INDEX. 



Absorptive Powers of Soils 217 



Ammonia Absorbed by Soil from 



the Atmosphere 219 



Ammonia and Superphosphate 242 



and Weeds 254 



" Converted into Nitric 



Acid in the Soil 313 



for Oats ...253-254 



for Potatoes 261 



for Wheat 192-213 



" in Fresh Horse-dung % 



" in Limed and Unlimcd 



Soils 220 



" in the Soil Liberated by 



Lime 221 



" Locked Up in the Soil. . . 221 

 " Loss of by Fermenting 



Manure 98 



" on Grass Land... 273 



" Potential 31 



" Quantity of to Produce 

 One Bushel of Wheat, 



211-212 

 " Required to Produce a 



Bushel of Barley.. 240-242 



" Retained by the Soil 218 



" Salts, Composition of... .312 

 " How to Apply. 



2SG-312 



" for Private Gar- 

 dens 29T 



Anderson, J. M. B., Letter from. . .333 

 Animals, Composition of Manure 



from Different 306 



" What They Kemove from 



the Food 301 



Apple Trees, Nitrate of Soda for.. .314 

 Artificial Manures, Will They Pay..244 



Ashes, Burnt Earth 72 



Coal 72 



for Barley 241 



for Indian Corn 279 



' for Oats 253 



' for Potatoes 259 



' of Manure for Wheat 173 



' on Long Island 336 



4 Plaster and Hen-dun"' for 



Potatoes 255 



" Wood ICt 



Barley After Ten Crops of Turnips. 250 



* a Largo Yield of 242 



" and Clover after a heavily- 

 manured Root-crop 287 



" Best Soil for 227 



" Cost of Raising With and 



Without Manure 245 



351 



Barley,Lawes' and Gilbert's Experi- 

 ments on 227 



" Potash Increases the Crop of 



at Rothainsted 329 



" Profits of Raising in Poor 



Seasons 243 



" Quality and Price of 242 



" \ieldPerAcre 11 



Barn-yard Manure, Difference in 



Quality of 246 



i Bean-straw for Manure 48 



I Beets, Sugar, Lawes' and Gilbert's 



Experiments on. . .288 



" " Muuure f or 286 



Blood 32 



Bone-dust 314 



' " Composition of Com- 

 pared with Stable Ma- 

 nure 316 



' Fermented with Manure.31(i 

 " Made into Superphos- 

 phate 319 



" on Dairy Farms 315 



Bones as Manure 102 



Bran 2f> 



for Manure 102 



" Richer in Plant-food than 



Wheat 301 



Brewer, Prof. W. H., Letter from..3il 

 Cabbage and Barn-yard Manure, 



Composition of 292 



Composition of 290-292 



Hog and Cow Manure f or.302 



" Lime for 292 



Manure for 275-290 



Manure for Early and 



Late 291 



" Needs a Large Supply cf 

 Nitrogen in the Soil, 

 Though it Removes 



but Little 593 



" Potash for 292 



" Special Manure for 323 



Yield of per Acre 291 



Cattle vs. Sheep as Manure-makers. 303 



Cheese, from a Ton of Hay Ill 



u Plant-food in 101 



" versus Beef 110 



Clay Retains Ammonia 219 



Clover and Indian Corn 275 



" as a Renovating and Ex- 

 hausting Crop 277 



" as Manure 119-122 



as Manure for Wheat 15S 



" Does it Get Nitrogen from 



the Atmosphere 133-138 



