CONTENTS 



PAGB 



I. Chemistry indispensable to the Farmer . . 1 



II. Nourishment op Plants 20 



III. On increasing the Growth of Plants by Ma- 



nuring 46 



IV. Excrements and Urine 75 



V. Drainings . , 102 



VI. Stall-Manure and Straw 120 



VII. Importance and Value op Artificial Manures 149 



VIII. Guano 171 



IX. Bones . 198 



X. Oil-Cake 227 



XI. Malt-Grains, or Eefuse from Breweries . 240 



