pea, Analysis of Ash 21 



Compared with Clover 146 



Constituents of One Ton 22 



Green, Manuring with 19 



Hook to Turn Under 25 



Mulching with 23 



Nitrogen in 21 



Plowing Under 24 



Eoller to Cut 25 



Cow-penning, Utility of 32 



Crate, a Barrel 94 



A Bushel 92 



Crates, Blocks for Making 94 



Crops, Rotation of 54 



To follow in Rotation 57 



CuhaBast 128 



Cucumber 169 



Improved White Spine 170 



Insects Attacking 173 



Seed Saving 172 



Cucumus sativus 169 



Cucurbita pepo 209 



Cultivation, Benefits of 14-15 



Cut-worms Absent from Cow-pen- 

 ned Land 33 



Cynodon Dactylon 61 



Cyperus rotundus, var. Hydra 60 



"Deaconing 11 Packages 91 



Dew 72 



Dibble, Use of 85 



Drainage 11 



Drain-water, Nitrogen 23 



Earth Closets, Manure from 40 



Economy in Fertilization 257 



Egg Plant 175 



Entomology, Importance of 97 



Eupatorium fceniculaceum 60 



Excrement, Yearly, of Man 39 



Contents of.. 40 



Value Depends on Food 29 



Fall Plowing Not Useful 12 



Fertility Improved by Preventing 



Evaporation 23 



Fertilization, Economy in 257 



Fertilizer, Definition of 17 



Fertilizer!?, Analyses of 232 



Ashes Leached andUnleachcd. 48 



Ashes. Constituents 48 



Bone Meal 42 



Cotton Seed 37 



Commercial 36 



Conditions of Use 36 



Fish-scrap . . . ; 38 



Fertilizers Fish-guano 38 



Guano, Peruvian 34 



Chincha 35 



Guanape 35 



Gypsum 51 



Kainit 44 



Land Plaster 51 



Laws Concerning 35 



Lime 48-49 



Muck 41 



Night-soil 39 



Nitrate of Soda 52 



Nitrogenous 52 



Value of 52 



Potash; 43 



Potash Salts 44 



Ashes Preferred to 48 



Chlorides 47 



Composition of 45 



Sulphates 46 



Using 47 



Poudrette 40 



Prof. Atwater on. 36 



Salt 50 



Soda, Nitrate 52 



Superphosphate of Lime 41 



Florida, Vegetables from, in 1882. . 5 

 Forbes, Prof. S. A., on Blue Birds. 116 



Fragaria ChUensis 237 



grandiflora 237 



vesca 237 



Virginiana 237 



Frost 73 



Indications of 75 



Table of Last 76 



Germination of Seeds 62 



"Grass, 1 ' 121 



Grass, Salt-Mai sh, Value of 33 



Green Manuring 19 



Guano see Fertilizers 34 



Guinea Squash 175 



Gypsum 51 



Hand-weeding 15 



Hay, Analysis of 33 



Hoeing 15 



Hook for Turning Under Cow-peas. 25 



Horse, Amount of Excrement 29 



Hot-beds, Ancient Use 71 



Construction of 78 



Rarely Needed 72 



Humus 18 



Insects 96 



Blue Bird Destroys 116 



