24 A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS 



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HAEVESTIM CROPS INDEPENDENTLY 

 OF WEATHER: 



Practical Notes on the Neilson System of Harvesting. 



By "AGRICOLA," 



And other Contributors to " The Field." 



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MANURES: 



THEIE EESPECTIVE MEEITS FEOM AN ECONOMICAL 

 POINT OF VIEW. 



Author of " Guano : its Origin, History, and Virtues," " The Potato and its Cultivation," &c. 



CONTENTS. 



PART. I.— Deflnition of the Word "Manure"— Natures Modes of Applying 

 Fertilisers— History— Classification. 



PAET II.— The Value of Ploughincr Down Green Crops— Weeds— Sea-weed— 

 Straw— Sawdust— Tanners' Bark- Wood Ashes— Peat— Rape Cake— Hemp- 

 Poppy, Cotton, and Cocoa-nut Cakes— Bran— Malt Dust— Brewers' Grains— Coal- 

 Soot — Charcoal. 



PART III.— Dead Animals— Fish— Blood— Animalised Charcoal— Bones— Horn 

 —Woollen Rags, Hairs, Feathers, &c.— Night-soil— Farmyard Manure— Guano. 



PART IV.— Salts of Ammonia— Salts of Magnesia— Salts of Potash— Salts of 

 Soda— Common Salt — Lime and its Compounds—" Ooze."" 



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THE POTATO AND ITS CULTIVATION. 



BY A.. "VT". CliEV^S. 



Author of " Guano : its Origin, History, and Virtues," "Manures : their Respective 

 Merits, &c. 



CONTENTS. 



Derivation — History — Constituents — Varieties — Sprouting - Soils — Planting— 

 Manures— Earthing up— Disease— Scab— Storing— Forcing— Producing New 

 Varieties— Substitutes for the " Potato '"- Miscellaneous Information. 



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