INDEX 



Agricultural salt, 115. 



Agricultural value of fertilizer, 178. 



Air-slaked lime, 139. 



Alfalfa, 273. 



Ammonia, 47 ; sulfate, 48 ; cal- 

 cium cyanamid, 49 ; ammonium 

 nitrate, 53. 



Ammonite, 39. 



Ammonium nitrate, 53. 



Analysis, see chemical analysis of 

 fertilizers, 175-188; of plants, 

 208. 



Animal bone, 62 ; raw, 63. 



Animal charcoal, 67. 



Animal matter, 39. 



Apatite, 71. 



Apples, 314. 



Application of fertilizers, 204; of 

 lime, 148 ; of manures, 124. 



Apricots, 325. 



Artificial fertilizers: history of their 

 use, 27 ; need of, 28 ; made neces- 

 sary by increase in cost of labor, 

 28; by demands for special 

 crops, 30; by inadequacy of 

 farm manures, 31 ; by demands 

 of increased fruit production, 32 ; 

 do artificial fertilizers pay ? 33 ; 

 unprofitable? 34. 



Ashes: coal, 112; corn cob, 113; 

 cotton hull, 113; tan bark, 111; 

 wood, 111. 



Asparagus, 314. 



Availability : different forms of 

 nitrogen, 53 ; tables, 56 ; con- 

 ditions which modify availability, 

 57. 



Azotin, 39. 



Barley, 223 ; and peas, 266. 

 Basic fertilizer: for market garden, 

 287; for fruits, 313. 



Basic slag, 72 ; artificial basic slag 

 meal, 73. 



Bat guano, 46. 



Beans, 258, 296. 



Beets, fertilizer constituents in, 16 ; 

 for fodder, 280; for market 

 garden crop, 289 ; beet tops, 294. 



Bermuda grass, 269. 



Berries (see Orchard fruits, 308) , 326. 



Blackberries, 328. 



Blood, dried, 37; red, 38; avail- 

 ability, 56. 



Bone ash, 68; commercial grades, 

 65; boiled, 64; fine, 63; phos- 

 phate, 62; raw, 63; steamed, 64; 

 tankage, 66. 



Bone meal: availability of nitro- 

 gen in, 56. 



Broccoli, 293. 



Brussels sprouts, 293. 



Buckwheat, 353. 



Bulb crops, market garden, 29. 



Cabbage : green forage, 277 ; mar- 

 ket garden, 293. 



Calcium, see Lime and calcium 

 compounds, 135. 



Calcium carbide waste, 117; cyan- 

 amid, 49 ; magnesium lime, 138 ; 

 nitrate, 52; sulfate, 116, 144. 



Calculation of commercial value of 

 fertilizers, 187. 



Carbonate of potassium, 99 ; double, 

 98. 



Carnallit, 96. 



Carrots: fertilizer constituents in, 

 16; forage crop, 280; market 

 garden, 289. 



Castor pomace, 44. 



Cauliflower, 293. 



Celery, 295 ; fertilizer constituents 

 in, 16. 



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