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Index 



Cereals, 200, 212; experiments to 

 determine lacking elements in 

 soil, 214; importance of system, 

 219; crops in rotation, 220; 

 Indian corn, 220; oats, 222; 

 barley, 223; wheat, 224 (con- 

 tinuous wheat, 232) ; rye, 225 ; 

 clover, 225; timothy, 226; gain 

 of fertility through rotation, 228 ; 

 necessity of excess plant-food, 

 229 ; single crop system, 231 ; 

 meadows, 234 ; fertilizing pays, 

 236 ; green forage, 260 ; fertilizer 

 constituents in, 16. 



Charcoal, animal, 67. 



Chemical analyses of fertilizers, the 

 interpretation of, 175; agricul- 

 tural value, 178; commercial 

 value, 179 ; example, 180 ; how 

 obtained, 181 ; schedule, 182 ; 

 calculation of commercial value, 

 187 ; uniformity of manufactured 

 brands, 188 ; see Guarantee ; Pur- 

 chase of fertilizers. 



Chemical composition of superphos- 

 phate, 90. 



Chemical elements : in plants, 2, 

 16 ; in soil, 3. 



Cherries, 325. 



Chicken manure, 125. 



Chives, 291. 



Citrous fruits, 325. 



Clay soil, imperfections of, 194. 



Clovers : characteristics, 201 ; fer- 

 tilization, 225 ; green forage, 269 ; 

 green manure, 130. 



Coal ashes, 112. 



Cocoa shells, 114. 



Collards, 293. 



Commercial valuation of fertilizers : 

 relative value, 179 ; illustration, 

 180; how calculated, 181 ; sched- 

 ule of trade values, 182. 



Composts, 127. 



Corn-cob-ashes, 113. 



Corn : exhaustive of fertility ele- 

 ments, 220; fertilizer constit- 

 uents in, 16 ; for forage, 261. 



Corn, sweet, 305. 



Cost of farming, 29. 



Cotton, 333; formulas, 336; 



methods of application, 337. 

 Cotton-seed meal, 43. 

 Cowpea and soybean, 271. 

 Cranberries, 329. 

 Crimson clover, see Clovers. 

 Crude fish scrap, 104. 

 Cucumbers, 299. 

 Currants, 329. 



Deficiencies of the soil, 192. 

 Derivation of a soil, 192. 

 Direct manures, 22. 

 Double manure salt, 98. 



Eggplant, 257, 297. 



Elements, essential of a fertilizer, 20. 



Extensive farming, 199. 



Farm labor, 28. 



Farm manures, see Manures. 



Farm practice, irrational, 17. 



Farm success, 1. 



Fertilizations, systems of, 204. 



Fertility : definition, 2 ; chemical 

 elements needed, 2 ; influence of 

 water, climate, season, 3 ; of 

 physical character of soil, 4 ; of 

 location of soil, 5 ; practical 

 fertility, 6 ; potential fertility, 6 ; 

 loss of fertility, 8; importance 

 of careful culture, 9 ; loss of ni- 

 trogen, 9 ; loss of mineral ele- 

 ments, 11; artificial losses, 13; 

 sale of crops, 13 ; improper 

 handling of manures, 18. 



Fertility elements in crops, and 

 prices received for same, 14. 



Fertilizers : essential elements, 20 ; 

 natural and artificial, 21 ; direct, 

 indirect, 22 ; available, unavail- 

 able plant-food, 23 ; loss of 

 soluble plant-food, 25 ; usefulness 

 not dependent on source, 26 ; 

 use of fertilizer, historical, 27 ; 

 need of artificial fertilizer through 

 changed conditions of farming, 

 23-31 ; farm manures inadequate, 



